Tag: "Vladimir Putin"
Russia Doesn’t Care Much for Reporters
The Russians are none to keen about the freedom of press these days. One journalist who was highly critical of Vladimir Putin is dead, pushed out of a window by his goons. One ex-intelligence officer who was speaking openly to the press about Putin’s dealings died of poisoning. This article estimates that as many as [...]
Russia to the World: Yeah, Georgia’s Ours. Screw You.
Here what Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had to say after his country and Georgia agreed on a cease-fire: “One can forget about any talk about Georgia’s territorial integrity …” In other words, Russia will do in Georgia what it damned well pleases and it couldn’t care less that Georgia is a sovereign nation. To [...]
A Return to Realpolitik?
Ross Douthat, in a post titled “unrealpolitik” asks an interesting question. After he recounts that russia could make our lives much more difficult with Iran and Afghanistan if we take a hard line on them, or arm the Georgian military with truly modern weaponry, he comes to the real nut of the matter: Is the [...]
Russia and Georgia Agree on a Tenative Cease-Fire, Former Soviet Satellites Join Saakashvili in Defiance of Putin
There’s been a lot happening related to Russia’s invasion of Georgia, so consider this a bit of an information link-dump. First, France’s Nicolas Sarkozy went to Georgia to work on brokering a ceasefire. Sarkozy also sits in the President’s chait of the EU, so he carried a bit more diplomatic weight than usual. You can [...]
Bush Excoriates Russia and Saakashvili Steels for the Fight. What Will Putin Do?
President Bush criticized Russia today harder than he’s ever lit into any country not ruled by an Islamist tyrant. He recounted the reports of Russian attacks on Georgian cities and said that, if the bear out to be true as reported, it would be a “dramatic and brutal escalation of the conflict in Georgia” that [...]
Russia Takes South Ossetia, Eyes the Rest of Georgia, Seeks to Oust Georgian President (Updates: A Couple of Likely Reasons)
Russia continues to attack Georgia itself by air while its troops now have undisputed control of South Ossetia. Russia had already devastated the port city of Poti and it intensified its attacks today with bombing missions against military targets outside the Georgian capital of Tblisi and an all=out bombing offensive on the city of Gori. [...]
The Russian Bear is Roaring Again
Ever since the Rose Revolution of 2003, Vladimir Putin and his fellow autocrats in Russia have been looking for an excuse to break bad on Georgia. I’m not sure why they didn’t simply try to poison him to death like they tried with Viktor Yuschenko, but in any case they have long had their eyes [...]
Despite Being “Unpopular”, We’re Still Picking Up Allies
Chalk up another win for freedom and civilization, and for the forward-thinking diplomacy of our President. This time, it’s Serbia – yeah, that Serbia – which has elected a pro-West, anti-Putin coalition to run its government. If we’re not careful, we’re going to see a Europe that’s more pro-American then I can remember.
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