Warning: Got error 134 from storage engine query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache WHERE cid = 'variables' in /home/wakethef/public_html/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 128

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/wakethef/public_html/includes/database.mysql.inc:128) in /home/wakethef/public_html/modules/badbehavior/bad-behavior/screener.inc.php on line 8
http://whatreallyhappened.com/taxonomy/term/95/0 en http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2009/11/guest_post_by_f_1/ <p>Furthermore, while Russia does not want to see a military confrontation between the United States (or Israel) and Iran, Moscow also does not want to see an overly rapid rapprochement between the United States (or Europe) and Iran. Among other considerations, Russian policymakers and the leadership of Gazprom are keen to prevent head-to-head competition between Russian and Iranian gas, especially in Europe.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/reading-russia-iran" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/reading-russia-iran#comments IRAN RUSSIA Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:51:08 +0000 Mike Rivero 46501 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://ncoal.com/blog/?p=796 <p>You may recall during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, there was a breaking news event which briefly interrupted the televised coverage of the games. Essentially we were told that the budding little democracy in Georgia was being attacked by the fierce Russian military. It was really fairly climatic as it brought both President Bush and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin into the limelight. Watching this unfold from the U.S. controlled mass media perspective...</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-still-spanking-georgia" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-still-spanking-georgia#comments RUSSIA Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:32:57 +0000 johnu78 46226 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/europe/ukraine <p>On 29 October 2009, the Ukrainian Health Ministry announced an outbreak of the A (H1N1) (Swine Flu) virus in Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, as of 11 November the total number of people who have fallen ill with influenza and acute respiratory illness is 1,122,188 with 57,286 having been hospitalised and 189 fatalities. Regions in western Ukraine continue to show the highest rates of acute respiratory illness/influenza-like illness, but the level of incidence in the Kyiv area also appears to be increasing.</p> <p>update:Health Ministry confirms 282 deaths of flu and acute respiratory viral infections.<br /> <a href="http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52826/" title="http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52826/">http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52826/</a></p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ukraine-trave-advice" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ukraine-trave-advice#comments RUSSIA SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:11:26 +0000 Fisher King 46172 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/spymaster-warns-of-georgian-attack/388971.html <p>Military intelligence believes that Georgia might again attack South Ossetia, the pro-Moscow region over which the two countries fought a war last year, a powerful spy chief said Thursday.</p> <p>Alexander Shlyakhturov, who in April took over command of the military’s Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, said the situation was strained and accused NATO countries of continuing to supply arms to Georgia.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/home-news-business-opinion-sports-arts-ideas-blogs-spymaster-warns-georgian-attack" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/home-news-business-opinion-sports-arts-ideas-blogs-spymaster-warns-georgian-attack#comments RUSSIA Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:06:52 +0000 ladylove 45496 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/05/content_12394893.htm <p>Russia may decide to use military forces abroad only in exceptional circumstances to protect its citizens, said President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday.</p> <p>Russia's State Duma, the lower house, in late October voted unanimously to pass a bill which the Kremlin said would lay the legal foundation for using troops abroad to prevent aggression by other states and to protect Russian citizens on foreign soil.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/medvedev-russia-use-troops-abroad-only-extreme-emergency" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/medvedev-russia-use-troops-abroad-only-extreme-emergency#comments RUSSIA Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:38:58 +0000 ladylove 45352 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/6480227/Russia-simulates-nuclear-attack-on-Poland.html <p>The armed forces are said to have carried out "war games" in which nuclear missiles were fired and troops practised an amphibious landing on the country's coast. </p> <p>Documents obtained by Wprost, one of Poland's leading news magazines, said the exercise was carried out in conjunction with soldiers from Belarus. </p> <p>The manoeuvres are thought to have been held in September and involved about 13,000 Russian and Belarusian troops. </p> <p>Poland, which has strained relations with both countries, was cast as the "potential aggressor".</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-simulates-nuclear-attack-poland" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-simulates-nuclear-attack-poland#comments RUSSIA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:48:43 +0000 malterwitty 45208 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/6489381/Former-Israeli-double-agent-shot-dead-near-Putins-office.html <p>Former Israeli double agent shot dead near Putin's office<br /> Shabtai Kalmanovich, a former Israeli double agent who penetrated Golda Meir's government on behalf of the KGB, has been shot dead in Moscow.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/another-crook" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/another-crook#comments RUSSIA Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:19:34 +0000 Globocnik 45085 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2_8SsFnq7M <p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d2_8SsFnq7M&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d2_8SsFnq7M&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></object></p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/flukraine-what-deadly-virus-gripping-nation" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/flukraine-what-deadly-virus-gripping-nation#comments CURRENT EVENTS RUSSIA VIDEO Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:09:27 +0000 Fisher King 44975 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-10-27/iran-uranium-enrichment-plan.html <p>Iran has not rejected an offer to enrich its uranium in Russia, and is preparing an official response to the proposals of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Russia’s Foreign Minister.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/moscow-says-iran-didn%E2%80%99t-refuse-enrich-uranium-russia" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/moscow-says-iran-didn%E2%80%99t-refuse-enrich-uranium-russia#comments IRAN RUSSIA Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:53:16 +0000 Mike Rivero 44259 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL2975305720080129 <p>Polyus Gold (PLZL.MM) (PLZLq.L) plans to launch what will be Russia's largest gold mine, the $2.5 billion Natalka project, in 2012 or 2013, the company's chief executive said in a statement on Tuesday.</p> <p>Polyus, which mines nearly a quarter of Russia's gold, expects the Natalka mine in the country's remote northeast to produce over 1.3 million ounces a year of the precious metal -- more than the company's entire forecast production for 2007.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russias-polyus-launch-natalka-gold-mine-2013" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russias-polyus-launch-natalka-gold-mine-2013#comments RUSSIA Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:13:43 +0000 Mike Rivero 44075 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=109333&sectionid=351020101 <p>Russia says it has no plan to restrict its military cooperation with Iran, stressing that Moscow would not allow "competitors a chance to take advantage of the situation".</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-pledges-military-cooperation-iran" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-pledges-military-cooperation-iran#comments IRAN RUSSIA Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:10:30 +0000 malterwitty 43846 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23800.htm <p>Russia's vote to endorse the Goldstone Gaza report in the United Nations Human Rights Council last Friday was an important, milestone event both for Palestine and for Russia. For Palestine, this vote opened a way to try and sentence Israeli mass-murderers, and thus ushered Israel into a new era of responsibility after a long period of Wild West-style, Colt-45 justice. For Russia, this vote has proved to its own country and to the world that it is free from American and Zionist diktat and able to navigate its own policy.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russias-daring-vote" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russias-daring-vote#comments ISRAEL PALESTINE RUSSIA TORTURE/WAR CRIMES Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:26:39 +0000 poorrichard 43838 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=109378&sectionid=351020602 <p>Secretary of Russia's National Security Council Nikolai Patrushev says the country should be ready for "large-scale conflicts". </p> <p>Patrushev made the comments while discussing a new version of Russia's military doctrine, which officials have been drafting in recent months.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-needs-be-ready-large-scale-conflicts" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-needs-be-ready-large-scale-conflicts#comments RUSSIA Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:07:06 +0000 ladylove 43765 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=2&id=15066 <p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that Moscow expected all parties to approve the deal.</p> <p>“We are counting on not only Iran, but all the other participants fo the negotiations, to confirm their readiness to implement the proposed scheme,” he told reporters in Moscow, according to Reuters.</p> <p>French Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Bernard Valero, told reporter in Paris: “The draft agreement suits France. We have made this known in an official manner.”</p> <p>Iran said it did not want France to be part of any dealDiplomats say that Russia will take all of the uranium Iran will ship, but it will sub-contract any additional processing to France, so that no direct negotiations between Paris and Tehran are required, reports AFP.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-france-approve-iran-uranium-supply-deal" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-france-approve-iran-uranium-supply-deal#comments CURRENT EVENTS FRANCE IRAN ISRAEL RUSSIA Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:57:39 +0000 Old_Logan 43749 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iK5rrWaAg177QnoYUX21cJmU44CA <p>Russia on Thursday said it would continue military cooperation with Iran amid widespread unease in the West over Moscow's controversial contract to sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Tehran.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-pledges-continue-arms-supplies-iran" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-pledges-continue-arms-supplies-iran#comments IRAN RUSSIA Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:32:42 +0000 Mike Rivero 43707 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8319585.stm <p>Russia is highlighted as the country that bears the brunt of the ill-effects of the Afghan drug trade by a UN Office on Drugs and Crime report. The BBC's Stephen Eke reports on Moscow's growing concern about the problem.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russian-anger-over-afghan-drugs-0" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russian-anger-over-afghan-drugs-0#comments AFGHANISTAN RUSSIA Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:20 +0000 Mike Rivero 43663 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://nails.prbn.ru/cgi-bin/iframe/pravda_eng_main_nails?&n=3&c=3&scd=yes <p>Russia and India will start the development of a new supersonic missile nearly invincible to interception. No army in the world has anything similar to it. The sum of the investment has not been defined yet, but it can be expected to reach billions of dollars.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-and-india-develop-supersonic-missile-invincible-interception" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-and-india-develop-supersonic-missile-invincible-interception#comments PAKISTAN / INDIA RUSSIA Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:52:11 +0000 malterwitty 43402 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1122067.html <p>Israel relayed a sharply worded protest to the Russian government following Russia's vote in favor of adopting the Goldstone report at the Human Rights Council in Geneva Friday, according to senior Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem.</p> <p>Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman suffered a personal blow by the Russian vote, which went against the promises he received from his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, days prior to the vote at the United Nations body.</p> <p>Russian officials clarified that Moscow would oppose any discussion of the Goldstone report by the UN Security Council, Israel Radio reported on Sunday night.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russians-deal-lieberman-slap-endorsing-goldstone-report" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russians-deal-lieberman-slap-endorsing-goldstone-report#comments ISRAEL RUSSIA Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:26:49 +0000 Mike Rivero 43373 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/10/18/ukraine_russia_tensions_are_simmering_in_crimea/ <p>President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia issued a letter in August demanding policy reversals from a new Ukrainian government, including an end to its bid to join NATO. He also introduced a bill authorizing the use of troops to protect Russian citizens and Russian speakers abroad, a measure that some interpreted as targeting Crimea.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ukraine-russia-tensions-are-simmering-crimea" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ukraine-russia-tensions-are-simmering-crimea#comments RUSSIA Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:24:38 +0000 ladylove 43260 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/russia-well-nuke-aggressors-first/ <p>Russia is weighing changes to its military doctrine that would allow for a “preventive” nuclear strike against its enemies — even those armed only with conventional weapons. The news comes just as American diplomats are trying to get Russia to cut down its nuclear stockpile, and put the squeeze on Iran’s suspect nuclear program.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-we%E2%80%99ll-nuke-%E2%80%98aggressors%E2%80%99-first" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-we%E2%80%99ll-nuke-%E2%80%98aggressors%E2%80%99-first#comments RUSSIA Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:16:34 +0000 Mike Rivero 42932 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33305357/ns/world_news-europe/from/ET <p>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up a European tour Wednesday by calling on Russia to uphold human rights...</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/clinton-challenges-russia-human-rights" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/clinton-challenges-russia-human-rights#comments RUSSIA TORTURE/WAR CRIMES Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:05:32 +0000 Mike Rivero 42871 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.opednews.com/articles/-They-re-out-to-get-us---by-Don-Smith-091014-560.html <p>People no longer trust Congress, the President, the courts, the media, corporations, political parties, and other institutions of society. People even doubt science and medicine.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/theyre-out-get-us-trust-distrust-and-organizing-change" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/theyre-out-get-us-trust-distrust-and-organizing-change#comments CURRENT EVENTS DICTATORSHIP ECONOMY EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN HAWAII HIDDEN HISTORY HUMOR AND SATIRE IMMIGRATION/NORTH AMERICAN UNION IMPEACHMENT IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL KOREA LEBANON MIDDLE EAST PAKISTAN / INDIA PALESTINE POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION PROTESTS/REVOLUTION RELIGION/ATHEISM RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS RUSSIA SAUDI ARABIA SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE SOUTH AMERICA SUDAN SYRIA TAXES TORTURE/WAR CRIMES TURKEY VIDEO VOTE FRAUD WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:39:19 +0000 Mike Rivero 42841 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/13/russia-retains-option-of-pre-emptive-nuclear-strike/ <p>According to the secretary if the Russian Security Council, the Russian government’s new review of its nuclear weapons policy retains and even expands the nation’s long-standing option to pre-emptively use nuclear weapons in warfare.</p> <p>“Different variants are considered to allow the use of nuclear weapons depending on a certain situation and intentions of a would-be enemy,” the secretary insisted. Russia has insisted that it has the right to launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes since early 2008.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-retains-option-preemptive-nuclear-strike" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-retains-option-preemptive-nuclear-strike#comments RUSSIA Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:22:45 +0000 ladylove 42837 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/13/clinton-talks-russians-iran/ <p>Russia pushed back Tuesday at U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, a setback to the Obama administration's desire to present a united front with Moscow.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-resisting-sanctions-against-iran" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-resisting-sanctions-against-iran#comments IRAN RUSSIA Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:21:33 +0000 Mike Rivero 42762 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/12/clinton-press-russia-iran-arms-control/ <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/clinton-press-russia-iran-arms-control" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/clinton-press-russia-iran-arms-control#comments RUSSIA Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:10:19 +0000 Mike Rivero 42653 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/young-fearless-and-feisty-ndash-the-new-face-of-russian-tv-news-1801210.html <p>So RT covered the mass protests in Georgia that preceded by a year the Russian invasion of 2008. "There were tens of thousands of people gathered around the parliament. They were roughly dispersed with tear gas, rubber bullets and sound machines." She says the story was at that stage ignored by other global broadcasters.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/young-fearless-and-feisty-%E2%80%93-new-face-russian-tv-news" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/young-fearless-and-feisty-%E2%80%93-new-face-russian-tv-news#comments CORPORATE MEDIA RUSSIA Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:41:49 +0000 Mike Rivero 42634 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/11/russia-ukraine-control-election <p>Last month, a group of east European leaders and intellectuals gathered in the Livadia Palace, where Britain, the US and the Soviet Union held the Yalta conference in February 1945. The idea was to discuss Ukraine's strategic future. But the discussion was overshadowed by one question: will there be a war between Russia and Ukraine?</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ukraine-fears-its-future-moscow-muscles-crimea" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ukraine-fears-its-future-moscow-muscles-crimea#comments RUSSIA Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:12:30 +0000 ladylove 42580 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8166020.stm <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-acts-against-false-history" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/russia-acts-against-false-history#comments COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA DICTATORSHIP HIDDEN HISTORY RUSSIA Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:50:15 +0000 Mike Rivero 42259 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/05/AR2009100501755.html <p>On maps, Crimea is Ukrainian territory, and this naval citadel on its southern coast is a Ukrainian city. But when court bailiffs tried to serve papers at a lighthouse here in August, they suddenly found themselves surrounded by armed troops from Russia's Black Sea Fleet who delivered them to police as if they were trespassing teenagers.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ukraine-russia-tensions-evident-crimea" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ukraine-russia-tensions-evident-crimea#comments RUSSIA Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:36:35 +0000 Mike Rivero 42009 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/abkhazia-conflict-worsens-as-russia-escorts-freight-vessels_633 <p>Once again the simmering political cauldron in the disputed regions appear to be boiling up with Russia’s announcement this week that they are to escort freighters en route to Abkhazia, the Georgian breakaway state.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/abkhazia-conflict-worsens-russia-escorts-freight-vessels" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/abkhazia-conflict-worsens-russia-escorts-freight-vessels#comments RUSSIA Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:35:21 +0000 Mike Rivero 42007 at http://whatreallyhappened.com