Posts Tagged ‘Vladimir Putin’

Friday, March 20th, 2009 at 7:33am

Where’s Vladimir?

Posted by Tom Skypek in American Foreign Policy, Russia

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 3:06pm

More Belligerent Rhetoric from the Kremlin

Moscow keeps upping the ante. Today, the Kremlin announced that it is willing to use means other than diplomacy to respond to further development of the U.S. missile defense system in Poland. According to the Associated Press,

Russia lashed out at the United States on Wednesday over a missile defense deal with Poland and warned ominously that Moscow’s response to further development of the missile shield would go beyond diplomacy.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the U.S. missile shield plans are clearly aimed at weakening Russia, calling them part of growing “U.S. efforts to change the strategic balance of power in its favor.”

Russia’s invasion of Georgia and its increasingly belligerent rhetoric highlight the challenge the next president will face in…

Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at 5:38am

Military Conflict Continues Between Russia and Georgia

Posted by Tom Skypek in Russia

Defense analysts who once believed that Dmitry Medvedev’s Kremlin would differ from Vladimir Putin’s now have their answer.  Russia needs to withdraw its forces from Georgia immediately.  Here’s an article from Bloomberg News:     

Russia Is Waging `Full-Scale War’ Over S. Ossetia, Georgia Says
By Alex Nicholson

Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) — Georgia accused Russia of waging “full-scale war,” as Russian troops took control of the capital of the separatist South Ossetia region, rejecting calls by the international community for an immediate cease-fire.

“Georgia is under military aggression of the Russian federation,” Georgian Security Council secretary Kakha Lomaia told reporters in a conference call today.

Ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet moved toward Abkhazia, another separatist region, and Russian…

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 at 1:49pm

From Russia With Love?

Henry Kissinger wrote an interesting piece in today’s Washington Post on the future of U.S.-Russian relations under the leadership of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.  Kissinger is optimistic about the future of the relationship between to the two states, even though relations have cooled in recent years between President Bush and former President Vladimir Putin.  In fact, Kissinger argues that Medvedev’s Kremlin may be quite different than that of his predecessor’s:

Conventional wisdom treated Medvedev’s inauguration as president of the Russian Federation as a continuation of President Vladimir Putin’s two terms of Kremlin dominance and assertive foreign policy.  But after recently visiting Moscow, where I…

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