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"Such a system as [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin's is exactly a target for destruction. It needs to be destroyed."
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
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Mark Patinkin writes: The pope just gave a speech saying the communist era is truly over. If you are under 30, you probably don’t know much about East European Communism. Until 20 years ago, it was America’s nemesis. Then it imploded.
I had the chance to see it first-hand, spending five weeks in five countries when Communism was collapsing in 1989.
It’s worth talking about now since some say the recession shows the flaws of capitalism. Oct 1, 2009 at 23:15 |
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Iran agreed in principle today to export much of its stock of enriched uranium for processing and to open its newly-revealed enrichment plant to UN inspections within a fortnight. Oct 1, 2009 at 23:11 |
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President Barack Obama says Iran has two weeks to allow international inspectors into a nuclear fuels plant whose existence was only recently revealed. Oct 1, 2009 at 23:07 |
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A Russian journalist says he has been threatened with violence and forced into hiding after posting a Web article critical of Soviet army veterans.
Alexander Podrabinek, 56, a former Soviet dissident and political prisoner, accuses the Russian government of being behind what he calls a campaign of harassment, a charge the government denies. Oct 1, 2009 at 23:03 |
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Saudi Arabia is looking to purchase billions of dollars in weapons from Russia in an effort to get the Kremlin to scrap plans to sell surface-to-missile Iran, according to a Financial Times story this week. Oct 1, 2009 at 22:59 |
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Last week, Congress launched the bipartisan Congressional Russia Caucus, which is chaired by Congressmen Tom Price (R-GA) and Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH). Oct 1, 2009 at 22:54 |
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Everyone knows that kids shouldn't play with guns. Unfortunately, no one said anything about big kids playing with tanks. Oct 1, 2009 at 22:15 |
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Many in Moscow are celebrating the conclusion of the European Union’s commission that Georgia rather than Russia bears primary responsibility for the start of the August 2008 war as a vindication of the Russian government’s insistence then and now that it only responded to “Georgian aggression. Oct 1, 2009 at 22:05 |
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The National Bank of Ukraine is under growing scrutiny for how it has managed the currency and rescued banks. But there is no financial cop around to dig out the whole truth. Oct 1, 2009 at 21:27 |
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Cheaper drugs are producing more addicts, but few in Ukraine are addressing the growing addiction problem. Oct 1, 2009 at 21:24 | Iryna Prymachyk |
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Ukraine has only had two confirmed cases of swine flu so far, but experts warn that flu cannot be stopped by national borders. Oct 1, 2009 at 21:21 | Kateryna Grushenko |
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The 2010 budget proposed by the government cuts down parliament’s expenses, but hikes president administration’s spending. Oct 1, 2009 at 21:19 | Nataliya Bugayova |
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France is considering the sale of a helicopter carrier ship to Russia that could provide Moscow with added offensive capabilities at sea. Oct 1, 2009 at 21:17 |
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Ukraine’s biggest state company Naftogaz managed to restructure its debt that matured this week, while much spoken about privatization of Odesa Portside plant was canceled having fetched too little money. Oct 1, 2009 at 21:15 | Staff reports |
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An independent inquiry ordered by the European Union has concluded that Georgia violated international law and triggered last year’s war with Russia by attacking the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Oct 1, 2009 at 21:14 |