Charter97.org reports that the informal summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organizations planned in Kyrgyzstan, in Cholpon-Ata resort in Issyk-Kul region will take place on Friday. The site mentiones that Unlike the summit in June in Moscow, all the heads of the participating countries will arrive to Issyk-Kul. Moreover, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who then defiantly [...]

On the eve of Vice President Joe Bidden visit to Georgia, Georgian President Saakashvili hastily offered a number of democratic reforms, reports inopressa.ru. According to the article, President Saakashvilli proposed changes are to be instituted in the next 100 days. But since such reforms -if ever introduced in reality and not paper - [...]

Not only can he play hockey, ski and roller blade, but he also rides a Harley Davidson. President Lukashenka just scored some popularity points - granted only with certain elements of Belarussian society - by attending with his son Kolya the Biker’s Festival in Minsk. It appeared that Mr.Lukashenka was pretty comfortable riding a [...]

More than 50 opposition activists were detained in Minsk and Belarusian regions on July 16, the Day of Solidarity. The democrats were arrested and beaten by mainly riot militiamen in mufti. Even journalists were detained.
According to one detainee :
“They began to beat me in the bus when I asked the people in mufti why [...]

Does he have some kind of a plan? Or is it an example of extreme ignorance? Per charter97.org report, President Lukashenka refused to participate in a horse racing event organized by Russian President Medvedev. What is the catch?
Lukashenka’s refusal to visit Moscow perplexes. “Vedomosti” news paper wrote yesterday: Those who visit Moscow this [...]

Georgia considers Medvedev’s visit to South Osetia as a symbolic provocation, report Russian news sources. During the last parliamentary session, the speaker of the Georgian Parliament said that the visit was: ” A Russian answer to the United States of America and Europe for their support of the Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Famous Russian rock musician Yuri Shevchuk says that there is no democracy in Russia or Belarus. In a recent interview to “Independent Mogilev”, an online regional publication, Shevchuk also was against a union between Russia and Belarus: ” I am against it. You have to live by yourself. Moscow oligarchs will consume you in [...]

More often than not, prominent political figures are subjects to great public scrutiny. Remember Mr. Yeltcin and his alleged alcoholism? Apparently, Mr. Medvedev just got his first too-much-liquor-in-a-public-space controversy. According to the media sources, he appeared drunk during the G8 meeting in Italy. However, some bloggers were quick to point out that these photos merely [...]

Rbc.ru reports that the Moscow City Government accused Ukrainian President Victor Yuschenko of steering Ukrainian politics towards a “terry nationalism course.” In a statement, Mr. Yuschenko is quoted by saying that activities carried out by the Moscow City sponsored organizations operating in Crimea are “unfriendly and contentious.”
In its turn, the Moscow City Government counter-attacked [...]

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