Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’
Posted on February 18, 2010 - by Venik
Mistral for Russia
France’s decision to sell four Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia was met with heavy criticism in the US, Georgia and the Baltic States. Interestingly enough, Russia’s decision to buy the four vessels for more than $2 billion was met with a lot of criticism within Russia as well. This is really the first time in [...]
Posted on October 1, 2009 - by Venik
War in Georgia: Reviewing EU Findings
As some of you may have heard, the international fact-finding mission (IIFFMCG) organized by the EU to investigate the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia has finally released its final report. As was expected, most of the blame for starting the war went to Georgia. Russia’s “fault”, according to the investigators, for the most part [...]
Posted on August 7, 2009 - by Venik
Happy Anniversary, Misha
Tweeter celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Georgian-Russian war by setting it’s Web servers on fire. (For those of you with long-term memory problem, here is a brief recap of the events.) The Unix gurus at Tweeter’s datacenter blamed the downtime on unspecified hackers unleashing a DDoS attack. According to some networking experts interviewed by [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russia Today Goes John Galt RT Hosts Tea Partying Blogger
Russia Today, a 24/7 news network and website inspired by Al-Jazeera that was launched in 2005 to tell Russia’s story to the world in the English language, has recently remodeled its main web page. In addition to the complete change of website layout, RT added several bloggers to its stable of writers, including an American [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Preventing a New Crimean War
Russian troops entering South Ossetia last year after a Georgian offensive to retake the secessionist territory was repulsed by Russia. The Russia-Georgia War in August 2008 has seriously exacerbated Russia’s already damaged relationships with the West. If the Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, had won last November’s election in the United States, the two [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Is NATO Disrupting Russia 'Reset'?
This article originally appeared in The Washington Times Only a couple of short months after the United States and Russia exchanged encouraging remarks about resetting troubled relations, the two countries find themselves again at odds over Georgia. Last week, NATO began monthlong military exercises in Georgia that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called an “open [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
A ‘Reset’ Is Not Enough
By E. Wayne Merry This article originally appeared in The New York Times. E. Wayne Merry was a speaker at the World Russia Forum which was recently held in Washington, D.C. by Discovery Institute and the American University in Moscow. The Obama administration has offered to “reset” relations with Russia. But what is really needed [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Dispute Over Dairy Products Strains Russia-Belarus Ties (New York Times)
Dispute Over Dairy Products Strains Russia-Belarus Ties Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints By ELLEN BARRY Published: June 14, 2009 MOSCOW — Furious over a Russian ban on imported Belarussian milk products, the president of Belarus on Sunday boycotted a planned summit meeting of post-Soviet states whose centerpiece was the start of a joint military [...]
Posted on June 14, 2009 - by Venik
Belarus-Russia rift widens, Minsk snubs Moscow meet (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Belarus on Sunday signalled a growing rift with Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko did not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest against a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus. Skip related content Related photos / videos Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko listens to a question during an interview in Minsk Enlarge photo Ties [...]
Posted on June 14, 2009 - by Venik
Russia, Belarus up war of words as rift widens (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The rift between Russia and Belarus deepened on Sunday when Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko snubbed a security summit in Moscow in protest at Russia's "trade war" against his nation. Ties between the former Soviet republics have been strained since 2007. Minsk is angry at rising prices for Russian gas and Moscow by [...]
Posted on June 14, 2009 - by Venik
Belarus-Russia rift widens, Minsk snubs Moscow meet (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus on Sunday signaled a growing rift with Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko did not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest against a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus. Ties between the former Soviet republics have been strained since 2007. Minsk is angry at rising prices for Russian gas [...]
Posted on June 14, 2009 - by Venik
Belarus-Russia rift widens as Minsk snubs Moscow meet (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus on Sunday signaled a growing rift with ally Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko would not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest at a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus. Ties between former Soviet republics Russia and Belarus have been strained since 2007, with Minsk upset at steadily rising [...]
Posted on June 14, 2009 - by Venik
Belarus-Russia rift widens as Minsk snubs Moscow meet (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus on Sunday signalled a growing rift with ally Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko would not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest at a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus. Ties between former Soviet republics Russia and Belarus have been strained since 2007, with Minsk upset at steadily rising [...]
Posted on January 29, 2009 - by Venik
Russia to reopen airbase in Abkhazia
According to reports in the Russian media, the Bomborski airbase in Abkhazia is soon to be reopened for use by the Russian Air Force. The plan calls for two squadrons of Su-27 fighter-bombers and Su-25 ground attack aircraft, plus some additional An-26 or An-72 transports to be permanently based in Abkhazia. The Bomborski airbase is [...]
