Word: igor
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...Indeed, soon after last Friday’s disarmament resolution was approved, Russian, French and Chinese diplomats issued a joint statement claiming that it did not automatically permit the use of force should Hussein breach its terms or choose to delay the inspectors’ access. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov was quick to maintain, “We have excluded from the resolution material that is unacceptable to Russia,” adding that “it does not include the automatic use of force” and it “confirms the international community?...
...translates into political opposition; Estonia's main parties are still pushing for entry. But they promote membership not as a blessing but as protection against getting swallowed up by a revanchist Russia, or as an obligatory move for a tiny country with a population of less than 1.5 million. Igor Gräzin, a prominent euroskeptic law professor, strikes a chord with his puckish comparison between the E.U. and the U.S.S.R. "The parallels are perfect," he says. "The only difference is that the Soviets rewarded you if you overproduced, the E.U. if you underproduce." The Estonian Director of the Office...
...Paul Quinn-Judge: Not yet. But our working assumption is that Russia's opposition to new ultimatums to Iraq is not as strong as it appears. It's worth noting that at this point, Putin is still allowing his foreign minister Igor Ivanov to do the talking. We've previously seen a pattern where allowing his aides to talk tough leaves Putin space to come in and play the statesman - he won't even have to go back on his words in order to back the U.S. position, because thus far he hasn't really even said much...
...easier for the Russians if the inspectors were sent back, and were blocked by Saddam. That would allow Putin to walk away, saying he'd done his best to avoid war but that Saddam brought his fate upon himself. No matter how tough his foreign minister Igor Ivanov sounds, Putin still values his relationship with President Bush above all else...
Then the Tour de France began, and there came the clearest sign of his decline: on July 15, in the ninth stage, Armstrong, who in winning the last three Tours had never lost an extended time trial, finished second. Said Team once's Igor González de Galdeano, who was wearing the leader's yellow jersey at the time, "The Tour has changed...