Looks like Russia was right and the need for diplomacy was the priority. Iran has agreed to multiples of conditions and now it is up to the West to play correctly and help keep the ballgame going in the correct direction…
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Looks like several more countries are going to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This comes from Georgian sources also and not just Russian sources. Of course the Georgian sources are not as happy about this news as the Russian sources are. 🙂
Eight more countries of Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) might recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after Nicaragua and Venezuela. The negotiation on the matter was the focal point of RF Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev’s visit to Bolivia. (News from Armenia)
These 8 countries could all recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia on top of Venezuela and Nicaragua who already have!
Cuba, Bolivia, Ecuador, Dominica, Honduras, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda.
Interesting tidbit of news…
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Here is an update on a subject that I have followed from the beginning: The European Union has been causing Germany tremendous headaches over the GM / Opel to Magna / Sberbank with the threats of antitrust issues. The EU finally has said that they will not cause or plan any blocks of the transaction.
With Opel poised to run out of cash by mid-January, it was in nobody’s interests to reopen the bidding process for the car maker, and the EU was looking like they were going to force that very issue. So it looks like finally the deal will go through…
Articles from Windows to Russia on this subject:
http://www.windowstorussia.com/2009/09/germany-finally-twisted-enough-arms.html
http://www.windowstorussia.com/2009/08/is-gm-dragging-feet-because-russia-is.html
http://www.windowstorussia.com/2009/05/opel-is-officially-sold-to-russia-and.html
http://www.windowstorussia.com/2009/05/russia-vultures-have-circled-and-await.html
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Despite the market slump, WV remains the biggest foreign investor in the Russian car industry with a 6% market share. €570 million has been injected into the Kaluga plant since 2006. Investment kept flowing even during the worst of the credit crunch – with almost one hundred million euro more to be ploughed-in next year.
VW has garnered Putin’s attention (who is a staunch classic Soviet automobile supporter) and recently Putin paid a visit to the new plant in Kaluga: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has described the plant as an “industrial city”. He said the smart management which created it gives inspiration that Russian car markers can steer their way out of the crisis.
Volkswagen says that they are number 3 in the Russia car market and that just is not good enough for them…
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The Panama-flagged Piruit bulk freighter with 11 (eleven) Russian sailors on board has been stranded since it ran ground in April of 2009, while trying to cross the Panama Canal. The Russian sailors on board have received no wages (owed around $300,000 in wages) since, and are reportedly running low on food and water supplies.
“The court ordered for the Piruit vessel to be impounded,” Pyotr Osichansky told RIA Novosti. “If the owner [registered in the British Virgin Islands] does not pay the wage arrears, the ship will be put up for auction. The money gained from its sale will be used to cover the debts.” (Links)
Seems that sailors all over the world have a really terrible job at times. Lately Russian sailors seems to really have a terrible time with stranded ships. These poor guys can not leave the ships unless the country they are stranded at lets them cross the border.
Talk about being caught between a “rock and a hard place”…
Another article from RIA about the issue Oct. 3rd, 2009 (Link)
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