Category: foreign affairs/human rights

What are we doing becoming so cozy with China? How long can we continue to turn a blind eye to things like this, a new crackdown on China’s most liberal media, as reported in the International Herald Tribune? Here’s some more coverage by Guardian Unlimited.

Forbes reports that Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has rejected a Russian loan as a means of coping with impending hikes in prices by Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom. According to the article, Gazprom is forcing a 4-fold increase in prices upon the Ukraine. Others have speculated that this action comes as retribution for the defeat of the…

This Washington Post article sums up the state of affairs in Russia. Key points include: Supression of free media outlets Forced nationalization of key economic sectors, such as the oil industry Punishment of neighboring countries using oil prices as a weapon Manipulation of the national legislature to make it subservient to the Kremlin The net…