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Schon die deutsche Wehrmacht strebte im Zweiten Weltkrieg aus Interesse an den dortigen Erdöl-Lagerstätten in den Kaukasus. Einem Bericht von tagesschau.de zufolge rangeln nun die NATO, die EU und Russland um ihren Einfluss in der Region. Es geht um die einstige Sowjetrepublik Georgien, die die USA und die EU in die NATO integrieren wollen. Ausgetragen wird der Konflikt mit Russland unter anderem über die abtrünnigen georgischen Provinzen Abchasien und Südossetien. Es bestehe akute Kriegsgefahr im Streit mit Russland um Abchasien, behauptete Georgiens Präsident Michail Saakaschwili kürzlich. Mit Vergeltung drohte Russlands Außenminister Sergej Lawrow, sollte die Ex-Sowjetrepublik militärisch vorgehen. Laut tagesschau.de ist die NATO schon seit 2002 dabei, aus der einstmaligen georgischen "Operettenarmee" eine Streitmacht nach NATO-Standard zu machen. Bei den Menschen in den abtrünnigen Regionen löste dies Ängste aus, das vom Westen unterstützte Georgien könnte die Konflikte mit militärischen Mitteln lösen.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17951

The expulsion order was given some days ago but was only revealed by the state department on Thursday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7390499.stm


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Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the United States of mounting an imperialist conspiracy against Russia that could push the world into a new Cold War.

http://tinyurl.com/48q4jj


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In the waning days of his eight years as president, Putin demonstrated his strength - successfully driving a wedge through the NATO alliance.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/03/news/Putins-Victory.php


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You believe that (the system) will be used against Iran? No, the whole system is aimed against Russia and China," Gorbachev said in an interview broadcast by Czech public television today.

http://tinyurl.com/yve8af


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George Bush, the US president and Mirek Topolanek, the Czech prime minister, have said they are close to agreeing a deal for the Czech Republic to host part of the planned US missile shield.

http://tinyurl.com/2khqqc


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In heated remarks in a televised interview, Dmitry Rogozin also reiterated Russia's warning that Western recognition of Kosovo could encourage separatism worldwide, using Germany's large ethnic Turkish population as an example.

http://tinyurl.com/2her29


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Russia said Saturday that U.S. military plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite may be a veiled test of America's missile defense system.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8URMG5G0&show_article=1



Experts Scoff at Sat Shoot-Down Rationale

The Pentagon says it has to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite because of the threat of a toxic gas cloud. Space security experts are calling the rationale highly unlikely. "Having the US government spend millions of dollars to destroy a billion-dollar failure to save zero lives is comedic gold"...

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/02/fishy-rationale.html


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