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RUSSIANS NOT JOINING NATO OPERATION ACTIVE ENDEAVOR

On November 26, in Italy's Bay of Taranto, the Russian Black Sea Fleet's destroyer Smetlivyi and frigate Pytlivyi conducted a one-day joint exercise with two units from NATO's Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED): the U.S. Navy's destroyer Mahan and the Greek frigate Bouboulina. The event,... MORE

VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH LOSES CONTROL IN KYIV, RETREATS TO DONETSK

As the political standoff continues in Ukraine, the only conclusion that can now possibly be made is that the pro-presidential camp never sought to hold free and fair elections in the first place. Both rounds one (October 31) and two (November 21) of the presidential... MORE

UKRAINIAN TELEVISION STOPS LYING

The information blockade around opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has broken. Channel 5, which is controlled by Yushchenko's aide Petro Poroshenko, is no longer the only television channel to give air time to the opposition and offer more or less unbiased coverage of Ukrainian politics. Several... MORE

MOLDOVA: THE KREMLIN ‘S NEXT TARGET AFTER UKRAINE?

The Moldovan government does not recognize the officially announced results for Ukraine's presidential election. In a November 26 declaration, Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted, "The November 21 balloting failed to meet the requirements and criteria for recognition of the returns by Ukraine's citizens and... MORE

PROTESTORS VACATE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN CHERKESSK

The October crisis in the North Caucasus republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia continues, but the authorities have managed to mitigate the problem somewhat. On November 11, when angry demonstrators took over the Government Palace, Dmitry Kozak, Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy to the Southern Federal District, met... MORE

UZBEK-TAJIK TRANSIT DISPUTE THREATENS REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION

A recent series of high-level meetings in the context of the Central Asian Cooperation Organization and the November 19 summit between Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov produced rhetorical statements of renewed interest in regional cooperation. But even as Central Asian political... MORE

KREMLIN RECOGNIZES YANUKOVYCH AS UKRAINE’S NEW PRESIDENT

As the tens of thousands of Ukrainians continue to protest the outcome of Sunday's presidential runoff, Moscow has embraced Ukraine's Prime Minister, Viktor Yanukovych, as the new president-elect. Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who openly backed Yanukovych throughout the campaign, sent him his congratulations late Monday... MORE