All Posts Tagged With: "Russia"
Russia’s Nuclear Threat Is More Than Words
Russia’s not bluffing
What lies behind Moscow’s willingness to crush Georgia with overwhelming force? Analysts have highlighted Russia’s newfound economic confidence, its determination to undo its humiliation of the 1990s, and its grievances over Kosovo, U.S. missile-defense plans involving Poland and the Czech Republic, and the eastward expansion of NATO.
But there may be another major, overlooked [...]
Oil Prices Hit 3-Month Low On Stronger Dollar Despite Russian Envasion
OPEC predicts world demand for energy will keep falling
Oil fell to its lowest price in three months Friday, briefly touching the $111 level after the dollar muscled higher and
Russians Losing Propaganda War
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to visit Georgia but she will not be paying a matching visit to Moscow.
By Paul Reynolds
World affairs correspondent, BBC News
The Bush administration appears to be trying to turn a failed military operation by Georgia into a successful diplomatic operation against Russia.
It is doing so by presenting the Russian actions as [...]
Video: Russian? Attacking Turkish Journalists During Georgia Invasion
Turkish television has released video of four journalists on assignment in Georgia being shot at.
The crew from NTV were in an area of Georgian-Russian fighting between the Georgian town of Gori and South Ossetia.
One of the reporters suffered head injuries which are not life-threatening.
As they came under fire, the journalists called out ‘Are you all [...]
Obama, Russia Didn’t ‘Invade’ They ‘Encroached’ On Georgia’s Territory
One of Obama’s advisors says “He isn’t ready for the 3am phone call”
The ‘Invade’ Encroached’ blunder comes at approx. 55 seconds into video.
The video has both the 1st & 2nd response, then at the end his own adviser Susan Rice, says, “Obama not ready to answer 3am phone call”
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