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Russian economy keeps growing, despite Georgian conflict.
By Rob | August 16, 2008
There are a few things that bothered me in the media lately. First, is the almost blatantly wrong coverage of the Russian/Georgian conflict in the US media. While I appreciated George Bush and his efforts to keep a “look me in the eyes” friendship with Russia, I never trusted his vision for America and the opinions of Condoleeza Rice. Another person i don’t trust is Mr. Saakashvilli. We are being hypocritical when on one hand supported Kosovo’s independence on Serbian territory while not supporting Abkhazia and South Ossetia’s break up from Georgia. Whether we like it or not, Russia is on the road to become one of the strongest economies in the world. The Putin/Medvedev team presently are the most capable political strategists in the world.
The center-left German newspaper Suddeutsche Zietung wrote this week:
The admonition of the outgoing American president won’t have much impact in Moscow. Firstly, the Russian leadership doesn’t see itself as morally accountable to the Iraq warrior Bush. Secondly it’s waiting to see who will be moving into the White House: Republican hawk John McCain, who wants to throw Russia out of the G8 group of leading industrial nations, or the young Democrat Barack Obama, who has made more moderate noises.
My take: The next administration should invest in a healthy relationship with Russia, because both countries need each other.
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August 17th, 2008 at 2:13 am
you say Kosovo………I say Chechnya……..
Next up…….Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine.
August 17th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
A great description of the Russia from an interview in Stratfor was “Russia is like Saudi Arabia, with trees.”
The US and European administrations need to keep Russia in check, not pander to it.
And no, we should not support South Ossetia and Abkhazia in support of independence, these provinces have only 70,000 and 175,000 inhabitants respectively.
Support for Kosovo with over 2 million is entirely different.