Posted by Matt in August 19th, 2008 |
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Russia,
West,
Arrogance,
Baltic States,
Elections,
Fear,
Freedom,
Nationalism,
Open Hostility,
Orange Revolution,
Regimes,
Revolutions,
Russia,
Russian Leadership,
Russian State,
Street Demonstrations,
Ukraine
The spread of freedom and the West standing up to it.
The Russian state’s open hostility, not only toward Georgia but also toward Ukraine and the Baltic states, is, in this sense, partly ideological. Genuine elections have taken place in all these countries; people who have not been preselected by the ruling oligarchy sometimes gain wealth [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 26th, 2008 |
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Syria,
Angry Street,
Beirut,
damascus,
Former Prime Minister,
Lebanon,
Military Presence,
Paralysed,
Political Deadlock,
Powerbrokers,
Pulling Strings,
Pullout,
Rafiq Hariri,
Street Demonstrations,
Syria
Three years after Syria ended its near 30-year military presence in Lebanon, Damascus stands accused of still pulling strings there and leaving its tiny neighbour paralysed by political deadlock.
On April 26, 2005, Syria withdrew the last of its officials who had reigned as the true powerbrokers in Beirut, as the final 14,000 troops of a [...]
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