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Afghan Heroine Flow Channeled to Russia

16:38 24.05.2010 Alexander Barentsev

Afghan Heroine Flow Channeled to Russia

According to head of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Assistant Secretary of State D. Johnson, the US State Department`s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report should reject the idea of opium poppy crop eradication. The production of narcotics in Afghanistan has gone up 40-fold since the country`s …

South Kyrgyzstan: An Epicenter of Coming Conflicts?

16:37 24.05.2010 Alexander Shustov

South Kyrgyzstan: An Epicenter of Coming Conflicts?

Unrest has lingered in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan since the April 7 coup. Recently, local Kyrgyz and Uzbek populations clashed in the Jalal-Abad province, the displaced Kyrgyz President K. Bakiev being widely suspected of organizing the riots. Early on May 19, up to 3,000 people rallied at the city`s …

China`s Position on Iran`s “Nuclear Problem”

16:39 21.05.2010 Elena Pustovoytova

China`s Position on Iran`s “Nuclear Problem”

At the US instigation, the UN Security Council is preparing a fresh anti-Iranian resolution. Obviously, the ambitions of the Washington diplomacy coercing the UN Security Council to slap tough sanctions on Iran far exceed Tehran`s alleged nuclear ambitions. The new resolution draft promises much more serious strictures to Iran, but …

President Medvedev`s Visit to Kyiv: the First Set of Results

16:40 20.05.2010 Andrew Novatsky

President Medvedev`s Visit to Kyiv: the First Set of Results

Economy No doubt, it is the economic cooperation that will reenergize broader relations between Russia and Ukraine. One of the key economic agreements between the two countries signed during the Russian-Ukrainian summit is the inter-bank cooperation deal between Ukreximbank and Russia`s Bank VTB. Previously Russian Prime Minister V. Putin promised …

What will happen when the war of the giants ends...?

16:28 17.05.2010 Armen Oganesyan

What will happen when the war of the giants ends...?

In 1972, Molotov could not stop wondering: "Churchill is one of the victorious leaders, and I still can’t explain to myself how it could happen that he failed in the 1945 elections." In fact it is indeed extraordinary and inexplicable. Some romantically-minded historians even believed that with the departure of …

The Temptation of Winston Churchill

15:00 17.05.2010 Armen Oganesyan

The Temptation of Winston Churchill

HUMAN MEMORY recoils from the vast or even boundless expanse of the last war; it breaks it into events, periods and stages to better cope with its tragic grandeur. Thousands of those drawn in its whirlpool were aware of this yet not all of them proved equal to the task …

When it became hot under the Ardennes

23:35 13.05.2010 Armen Oganesyan

When it became hot under the Ardennes

In February 1945 at an airport in the Crimea, Churchill arrived at the Yalta conference and started to behave extravagantly. Passing by the guard of honor, instead of observing the usual protocol he started to closely scrutinize the faces of the officers and soldiers standing frozen "at attention," as if …

Brazilian President Lula: Heading for Moscow

16:41 12.05.2010 Nil Nikandrov

Brazilian President Lula: Heading for Moscow

Brazil is central to the Kremlin`s politics of increasing assertiveness in Latin America. From this standpoint Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who plans to visit Moscow on May 13-14 — a pragmatic and predictable leader remaining a patriot of his own country despite the onslaught of globalization — …

Russia and Turkey: Searching for a Model for Their Broadening Partnership

16:42 11.05.2010 David Hovhannissyan

Russia and Turkey: Searching for a Model for Their Broadening Partnership

Russian President D. Medvedev will visit Turkey om May 11, 2010. The trade turnover between Russia and Turkey has topped $30 bn, the ambitious target to be attained within the coming five years being $100 bn. Russia`s investments in Turkey contently total over $4 bn, and Turkey`s in Russia - …

Twists of War

15:00 11.05.2010 Armen Oganesyan

Twists of War

In contrast to the projections of a crushing defeat of the Red Army, that were churned out on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in June, 1941 but eventually proved inaccurate, Churchill`s belief that Russia was ready to make an all-out effort to fight the war fully withstood the test …

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