In this stage of life the United States is currently in trillon dollars in debt we constly continue spending, in Russia's circumstance they forgave Iran of a debt that would take decades to pay back all for hopes that their investments will increase in the their country.
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It appears that through this new agreement they are trying to limit the US from having any weapons in outer space. Any buildup un weapons in outer space would only make violence worse. It could also trigger a massive arms race across the western world and countries such as; Russia and North Korea. These conditions would put the world into an extreme lockdown state, since at any time weapons could fire on the US or any where else in the world at any moment. This would further strain relations and cause many intense "battles'.
Whether peace is Russia's real purpose for this agreement is unclear. However it is probably best not to have any significant weapons in space.
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MOSCOW — Iraq’s foreign minister won a long-sought agreement on Monday to write off most of Iraq’s $12.9 billion in debt to Russia, much of it dating to before the first gulf war when Saddam Hussein government purchased Soviet weapons.
Russia had, in principle, agreed to write off the debt as far back as 2004 but had been dragging its feet hoping for assurances that the United States-backed government in Baghdad would honor a large Russian oil claim, also dating to the Hussein era.
On Monday, Iraq’s foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, offered no public guarantees. Russian officials said they had won an assurance of favorable treatment, at least. In exchange, Russia will write off all but $900 million of the debt. Separately, Russia agreed to invest $4 billion in Iraq, including the Iraqi oil industry.
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Perhaps nothing in Russia can whip up public hysteria like the notion of a Masonic conspiracy to take over the country. The word "democrat" has also become a widely pejorative term, and long hair on men is certainly a no-no for much of the Russian public.
Now meet Andrei Bogdanov, the presidential candidate with long, curly hair who heads up the country's largest Masonic lodge as well as the Democratic Party of Russia.
At 38, Bogdanov is Russia's youngest-ever presidential candidate, and he is running a long-shot campaign in the March 2 election that First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's preferred candidate, is all but guaranteed to win.
Russia provides 25% of Ukraine's oil, this intern provides Russia with a good economic outcome. Russia forcing the Ukraine to pay back their debt is really not realistic. A country that owes another money generally cannot pay them back on a moments notice. I believe it would be a very poor decision on Russia's part to try to collect their money from Ukraine.Gazprom said only gas piped from Russia would be affected which would make up around 25% of Ukraine's total supply. A dispute in January 2006 disrupted exports to several European countries.
Much of Europe is reliant on Russian gas piped through Ukraine but the EU says it has been assured by Gazprom its supplies will not be affected. Gazprom spokesman Ilya Kochevrin told the BBC News website that the company had informed the European Commission about the dispute.
"We think we got strong support for our position and hopefully we can settle this very soon," he said.
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Russia warned yesterday that the European Union would set a dangerous precedent in international law and harm the authority of the United Nations by recognising Kosovo's independence and sending a security mission to Serbia's break-away province.
"It is quite obvious that such a development would create a serious negative precedent from the point of view of international law," Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's ambassador to the EU, told a news briefing. "It will be seen as a precedent by many people, perhaps far too many people, across the world."
Mr Chizhov was speaking shortly after the EU admitted defeat in its efforts to persuade Serbia's government to send a delegation to Brussels today to sign an interim political agreement on free trade and visa liberalisation.
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The Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe refused to monitor presidential elections in Russia which are set to take place on March 2. The letter sent to Russia’s parliament (the State Duma) said that the organization had been forced to decline Moscow’s invitation to observe the elections of the Russian president."We made every effort in good faith to deploy our mission, even under the conditions imposed by the Russian authorities," Christian Strohal, director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, said in a statement.
"We have a responsibility to all 56 participating states to fulfill our mandate, and the Russian Federation has created limitations that are not conducive to undertaking election observation in accordance with it."
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The only significant challenger of Dmitry Medvedev former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov who has a little chance to win the March, 2. elections was not allowed to the ballot, the AP reports. That could be a great chance for Kremlin critics to call elections unfair and undemocratic But Nikolai Konkin, secretary of the Central Elections Commission, said a check of the signatures found more than 80,000 to be invalid. In Russia presidential aspirants not affiliated with political parties must submit 2 million signatures supporting their bid to get on the ballot. Kasyanov's campaign said it turned in 2,067,000 signatures.Read the Full Story [Here]
A senior Russian diplomat says Iran's test launch of a rocket earlier this week has raised "suspicions" about the country's nuclear program.
Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov Wednesday as saying long-range rockets are one of the components of a nuclear weapons program.Iran inaugurated its first major space center Monday and launched a new rocket capable of carrying a first domestic-built satellite into orbit.
Iran has been pursuing a space program for several years. It says it wants to launch satellites for research and telecommunications.
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The only outspoken Kremlin critic in Russia's presidential election next month said on Monday the vote could not be fair because the country was run by 'thieves'. Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov has said the campaign is skewed in favour of Dmitry Medvedev, who has been overwhelming favourite to win since outgoing President Vladimir Putin endorsed him as his successor. 'Elections in Russia can't be fair,' Zyuganov told reporters in Moscow as he unveiled his election programme. 'Because privatisation itself was unfair, because everything has been stolen and because thieves can't... 
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