Soviet Chemical Weapons Expert: Dumping Was ‘Common Practice’ – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, 1990s, Baltic Sea, Bashkir, Chemical Weapons, ChemicalWeapons, Europe Radio, Expert, Free Radio, Military Weapons, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, Radioactive Waste, Soviet Weapons, Tatar

A Soviet chemical weapons expert says he is nearly certain that a report claiming the Soviet military dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste in the Baltic Sea during the 1990s is accurate, RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
Soviet Chemical Weapons Expert: Dumping Was ‘Common Practice’ – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010

Russia Unveils Proposal For European Security Treaty – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2009

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Europe, Europe Radio, European Civilization, European Security, European Union, Free Radio, International Affairs, kremlin, Medvedev, moscow, NATO, Osce, Proposal, Proposals, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, Russia, Security Treaty, United States, Western Countries

Medvedev called the United States, European Union, and Russia the “three branches of European civilization.” But Western countries have largely ignored his proposals so far. Analysts say the Kremlin proposal is unrealistic and chiefly aimed at boosting Moscow’s role in international affairs by undermining NATO and the OSCE.
Russia Unveils Proposal For European Security Treaty – [...]

The Kremlin Wants A War in Iran – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2009

Posted by Matt in September 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, War, Consensus, Europe Radio, Free Radio, Iran Nuclear, Iran Radio, Israel, kremlin, Leverage, Military Solution, moscow, Nuclear Crisis, Paradox, Persian Gulf, Proposal, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, sanctions, tehran, Un Security Council

The paradox here is that it was the Kremlin’s decision not to support the UN Security Council proposal to impose new sanctions that pushed Washington, Israel, the Persian Gulf, and Europe closer to consensus on a military solution to Iran’s nuclear crisis. By blocking sanctions, Moscow is trying to deprive the international community of any [...]

Will Russia Force Rebirth of Realism?

Posted by Matt in August 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, American Foreign Policy, Aspirations, Central Europe, invasion, Missile Defense Systems, NATO, Radio Free Europe, Realism, Rebirth, Russia, Russian Support, Scheunemann, Senator Mccain, Ukraine

To understand just how unsettling Russia’s invasion of Georgia is to American foreign policy, it’s useful to highlight a short exchange that Senator McCain’s leading foreign policy advisor Randy Scheunemann had with a reporter from Radio Free Europe in April.
Scheunemann was asked whether the U.S. should be willing to “trade off” Georgia and Ukraine’s NATO [...]