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"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia." -Otto von Bismarck

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  • September 2008

    • Bush Plans $1B for Georgia Ahead of Cheney Visit

      Associated Press  |  Sep 3, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Bush Plans $1B for Georgia Ahead of Cheney Visit

      (Newser) - President Bush wants another $1 billion in economic aid for Georgia, the AP reports. An announcement is scheduled for later today, even as Vice President Dick Cheney is continuing a tour of former Soviet states that will take him to Georgia tomorrow. Meanwhile, a third US Navy ship entered the Black Sea today, with aid cargo destined for the region disrupted by recent fighting. More »

    • Russia Claims US Citizen Provoked War

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 3, 08 12:16 PM CDT

      Russia Claims US Citizen Provoked War

      (Newser) - To support its claims that US intelligence agents played a role in the Georgian conflict, the Kremlin has produced a US passport belonging to an Army veteran from Texas, the Wall Street Journal reports. They say the passport was found in an outpost used by Georgian special forces. The alleged spy, Michael White, is an English teacher in China. More »

    • Journalist Shot Dead by Russian Cops

      New York Times  |  Sep 1, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Journalist Shot Dead by Russian Cops

      (Newser) - A Russian journalist known for his opposition views was fatally shot in the head after his arrest at an airport yesterday, reports the New York Tiimes . He was shot as he sat in a police car on his way to interrogation, according to officials. Authorities labeled the death of Magomed Yevloyev accidental and are opening an investigation. But human rights advocates called the shooting suspicious and expressed concern about a new era of crackdowns on dissent in Russia. More »

  • August 2008

    • Putin: US Sparked Georgia War

      CNN  |  Aug 29, 08 4:26 AM CDT

      Putin: US Sparked Georgia War

      (Newser) - Invoking the era of Cold War conspiracies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of sparking conflict in Georgia to give John McCain a campaign boost. “They need a small victorious war,” the told CNN. He insisted the US encouraged Georgia to attack their two breakaway regions earlier this month, forcing Russia to intervene. The White House called the accusations “absurd." More »

    • Seeing Red Over Russia, US May Cozy Up to China

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Aug 28, 08 2:23 PM CDT

      Seeing Red Over Russia, US May Cozy Up to China

      (Newser) - Moscow may physically stand in between Beijing and Washington, but Russia’s aggressive behavior could bring the US and China closer together, Geoff Dyer argues in the Financial Times . The Kremlin’s interference in Georgia has Washington seething, and “a low-level confrontation in Georgia that pits Russia against the US helps China’s short-term interests rather well,” writes Dyer. More »

    • Firebrand Sets Russia's Tone at NATO

      New York Times  |  Aug 28, 08 9:05 AM CDT

      Firebrand Sets Russia's Tone at NATO

      (Newser) - If you needed proof of Russia's contempt for NATO, look no further than Dmitri Rogozin, Moscow's representative to the military alliance. A fiery ultranationalist who once had a poster of Stalin hanging in his office, Rogozin has seemed more showman than diplomat. But since the South Ossetian war, something's changed—the whole Russian government seems to have adopted Rogozin's bluster. More »

    • EU Threatens Sanctions on Russia

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 28, 08 8:21 AM CDT

      EU Threatens Sanctions on Russia

      (Newser) - The European Union is considering sanctions against the Great Bear over its incursion into Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said today, as EU leaders head to an emergency summit. And a Russian plea for support from the East was strongly rebuffed by members of an Asian alliance that includes China, the Guardian reports.  More »

    • Russia Recognizes Georgia's Breakaway Regions

      BBC  |  Aug 26, 08 7:29 AM CDT

      Russia Recognizes Georgia's Breakaway Regions

      (Newser) - Thumbing its nose at the West, Russia has officially recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Dmitry Medvedev announced today, following votes in the Russian parliament. The move flies in the face of a plea from President Bush that Russia refrain from doing so, and the US State Department’s warning that it could be “inconsistent with international law.” Earlier today, Russia canceled a visit from NATO’s secretary general. More »

    • Russian MPs Back Georgian Separatists

      Independent (UK)  |  Aug 25, 08 6:37 PM CDT

      Russian MPs Back Georgian Separatists

      (Newser) - Russian lawmakers voted unanimously today to recognize the independence of two Georgian breakaway regions, leaving the final decision to President Dmitry Medvedev, the Independent reports. The move threatens to further strain Russian-Western relations as Russian troops remained in Georgia with orders to inspect all shipments arriving at a Black Sea port. More »

    • Modern Bullies Aren't World's Real Threat

      Washington Post  |  Aug 23, 08 4:47 PM CDT

      Modern Bullies Aren't World's Real Threat

      (Newser) - The world's strong-arm autocrats are surging to the fore, ignoring human rights, denying election results, and barging into neighboring nations. But Hu Jintao, Robert Mugabe and Vladimir Putin are not Mao, Hitler, or Stalin, Francis Fukuyama writes in the Washington Post . That “sort of ideological tyrant no longer bestrides the world stage,” he writes. More »

    • Russia Keeps Troops in Poti

      Reuters  |  Aug 23, 08 10:35 AM CDT

      Russia Keeps Troops in Poti

      (Newser) - Russia says it will continue to patrol the key Black Sea port of Poti despite Western demands that it pull back to pre-conflict positions, Reuters reports. A Russian general said troops will continue "peacekeeping" operations there even though the city falls outside the perimeter agreed upon in the recent cease-fire. More »

    • 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 »

    • 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 »

    • 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 »

    • 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 »

    • 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 »

    • Russia Seizes Georgian Port, Detains Soldiers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 19, 08 9:09 AM CDT

      Russia Seizes Georgian Port, Detains Soldiers

      (Newser) - Russian troops took control of the key Georgian port of Poti for about 4 hours today, just one day after it pledged to withdraw from the country, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some 70 Russian troops entered the Black Sea port this morning and detained 20 Georgian coast guard members before returning to their base in the town of Senaki. The Georgian soldiers were taken away on top of APCs, handcuffed and blindfolded. The port, a keystone of the area’s economy, has been forced to shut down, at least temporarily. More »

    • Georgian Conflict Highlights Eastern Anxieties

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Aug 18, 08 2:02 PM CDT

      Georgian Conflict Highlights Eastern Anxieties

      (Newser) - As Russian forces continue to roll through Georgia, both Eastern and Western nations are reconsidering their relations in the face of an emboldened and insolent Moscow. The Christian Science Monitor examines this new geopolitical reality from the perspective of ex-Soviet states determined to prevent a renaissance of Russia's hegemony over its neighbors. More »

    • Russia-Georgia Rules Sunday Talk Shows

      Politico  |  Aug 17, 08 7:14 PM CDT

      Russia-Georgia Rules Sunday Talk Shows

      (Newser) - The Russia-Georgia conflict dominated discussion on Sunday morning talk shows today, Politico reports. "People are beginning to wonder whether Russia can be trusted," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press . She also stated on Fox News Sunday and Face the Nation that Russia would face "consequences" if it breached the cease-fire agreement. More »

    • In China and Russia, a 'Springtime for Autocrats'

      New York Times  |  Aug 17, 08 2:36 PM CDT

      In China and Russia, a 'Springtime for Autocrats'

      (Newser) - The autocratic world powers that were crumbling in the late 1980s may yet have their day, and sooner than we think, writes executive editor Bill Keller in the New York Times . As China keeps its stranglehold on free speech despite promises to the IOC, and Russia tests how far it can push the West in Georgia, "It is at least a season: Springtime for autocrats," writes Keller. More »

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BBC Country Profile: Russia
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"Russia has been striving to find its new place in the world since the Soviet Union ceased to be in 1991."

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CIA World Factbook: Russia
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"Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia...

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KGB
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KGB (Russian abbreviation, Committee of State Security) Formed in 1953, the KGB was responsible for external espionage, internal counter-intelligence, and internal ‘crimes against the state’. The most famous chairman of the KGB was Yuri Andropov (1967–82) who was ...

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin , 1952-, Russian government official and political leader, b. Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). After graduating from the Leningrad State Univ. law school in 1975 (he also holds a doctorate in economics), he served in the KGB for 15 years, rising to the rank of ...

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