Posts Tagged ‘Vladimir Putin’
Military Conflict Continues Between Russia and Georgia
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 NicholsonAug. 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…
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…