RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 29, 2009
Source: http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2009/06/ras_daily_russian_news_blast_-_june_29_2009.htmPosted on Monday, June 29th, 2009 | In Market Commentary, Russia
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said that Russia and NATO have resumed cooperation on broad security threats, but ‘on Georgia, there are still fundamental differences‘. Fears of an incursion in Georgia are building as Russia begins its Caucasus 2009 war games. According to the Washington Post, the military exercises are ‘a reminder of the volatility of the region’. Russia’s attitude to Georgia has been met with sharp criticism from Western leaders. At a ministerial meeting of the OSCE, opinion was unconvinced about Moscow’s proposal for a new security pact; French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner commented, ‘we don’t need a new structure. We have the principles, we have the structures, let’s strengthen them’.
The Federal Drug Control Agency has said that the problem of drug trafficking
in Afghanistan needs to be addressed if transportation of US cargo is to
continue. In a move that has surprised the US military, a high-ranking
Russian general has announced that Russia and the United States will
sign a military cooperation deal during the visit of the US President to Moscow. Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, has met with his Russian counterpart, General Nikolai
Makarov, in Moscow and has called the meeting ‘encouraging’. The two nations are expected to discuss cyber warfare during
Obama’s visit, though their ideas about how to combat the issue differ considerably. The Guardian examines Medvedev’s visit to Africa as a sign of his ‘policy of disengagement with the West’.
Members of the Romanov royal family intend to return to Russia to help develop charitable programs, but will no longer ‘peddle’ the idea of the monarchy. The Russian government has told American judges that they do not have the authority to dictate to Russia how to use sacred Jewish documents held in its state library that were seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies. Police detained at least 16 supporters of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Moscow following an unauthorized rally. Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov is ready to testify at the embezzlement trial of the Yukos founder.
PHOTO: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is
seen on a TV screen at a press conference on the Ionian island of
Corfu, northwestern Greece, on June 27, 2009, during a NATO-Russia
Council. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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June 29th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Georgia vs. Russia: A prelude to WWIII? I study the Bible and have found out that at the appointed time Russia will return. (Daniel 11:29a) This prophecy has started to be fulfilled. Russia has begun to rebuild an empire. After that, “the king of the north” (Russia) will come somewhere into the south. Many indicate that this might be Georgia. When this happens, according to the biblical foretelling, the West will come against Russia. “The king of the north” will be humbled and retreat. (Daniel 11:29b,30) At that time, peace will be taken from the earth and the “great sword” – nuclear sword – will be used. (Revelation 6:4) However, it will be neither the great tribulation nor “the end of the world” (Armageddon). As Jesus foretold, that will be “the beginning of birth pains”. (Mathew 24:7,8)