Russia: Moscow Saved The Planetarium!

Light at End of Tunnel for Planetariumfrom Moscow News Moscow’s beleaguered planetarium may open its dome to the heavens next year, following a struggle for funding and ownership that now puts the Moscow Government firmly in control. “The Planetarium will open for Muscovites and guests of the city, if we can resolve all legal

Russia: Is A War Waiting To Happen!

By F William Engdahl The Caucasus Republic of Georgia, as nations go, is not apparently a major global player. Yet Washington has invested huge sums and organized to put its own despot, Mikhail Saakashvili, in the presidency in order to close a nuclear North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) iron ring around Russia. US Secretary of

America Playing In Wrong Backyard!

Immediate Response 2008, joint Georgian-American military exercises, began July 15 at the Georgian Ministry of Defense training center outside Tbilisi, RIA Novosti information agency reports. A total of 1650 soldiers will take part. Besides Georgians and Americans, members of the armed forces of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine will participate. The Georgian Defense Ministry stated in

Russian News: July 15th, 2008!

RBC, 15.07.2008, London 11:39:34.Evraz Group’s quarterly steel production grew 12.6 percent, from 4.164m tonnes in the second quarter of 2007 to 4.69m tonnes in Q2 2008, the Russian steel and mining company said in a press release today. Pig iron production increased 13.8 percent from 3.188m tonnes to 3.628m tonnes, and rolled products output rose

Russia: Say No To Missiles: Bush

The missile defenses being formed by the United States “are not a defense against Iranian missiles” and the administration of George W. Bush should stop “putting a stick in the Russian eye,” stated chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee Carl Levin, a democrat of Michigan. Levin said the CBS television news program Face the