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...Gill Foundation funds programs that support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, is backing Fitz-Gerald because of her long history of LGBT support. The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, on the other hand, is supporting Polis. Both of Polis' opponents say his sexual orientation has not been a central issue in the race. "No. Irrelevant," says Matt Moseley, Fitz-Gerald's spokesman. "We haven't heard a lot about it either positive or negative," says Shafroth campaign manager Lynea Hansen. "Polis hasn't made it an issue either, which is why it hasn't been raised much...
Since the Soviet Union collapsed 17 years ago, Washington in particular has deluded itself into believing that it was somehow a real competitor to Russia in the southern tier of the former Soviet Union - that is, the eight states that make up the Caucasus and the former Soviet Central Asia. Washington acted as if these states were truly independent and sovereign, immune from the influence of the old metropolitan center, Moscow. Washington deliberately ignored how Russia had held on to its military bases in the southern tier, how the successor to the KGB stayed more plugged into intelligence from...
...foreign policy establishment has resisted. This despite the fact that in Ukraine in 2004, Russia tried to do what it could to tip the presidential election to its approved candidate - including, many believe, poisoning with dioxin the eventual winner, Viktor Yushchenko. Just over a week ago, traveling in Central Asia for a future TIME story, I asked a senior Western official about the likelihood that the tense Russia-Georgia standoff over South Ossetia could escalate. The source acknowledged that the presence of "hotheads" on both sides - a clear reference to Putin and Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili...
...much for that theory. The proper question to ask now of Putin's Russia is the one framed perfectly by journalist Edward Lucas, Central Europe correspondent for the Economist, in his recent book The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West. "The less resistance Russia meets, the more assertive it becomes. The limits of the tolerable are constantly changing, and in one direction only. The uncomfortable but unavoidable question is, Where will this...
...banks, depositors crowded counters to withdraw cash. Bigger depositors demanded meetings with senior managers to gain reassurances about their savings. On Sunday, the central bank had stopped credit lines for customers and told them not to use Internet services to avoid hackers, some of whom had gained access to government sites over the weekend. Managers were coached to explain to customers that their money was safe. It had little effect. A senior Georgian banking official told me that the equivalent of $100 million, or 3% of the country's total deposit base, was withdrawn from the National Bank of Georgia...