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Truth for Ossetia has left a new comment on your post “Russia: South Ossetia Traveling To The USA!“:

Thanks for the mention, and for your interest in our visit, Kyle and Svet. For more information or to help the cause of peace in Georgia and South Ossetia, visit truthforossetia.org and helpossetianow.org.

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Give these websites a view and help out if you can! I was working on an article about these sites and then after my last article about South Ossetia going to America, I received this comment above.

As you know we have been a huge supporter of South Ossetia! As many Russians have been. I have a different view point than most Americans because I live in Russia. So I have tried to give all information I could about the war between South Ossetia and Georgia.

The site Truth For Ossetia caught my attention a few days ago. The site is full of photos and stories about what happened. So I just changed my article and posted this….

Take a look at both sites they will give you a different outlook about what happened.

Kyle & Svet

comments always welcome.

Dmitry Medvedev met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

The discussions covered various aspects of Russian-American relations in the context of the changes taking place in the United States following the election of Barack Obama as President, and also international issues. (Link)

Hello,

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about what South Ossetia is up to. It seems that South Ossetia has sent a delegation to Washington in the USA! This is an attempt to put some faces with the tragedy that was entailed by Georgia in South Ossetia. They hope that their presence will stimulate more awareness of the situation.

Do you think anyone will listen?

A group of peace activists from South Ossetia has arrived in the U.S. capital, Washington DC, to give American politicians their accounts of the August war in the republic. (Link)

According to the preliminary reports it seems that they where listened to by officials in the USA. That is good and South Ossetia now hopes that America can put a little pressure on Georgia to never attempt the destruction that they did last time.

Kyle & Svet

comments always welcome.

RBC, 12.12.2008, Moscow 15:51:03.The Russian Constitution must be a directly applicable law, President Dmitry Medvedev told a conference marking the 15th anniversary of the Russian Constitution. “The most important recent achievement is that any amendments to the Constitution and other laws must be made according to the rules that we have established for ourselves,” the president said. He called the Constitution “the indisputable backbone of the Russian legal system.”

RBC, 12.12.2008, Moscow 15:19:30.According to the truck maker’s General Director Sergei Kogogin, KAMAZ believes that it would be economically senseless to suspend production. He noted that the company had received orders for trucks that are not available at the warehouse. For instance, KAMAZ has orders for 1,800 trucks for December, of which it planned to produce 1,000 trucks and take the remaining 800 from the warehouse.

RBC, 12.12.2008, Moscow 13:59:10.Moscow needs a financial development plan until 2025, the Russian capital’s First Deputy Mayor Yury Roslyak told an international conference today. According to him, a financial plan like this will help project further development for the city’s social, tax, and other spheres, as well as city infrastructure. Roslyak added that the document would help determine when the standard of living in Moscow will reach the same level as any average European country, and pointed out that the plan would play an especially important role amid the financial crisis.

RBC, 12.12.2008, Moscow 13:45:48.The German automotive giant Daimler will get one seat on the Russian truck maker KAMAZ’s Board of Directors, the companies reported.

RBC, 12.12.2008, Moscow 13:34:44.Gazprom and Japan’s Economy, Trade, and Industry Ministry plan to build natural gas processing and chemical facilities at the Sobinsk oil and gas condensate field in the Krasnoyarsk region, the Russian gas monopoly’s press office reported today. The move to allow the project’s joint feasibility study was approved during a meeting of the coordination committee of Gazprom and the Japanese Natural Resource and Energy Agency. The study will be carried out while taking into account a preliminary study held by Japanese companies based on Gazprom’s original data. The parties have signed relevant agreements.

RBC, 12.12.2008, Togliatti 11:50:06.AVTOVAZ plans to float five commercial paper issues worth a total of RUB 5bn (approx. USD 179m), or RUB 1bn (approx. USD 35.8m) each, the Russian car producer said in a statement today. The decision to place the commercial paper was approved by AVTOVAZ’s board of directors. Each issue will consist of 1m securities worth RUB 1,000 (approx. USD 35.8) each, maturing on the 364th day from the beginning of the placement.

RBC, 12.12.2008, Moscow 11:08:17.Russia may reduce oil production to provide support for oil prices, President Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting on the social and economic development of the Urals Federal District in Kurgan, one of the oldest cities in Siberia. He also did not rule out the possibility of Russia joining OPEC, or other organizations of oil exporters that might be established in the future. Medvedev noted that Russia was ready to coordinate its oil and gas supply policies with other hydrocarbon exporters, including OPEC, adding that representatives of this organization were “rather actively asking Russia” to do so. The president also stressed that it was necessary for the Russian government to consider all possible options, as oil prices directly affected the country’s national interests, its budget, and development. Russia could not be guided by any “abstract criteria” or international organizations’ recommendations while making decisions on such issues, Medvedev stated.

RBC, 11.12.2008, Moscow 18:40:55.Russia and the United States will hold another round of talks over the missile defense issue in Moscow on December 15, the Russian Foreign Ministry told RBC. The meeting is to be attended by U.S. experts and representatives of the U.S. State Department.