Eurasia

ANKARA, Turkey — Speaking to reporters Thursday (May 24th), Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed government support for the military if it decides to launch a cross-border operation against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Erdogan said he is confident that Parliament would back it as well, …

A Russian former KGB officer should be charged with the murder by poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK’s director of public prosecutions has recommended.  

Brussels and Moscow signalled their readiness Monday (May 21st) to step up efforts towards settling a long-running dispute over Polish meat exports, one of the issues on the agenda of a contentious EU-Russia summit last week.

yже более десяти лет, как разрушено геостратегическое равновесие мира, которое, в свою очередь, являлось детищем времен «холодной войны». При той системе мир был разделен на две морские и наземные геополитические сферы. Каждая сфера имела свои организации и структуры обороны и безопасности, а также свою географическую зону влияния. Две, противостоящие друг …

ERBIL (AFP) — The prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan raised fresh calls on Thursday for a referendum to decide the future of the country’s crucial oil hub of Kirkuk, warning that Kurdish patience had limits.

ANALIZE LUMEA „Gaullismul era penetrat“ Franta celei de a IV-a Republici (1946 – 1958) a constituit un teren de exceptie în ce priveste infiltrarile KGB-ului în sanul comunitatii de informatii franceze si al clasei politice. ÃŽn 1954, 30% din rapoartele Directiei Principale I a KGB se bazau pe date furnizate …

Creata dupa dezmembrarea URSS, Federatia Rusa nu este – geopolitic vorbind – nici continuatoarea Uniunii Sovietice, nici a Imperiului Tarist de pana in 1917

REVIEW TOPICS: Russian President visits FSB board session, sets tasks, promises wage increase FSB Director speaks about complicated world situation, achievements at service’s board session Controlling stakes in Russia’s strategic enterprises with FSB permission only Kovtun ready to cooperate with Scotland Yard in investigating ex-agent’s poisoning

REVIEW TOPICS: Kremlin denies link with special forces training shooting at Litvinenko picture Russian human rights activist: secret services have become instrument of authority Lugovoy says British police questioned him as witness in Litvinenko’s poisoning case

REVIEW TOPICS: Litvinenko’s murder reportedly disclosed, suspect denies role in poisoning Uranium smuggled into Georgia may have come from Russia      Principal version of Yushchenko’s poisoning appeared deadlock, Ukraine’s ex-security service chief says