The only Russian-made products I still use in my daily life are gas in my kitchen and matches I light it with. While I cannot yet expect the disappearance of matches - as they apparently aren’t a product strategic enough for Russia to cut it’s supply to Georgia - soon I won’t be able to tell for sure that the gas I’m using is Russian.

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A UN decision on Iran’s nuclear program next week coming, The Financial Times writes, that while majority of observers think that US exchanged last week’s resolution on Georgia for Russia’s support of sanctions against North Korea, the Bush administration rejects any suggestions of the horse-trading with Russia.

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