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• Ukraine’s descent into chaos

  
  CIPE Development Blog — Authority: 427
  Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has a strong following in Ukraine. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/str1ker/123675588/) With the election of President Viktor Yushchenko in 2004, many in the west marked the occasion as the decisive moment when Ukrainians stood up and made a choice to face westward and move forward with ...
  6 days ago

• Attention to Ukrainian Presidential Election!

  
  Global American Discourse — Authority: 103
  This summer, I talked of Russian pressure on Ukraine in view of the forthcoming presidential election in January. The election will be held on January 17, and the final result will be determined on January 27. Wikipedia shows an introduction to this election which will be helpful to understand basic points about it. ...
  6 days ago

• To Commemorate Christmas, Google Donates Money to Fight Nazis on Your Behalf

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 140
  When our corporate overlords at Google aren’t getting busted for lacking shooting permits in national parks or  getting ripped off buying $7000 toilets from Japan , they’re giving the world a gift for the holidays. See  how they’re commemorating the end of the aughts , the end of 2009? “This gift ...
  1 week ago

• Russia, NATO, Afghanistan – High Stakes Great Game

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 594
  What did Medvedev have up his sleeve when he welcomed Obama’s new surge in Afghanistan, wonders Eric WalbergBy Eric Walberg US President Barack Obama’s now expanding war against the Taliban is garnering support from liberals and neocons alike, from leaders around the world, even from Russia. “We are ready to ...
  1 week ago

• Reflections on Ukraine’s Past Elections

  
  CIPE Development Blog — Authority: 427
  & As Ukraine approaches a presidential election in early 2010, it is appropriate to reflect upon the historic events which took place during the presidential election cycle of 2004-2005. In the Autumn of 2004, many of us were guardedly optimistic that the presidential election might result in a true transfer of ...
  1 week ago

• Photos of 56 ethnic groups in Eurasia

  
  Doobybrain.com — Authority: 543
  Photographer Chen Waiwen has a new book out entitled Harmonious China: A Sketch of China’s 56 Ethnicities that takes a look at some of the different cultures that one might come across while traveling across China and Eurasia. Chen Waiwen led a team of 14 photographers for a year-long trip around the country ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Final Showdown: Obama Declares War On Pakistan

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 594
  By Webster G. TarpleyWASHINGTON, DC — Obama’s West Point speech of December 1 represents far more than the obvious brutal escalation in Afghanistan — it is nothing less than a declaration of all-out war by the United States against Pakistan . This is a brand-new war, a much wider war now targeting Pakistan , a ...
  2 weeks ago

• MAGAZIN: Caucasus Watch, 14 December 2009 (evolutsia.net)

  
  GEORGIA & SOUTH CAUCASUS — Authority: 132
  Caucasus Watch is a biweekly roundup focusing on the region’s major stories. The project is led by Analyst Remy Gwaramadze with support from the entire Evolutsia.Net team. The next issue of Caucasus Watch will be published on December 28th.In this issue:- Abkhaz Elections- Will the Zemo-Larsi Border Reopen?- EUMM ...
  2 weeks ago

• New insight into horse evolution

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): Scientists studying ancient DNA from extinct horse species have discovered new evidence on the evolution of Equidae over the past 55 million years.The study was conducted by an international team of researchers and the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) based at the University of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Material Incentives – Even in the USSR

  
  CIPE Development Blog — Authority: 427
  & To continue our reflections on the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the eventual collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia… I had one of those experiences yesterday when you look at something you’ve seen dozens of times before and you see it in a new light, and get to thinking about it more ...
  2 weeks ago

• Russian Combat Training Prioritizes the Individual

  
  The Yankee Sailor — Authority: 145
  As the new combat training year in the Russian armed forces began on December 1, senior officials outlined the priorities for the year ahead, while reflecting soberly on annual training results in 2009. The main change envisages concentrating on the individual skills of officers and soldiers, shifting away from ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mistral Procurement Divides Russian Defense Leadership

  
  The Yankee Sailor — Authority: 145
  Those favoring the purchase of the Mistral-class amphibious assault ship from France had placed high hopes on events in late November moving the sale forward. Mistral arrived in St. Petersburg on November 23 to much fanfare. The French sailors proved excellent guests and Russian experts took a close-up look at the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Shadow Economy in Ukraine Nearly 50% of GDP

  
  CIPE Development Blog — Authority: 427
  According to research conducted by the Ukrainian newspaper Delo (Russian only), the country’s shadow economy represents 45.4% of GDP, or 420 billion Hryvnia (approximately $52.5 billion). Retail trade was found to have the greatest volume of shadow transactions among various sectors of the economy at 50% of total ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mistral Warship Offer Symbolizes New Franco-Russian Strategic Partnership

  
  The Yankee Sailor — Authority: 145
  On November 23 the helicopter carrier Mistral, pride of the French Navy, laid anchor at St. Petersburg on a week-long visit with political, strategic, and commercial overtones (Interfax, November 23-27). The French government wants to sell one or, better, several vessels of this class to Russia for billions of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Russia Seeks to Sustain its Energy Security

  
  The Yankee Sailor — Authority: 145
  Moscow has reiterated pledges to improve Russian energy security by promising sizable investments to develop its hydrocarbon sector and power supply networks. However, the economic viability of such solutions appears to remain a matter of debate as Moscow’s ambitious plans require huge investments. Russian ...
  3 weeks ago

• France Offers Russia a Naval Power Projection Capability

  
  The Yankee Sailor — Authority: 145
  The Mistral-class helicopter carrier, several of which France offers to sell and license to Russia, is the most modern French warship class. At 24,000 tons it is second only to the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in size. The first Mistral-class warship entered service in 2006. The French Navy currently has two ...
  3 weeks ago

• Russian Strategic Bomber Flights: Long Range Deception

  
  The Yankee Sailor — Authority: 145
  On November 24 and 25 two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers flew long range patrolling missions above neutral waters in the Arctic to the Atlantic Oceans. Russian Air Force spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Vladimir Drik said that during the 16 hour missions that featured mid-air refueling from Il-78 tankers, NATO F-15 and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Sofia, Bulgaria Elects First Female Mayor

  
  Vital Voices Blog — Authority: 130
  Bulgarian Education Minister Yordanka Fandukova was elected the first female mayor of the capital city of Sofia in what was described as a “landslide victory” by the Southeast Europe Times. Winning 66 percent of the vote, Fandukova handily defeated her fellow candidates in the mid-November contest.Sofia elects ...
  4 weeks ago

• A Sentimental Secret ♥

  
  NeoShinka — Authority: 124
  Suō teasing Tanya about Nika Suō Pavlichenko The main female protagonist. A 13 year old girl who lives in Vladivostok, Russia. She is able to manifest an PTRD-41 from the meteor fragment she wears. Her remuneration involves folding paper into origami. Her name may be a reference to Lyudmila Pavlichenko , a ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Secret History of Our Time: The Pope and Satan, War and the Anti-Christ, Revelations and the Last Days

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 594
  by Richard C. CookAuthor’s Note: In order to come up with an accurate understanding of today’s world crisis it is necessary to start looking at it from the spiritual dimension. This essay attempts to do so, using sources acquired during many years of study. By the latter half of the 19th century, say at the [...]
  4 weeks ago

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