Tag Archives: Russia

Shock therapy

08-10-02 – 11:57:pm

The NYT offers a curious meditation on the historical parallels between the collapse of the USSR (when “shock therapy” was the order of the day) and the US’s current difficulties:
Just in time:
“The time of domination by one economy and one currency has been consigned to the past once and for all,” Medvedev said during a [...]

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How to manipulate a shrub: Putin’s topiary strategy

08-08-19 – 02:05:pm

NYT (Schwirtz+Chivers, “Russian Forces Detain Georgian Soldiers at Port” 19 Aug ’08):
Russian forces detained 21 Georgian soldiers in the Black Sea port of Poti on Tuesday. [...] The Georgian soldiers were taken by the Russians to a military base at Senaki, along with five armored American Humvees that were due to be shipped back to [...]

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“02.461_7246_492377_SOS!!!GEORGIARussian_Atacks_on_Georgia_13.55[1].doc”

08-08-15 – 02:28:am

That’s the filename of a map published by the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 11 Aug. The MFA’s statements of 1–14 Aug ’08 offer a clear, blow-by-blow picture of how Georgia saw the unfolding situation as it escalated into an invasion. The full text of all the MFA’s statements with related images is below; [...]

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Reassessing Russia

08-08-14 – 11:34:pm

NYT, Myers+ Shanker, “U.S. Ties With Russia Being Reassessed, Bush Aides Say” (14 Aug ’08):
Russia’s military offensive into Georgia has jolted the Bush administration’s relationship with Moscow, senior officials said Thursday, forcing a wholesale reassessment of American dealings with Russia and jeopardizing talks on everything from halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions to reducing strategic arsenals to [...]

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