Chinese, Russian special forces hold counter-terrorism drill
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posted by zaina19 on September, 2007 as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/4/2007 9:52 AM Chinese, Russian special forces hold counter-terrorism drill </ARTTITLE> 4 Sep 2007, 1546 hrs IST,AFP SMS NEWS to 58888 for latest updates MOSCOW: Russian and Chinese special forces began a joint counter-terrorism exercise dubbed "Friendship 2007" in Moscow on Tuesday, underlining the two neighbours' growing security ties. The special forces were to practice their response to a hypothetical hostage-taking situation in an administrative building on the Chinese-Russian border. At the start of the exercise, interior ministry forces cordoned off the building where captives were being held by balaclava-clad attackers armed with machine guns and rocket launchers. Around 100 Russian personnel and 87 Chinese servicemen were taking part in the first exercise at an interior ministry base on the edge of Moscow. The drill was to run until Thursday. The exercises are a follow-up to large-scale military exercises held by Russia, China and four Central Asian states last month in the ... >> full
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Looking Further Back in History
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/4/2007 10:09 AM The St. Petersburg Times Issue #1303 (69) Tuesday, September 4, 2007 Opinion Looking Further Back in History By Jay Winik For The St. Petersburg Times With Russia just having trumpeted its claim to a piece of the Arctic the size of Western Europe, the military has now announced ambitious plans to establish a permanent presence in the Mediterranean for the first time since the end of the Cold War. The guiding hand behind this resurgence is undeniably the country’s enigmatic president, Vladimir Putin. On the surface, enigmatic seems to be the word. Putin dons well-tailored suits even as he clamps down on domestic opposition and homemade democracy. He flashes a warm smile in the councils of international summitry even as he smashes dissent in Chechnya. He has charmed U.S. President George W. Bush even as he stymies U.S. policy in Iraq and the rest of ... >> full
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Norway says Russia has increased military flights in the Arctic
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/6/2007 6:14 AM Thursday, 6 September 2007, 12:11 GMT 13:11 UK UK jets 'chase Russian bombers' Tupolev-95 Bear bomber (MoD pic) Norway says Russia has increased military flights in the Arctic The UK's Royal Air Force has launched fighter jets to intercept eight Russian military planes flying in airspace patrolled by Nato, UK officials say. Four RAF F3 Tornado aircraft were scrambled in response to the Russian action, the UK's defence ministry said. The Russian planes - said to be long-range bombers - had earlier been followed by Norwegian F16 jets. Russia recently revived a Cold War-era practice of flying bomber jets on long-range patrols. A Norwegian officer, Lt Col John Inge Oegland, told the BBC the Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Bear bombers flew in international airspace from the Barents Sea to the Atlantic, before turning back. Two Norwegian F-16s shadowed them on Thursday morning and another two went up later, he said. There have been ... >> full
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Two policemen from Buryatia killed in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/7/2007 1:55 AM
Two policemen from Buryatia killed in Chechnya
06.09.2007, 10.43
GROZNY, September 6 (Itar-Tass) - Two police officers from the republic of Buryatia were killed in Chechnya's Naursky district on Wednesday, Chechen police told Itar-Tass.
"The officers came under automatic fire in the village of Alpatovo, at the crossroads of Krasnoarmeiskaya and Komsomolskaya Streets, 200 meters from a police checkpoint," the Chechen Interior Ministry said.
"The commander of the Buryatia unit gave permission to the two officers to leave the premises to buy some food," the Interior Ministry said.
The officers died of their gunshot wounds. The attackers stole their service weapon - an AKTsU-74 assault rifle.
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ECHR on Russian war crimes: responses from Moscow and Grozny
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/10/2007 1:34 AM July 27th 2007 · Prague Watchdog ECHR on Russian war crimes: responses from Moscow and Grozny MOSCOW, GROZNY - Immediately after yesterday's announcement of the rulings by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in two Chechnya-related cases, press conferences were held in the Russian and Chechen capitals by representatives of the Memorial Human Rights Centre, who gave their assessment of the event. At the Moscow press conference, Oleg Orlov, the chairman of the board of the Memorial Human Rights Centre, announced that if today’s verdicts – one on Novye Aldy and the other on the “Musayeva and Others” case – are counted, 14 rulings on Chechen cases have now been issued by the European Court of Human Rights. Orlov said that Memorial had taken an interest in the Novye Aldy case right from the beginning. Back in 2000 it had ... >> full
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