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We don't need to borrow abroad any more. We are repaying our debts on time and even ahead of schedule," Putin said.

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=46113


From Information Clearing House

Russia does not intend to discuss issues relating to the future of nuclear tactical weapons with the United States, a senior defense ministry official said Tuesday.

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/06/14/rustacticalweapon.shtml


From Information Clearing House

Washington Post

06/12/06

U.S. troops sent to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea to prepare for joint war games left Ukraine after two weeks of protests organized by pro-Russian parties prevented them from carrying out their mission. Some 200 Marine reservists arrived in Ukraine on May 27 to help refurbish a training facility for the exercises in mid-July. But the protesters, who accused NATO and the United States of seeking a foothold in the ex-Soviet republic, prevented the reservists from getting on to the base. ... U.S. and Ukrainian officials said the 200 reservists began leaving the region on Sunday because their contract had ended. Russian television broadcast footage of several dozen flag-bearing protesters shouting 'Yankee Go Home!' at buses apparently carrying the Americans...

http://tinyurl.com/o92fc


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

It has turned off gas supplies to Ukraine, threatened to divert Europe's vital gas supplies and is now turning to oil. Paul Mason reports.

http://tinyurl.com/no49z


From Information Clearing House

Russia has raised the share of euros in its growing central bank reserves, a top central banker said on Thursday, confirming Moscow’s cooling to the dollar as a dependable store of value.

http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=17702


From Information Clearing House

The Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday returned to his feud with the US over energy supplies when he declared that Washington is in no position to deliver lectures after the invasion of Iraq.

http://tinyurl.com/gohl8


From Information Clearing House

Russian defense minister Sergei Ivanov Friday reiterated Moscow’s commitment to supply Iran with sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles, Interfax news agency reported.

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/05/26/russiatoiran.shtml


From Information Clearing House

The head of the Russian military’s general staff gave a sharp response May 24 to U.S. proposals to set up a network of “interceptor” missiles in central Europe to ward off potential attacks.

http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_006133.php


From Information Clearing House

`We see how the United States defends its interests, we see what methods and means they use for this,'' Putin said at a news conference.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5845407,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Beating up on Russia's shrinking democracy has become a geopolitical blood sport from Vice President Dick Cheney down to unreconstructed cold warriors who gleefully say, "I told you so." They see no contradiction in berating Vladimir Putin's governing style and imprecatory Bush administration diplomatic efforts to enlist the Russian president's support to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060516-085751-5428r.htm



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