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...JEWEL OF RUSSIA ULTRA Don't be fooled by the imposing packaging - this Russian wheat vodka is surprisingly delicate. Any impurities are removed during a five-stage process in which the spirit is filtered through charcoaled peach and apricot pits. ($120; www.jewelofrussia.com...
...When the U.S.S.R. was beginning to collapse, Georgian nationalists began to blockade Ossetian and Abkhazian towns. Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's democratic leader (as Brzezinski calls him) - whose police officers were using force on nonviolent protesters just last November - was goaded by the U.S. and NATO into waking up the Russian bear. It looks as though Georgia will now pay the price. Armen Hovhanesyan, WESTWOOD, CALIF...
...what's in it for ADUG? For super-rich investors, short-term profits are an unlikely motive. Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has sunk more than $1 billion into Chelsea since buying the London club in 2003. But while that's earned the team two Premier League titles and a place in the finals of Europe's élite club competition, Chelsea still couldn't manage a profit...
...football, demonstrating they have the confidence and expertise and have the money to spend." ADUG's move into England may not be the last from the UAE either. Dubai International Capital has been pursuing a possible takeover of Liverpool Football Club for months. With oil-rich Gulf and Russian buyers ready to shop, expect fans from other English clubs to have reason to smile in the coming months as well...
...result was familiar fudge: a common statement that tried to sound tough without actually threatening real damage. The fiercest it got was to say, "In the meantime, the Union will not take any action to reinforce the relationship with Russia." Instead of projecting common resolve in the face of Russian it seemed to reinforce the sense of impotence felt by the E.U. - like the U.N. and NATO and other international organizations - in the face of Russia's actions...