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04/10/2007 | Moscow News,№39 2007

By Jonathan Thatcher
Reuters
Leaders of the two Koreas agreed on Thursday to try to bring peace to the Cold War's last frontier, just a day after the North signed up to an international deal to disable its nuclear facilities.

04/10/2007 | Moscow News,№39 2007

Has the U.S. Shifted Gears in Afghanistan?

By Yevgeny Primakov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that Kabul is ready for negotiations with the Taliban. True, he made one proviso: the invitation only applies to Taliban members who are not connected with al-Qaeda. But this proviso means little in practical terms: how is it possible to determine who is and who is not involved with al-Qaeda in a situation where there is not a single Taliban group that has dissociated itself from that organization or at least criticized its terrorist activities.

04/10/2007 | Moscow News,№39 2007

‘The Chinese Octopus'

By Yevgeny Rumyantsev
China has a unique, rich and long history, but very little is known about the history of its secret services or their activities at home and abroad. Today, all of these structures are also active on Russian territory.

04/10/2007 | Moscow News,№39 2007

Yushchenko Urges Feuding Parties To Negotiate

By Ron Popeski
Reuters
President Viktor Yushchenko ordered Ukraine's three bickering parties on Wednesday to strike their own deal on a post-election government, a move likely to aggravate a deadlock that has stalled economic reforms.

04/10/2007 | Moscow News,№39 2007

No End to Ukraine's Political Turmoil in Sight, Experts Say

By Anna Arutunyan
Talks to build a coalition began Thursday as the final ballots came rolling in following Ukraine's Sunday vote. With 99.95 percent of ballots counted as of Thursday afternoon, the pro-Russian Regions Party led with 34.35 percent, with Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc close behind with 30.73. President Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine followed with just 14.16. percent.

04/10/2007 | Moscow News,№39 2007

U.S. Study Supports Russia's AMD Suspicions

By Desmond Butler
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A number of top U.S-based physicists have concluded that the United States used inaccurate claims to reassure NATO allies about U.S. missile defense plans in Eastern Europe.

04/10/2007 | Moscow News,№39 2007

Political Infighting Rattles Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's hawkish former defense minister was detained on corruption charges Thursday, days after he alleged that President Mikhail Saakashvili had ordered him to kill a prominent businessman.

Ministers Golikova and Nabiullina © RIA-Novosti

27/09/2007 | Moscow News,№38 2007

The Brave New Government

By Marina Pustilnik
Russia now has a new government and it is obviously a good subject for discussion. But before we get into who will now be governing Russia, I would like to make it known that I have no idea what was the rush for change.

27/09/2007 | Moscow News,№38 2007

U.S., Russia to Hold Missile Talks in Moscow

MOSCOW (AFP) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates will hold face to face talks with their opposite numbers in Moscow on October 12 on America's planned missile defence system, officials here said Wednesday.

27/09/2007 | Moscow News,№38 2007

Valentina Matviyenko: Russia's Next President?

By Robert Bridge
Before anybody can make a serious prediction concerning the identity of Putin's future ‘successor,' it is important to keep in mind that the Russian president has never been predictable in his behavior.

27/09/2007 | Moscow News,№38 2007

Democrats Consider Bill Clinton's Legacy

By Beth Fouhy
The Associated Press
Halfway through an otherwise cordial debate, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden raised an issue generally left unspoken by the other Democratic candidates: former U.S. President Bill Clinton's complicated legacy and how it might affect Hillary Clinton's chances of winning her own election to the White House.

27/09/2007 | Moscow News,№38 2007

Georgia, Russia Clash at UN

The Moscow News
Georgian officials refused to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the United Nations Tuesday over a deadly and disputed Sept. 20 clash between Georgian security forces and Russian troops in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. Two Russian officers were killed.

27/09/2007 | Moscow News,№38 2007

Cabinet Promotions Signal Changes

By Anna Arutunyan
President Vladimir Putin revealed his new cabinet of ministers on Monday, ending nearly two weeks of speculations and suspense after the president dismissed his government and appointed the little-known Viktor Zubkov as prime minister. Most of the replacements in the new cabinet had been widely anticipated, as was Putin's refusal to sign Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov's resignation. But two important promotions of the president's close allies as well as the appointments of two women to the cabinet shed light on what the government will really look like this election year.

21/09/2007 | Moscow News,№37 2007

Near East Intrigue

By Geidar Dzhemal
Chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia
The less than three decade-old history of confrontation between the US and Iran is full of failures, both military and political, as America attempted to place Tehran under control. Landmark events include Saddam Hussein's defeat in the Iraq-Iran war that he started with encouragement and support from the US in the wake of an Islamic revolution. There was also the dismal failure by a team of US commandoes to secure the release of hostages held by revolutionary students at the US Embassy in Tehran.

21/09/2007 | Moscow News,№37 2007

New Season for Russia and the West

By Konstantin Kosachev,
Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee September by tradition marks the start of a new political year, and that, to a certain degree, also concerns international relations. One of the problems that Russia will have to take into the new, 2007/2008 political season is its relations with the West. The ongoing media campaign against Russia, which did not even take a summer break, shows that the burden of issues, claims and counter claims is still there.

21/09/2007 | Moscow News,№37 2007

Political Worries Stall Bushehr Project

By Kirill Bessonov
Last weekend Russia and Iran yet again exchanged accusations over the Iranian nuclear power plant in Bushehr.

20/09/2007 | Moscow News,№37 2007

Flemish: Split Belgium

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Nearly half of Belgium's Dutch-speaking Flemish community wants the country to split up, a poll revealed Tuesday, 100 days after a general election and with no new federal government in sight.

20/09/2007 | Moscow News,№37 2007

Lebanese Leaders Vow to Go Ahead with Vote

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese leaders pledged Thursday to press ahead with a divisive election for president, to be held in Parliament in the coming days, despite the car bombing assassination of an anti-Syrian lawmaker.

20/09/2007 | Moscow News,№37 2007

EU Hopes to Open New Borders in Time for Christmas

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Union hopes to open up its land borders to nine new countries ahead of schedule so that citizens can enjoy freer intra-EU travel for Christmas, senior officials said Tuesday.

20/09/2007 | Moscow News,№37 2007

Russia and U.S. Discuss Joint Use of Radar Site

By Kirill Bessonov
Military experts from the U.S. arrived at the Russian radar station in Gabala, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday to learn more about the proposed site of an anti-missile defense system.

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