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Putin derides Georgian leader Saakashvili

AFP - Thu Nov 19, 10:11 pm ET

Vladimir Putin on Friday delivered one of his most searing attacks yet against the Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him.

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Putin derides Georgian leader Saakashvili
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 10:11 pm ET
Vladimir Putin on Friday delivered one of his most searing attacks yet against the Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him.
Georgia's Shrunken Hopes
New York Review of Books - Fri Nov 20, 1:30 pm ET
Michael Greenberg A refugee camp in Gori, Georgia, 2009; photographs by Alex Majoli from Georgian Spring , to be published by Magnum Photos and Chris Boot in December More than fifteen months have passed since war broke out between Georgia and Russia. The war lasted five days, the amount of time it took for the Russian army to rout Georgia’s tiny, American-trained defense forces. It was the most ...
Medvedev Is Reinventing the Red Army
Newsweek - Fri Nov 20, 5:59 pm ET
How Medvedev plans to reform the military—and why Obama should not be worried.
Russian league champions since 1992
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Sat Nov 21, 10:11 am ET
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Haleh Esfandiari: Prisoner of Tehran
New York Times - Sat Nov 21, 8:40 pm ET
A love of Iran underlies a scholar’s memoir of surreal interrogation and solitary confinement in Tehran.
Russia ups its nuclear triad
UPI - Fri Nov 20, 5:33 pm ET
MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will begin operating a second regiment armed with Topol-M mobile missile systems by the end of the year.
Lithuanian/Polish/Ukrainian Increased Cooperation
Strategy Page - Fri Nov 20, 2:03 pm ET
Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine are forming are forming a three way international peacekeeping brigade called LITPOLUKRBRIG. According to the Telegraph (UK newspaper), the strength may range from 2,000-5,000 soldiers.
EXTRA: Putin praises Ukraine's Tymoshenko ahead of election
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 20, 6:29 am ET
Kiev - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave veiled but unmistakable support to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in her bid to become Ukraine's next President, and slammed her incumbent opponent, according to news reports Friday. The Russian lead...
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Modern Warfare 2 writer: "the airport level was a risk we had to take"
GamePro - Thu Nov 19, 8:18 pm ET
We talk to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's scriptwriter to find out what he hoped to achieve with the airport mission, how they considered putting aliens in the game, and why the game should be adapted into a movie.
Leonard Zeskind: Moscow Murder Part of a Pattern
The Huffington Post - Thu Nov 19, 3:42 pm ET
Moscow Murder Part of a Pattern by Leonard Zeskind The November 16 murder of Ivan Khutorskoy in Moscow underscores the growing threat of ultra-nationalist violence...
EU-Russia summit tackles thorny gas issue
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 18, 8:02 am ET
EU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm on Wednesday for a summit dominated by energy issues, as Europe hopes to avoid an interruption of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukraine this winter.
"Project Runway" season finale airs after legal dispute
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 12:04 pm ET
Irina Shabayeva won the sixth season of the fashion reality show "Project Runway" on Thursday in the conclusion of the hit cable series which was delayed for months by legal wrangling.
Would Russia really use nuclear weapons against neighbors?
The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Nov 17, 3:28 pm ET
A new Russian doctrine – which says it can use nuclear weapons preemptively against small regional adversaries – is seen either as a sign of aggression or bluster to mask insecurity.
Energy issues top bill at EU-Russia summit
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 18, 3:25 am ET
EU and Russian leaders meet at a summit in Stockholm on Wednesday set to be dominated by energy issues, as Europe hopes to avoid an interruption of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukraine this winter.