Russia may eventually be forced to withdraw from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the Russian Foreign Ministry’s top disarmament official, Mikhail Ulyanov, has warned, if the United States continues on the path of building its European Missile Defense Shield. A move that is seen as a provocation and threat to Russian national security. “We […]
Russia expresses concern over U.S. deployment of ships with ballistic missile defense capabilities to Spain
Russia may eventually be forced to withdraw from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the Russian Foreign Ministry’s top disarmament official, Mikhail Ulyanov, has warned, if the United States continues on the path of building its European Missile Defense Shield. A move that is seen as a provocation and threat to Russian national security. “We […]
Russia Warns West Not To Interfere In Former Soviet Union
Russia’s foreign minister warned the West on Wednesday against meddling in its backyard, saying the U.S. and European countries must not advance their interests in the former Soviet Union at Russia’s expense. Sergey Lavrov told a group of foreign business leaders that Russia has no monopoly on relations with neighbouring former Soviet republics, and said […]
Georgian claims on Russia war undercut
Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the long-standing Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression. Instead, the accounts suggest that Georgia‘s inexperienced military attacked the isolated separatist capital of Tskhinvali on August 7 with […]
Kosovo & Serbia: Independence Blogging
by Veronica Khokhlova Kosovo‘s declaration of independence from Serbia on Sunday, Feb. 17, has caused both celebrations and protests – as well as plenty of media coverage and an avalanche of blog posts. Below is a selection of some Anglophone bloggers’ views (Elia Varela Serra’s earlier Global Voices roundup on Kosovo is here). Prishtine: Independence and Kanun is celebrating and taking “tons […]