http://www.newstin.com/us/VLADIMIR_PUTIN Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76364429 President Dmitry Medvedev declared Saturday that "Russia is a nation to be reckoned with" following its war with Georgia, again putting the West on notice that Moscow is prepared to use it military and economic might.... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:32:07 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76364429 2008-09-06T20:32:07Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76380877 By Nataliya Vasilyeva | The Associated Press MOSCOW - Russia's five-day war with Georgia and oil's recent slide have shaken investor confidence, sent the country's stock market to a 2-year low and forced the government to... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76380877 2008-09-07T04:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76376230 by Andrei Piontkovsky MOSCOW – Dmitry Medvedev inherited the post of President of the Russian Federation from Vladimir Putin, and while Putin moved down the pecking order to become Prime Minister, speculation has abounded... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:22:07 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76376230 2008-09-06T21:22:07Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76368679 The assassination of the journalist Georgi Markov in London in 1978 by a man wielding a poison-tipped umbrella was one of the most infamous episodes of the Cold War and brought relations between Britain and Bulgaria to... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76368679 2008-09-06T23:00:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76368488 They have it all: wealth, looks, youth and hordes of A-list friends. All they need is something to do. In the past, the children of the super-wealthy would squander their inheritances on an idle life of jet-set partying.... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76368488 2008-09-06T23:00:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76370994 In the hills above Yerevan stands Tsakhadzor, the old Soviet Olympic training complex. Five years ago it was an eerie place, the crumbling accommodation blocks and moss-covered swimming pools standing like a ruined Inca... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76370994 2008-09-06T23:00:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76371356 Some claim that the world came to the verge of World War III in the recent conflict in Georgia. Others claim that what happened between Russia and Georgia was a revival of the Cold War. In fact, world leaders used terms we... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76371356 2008-09-06T21:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76379663 Is Kim Jong-il for real? The question has baffled foreign intelligence agencies for years but now a veteran Japanese expert on North Korea says the “dear leader” is actually dead – and his role is played by a double. The... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:40:48 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76379663 2008-09-07T05:40:48Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76363472 Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin predicts there won't be any cooling of ties with the West because the West needs Russian oil, gas and minerals. He is also likening the situation in the breakaway Georgian region of... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:59:09 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76363472 2008-09-06T18:59:09Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76360381 Ex-U.S. envoy urges U.S. dialogue with Russia : The new U.S. administration must begin a "strategic dialogue" with Russia to avoid a deepening of tensions with Moscow, former U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said Saturday.... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:01:22 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76360381 2008-09-06T15:01:22Z