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	A Quoi Sert Le Regard Subversif Russe au Regard de la Reconnaissance de l'Independance De L'ossetie-Du-Sud et De l'Abkhasie? by Europe & Us La position de la Russie, en reconnaissant l'indépendance de l'Ossétie du Sud et de l'Abkhazie est explicite, même si elle tient compte toujours de la même variable, celle du «droit universel international pour
	A Chavez labyrinth with a little EU by Thanos Kalamidas So this is it, the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez wants to develop a civilian nuclear power and he asked for Russia’s help, and naturally Russia was more than keen to provide the help. So, the games started again and the Russian bear is re
	Coming in From the Cold: UN Membership Needed for the Phantom Republics by René Wadlow "The Phantom Republics" has been the name given to the states demanding the status of independence after the break up of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union: Abkhazia, Chechenya, Kosovo, Nagrono-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Transnistra. The c

	The West must stop bullying Russia by Newropeans-Magazine I was part of a TFF fact-finding mission to Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhasia in 1993. That the 7 August war would happen was predictable, albeit not the exact time. One can see this easily
	Caption This! September 2008 by The Ovi Team It is simple. Look at this photo of the former KGB/former President of Russia, now Prime Minister of Russia and write a caption/speech bubble/thought bubble or anything else that captures your imagination.
	Analyse... this Russia by Thanos Kalamidas While the Russian troops have left Georgia on schedule, while the American administration is leading its relationship with Russia into a …cooler era with Condoleezza Rice, Ms. Frosty of the American foreign policy putting her cool touches, a
	South Ossetia: The Guns of August by René Wadlow Deep quiet holds the breath of nightMy mother-land in silence lies, Yet oft is heard an anguished moanAs Georgia in her slumber sighs- Ilia Chavhavadze
	Who's scared of Russia? by Thanos Kalamidas While I'm writing this there are still bombs falling in Georgia and South Ossetia while there are suspicions that armies and bombs are gathering to another side of Georgia, Abkhazia and the obvious conclusion is that the big Russian bear hasn
	American Politics, Terrorism and Islam: Part 5 by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Allegations of Russian State Terrorism
	Pray for them by Thanos Kalamidas What happened at the last NATO summit in Romania is known and hundreds of pages have been written from experts and analysts. All of them agree on one thing, George W. Bush has failed in many senses, but most of all he has failed with his ten year
	The future: An answer to Eva's comment by Thanos Kalamidas A few weeks ago in an article I wrote about Russia, my friend Eva commented what we really expect from Russia or even the USA for the future. Apparently Eva was right, most of us judging what Putin did or we are full of opinion about what Obama sh
	Ave, Putin, democracy te salutant by Thanos Kalamidas Should we call it, the Putin phenomenon? He is here but he’s not here, he is everywhere! If we lived during the times of the Roman Empire Putin would have adopted Dmitry Medvedev and the new emperor would be called Dmitry Medvedev Putin, jus
	What have they done? by Thanos Kalamidas The moral of the Russian elections is that to have elections doesn’t mean that you have democracy! Putin got exactly what he wanted and Putin’s opposition got exactly what …he wanted, in the meantime, Russians try to find their l
	A scary dude by Thanos Kalamidas I often think that my life in Finland has made me always look at Russia’s side with concern. Finns are like this, they never trusted their gigantic neighbour, always suspicious, always mistrusting them; so after living here for as long I hav
	Who said it! by Thanos Kalamidas US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her Russian visit showed concern about Russia’s situation, especially over human rights issues, and was worried about too much power concentrated within the Kremlin. Before we get to the Kremlin
	Russian poker with a marked deck by Thanos Kalamidas Is the end of the last emperor who came in from the cold getting closer and is he going to give up power easily or is he going to become a puppeteer in the long Russian tradition that not even the Soviet regime stopped? The Russian Prime Minister,
	Putin on the Ritz by Jack Wellman Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon be shaking the world’s balance of power. He has claimed a vast chunk of the Arctic which he claims is rightfully Russia’s. His scientists have said that the enormous
	Politkovskaya's dead Russia by Thanos Kalamidas What's really is going in Russia over the last few years is a big mystery. Not that anybody knew what was going on before, but at least we had an idea. It seems that glasnost, Gorbachev's transparency, has some
	Remember Babi Yar: Remember Nitesh Kumar Singh by Thanos Kalamidas The death of the 27-year-old Indian student in Saint Petersburg, Nitesh Kumar Singh, was not the first and, according to what they believe in Russia, won't be the last racially-motivated incident. Bu
	What Russia's doing right by David J. Cord Oppressed minorities? Corrupt officials? Authoritarian leaders? Perhaps, but what Russia is doing right may surprise you.At the demise of the Soviet Union, the Russian economy collapsed, contracting up to 50% by some measur