PUTIN Q&A SESSION. Putin answered questions on Russian media today. Most of what he spoke about was connected with the economy - he remains reasonably optimistic - and the financial crisis - ditto - and other “money” issues.

NATO EXPANSION. At its meeting in Brussels NATO did not offer MAPs to Georgia or Ukraine. It also began a retreat from its ( Read more... )

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