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Tensions between Russia and Ukraine Reflect Different Attitudes to History, State and Individual, Kyiv’s Ambassador to Moscow Says
by Paul GoblePaul Gobles piece on the differences between Ukraine and Russia deserve a wider readership. The full text can he found on www.windowoneurasia.blogspot.com Tensions between the Russian and Ukrainian governments are “not an argument between colonizers and the enslaved” but rather a dispute between... MORE
Political farce and fantasy crippling Ukraine
by Tammy Lynch In a May 2008 blistering editorial, three MEPs criticized Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko for his continual battles with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. MEPs Elmar Brok, Jas Gawronski and Charles Tannock wrote, “There is no more depressing sight in politics than a leader... MORE
Ukraine and Russia Negotiating new Intergovernmental Gas Agreement
by Roman KupchinskyOn November 9, the Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental commission met to exchange views on a new Intergovernmental Gas Agreement between the two countries, which if agreed upon, would replace the 2004 agreement now in effect. The Ukrainian side needs such a new agreement in order... MORE
Russians Claim Georgia Plans to Buy Sophisticated Weapons from the U.S.
by Giorgi KvelashviliOn November 9, as the Germans were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the unification of their homeland and the Western world was engaged in jubilant festivities with the old and new leaders of Russia to commemorate the end of the Cold War, Moscow’s... MORE
Kidnapping and Extortion: Russia’s Modus Operandi in Georgia
by Giorgi KvelashviliGeorgians were recently shocked when they learned of more kidnappings of ethnic Georgians, this time from the village of Tirdznisi near the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region.Kidnapping has been a usual Russian practice ever since Russia invaded Georgia in August 2008 and seized nearly 20... MORE
Officials in Russian Capital Refuse to Renew Leases of Two Prominent Rights Groups
by Paul GobleA very interesting article by Paul Goble which appeared on the website www.windowoneurasia.blogspot.com Moscow city officials are refusing to renew the leases of two leading Russian human rights activist groups, an action that the groups are appealing but that some observers are explaining... MORE
Not Everyone’s Dancing Where Wall Was
by Daniel McGroartyInvestor's Business Daily ran a wonderful article by former White House speechwriter Dan McGroarty about the fall of the Berlin Wall. The full text can be read on Investors.com. Twenty years ago, late on a Thursday evening in Berlin, the cement and concertina-wire... MORE
A Tragic Anniversary in Georgiaby Paul GobleVienna, November 6 – Tomorrow, in various ways and with various feelings in their hearts, many people across the former Soviet space will commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Bolshevik coup d’état. But in Georgia, many will mark the... MORE
Flues, Plagues and Biological Weapons in Ukraine
by Tammy Lynch Listening to Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko, we might be tempted to conclude that Ukraine is doomed. Certain to collapse under the weight of an overwhelming tripartite plague of viral pathogens. “People are dying,” Yushchenko told television viewers. “The epidemic is killing doctors.... MORE
Eurasian Energy Briefs
by Roman KupchinskyThe Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, which is being pressured by its European customers to change the current pricing policy for gas which is linked to oil prices, received an unexpected measure of support from the Chinese government.The government in Beijing declared that the... MORE