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Europe's Last Dictator Seeks Forgiveness
Belarus is trying to regain the trust of the West, lost in the mid 1990's. Against the backdrop of cooling relations with Russia, there is a “thaw” in the opposite direction (Minsk-Brussels). By and large, the attitude towards Alexander Lukashenko in the West has not fundamentally changed. Belarus periodically receives financial aid and loans on...
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Ukraine's Dumb Shadow over War in South Ossetia
August 12 marked two years since the collapse of the Georgian adventure in South Ossetia. And two years from the day when then President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko flew to Tbilisi to openly support Mikhail Saakashvili. At that time Ukraine was among the major allies of Georgia. Yushchenko has made every effort to make the aggression against South...
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Kyrgyzstan on Verge of State of Emergency Again
Interim president of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbyaeva signed on Wednesday a decree to transfer the security forces in the south to the increased level of operation. Meanwhile, sources close to President Otunbayeva note that the presence of a police advisory group in Kyrgyzstan is one of the conditions for granting the country millions of international...
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Half-Isolated Saakashvili Harbors Aggressive Plans Against Russia Still
It has been two years since Georgia attacked South Ossetia. Many had to acknowledge that Mikhail Saakashvili, the sitting President of Georgia, committed a war crime when he ordered his troops to attack Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. Many of his former followers became his oppositionists. Why does the criminal still hold the power...
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Georgia's Saakashvili Labels Russia as Imperialist Enemy
Georgia should prepare for “total defense” and “de-occupation” of the country. President Saakashvili said this while speaking at the Georgian Defense Ministry. His speech was dedicated to the second anniversary of the outbreak of war in South Ossetia. The main part of Saakashvili's speech was traditionally devoted to denouncing “imperial plans” of...