Is Russia Losing Patience with Ukraine? – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in August 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Black Sea, Contributor, Glorification, Historical Revisionism, Kiev, Medvedev, Nato Membership, Natural Gas Deliveries, Nazi Collaborators, Nytimes, Patience, Patriarch, Russian Investors, Russian Natural Gas, Russian Threat, Sea Fleet, Sevastopol, Specter, Tensions, Yushchenko

The list of Mr. Medvedev’s complaints about Kiev’s policies covers virtually every aspect of Russian-Ukrainian relations: Mr. Yushchenko’s government supported Georgia in the war with Russia last year and supplied it with weapons. Kiev interfered with Russia’s Black Sea fleet based in Sevastopol; it disrupted Russian natural gas deliveries to Europe; it used the specter [...]

The German Question

Posted by Matt in October 6th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Alternative Sources Of Energy, American Politician, Angela Merkel, Central Question, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Defense Spending, Dmitri Medvedev, East German, Energy Dependence, George Friedman, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, German Interest, German Question, Germany, Member Nation, Nato Expansion, Nato Membership, Natural Gas Exports, Personal Inclinations, Russian Natural Gas, Sources Of Energy

By George Friedman

German Chancellor Angela Merkel went to St. Petersburg last week for meetings with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. The central question on the table was Germany’s position on NATO expansion, particularly with regard to Ukraine and Georgia. Merkel made it clear at a joint press conference that Germany would oppose NATO membership for both [...]

Russian threat targets Georgia, again

Posted by Matt in September 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Atlantic Treaty Organization, Bid, Consequences, Dmitry Medvedev, G2 Bulletin, Georgia, Global Tensions, Invitation, Joseph Farah, Membership Action Plan, NATO, Nato Membership, News Conference, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Pathway, Russian President, Russian Threat, South Caucasus, Threat Targets, Ukraine

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a stark warning he will send troops back into Georgia should NATO invite the south Caucasus country to join, but this time he promised the consequences “could be much worse,” according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
At a news conference, Medvedev said having Georgia join the North [...]

Russia threatens to supply Iran with top new missile system as ‘cold war’ escalates

Posted by Matt in August 31st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Russia, Air Defence System, Air Force, Bargaining Chip, Cold-War, Defences, Intelligence, Iran, kremlin, Missile System, NATO, Nato Membership, Pentagon, Pentagon Adviser, Planes, Russia, S 300, Sunday Telegraph, Targets, tehran, Western Neighbours

Russia is deploying the threat to sell a “game changing” air defence system to Iran as a high stakes bargaining chip in its new “cold war” with America, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.
US intelligence fears the Kremlin will supply the sophisticated S-300 system to Tehran if Washington pushes through Nato membership for its pro-Western neighbours [...]

Europe’s New Pro-American Direction

Posted by Matt in May 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, U.S., Angela Merkel, Assets, Bucharest, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Combat Situations, Deployment, Gerhard Schroeder, Gordon Brown, Iraq War, Jacques Chirac, Missile-Defense, moscow, Nato Forces, Nato Membership, Nicolas Sarkozy, Political Leadership, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Reluctance, Soviet Republics, Special Relationship

But look today at Europe’s political leadership: Nicolas Sarkozy in France has replaced the bitterly anti-American Jacques Chirac. In Germany, Angela Merkel has replaced the dyspeptic and anti-Iraq war Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Britain now once again speaks about the US-UK “special relationship.” And now, Berlusconi will soon return to the [...]