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  • August 2008

    • Kremlin Foe Denied Bid for Parole

      Associated Press  |  Aug 22, 08 10:40 AM CDT

      Kremlin Foe Denied Bid for Parole

      (AP) - A Russian court has rejected Mikhail Khodorkovsky's request for parole on Friday, ordering the jailed oil tycoon to serve out the remainder of his sentence in a ruling his lawyer called politically motivated. Khodorkovsky, the former head of Yukos oil company and once Russia's richest man, was sentenced to 8 years in a Siberian prison in 2005 for tax evasion and fraud in what Kremlin critics slammed as a flawed trial. More »

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      Russia  • prison  • Siberia  • political prisoner  • parole

    • Russian Troops Leave Gori

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 22, 08 10:30 AM CDT

      Russian Troops Leave Gori

      (Newser) - Russian troops are finally leaving Gori, Georgian officials said today, with Russia promising that by tomorrow all Russian ground forces would be confined to South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia intends to keep more than 2,000 troops stationed in the breakaway regions, which Georgia decries as unlawful “annexation.” A US general, meanwhile, criticized the Russian withdrawal, saying, “If they are moving, it is at a snail's pace.” More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • South Ossetia  • Gori

    • Russia Roars, NATO Purrs

      Washington Post  |  Aug 22, 08 7:51 AM CDT

      Russia Roars, NATO Purrs

      (Newser) - Russia had better watch its back. NATO has proven that if it goes around invading its neighbors, the world’s mightiest alliance will take action and…er… cancel the next NATO-Russia Council meeting. That’s the lone consequence NATO put forth in its statement on the “situation in Georgia,” a document that Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post finds “almost comically evenhanded.” More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • NATO

    • Russia Returns Favor, Cuts Off NATO Council

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 21, 08 4:41 PM CDT

      Russia Returns Favor, Cuts Off NATO Council

      (Newser) - Russia formally suspended military cooperation with NATO today over Georgia, the Guardian reports, a move affecting operations in Afghanistan and the Mediterranean. “Cooperation had really already been ended with the Russians,” a US official said, per an alliance declaration earlier in the week. If NATO supports “the bankrupt Saakashvili regime to the detriment of partnership … it's not our fault,” Russia’s foreign minister said. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • NATO  • international relations  • SERGEY LAVROV  • military exercises

    • Gergiev to Lead Defiant South Ossetia Concert

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 21, 08 12:47 PM CDT

      Gergiev to Lead Defiant South Ossetia Concert

      (Newser) - Valery Gergiev, the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, among other prominent posts, will preside over a victorious concert tonight in South Ossetia, celebrating Russia’s recent military successes, the Times reports. Gergiev is an ethnic Ossetian and close personal friend of Vladimir Putin—they are godfathers of each others’ children—and Putin is expected to be guest of honor. The concert will coincide with rallies declaring South Ossetia independent. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • South Ossetia  • classical music

    • Nuke Advantage Emboldened Putin's Russia

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 21, 08 9:25 AM CDT

      Nuke Advantage Emboldened Putin's Russia

      (Newser) - Diplomats and pundits have debated what led Russia to attack Georgia so forcefully, pointing to everything from newfound economic strength to a sense of national humiliation. But Gabriel Schoenfeld, editor at neoconservative magazine Commentary , has another explanation: it's Russia's growing nuclear advantage, especially with short-range arms, that has "helped embolden the bear." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Russia  • Georgia  • Vladimir Putin  • NATO  • nuclear weapons  • Cold War  • nuclear disarmament  • nuclear arsenal  • neoconservatves

    • Tit for Tat? Russia Could Station Missiles in Syria

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 20, 08 5:35 PM CDT

      Tit for Tat? Russia Could Station Missiles in Syria

      (Newser) - Syria could host batteries of Russian missiles in return for Russian military technology and the reopening of a Soviet-era naval base on its Mediterranean coast, the Times of London reports. President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow today to discuss a deal, which may be Russia’s response to the US-Poland missile defense agreement also signed today. More »

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      Russia  • Syria  • Cold War  • missile defense system  • Missile defense  • navy  • Bashar al-Assad

    • Russia's 'Buffer Zone' Includes Georgia Territory

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 20, 08 3:41 PM CDT

      Russia's 'Buffer Zone' Includes Georgia Territory

      (Newser) - Russia may soon officially recognize the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, lawmakers said today, even as the military moved to establish so-called buffer zones that include Georgian territory, the Wall Street Journal reports. Then-president Vladimir Putin used the move to recognize the secessionist republics to criticize countries which did the same for Kosovo in February, saying Russia wouldn’t “ape” the West. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • South Ossetia  • Abkhazia  • independence  • military bases  • secession

    • Gorbachev: Blame Georgia

      New York Times  |  Aug 20, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      Gorbachev: Blame Georgia

      (Newser) - It is important to remember that Georgia, not Russia, struck first in the conflict over South Ossetia, writes former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the New York Times . Russian leadership is strong domestically and did not need a victory to rally support—rather, Moscow “was dragged into the fray by the recklessness of the Georgian president.” More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • war  • Mikhail Saakashvili  • attack  • invasion  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    • McCain Forgets That Big Talk Can Cost Lives

      Washington Post  |  Aug 20, 08 1:09 PM CDT

      McCain Forgets That Big Talk Can Cost Lives

      (Newser) - Many in Georgia are angered over what they consider broken promises of support from the West in the confrontation with Russia. But it’s bold talk from US politicians—including hardliner John McCain—that encourages countries like Georgia to provoke Moscow, David Ignatius writes in the Washington Post , only to see lives lost when those verbal checks bounce. More »

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      John McCain  • Russia  • Georgia

    • Shunning Won't Work: Invite Russia to Join NATO

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 20, 08 12:53 PM CDT

      Shunning Won't Work: Invite Russia to Join NATO

      (Newser) - The kneejerk impulse to punish Russia for its Georgia incursion by withdrawing NATO civilities is exactly wrong, Andrew Meier writes in the Los Angeles Times. The only way the West can get leverage, given the case of nerves the Russians have over NATO’s expansion into former Soviet states, is to invite them into the club, too. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • United States  • Vladimir Putin  • NATO  • Dmitry Medvedev  • Mikhail Saakashvili

    • US Chooses Georgia Over Russia at Its Own Risk

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 20, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      US Chooses Georgia Over Russia at Its Own Risk

      (Newser) - The US should quit blaming Russia for starting the war in Georgia, writes Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Wall Street Journal , and think hard before backing Tbilisi to the detriment of relations with Moscow. Georgia's "ruthless military assault" in South Ossetia forced the hand of Russia. "When the positions of your peacekeepers and the civilian population they have been mandated to protect are shelled, the sources of such attacks are legitimate targets." More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • United States