The enemy and Pakistan Army by: Nadir Mir…

The enemy and Pakistan Army By: Nadir Mir | October 26, 2012 Who is Pakistan’s existential enemy – USA, India or the militants? The obvious answer is India! The reason this question needs to be answered is to clarify the hazy image of national security. Indeed, a security policy built on mixed views is bound […]

November 1, 2012 Adoption Agreement With USA in Effect…

Russia wants to have full access to foster children adopted by US families, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Russia’s top diplomat, citing the new Russia-US agreement on child adoptions, said Russia currently lacks access to Russian foster children in the United States, while cases of child abuse against adoptees continue to take […]

IKEA Expands Russian Based Furniture Production…

Swedish furniture giant IKEA, has signed an agreement with the German company Pfleiderer (Pfleiderer AG is one of the world’s major suppliers of the furniture chipboard.) to acquire a plant near Veliky Novgorod, will start full production (?) of furniture at this plant to manufacture finished products for its stores… Sp once again IKEA who […]

The Pakistan-Russia Relationship: Geopolitical Shift in South and Central Asia? by Dr Rashid Ahmad Khan

The two countries have quietly been building a mutual relationship for the last few years through bilateral as well as multilateral contacts at the highest levels. Pakistan’s status as an observer state in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has provided it with an important opportunity to have interaction with the top Russian leadership. In June […]

2012 – Traffic Accidents and Deaths in Russia…

In Russia:  “In the eight months of 2012, a total of 129,121 major traffic accidents were registered. A total of 17,058 people were killed in these accidents, and some 16,000 people were injured.” Interesting and this goes along with what I have written before about Russians and driving. That is over 538 major accidents a […]

Russian Duma hearings to discuss human rights Issues of the United States of America…

Now this is an interesting switch of events… MOSCOW, October 22 (Itar-Tass) —— The State Duma will hold hearings this Monday to discuss human rights problems of the United States. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, the Foreign Ministry’s human rights commissioner Konstantin Dolgov, commissioner for children’s rights Pavel Astakhov and Central Election Commission head […]