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	<title>the Global Observatory &#187; Russia</title>
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		<title>Unilateral American Concessions on Nukes, But Whither the Russians?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/04/unilateral-american-concessions-on-nukes-but-whither-the-russians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admittedly, nuclear weapons are an anachronism in today&#8217;s world of guerrilla warfare and suicide bombing, but they still provide a useful deterrent to rogue states like Iran and North Korea. Nukes are still a psychological goal for any nation trying to achieve a position of military strength and understandably so.
As such, it makes little sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Chechen War Redux?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/second-chechen-war-redux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/second-chechen-war-redux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the justifications Putin used to invade Chechnya in 1999 was the attacks on Russian soil prior to that war. There were,  of course, the so-called invasion of Dagestan by Chechen rebels and later the Beslan hostage crisis which were used as excuses to launch the offensive and then ramp it up.
Putin had been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Taking Next Steps to Expansionism</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/russia-taking-next-steps-to-expansionism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/russia-taking-next-steps-to-expansionism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that constitutional limits to foreign interventions have been removed by the Duma, Putin is buying advanced
military equipment from France, including an assault warship that is making a lot of people very nervous. And, rightfully so.
Russia&#8217;s military aggression in Georgia and the recent removal of restrictions on the President&#8217;s war-making abilities are bringing back the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medvedev+Putin&#8217;s Expansionist Coup</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/medvedevputins-expansionist-coup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/medvedevputins-expansionist-coup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Medvedev and Putin have been re-introducing Soviet Russia&#8217;s expansionist and interventionist policies back into Russian consciousness.
After last year&#8217;s successful incursion into Georgia, the Kremlin has formally instituted changes that allow the
“operational use” of the Russian armed forces abroad, as well as the number of troops and weapons deployed
&#8230;
to defend Russian soldiers and citizens, fight piracy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Militants in Ukraine: Pro Russia or What?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/islamic-militants-in-ukraine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/islamic-militants-in-ukraine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most unlikely places in the world for Hizb-ut-Tahrir operations would have to be Ukraine. With an estimated population of 0.3 million, Muslims account for barely 0.65% of the population. The vast majority are Tartars, who in turn are about 0.5% of the population. The rest are Chechens, Afghans and other immigrants.
What I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ingushetia: The Next Chechnya?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/ingushetia-the-next-chechnya/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/ingushetia-the-next-chechnya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chechnya&#8217;s western neighbor, Ingushetia, is now descending into a vicious cycle of violence. The latest is a bombing in the capital Nazran that killed 7.
Putin needs to change his approach to the region, lest we have another civil war on our hands. His current approach of autocracy and oppression only incites more violence.
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		<title>Abkhazia Likes The Oppressor of Chechnya and Ingushetia</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/abkhazia-likes-the-oppressor-of-chechnya-and-ingushetia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/abkhazia-likes-the-oppressor-of-chechnya-and-ingushetia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This headline  would be perfect for the Kavkaz Center, a pro-Chechen independence news website. They might even have used it at some point.
The point of the headline, however, is still valid. Abkhazia is seemingly very happy under Russian control at this time. As is South Ossetia. Both are apparently glad to have effectively seceded from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-Georgian Tweeter Writes To Medvedev; Forwarded to Putin</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/pro-georgian-tweeter-writes-to-medvedev-forwarded-to-putin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/pro-georgian-tweeter-writes-to-medvedev-forwarded-to-putin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Vlad,
What should I do in this matter?
Yours,
Dmitri
From: &#8216;Giorgi aka cyxymu&#8217;
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 21:00
To: &#8216;Dmitri Anatolievich Medvedev&#8217;
Subject: DDos Attacks
To President of Russian federation
Dmitri Anatolievich Medvedev
Mr. President,
On August 7 of 2009 my personal blogs (pages) in the social networks as Livejournal. com, Twitter.com, Facebook.com, Blogger.com were subjected to DDos attack.
According to the information from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing Nuclear Weapons: What&#8217;s the Point?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/reducing-nuclear-weapons-whats-the-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/reducing-nuclear-weapons-whats-the-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama is already desperately trying to achieve something of a legacy as Reagan did. But, nuclear weapons reduction by the USA and Russia doesn&#8217;t achieve a thing, really, until China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the other nuclear states agree to cut their stockpiles as well.
With the latest developments in weapons technology, we don&#8217;t need as [...]]]></description>
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