We want to thank Blackseabrew for finding this article for us. It is a first hand account of the war that was waged on South Ossetia…. By Lira Tskhovrebova from the October 8, 2008 edition Tskhinvali, South Ossetia – In a speech before the United Nations last month, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili implored world leaders […]
Hello, The first day in Israel was a mixture of emotions. First off we were so tired that we had to sleep for about 13 hours. It was that stressful fighting with the airports. To make a long trip short, we flew from Moscow Russia to Zürich Switzerland. Ran (literally) across one of the biggest […]
Hello, We made it and just got up from 13 hours of sleep. I think that the jet trips are hard on people. We will have a bigger post tonight about our first day in Israel…. Gotta go get my visa done, then we play.
Around 1500 people gathered in central Moscow on Saturday to commemorate those who died during a confrontation between the Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the Parliament in October 1993. It’s 15 years since the constitutional crisis almost led to civil war. Around 150 people died, including civilians as well as servicemen. Many died during clashes […]
Russia’s No.1 tennis tournament – the Kremlin Cup – starts on Saturday, featuring a moderately strong men’s draw and a women’s line-up that’s as strong than as many Grand Slam tournaments and inferior only to the seasons finals, with 16 players from the top 20 of WTA’s ranking participating. Many of the world’s top players […]
Interviewed by Aleksey Leonov, Osetinfo.ru, Ossetia-war.com
The G7 group of nations consists of: – Canada 🇨🇦 – France 🇫🇷 – Germany 🇩🇪 – Italy 🇮🇹 – Japan 🇯🇵 – United Kingdom 🇬🇧 – United States of America 🇺🇲 These countries are the brunt of all the chaos happening in this day and age. Hopefully the rest of the world will get […]
summit in Astrakhan, a major city in southern European Russia. International financial architecture as a whole will inevitably change, Nabiullina asserted, and the role of traditional financial investment institutions, financial organizations, and separate currencies will be reconsidered. RBC, 03.10.2008, Moscow 12:21:59.The State Duma approved the bill outlining additional measures to support Russia’s financial system in […]
Just a thought today while drinking my morning cup of coffee. For twelve days Japan has pumped a trillion yen into its financial markets, Europe has pumped billions of pounds and euros into its financial markets, Russia has pumped billions of rubles into its financial markets, Asia has pumped billions of ? (what ever currency […]
Did I mention that Ukraine was doing some extracurricular things with tanks? Oh yes! I did! Once or twice…http://kylekeeton.com/2008/09/russia-pirate-escapade-is-getting.htmlhttp://kylekeeton.com/2008/09/russia-as-winds-do-change-part-5.htmlhttp://kylekeeton.com/2008/09/russia-stock-markets-crash-new.html Now the games begin:The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Timoshenko, says her government has information that Ukraine is involved in the illegal arms trade. The statement came after conflicting reports about the final destination of ‘Faina’, the […]
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