U.S. To Back Georgian, Baltic Armies
The Pentagon plans to build military capabilities in Georgia and the three Baltic states to ready them for operations in Afghanistan, a move that could raise alarm in Moscow.
Kyrgyzstan’s Legacy of Repression Five Years Later
On the anniversary of the uprising that toppled Kyrgyzstan’s’s hardline leader, the same revolutionaries who came to power promising a new era of freedom announced they have given up on Western-style democracy.
Moscow bombings underline the grim situation in the North Caucasus
Russian security officials have linked Monday's two terrorist bombings in Moscow to the North Caucasus, and analysts in Russia are far from convinced the region has stabilized, as Moscow had claimed.
Medvedev Inherits Putin’s War on Terror in Moscow Metro Attacks
The Moscow metro bombings that killed at least 38 people today show President Dmitry Medvedev is no closer to uprooting homegrown terrorism than his predecessor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Russian Market Still Attractive: Chief Investor
'Russia is a developed economy. It is beginning to suffer from the developed economy problems, (like) terrorism,' Louis Gargour from LNG Capital said Monday of the two bomb blasts on
Gazprom ramps up Asian energy trade presence
Russia's Gazprom is ramping up its presence in Asia to trade liquefied natural gas, oil and source carbon offsets, as one of the world's biggest energy players seeks to tap the fastest-growing region.
Russia's president says sanctions for Iran "not optimal" path, but can't be excluded
Thousands of years after Moses led his people out of Egypt, the Passover story is going digital
Protecting the Baltic Sea and business relations the theme of St. Petersburg visit
President of the Republic Tarja Halonen visited St. Petersburg on 23 March 2010 and participated in a roundtable on cooperation in the Baltic Sea region that was arranged by Governor Valentina Matviyenko.
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