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		<title>Sarkozy admits Georgia&#8217;s Aggression in Georgia-Russia Conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By A. Pogrebinsky The French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted at the First World Conferance in Evian, France, today that the Georgian aggression against South Ossetian&#8217;s was a mistake.  He also spoke about how Russia&#8217;s response was harsh. France is the first strong Western nation to admit that the conflict was started by Georgia. The French [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=48&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 7 Propose Friendly Dinner with Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By A. Pogrebinsky The US Treasury said that the top 7 industrial nations, sometimes referred to as the G7 (Great 7), are planning to have an &#8220;outreach&#8221; dinner with Russia.  This comes after the heated exchanges that took place in August as a reaction the Russia-Georgia conflict of August 2008. &#8220;The outreach dinner will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=46&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Checnya Walk Down Putin Avenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A. Pogrebinsky One of the central and main avenues in the Chechen Republic capital Grozny has been re-named after Russian Prime Minister and former President, Vladimir Putin. Footage was shown on television of young Chechen&#8217;s walking down the avenue, carrying large photos of Putin as well as the tri-color Georgian flags. Some have expressed opposition [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=43&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Provoking Russia, says Foreign Minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By A. Pogrebinsky The Russian Foreign ministry said today that Georgia is provoking Russia into another military conflict.  According to Russian officials, seven Russian peacekeapers were killed in South Osettia by a large explosion from Tbilisi on October 3.  Another explosion occured in Abkhazia on October 6, near a group of Russian peacekeepers. The Russian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=41&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Financial Problems Effect Russia&#8217;s Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By A. Pogrebinsky The fall of American stocks on Wall Street are affecting the world market as well.  Russia suffered its greatest one-day loss to date.  Forbes.com wrote: Russia&#8217;s benchmark stock exchange suffered its biggest one-day loss. Trading on MICEX &#8211; the country&#8217;s largest index_ was shut down three times, closing down 18.6 percent to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=39&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Russia and the American Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By A. Pogrebinsky, MODERN RUSSIA Russia has increasingly been in the news, and some are wondering about what role will America play in the future relations of Russia. Though Russian&#8217;s reacted with amusement to Sarah Palin&#8217;s remarks about seeing Russia from Alaska (which is technically only true on a very secluded island), and that Russia&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=35&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zhirinovsky Moment of the Day: Drunk Zhirinovsky</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vladimir Zhirinovsky is a popular political figure and force in modern Russia.  He is Vice Chairman of the State Duma, member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and is the leader of the LDPR, the ultra-right wing Russian party. In this video he is seen drunk, with two strange young man, talking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=32&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Russia Profiles: Eduard Limonov</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By A. Pogrebinsky, MODERN RUSSIA The West has hailed such figures as Gary Kasparov as couragous radicals fighting for democracy in a failing Russia. During the run up to the Russian presidential elections in 2008 he was seen often on the news channels, his speeches and interviews broadcast through the internet, radio, and television [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=16&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Warns over US War With Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By A. Pogrebinsky, MODERN RUSSIA Nikolai Patrushev, Russia&#8217;s Security Council secretary said today that if America wages war against Iran, and it has bases in Georgia, it will cause major problems for Russia&#8217;s internal and international security. &#8220;If it decides to carry out rocket and bomb attacks against Iran, the US will need loyal allies. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=27&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Russian-Ukrainian Ties Are Strained by Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By A. Pogrebinsky, MODERN RUSSIA KIEV, UKRAINE &#8211; Ukraine is now seeped in a major scandal.  Apparently from 2005 to June of 2008 the Yuschenko government sold surface to air missles to Georgia, as well as provided army personal.  These very same weapons were used against Russia in the recent Russia-Georgia conflict of August 2008. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernrussia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5047057&amp;post=24&amp;subd=modernrussia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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