US: US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney endorsed embattled Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday, pledged that his country would one day join Nato, and called on the "free world" to back Tbilisi and condemn Russia for its military intervention in the
Austrian President Hein Fischer and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano held phone talks on Thursday to coordinate their stand on the conflict between Georgia and Russia.
They believed that the EU should continue to work together with Russia and
05 September 2008
Aug. 26 was a day of historic importance for our people. On this day, all South Ossetians sat glued to their television sets and listened as President Dmitry Medvedev announced that he had signed a decree
05 September 2008When economics student Mikhail Popov struggled with a final exam at a regional university, he was offered an alternative — pay $200 and get a good grade.
"I wasn't sure of how well I would do, so I agreed in order
BAKU (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday announced a one billion dollar aid package for Georgia as Vice President Dick Cheney started a tour of ex-Soviet states by promising that Washington had a "deep" interest in the region's security.
Russia,
MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti)
Russia can also settle conflicts peacefully / Ukrainian crisis to teach Russia and the West to compromise / Gazprom making Europe's nightmares real / TNK-BP shareholders ready to shake hands / Gaz de France to share
The agreement has been well received by investors [AFP]
British and Russian shareholders have announced an end to a months-long feud for control of TNK-BP, the joint oil venture.
The agreement sees the departure of Robert Dudley, TNK-BP's British chief
Bolivian President Evo Morales is in Tehran this week, ushering in a new chapter in his country's economic and strategic cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has promised a hefty investment in Bolivia's
MOSCOW, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Russia's conflict with Georgia has helped President Dmitry Medvedev emerge from the shadow of his mentor Vladimir Putin by letting the soft-spoken lawyer assume the mantle of wartime leader.
Medvedev's problem now is that
IT IS now close to a month since the reckless Georgian effort to retake breakaway South Ossetia by force sparked off what Russia is now calling its August war. There is no new iron curtain descending across Europe, no ideologically based “new cold war”;