Yushchenko is more unpopular in Ukraine than in Russia

Dmitry Medvedev’s decision to refrain from sending the Russian ambassador to Kiev has been interpreted by the media and analysts as Moscow’s rupture with the Ukrainian president.

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.

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.

Georgia violated UN charter – UN Assembly chief

Georgia commited an act of aggression and violated the UN charter by invading South Ossetia, the incoming President of the UN General Assembly said at the opening of its 63rd session.

Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, a former foreign minister of Nicaragua, pledged…

U.S. Senators blame Russia for conflict

The Georgia-South Ossetia conflict has once again come under the spotlight at the U.S. Senate. Although the Senators continue to point the finger at Moscow as an “aggressor” some say Russia and its stance are difficult to ignore.

With no clear…

Russia to sign first agreements with breakaway countries

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to pay his first visit to South Ossetia, since Russia officially recognised its independence. On Sunday he travelled to Sukhum, capital the other newly recognised state, Abkhazia.

Lavrov discussed candidates for Russian and Abkhaz…

Moscow: Medvedev talks about Russia’s war with Georgia and US relations

They say, Russia was preparing for war – that’s a lie! The Defence Minister called me at 1 a.m. and said, the Georgians have told the Ossetians that they were starting a war.”… “The concept that the U.S. State Department embraced is pure ideology. We all need to take effort and drive ideology away from foreign policy. The current U.S. administration’s problem is that they have too many sovietologists.” – Medvedev

Russia’s Sea Monster

The submarine Dmitrii Donskoy is 172 meter long, has a 49,800 ton deadweight and can carry Russia’s state of the art strategic weaponry, the Bulava missile. After more than ten years of upgrades, the vessel was last week successfully tested…

Exposed: the double standards of U.S. rhetoric

Dick Cheney denounced what he termed Russia’s war against Georgia. American political commentator Pat Buchanan pointed out that, while the Georgian conflict lasted five days, “We bombed Serbia for 78 days when it had not attacked us for the province of Kosovo.”

Russia and EU at ‘crossroads’

EU leaders urged Russia not to isolate itself from the rest of Europe, in a meeting in Brussels on Monday. The 27 members of the union came together to review their ties with Moscow, but so far have shown little agreement on how specifically to respond to Russia’s actions in the Caucasus.