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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (8854)	8/31/2008 10:51:58 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 15987

Unfortunate so many on SI think so differently (and sadly they represent a big segment of the population) - they are just lazy to read and learn the facts – Russia as an old aggressive imperialist state is incomprehensible to them. I friend of mine who returned from Moscow last week told me that it seems that Russian is slowly and surely returning to totalitarian regime with the usual personality cult etc.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (8854)	8/31/2008 12:52:44 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 15987

Russia to sign deals with Georgia separatist regions By ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday Russia will follow the recognition of Georgia's breakaway provinces with agreements on economic and military aid. Medvedev said Russia was preparing to sign deals with Abkhazia and South Ossetia that would spell out Moscow's obligations on providing assistance to the two regions. He said in Sunday's televised remarks that the agreements would lay the basis for "allied" relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (8854)	9/1/2008 8:54:41 AM
From: Chas.	Respond to of 15987

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- « Back to the grid \| Next story » Journalist Shot Dead by Russian Cops Posted 1 hour, 51 minutes ago in Crime & Courts, World (Newser) – A Russian journalist known for his opposition views was fatally shot in the head after his arrest at an airport yesterday, reports the New York Tiimes. He was shot as he sat in a police car on his way to interrogation, according to officials. Authorities labeled the death of Magomed Yevloyev accidental and are opening an investigation. But human rights advocates called the shooting suspicious and expressed concern about a new era of crackdowns on dissent in Russia. Yevloyev was arrested and killed in Ingushetia, an area in the North Caucasus near the border with Georgia. In recent days violence has spiked in the region. This weekend, a local government minister survived a bomb attack and two policemen were killed. Yevloyev was one of the few independent journalists in Ingushetia. Readers first followed his work on his own website, and later, when it was censored, on their cell phones.