Putin has grasped the fact that what the Cheney Crowd is threatening is World War. The Russian President's trip to Teheran --the first of a Russian head of state since the 1943 Tehran conference of war-time powers--was geared to register his government's commitment to prevent a new war in the region, at all costs. That new war is the one on the strategic agenda of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, against Iran.
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Tags:Putin, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei

Kazakhstan's success story has been rightly praised in both the East and in the West. Under the leadership of its President, Nursultan Nazerbayev, this leading political and economic power in Central Asia has made the transition from a Soviet-style economy to a modern social market economy, without falling into the excesses of neoliberal policies, and without relinquishing its national sovereignty. That notwithstanding, it has not been able escape the ravages of the current financial crisis which has swept across the globe.Read Further...

Tags:Central Asia, Kazakhstan, SCO, France, Russia