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Warsaw (AFP) Aug 19, 2008In a clear swipe at Russia, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski on Tuesday said his country would not give in to threats over its deal with Washington to deploy US missile silos on Polish soil. "No-one can dictate to Poland what it should do. That's in the past," Kaczynski said in a live prime-time television address ahead of Wednesday's signing of the accord with the United States. ... more NATO raps Russia over troops in Georgia 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 19, 2008NATO said Tuesday it was impossible to continue "business as usual" with Russia until it honoured its promise to withdraw its troops from Georgia. The 26 NATO foreign ministers, meeting in an emergency session in Brussels, accused Russia of carrying out the "deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure" in the former Soviet republic. "We call on Russia to take immediate action to ... more Interview: Georgia, the way forward 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 19, 2008 The war in the Caucasus, which began with a Georgian offensive into South Ossetia on Aug. 7 that prompted a major Russian military counter-operation, has ended with an overwhelming Russian victory. Uwe Halbach, a Caucasus expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, a Berlin-based think tank, talked to United Press International about Russia's motives, its delayed ... more Rice arrives in Warsaw to sign US-Polish missile deal 
Warsaw (AFP) Aug 19, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Warsaw Tuesday, ahead of the formal signing of a deal on basing an American missile shield in Poland. A plane carrying Rice and other US officials landed in Warsaw shortly before 8:00 pm (1800 GMT), for a ceremony which comes after months of negotiations coloured by strident opposition from Russia. On Wednesday, Rice is due to meet with ... more Commentary: From Tbilisi to Taliban 
Washington (UPI) Aug 19, 2008 The dog days of August suddenly became the guns of August. In Georgia, the United States and its NATO allies are learning you don't get into a resurgent Russia's space -- let alone its face -- with impunity. Russia is back, just as the United States would be back had it lost the Cold War 20 years ago and watched Russia trying to extend its Warsaw Pact security blanket to the Bahamas and Puerto ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Aug 18, 2008Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili will hold bilateral tallks with NATO counterparts on Tuesday, on the sidelines of an Alliance meeting on the Georgia-Russia conflict, officials said Monday. A NATO official said the Georgian minister "will not address the council" of 26 NATO foreign ministers. However Tkeshelashvili has organised several bilateral talks including with US ... more Russia moves SS-21 missiles into Georgia: US defense official 
Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2008Russia has moved short-range SS-21 missile launchers into South Ossetia since fighting there halted, and has yet to give any sign of a significant pullback of its troops from Georgia, US officials said Monday. Instead, there were indications that Russia was adding ground troops and equipment to its force in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, strengthening its hold over the breakaway Georgian region ... more Is Russian Air Power Facing Up To Training Issues Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 Past problems with lack of funding for pilot and crew training have led to strange incidents in the Russian air force. A few years ago, a Maj. Troyanov lost orientation in the Baltic sky and, instead of Kaliningrad region, flew over Lithuania and had to eject from the aircraft when his plane ran out of fuel. It was later established that Troyanov had had just seven hours of flight ... more US: Venezuela's Russia fleet invite is 'curious' 
Crawford, Texas (AFP) Aug 18, 2008The White House said Monday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's invitation to host a Russian fleet was "curious" and accused him of neglecting his people's problems. "The Russians and the Venezuelans can engage in whatever cooperation that they would like. But it's curious, I'm not sure what Venezuela needs or gains by a visit by the Russian fleet," said spokesman Gordon Johndroe. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 15, 2008Russia expressed its fury Friday over US plans to place a new missile system in eastern Europe, saying it was clear the weapons were pointed at Moscow and would be a fair military target to strike. Speaking at a news conference in southern Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev stated that, despite Washington's denials, the United States had Russia in mind in basing elements of the system in ... more Georgia 'will join NATO': Merkel 
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 17, 2008German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday assured Georgia would join NATO as she strongly backed the ex-Soviet republic's President Mikheil Saakashvili in his conflict with Russia. "Georgia will become a member of NATO if it wants to -- and it does want to," she told reporters before talks with Saakashvili in Tbilisi. It was one of the strongest statements yet of support for Georgia's ... more Blown away: Georgian soldiers say Russian planes destroyed army 
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 17, 2008As he lies in a Tbilisi hospital, his leg missing from the knee down, Lieutenant Roman Abashidze reflects on the reason for Georgia's crushing defeat to Russian forces. "I think that if there had not been Russian air forces, then yes, we had a chance," he says as he shifts his body by grabbing a steel bar running above his bed. Like others recovering in the Georgian capital after their a ... more Tougher Russia could complicate UN work 
United Nations (AFP) Aug 16, 2008A more assertive Russia as shown in the Georgia conflict could complicate the diplomatic resolution of hot issues on the UN Security Council's agenda, such as Iran's nuclear activities, diplomats and experts say. As the 15-member council scrambled Saturday to craft a revised draft resolution to formalize the French-brokered ceasefire between Moscow and Tbilisi, a Western diplomat said any ... more
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