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Georgia on his mind: Pres Assad looks to new Russian arms deal Georgia on his mind: Pres Assad looks to new Russian arms deal The Lounsbury - August 21, 2008 08:12 AM | Comments (0) Filed Under: Foreign Policy .&.MENA , Levant Why, I am getting a bit of nostalgia: Syria looks for Russian arms deal. Bash.ar al-Assad, Syria's president, arrived on a two-day visit to Russia on Wednesday seeking new weapons and greater military co-operation and hoping to capitalise on the rising tensions between Moscow and the west. Syria is eager to revive a deal. Tickets.

21 August SWJ Roundup ID, IRAQ Dexter Filkens has a reflectice piece in today's New York Times on General David Petraeus and his tenure at Multi-National Force - Iraq. General Petraeus is preparing to leave Iraq a remarkably safer place than it was when he arrived. Violence has plummeted from its apocalyptic peaks, Iraqi leaders are asserting themselves, and streets that once seemed dead are flourishing with life. also a caveat: Iraq has indeed stepped back from self-destruction.e gains are tenuous.

Lexus LS 460 AWD to Debut at Moscow Motor Show The Moscow International Motor Show is only a few days away, so we'd like to quickly introduce you to a significant debut for Lexus there on August 26 in the form of big luxury saloon LS 460 AWD. Premiering the LS 460 AWD in Moscow may not immediately ring any bells, but soon you realise two important things. One is that Russia, particularly Moscow, is very rapidly becoming one of the top car destinations in the world. Most of the top manufacturers are either already in business there . Ticket.

RA's Daily Russia News Blast - Aug 21, 2008 TODAY: Russian troop withdrawal status in chaos; conflicting reports on Nato ties. Khodorkovsky's parole hearing postponed until tomorrow. What will China's response to Georgian conflict be? Polish support for missile defense shield increases; Syrian president in Sochi. Supporters of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Yukos executive and ?the country's most prominent prisoner? have been gathering signatures for a petition to free him. Khodorkovsky has had his early release appeal adjourned until . Moscow ID.

Russian troops block entrance to Georgia``s main port city (Georgia-Russia) POTI, Georgia _ Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia`s main oil port city on Thursday, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbor.Armored personnel carriers and troop trucks blocked the bridge to the Black Sea port city of Poti, and Russian forces excavated trenches and set up mortars facing the city.Another group of APCs and trucks were positioned in a nearby wooded area.Although Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has promised that. Moscow tickets.

Lexus LS 460 AWD to Debut at Moscow Motor Show Lexus will premier ultra-grippy LS 460 AWD at Moscow Motor Show, 26 August, hoping to tackle some of its competitors already offering AWD in this segment. ID tickets.

Russia armour seen pulling back from Georgia Moscow ticket broker, MOSCOW/TBILISI (Reuters) - Russia declared it would pull its troops back behind a buffer zone skirting rebel South Ossetia by Friday, but Georgia's President said Moscow appeared determined to maintain its grip on Georgia.

Russian troops block entrance to Georgia``s main port city (Georgia-Russia) ID ticket broker, POTI, Georgia _ Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia`s main oil port city on Thursday, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbor.Armored personnel carriers and troop trucks blocked the bridge to the Black Sea port city of Poti, and Russian forces excavated trenches and set up mortars facing the city.Another group of APCs and trucks were positioned in a nearby wooded area.Although Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has promised that.

Landsbergis: Russia is blowing up Europe Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian conservative politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was Lithuania's first head of state it declared independence from the Soviet Union in March 1990, and served as the Head of the Lithuanian Parliament. The following is a linguistically edited version of the semi-machine-translated text which Professor Landsbergis distributed at the European Parliament yesterday. Russia is blowing up Europe The gloomiest premonitions are shortly about to come. ticket brokers.