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Russia Cancels Joint Exercises With U.S.
Los Angeles Times & AP ^ | September 5, 2006 | MIKE ECKEL

Posted on 09/05/2006 11:57:08 PM PDT by twinself

Edited on 09/05/2006 11:59:00 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Russia said Tuesday it was pulling out of joint military exercises with the United States scheduled for later this month because of unspecified problems with U.S. personnel. A Defense Ministry statement announcing the decision to cancel the Torgau-2006 exercises suggested it was connected to a dispute between NATO and countries participating in the NATO "Partnership for Peace" program.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: jointexercises; militaryexercises; nato; russia; usa
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Quite frankly I support Georgia's rights in this conflict.


21 posted on 09/06/2006 5:08:35 PM PDT by GarySpFc (Jesus on Immigration, John 10:1)
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To: GarySpFc
In USSR Georgia was wealthiest of republics, their citizens had more freedoms, than in Russia. For example, they where allowed to have small private business, and up to 50 000 sq meters of land for farming, whereas in Russia - no more than 2000 per family, and no business, only working in state owned enterprises. After separation Georgian economy was subsidized through low oil and gas prices. Georgians always where poor warriors, while Ossetins where very good ones from ancient times, and surely defeated them quite easily during conflict, but Shewardnadze called Russian troops.
Tsarist's Russia have started Caucasian war 200 years ago to protect Georgians from Chechen.
Now Georgia is maybe poorest of former USSR republics. Its population diminished almost at half. Now in Moscow there is about 1 million of Georgians, while in Georgian population is 3 millions.
22 posted on 09/08/2006 6:09:54 AM PDT by Sergei_DV
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To: Tailgunner Joe

In 30th Georgians seized control over Communist Party and NKVD. Stalin, Beria, Kobulov, Merkulov, Decanozov, Ordjonikidze, and many others. In every regional Party Comittee was Georgian. Borders of Soviet Georgia where drawn by Stalin, and he included territories never belonged to it. After Stalin's death an Ukrainian Chrushtchev come to head of USSR. He closed GULAG and released prisoners. My grandma among them.


23 posted on 09/09/2006 2:24:09 AM PDT by Sergei_DV
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To: twinself
OK, I did it for the British, now I've got to do it for the Russians.

To all our Russian friends, we're really, really sorry about Madonna, ok? We can't control her, so we're sorry. Don't you guys still have KGB around? Yeesh...

24 posted on 09/09/2006 2:35:08 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Sergei_DV

Very interesting thread, thanks to many.


25 posted on 09/09/2006 2:45:18 AM PDT by Jezebelle (Our tax dollars are paying the ACLU to sue the Christ out of us.)
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