13/05/2010 - Oriental Review

Day: May 13, 2010

New Russia and New Turkey in a New World

13/05/2010 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 2 comments

Earlier this week Moscow and Ankara have signed an agreement to cancel the visa regime between the two countries and several other strategic deals including construction of the first atomic power station in Turkey. Picture: Dmitry Medvedev and Abdullah Gul, Ankara, May 12, 2010. It is the natural outcome of […]

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Brazilian President Lula: Heading for Moscow

13/05/2010 by ORIENTAL REVIEW

Nil NIKANDROV (Russia) Brazil is central to the Kremlin’s politics of increasing assertiveness in Latin America. From this standpoint Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who plans to visit Moscow on May 13-14 — a pragmatic and predictable leader remaining a patriot of his own country despite the onslaught […]

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Giulietto Chiesa: “Today I see a very strong Russia that will not retreat”

13/05/2010 by ORIENTAL REVIEW

This interview with Giulietto Chiesa, Member of the European Parliament, political analyst and journalist, took place shortly after the August 2008 war in South Ossetia. Nevertheless, it is still relevant, and we are publishing it for the first time in English with minor cuts. – What role can the European […]

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