Russia has woken up, it needs a new modern manufacturing base as all those countries of whom where importing more than they were exporting. " Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for profound reform...
" Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed "outrage" at the murder of a prominent human rights activist, Natalia Estemirova. He has ordered an inquiry into the killing of Ms Estemirova, who was investigating...
Barack Obama's visits at home and abroad have garnered adoring crowds and cheers during his visits. But in Russia, there was no cheering crowds, but just some smiles and waves, perhaps the reflection of...
The latest battle between Georgia and Russia will be fought in a courtroom. A case has begun at the World Court in the Hague in the Netherlands to rule on who should control South Ossetia. Any ruling the court makes, however, would not be binding on Russia."Georgia accused...
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While the EU ponders on sanctions on Russia, SCO backs Moscow " Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:23:43 GMT Russia wins the backing of China and Central Asian states over Georgia conflict despite the EU's...
French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said today that the EU is considering sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Georgia. As Russia faces growing isolation from the West, Russian president Dmitri...
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After a fierce but brief firefight between Georgian and Russian forces, an uneasy truce has developed. One that could be threatened by today's announcement from Russia, supporting the 'rebel' regions in Georgia as independent states. Washington is calling this...
"Russia's parliament has backed a motion urging the president to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both houses voted unanimously in favour of the non-binding motion, which analysts say could help President Dmitry Medvedev...
Maybe there was a language barrier of some kind and in Russia "pullback" means "CHARGE!" Who knows.Late yesterday julianw had this to say."In response to strong pressure from various world leaders, President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to pull Russian forces out of Georgia...
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"Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia — five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people. Both sides accepted the general outlines of a...
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"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that took Russian forces deep into its small U.S.-allied neighbor in the...
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" ST PETERSBURG - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blamed "aggressive" United States policies on Saturday for the global financial crisis and said Moscow's growing economic muscle could be part of the...
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The newly-seated Russian President rattles the saber at Ukraine over its Nato bid, and raising fuel export prices at the same time. It's difficult to see the latter as anything but a warning shot."Mr Medvedev told...
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Well this isn't a big surprise, looks like it'll be more of the same from Russia for the next few years."President Vladimir Putin today ended months of speculation over who will succeed him next year by naming...
""This is our strongest team," Tarpishchev told reporters at Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday."I think that these guys play better than Marat and he is not going to be here."Holders Russia will be represented by world number four Nikolay Davydenko, Mikhail Youzhny (19), Igor...
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