Former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his partner Platon Lebedev have been found guilty of organizing a criminal group in the oil business, embezzling 218 million tons of oil from Yukos’ subsidiary companies and money laundering. Hummm… Windows to Russia! Russia and the Upcoming Wikileaks Leaks… (windowstorussia.com) Ukraine Gets Passionate About Politics… (windowstorussia.com) Billionaire Backs […]
According to France-Presse: France has obtained the international tender to build at least two Mistral-class helicopter-carrying assault ships for Russia. The first ship will be built in Saint-Nazaire with 20% of the ship being built by Russia. On the next ship built Russia will have a higher percent of the construction… As you know following […]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy over the phone that France has won a tender to build amphibious assault ships for Russia. (Link) Russian state-run TV channels should reflect real events without concealing undesirable issues, President Dmitry Medvedev said in a live interview with three of Russia’s leading TV channel general […]
Russia said, Arms Treaty Can Not Be Changed. This was from the beginning a non negotiable treaty. It was set up by the Presidents of the two countries and was to be kept the way it was signed… America Changed it… Now Russia is a tiny bit upset with the diversion… Here is what the […]
I received a comment from a good reader: Update: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/south.korea.drills/ South Korea says it will hold large land and air drills Thursday Does their (South Korea) blood lust have any limits? So while I was drinking my coffee and doing some thinking’s. This comment above stuck in my mind. I had other things like START […]
Update: (12/24/2010): The resolution of the US Senate on the START treaty has no legal force, says the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He was speaking in Moscow earlier today. Lavrov described the claims that non-nuclear missiles do not fall under the new treaty as failing to meet reality. Russia’s topmost diplomat pointed out that […]
According to sources from Russia and the Western press: WikiLeaks has partnered with Novaya Gazeta, a Russian newspaper that has sharply criticized the government over the years and became a Kremlin target in the process. WikiLeaks is providing the newspaper — which is controlled by former leader Mikhail Gorbachev and billionaire Alexander Lebedev — with […]