If Russia helps US in dealing with Iran,Obama offered to drop missile project
Region: United StatesIn attempt to prevent the Iranians in developing nuclear capability,Secret approach can breaks stalemate. Today Russia signalled that they are ready to accept a secret offer given by Barack Obama(US President) in... more
Views: 1178Medvedev Retracts Missile Threat, Has Stipulation For Obama
Region: FranceWithin the recent months, relations between the United States and Russia have been tense at best due to the missile defense shield. Back in 2007, then-Russian President Vladimir Putin had given warning about the United Sta... more
Views: 1528South Ossetian War - What's Next?
Region: Russian Federation
Posted by Veronica Khokhlova to Global Voices Online Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announced the end of the so-called “peace enforcement” operation yesterday. LJ user varfolomeev66 - Radio Echo of Moscow j... more
Views: 1788Russia Orders End to Fighting, But Hostilities Continue in Georgia
Region: Russian Federation
Posted by Josh Katz to findingDulcinea Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for an end to fighting in the five-day mini-war that has has racked Georgia. Although Russia has declared an end to the fighting, Georgia cl... more
Views: 1004Medvedev Tells Russian Government to Go Online or Go Home
Region: Russian Federation
Posted by Liz Colville to findingDulcinea Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to eliminate corruption by putting all documents online, but computer literacy among government officials is an obstacle. During a nat... more
Views: 894Russia's 'New Elite' Have Special Qualifications
Region: Russian Federation
Posted by Lyndon Allin to Global Voices Online Journalist Ilya Barabanov, who writes for the New Times and blogs engagingly as LJ user barabanch, wrote a laconic post a couple weeks ago that drew some interesting comments... more
Views: 1276What to Expect at the 2008 G-8 Summit
Region: Japan
Posted by FindingDulcinea Staff July 7 will mark the beginning of the 34th annual Group of Eight meeting. Japan will be hosting this year’s summit which will discuss energy consumption and global warming as its two ... more
Views: 1151Proposed Regional Grouping a Non-Starter
Region: Uzbekistan
Uzbek president Islam Karimov’s proposal to merge two associations of former Soviet states has come as a surprise to many observers, as his country has shown a distinct reluctance to be part of regional groupings. NB... more
Views: 1263Russia: Putin Out, Medvedev In
Region: Russian Federation
by Veronica Khokhlova On Wednesday, Dmitry Medvedev became Russia's third post-Soviet president. LJ user kozenko - Andrey Kozenko, journalist for the Russian dailyKommersant - w... more
Views: 1270Russian Duma Is In Talks About Nationalization Of Megafactories Owned By ‘Oligarchs’ Aiming To B
Region: Russian Federation
As the European crisis intensifies, troublesome economical and political situation spreads on other countries. Euro crisis moves toward a decisive moment, the European Central Bank is under renewed pressure to stabilize th... more
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