Word: moscow
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...speech was a clear rejection of Vice President Dick Cheney's recent scolding of Moscow on matters of democracy and the use of energy as a geopolitical weapon. For all its huffing and puffing, that address underscored how the Bush administration seems to be tailoring its message to a Russia that no longer exists...
...challenge the U.S. on issues ranging from Iran to Hamas. Nor is Russia's reluctance to support the U.S.-European strategy of threatening sanctions against Iran simply a byproduct of narrow concerns over its own investments there. Instead, it reflects a view that U.S. influence is inimical to Moscow's own interests, particularly in the former Soviet states. Curbing that influence has become a goal in and of itself - though aligning with Iran, another powerful oil producer, substantially increases Russia's potential influence, particularly in Asia...
...Russia is not only blocking efforts to threaten sanctions against Iran; it is also planning to sell it advanced surface-to-air missiles that would help Tehran defend its airspace against any attack. Moscow has also evolved a stronger strategic partnership with Beijing than existed during the Cold War, when the two countries' differences were skillfully exploited by Washington. Energy and security cooperation has reached new heights, and it now appears that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization - a security forum created by Russia and China to cement their influence over smaller Central Asian nations to the exclusion of the U.S. - plans...
...around $113 billion from oil exports last year (and a further $30 billion from natural gas exports). Which is why rising global demand for oil created by economic growth may be bad news for Russian democracy activists, Western-inclined politicians in former Soviet states and a Bush Administration seeking Moscow's support on Iran...
...Pressure In the interview with U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte [April 24], Time should have asked whether he realizes that another Pearl Harbor is around the corner. It will be not a military attack but a political and economic blow that will cripple the U.S. Tehran and Moscow share a common interest: to drastically reduce the political power of the U.S. in the Middle East. Once Iran has the Bomb, Tehran and Moscow will practically control the world oil supply and could blackmail the U.S. and Europe. In the past few months, Tehran has bluntly positioned itself...