McCain: 'Today We Are All Georgians'
AP: In speaking about the conflict between Russia and Georgia, John McCain said he told the Georgian president that Americans are standing with their country.
AP: In speaking about the conflict between Russia and Georgia, John McCain said he told the Georgian president that Americans are standing with their country.
Oil prices continue to fall as news of a drop in China’s oil imports outweighed concern over supply disruptions from the Caspian Sea. Russia snubbed calls for a ceasefire, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized the United States, saying Washington
BBC News: Columns of Russian tanks plunged the two neighbours into war as they filed into South Ossetia, marking the Kremlin’s first military assault on foreign soil since the Soviet Union’s Afghanistan intevention, which ended in 1989.
AP: John McCain is calling on Russia to stop military action in Georgia and withdraw its forces. Georgian troops launched a military offensive to regain control of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia, prompting a furious response from Russia.
Reuters: Ex-Soviet Georgia has accused a Russian air force jet of shooting down an unmanned Georgian reconnaissance drone over Georgian territory.
From the YouTube post: Amy Walker does a little tour of 21 accents in 2 1/2 minutes. From the UK and Ireland to Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, France, Australia, New Zealand, and around North America.
AP: Vladimir Putin congratulated his hand-picked successor on a presidential election victory after preliminary results confirmed a landslide win. He says Dmitry Medvedev’s win would guarantee the continuity of the course he set for Russia.
Vladimir Putin’s criticism of NATO expansion and U.S. plans for a missile defence shield – as well as moves to rebuild Russia’s defence capability – have been trademarks of his eight-year presidency. But in a wide-ranging farewell news conference, he
From the related link: “Without preventing an arms race in space, international security will be wanting.”
President Vladimir Putin told a party congress Monday that he would accept the prime minister’s post if his longtime protege is elected president, guaranteeing Putin an ongoing heavyweight political role in Russia, the AP reports.
President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party was expected to win a majority of up to 65 percent of votes, a show of public support which Putin hopes to use as a mandate to retain influence after his second presidential term
Voting is under way in Russia’s parliamentary elections and it’s probable that the results will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power after his presidential term expires in the spring.
Former chess champion turned Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov was freed from jail on Thursday and warned that Russia was sliding toward dictatorship under President Vladimir Putin. Kasparov complained that he had been denied free access to a lawyer during the
They rally against what they call traitors who oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin, patrol the streets with police ahead of the elections, and have even set up anti-opposition firing ranges. The Nashi movement is a force to be reckoned with
President Bush said there was an urgent need for a missile defense shield in Europe. In an address before the National Defense University in Washington earlier this week, Bush said the system was needed to protect against states like Iran
http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/world/2007/05/27/chance.russia.gays.beaten.cnn Anti-homosexual factions attacked gay activists Sunday, throwing punches and eggs. The leader of the Russian gay rights movement tried, unsuccessfully, to present a letter to Moscow’s mayor who has called gays “satanic.”
