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EU considers sanctions on Russia
by Dave Keating | August 28, 2008 at 04:10 am | 173 views | 5 comments | 12 recommendations
by Dave Keating
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 Medvedev is reportedly seeking support from Russia's Asian neighbors. He's currently at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tajikistan, and it is understood that he is pressing the former SSRs of Central Asia to publicly support Russia's actions.
EU leaders are considering sanctions "and many other means" against Russia over the crisis in Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said.
He gave no further details but added "this will be solved by negotiation".
Moscow's military offensive in Georgia and its recognition of independence for Georgia's breakaway enclaves has been condemned by the West.
But Russia's president says he has the support of China and four central Asian states for its actions in Georgia.
Speaking at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the grouping's united position would have "international resonance".
"I hope it will serve as a serious signal to those who try to turn black into white and justify this aggression," he said in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.
August 28, 2008 at 04:10 am by Dave Keating, 173 views, 5 comments
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at 05:57 on August 28th, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:15 on August 28th, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Will not work and is ridiculous in my humble opinion.
at 08:35 on August 28th, 2008
UPDATE: Russia's Asian neighbors have rebuffed please to back Russia in the Georgia conflict.
Source: ap.google.com
at 08:42 on August 28th, 2008
I see a lot of trouble ahead.
at 09:10 on August 28th, 2008
Because the other countries at the summit didn't openly support Russia's actions in Georgia does not mean Russia is becoming more isolated. That's a stupid statement indeed, based on ignorance of the facts or an effort to mislead the general public. Maybe it means a little sanity is finally entering the global game of oneupmanship, and that new and peaceful ideas are emerging, from new sources. Not from the west, that's obvious!
The only isolation that can be imposed by the west is from Europe and North America. The last time I looked at the map that is a pretty small part of the globe with a relatively low population density, though it does possesses a disproportionately large ego that transcends the capabilities or global clout of the countries involved.
Economic and political ties between Russia and South America, China, and the rest of Asia will continue to grow and deepen, and are outside the sphere of the west to do anything about.
Sanctions, in this case are a double-edged sword as Russia is no lightweight, easy to bully like the Middle Eastern nations that the west so loves to bully. Europe had better watch the path it chooses to walk here. Too much pressure on Russia and the narural gas, minerals and much of the oil it's economies are addicted to will simply get turned off.
The bottom line is, "The times they are a-changin!" and western leaders, (mostly pompous, fatuous, vacant roosters, but with a few chickens thrown in) think if they B-GAW loudly enough and strut about very effectively in their colourful feathers that their citizens won't notice their increasing lack of ability to dominate the world as the whole power structure shifts away from them.