Didier - Instablogs
18 hr. ago
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to continue Russia’s anti-crisis program as the economy moves out of one of the deepest recessions in post-Soviet history. Putin, speaking at a congress of his United Russia party in Russia’s...
Oct 9 2008
If this is true (and he surely knows more about it than I), then we are simultaneously weakened by the loss of what has been our most streadfast allied organization, mostly financed by us; yet also liberated by no longer having to kow-tow to the...
Mar 29 2008
Seven women who had holed up in a cave for months other members of a Russian cult awaiting the end of the world emerged Friday night and were being treated by emergency workers, regional officials said. More than two dozen others remained behind but...
Mar 26 2008
Russia and Egypt have signed an agreement opening the way for Russian firms to bid for contracts to build nuclear power plants in Egypt. The deal was signed on Tuesday after Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, and Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s...
Mar 13 2008
Russia must reserve the right to use nuclear weapons to protect Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) members in case of an imminent threat, a Russian political analyst said on Wednesday. The CSTO is a post-Soviet security group comprising...
Mar 13 2008
South Stream, the Black Sea cousin to Russia’s clever Nordstream gas pipeline, may not be the unstoppable fait accompli many seem to think it is, according to Vladimir Socor: South Stream can be halted in the Black Sea by Ukraine and Romania on a...