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Iran: Tehran Makes A Cautious Move Toward Moscow 26 Sep 2008 | 08:37 am
By Kamal Nazer Yasin Eurasianet, 09/09/08 The Caucasus crisis, precipitated by Russia’s incursion into Georgia, created the possibility of a grand bargain between US and Iranian leaders, under which ...
Solana: IAEA's Iran report worries Russia, China 26 Sep 2008 | 08:29 am
AP, 18/09/08 PARIS - The European Union's foreign policy chief says he believes Russia and China are "quite worried" about a new IAEA report that says Iran has blocked efforts to investigate its nucl...
Russia's role in the Iran crisis 26 Sep 2008 | 05:36 am
By Ray Takeyh and Nikolas Gvosdev The Boston Globe, 06/09/08 It is one of the rites of passage of the fall-every September, the Bush administration returns to the United Nation for another sanctions ...
Solana: IAEA's Iran report worries Russia, China 25 Sep 2008 | 08:41 am
AP, 18/09/08 PARIS - The European Union's foreign policy chief says he believes Russia and China are "quite worried" about a new IAEA report that says Iran has blocked efforts to investigate its nucl...
Russian Navy deploys ships to Venezuela 24 Sep 2008 | 12:36 pm
By Ilya Kramnik RIA Novosti military commentator, 23/09/08 MOSCOW - A Russian Navy squadron set off for Venezuela Monday in a deployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphere unpreceden...
Russia Won't Meet With U.S. on Iranian Nuclear Program 24 Sep 2008 | 12:35 pm
By Steven Lee Myers New York Times, 23/09/08 Russia said on Tuesday that it would not participate in a meeting with the United States this week to discuss Iran’s nuclear program, the most significant...
Russia in talks with Cuba, Venezuela on joint use of Glonass satellites 24 Sep 2008 | 12:31 pm
RIA Novosti, 23/09/08 MOSCOW - Russia is negotiating with Cuba and Venezuela on the joint use of Russia's Glonass navigation satellites, the head of the federal space agency said on Tuesday. "I have...
Georgia 'downs Russian drone' 24 Sep 2008 | 12:29 pm
Al Jazeera, 23/09/08 Georgian officials have said that an unmanned Russian reconnaissance drone has been shot down just south of the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Moscow denied the claim on Tue...
Bush chides Russia in UN speech 24 Sep 2008 | 12:25 pm
George Bush calls for more unity in the United Nations BBC, 23/09/08 George W Bush has accused Russia of violating the UN's charter by invading Georgia, in his final speech to the world body as US p...
Abkhazia to host two Russian military bases 24 Sep 2008 | 12:23 pm
RIA Novosti, 23/09/08 SUKHUMI - Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh confirmed Tuesday that two Russian military bases are to be stationed in the republic, recognized as an independent state by Moscow on ...
