After it became known that the first session of the parliament of the new convocation would take place June 7, The United Opposition of Georgia is now going to start a protest rally at the building of the supreme legislative body of Georgia on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi tonight at …
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June, 2008
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8 June
Georgia ready for ceasefire with Abkhazia
The US is offering to set up a joint Abkhaz-Georgian police force with international trainers; it could be an international police force, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew J. Bryza said. At the same time Mr. Bryza said, “Perhaps we need to make some …
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8 June
Mothers of Beslan demand that Putin gets prosecuted and interrogated
The Voice of Beslan will file a claim with Russia’s Office of Prosecutor General with the request to interrogate former president of the Russian Federation, current prime minister Vladimir Putin as a witness of the mass murder of children in the school in Beslan in September 2004.
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8 June
Putin: There are both good and bad Wahabites
During his interview to Le Monde, the ringleader of the gang called “the government of the Russian Federation”, Putin, has clarified the Kremlin’s position concerning the so-called “Wahabism”, which was the cause for Russia’s second invasion of Ichkeria and unleashing of the bloody war all across the North Caucasus.
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8 June
Victims of Russian FSB demand that Medvedev investigates 1999 blasts in Moscow
The Wall Street Journal has published an open letter of the victims of the 1999 blasts of apartment buildings in Moscow. The letter was addressed to the Kremlin’s new ringleader Medvedev. The authors are demanding that Medvedev conducts an investigation of the events and prosecutes the murderers.
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8 June
Russia becomes the most dangerous country for the internet
Analysts at security vendor PC Tools today revealed that Russia has superseded the US and China as the world’s highest producer of spyware and viruses, with Russia now accounting for 27.89% of malware while China accounts for 26.52% and the US 9.98%.
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8 June
Russia loses one battalion of suicides each year due to stress in service in North Caucasus
Russian version of BBC reported with reference to Russia’s Prosecutor General, Fridinsky, that the share of so-called ‘noncombatant casualties’ in the Russian army is increasing, and today it exceeds 50 percent.
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8 June
Tel Aviv believes war with Iran is unavoidable
Tel Aviv threatens to attack Iran if that country keeps developing nuclear weapons. This statement was made by one of the deputies of the Zionist leader Ehud Olmert, Shaul Mofaz, who is one of the most likely candidates to the post of the head of the government in case Olmert …
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5 June
Russia comes in from Cold, Medvedev says in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday in Berlin that Russia has “come in from the Cold” and will become an organic part of European civilization but wants to be treated fairly by its partners. On his first European trip as president, Medvedev said he wanted a broader …
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5 June
Abbas aides say Hamas talks depend on ceding Gaza
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has not softened his position on reconciliation with Hamas and dialogue still depends on the Islamists ceding the Gaza Strip, his aides said on Thursday. Abbas called on Wednesday for reconciliation talks with Hamas leaders without explicitly repeating previous demands they …
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