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The International Energy Agency has accepted lead responsibility for preparing input for the regulatory review on Russian electricity sector reform, and as part of this process has prepared this discussion paper for forthcoming meetings with Russian officials and experts scheduled for late November 2003. The Russian Government has embarked on...
The first British minister to visit Georgia since the Russian invasion made a point of meeting opposition leaders yesterday as public discontent over Mikheil Saakashvili's role in the conflict grew. The Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, spent more than an hour with oppo-sition politicians, a move that is...
Pressure Is mounting on the Government to intervene in the campaign to save Bletchley Park, the historic site in Milton Keynes where Britain's code-breakers hastened the defeat of the Nazis during the Second World War. Following yesterday's launch of a campaign by The Independent, the former Europe...
The Russian occupation of large areas of Georgia continued yesterday in apparent defiance of international agreements and promises to withdraw. Gori, the largest city in Georgia held by the Russians, was blocked off from the international media by Russian soldiers in armoured cars who said they had...
European leaders will attempt to bury their differences and send a tough message to Moscow at an emergency meeting of Nato today, where there will be calls to freeze ties between the Western alliance and Russia in the aftermath of the war in Georgia. The US and...
MOSCOW AFP — Investments in the bonds of struggling US home-loan financers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have earned Russia more than a billion dollars in the past six months, press reports said Tuesday. "The bonds in which we have invested have not incurred losses but instead have...
MOSCOW, Aug 20, 2008 AFP — Russia moved Wednesday towards recognising Georgian separatist regions as independent, raising tensions after blocking a UN demand that it withdraw forces from Georgia. Russian troops remained entrenched in the rebel provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, although President Dmitry Medvedev said the...
CRAWFORD, Texas -- THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. For more than a week, the people of the nation of Georgia have withstood assault from the Russian military. The world has watched with alarm as Russia invaded a sovereign neighboring state and threatened a democratic government elected by its people. This act...
After enjoying a few days at the Olympics, President Bush is saying and doing all the right things regarding the ongoing Russian invasion and occupation of a neighboring state. "The United States of America stands with the democratically elected government of Georgia," he said Wednesday. "We insist that the sovereignty...
TBILISI, Aug 15, 2008 AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heavily criticised Russia on Friday as she confirmed that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had signed a ceasefire deal with Russia. The top US diplomat, in Georgia to back Saakashvili's pro-Western government, accused Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...
TBILISI AFP — Georgia on Friday signed a ceasefire agreement seeking to end its conflict with Russia, as US President George W. Bush accused Moscow of using "bullying" tactics in the standoff. "With the signing of this accord, all Russian troops, and any paramilitary and irregular troops that...
SEOUL AFP — A South Korean-Russian consortium has lost its licence to explore and develop a huge offshore oilfield in Russia's west Kamchatka, a state petroleum company said Wednesday. The Korea National Oil Corp KNOC said the Russian government last month rejected a request to extend a five-year...
GORI, Georgia AFP — Russia and Georgia wrangled over the blockaded city of Gori on Friday as US President George W. Bush accused Russia of using "bullying" tactics in the conflict. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tbilisi to support the Georgia's pro-West government and called...
WASHINGTON AFP — A second C-17 US military cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid for conflict-torn Georgia arrived in the capital Tbilisi on Thursday, the State Department said. "The second C-17 carrying humanitarian assistance commodities to Georgia arrived in Tbilisi today," department spokesman Robert Wood said. Cargo...
TBILISI AFP — Georgian and South Ossetian officials have agreed to hold direct talks for the first time in a decade this week amid mounting tensions in the rebel region, a Georgian official said Tuesday. South Ossetia's rebel government denied agreeing to the talks in a statement on...
Dissident writer whose accounts of life in the gulag exposed the moral infamy of Soviet Communism FOR MUCH of the 20th century, large sections of the populace of one of the greatest nations of the earth were held in virtual slavery by their own government. That...
MOSCOWAFP — The chief financial officer of British-Russian oil company TNK-BP resigned on Monday, saying he could no longer carry out his duties because of a row between BP and its Russian partners, the company said. James Owen's resignation letter "states that as the current shareholder issues remain...
MOSCOW AFP — The chief financial officer of British-Russian oil company TNK-BP resigned on Monday, saying he could no longer carry out his duties because of a row between BP and its Russian partners, the company said. James Owen's resignation letter "states that as the current shareholder issues...
Russia plans to triple the cash prize it pays gold medalists at the Beijing Olympic Games. Athletes who bring home the gold will be eligible for 100,000 euros -- $157,355 -- compared with the $50,000 offered at previous Olympics, Russian Olympic Committee spokesman Gennady Shvets said. ...
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