Archive for November, 2008
KYIV: Yanukovych: Ukrainian parliament negotiating possible govt reconfiguration
Political groups in the Ukrainian parliament are negotiating not only a candidate for speaker but also a possible reconfiguration of the government, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told the media in Moscow on Thursday
U.S. hopes to soften Moscow missile stance
Officials in Moscow are considering new proposals received from Washington on the U.S. missile defence system in Eastern Europe. Discussions on these offerings, which include access for Russian monitors to the bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, are expected to take place in the next two weeks.
New York Times report questions Georgia’s role in Ossetian war
The New York Times has published an article which questions Georgia’s account of the conflict in South Ossetia in August this year. Based on the observations of OSCE monitors, it reports that Georgia was not acting defensively, but started the shelling of civilians in the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinval.
Thousands demand Saakashvili resignation
Several thousand protesters have turned out in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to voice their discontent with the current leadership and to demand early presidential and parliamentary elections. They picketed the national parliament and the presidential residence to commemorate the events of last year, when a similar rally was violently dispersed by police.
Recalling Revolution: Russia’s Bolshevik anniversary
November the 7th 1917 was one of the most significant days in Russian history, when Lenin and the Bolshevik movement decided the timing was right for revolution. The Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace – which was then the seat of the government – to seize power, imposing a new regime which was to last for 70 years.
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