Posted on 11/29/2005 8:46:25 AM PST by DTAD
MOSCOW: A senior Russian official hit out Tuesday at the US and NATO presence in the former Soviet Central Asian states, accusing Washington of inflaming tensions in the volatile region on Russia's border and undermining local efforts to boost security there.
Igor Ivanov, the head of Russia's Security Council, painted a critical picture of US influence from Baghdad to Kabul and highlighted the case of the Central Asian states.
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Folk that.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH...yeah, well, Russia has been increasing it's influence in local Houston bars...but I ain't complaining.
Ve don't vant yur democracitic ideas
ruinin owr cuntry! Ve get solong fine
witout yur nose buttsinsk!
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