“Russia has played a positive, stabilising role in the Caucasus for centuries, a guarantor of security, cooperation and progress,” the Russian prime minister said at the weekend. “This is how it was in the past and this is how it is going to be in future. Let there be no doubt about this.”
Wow. We were lulled with the break up of the Soviet Union. But for anyone with any doubts, that’s all you need to hear to understand exactly where Putin and Russia stand.
We can’t trust Putin’s Russia one bit when they do things like this:
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RUSSIA COMPLETES SAM DELIVERY TO IRAN
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RUSSIA COMPLETES SAM DELIVERY TO IRAN
MOSCOW [MENL] — Russia has confirmed the completion of anti-aircraft deliveries to Iran.
A senior Russian official asserted that Moscow delivered all 29 TOR-M1 mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile systems to Iran in late December 2006. The official confirmed a previous statement by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, who reported that the deliveries to Iran had been completed.
“Russia has fulfilled its contract obligations and fully completed deliveries of TOR-M1 air defense systems to Iran,” Sergei Chemezov, the director of the state arms export agency Rosoboronexport, said on Tuesday. “The systems were delivered in late December of last year.”
Chemezov confirmed the completion of the TOR-M1 deliveries during a visit to India. The Rosoboronexport chief was accompanying Ivanov in a tour of Bangalore, where Russia has offered India advanced MiG-35 fighter-jets as well as satellite cooperation.
A senior Russian official asserted that Moscow delivered all 29 TOR-M1 mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile systems to Iran in late December 2006. The official confirmed a previous statement by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, who reported that the deliveries to Iran had been completed.”
excerpt http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2007/january/01_24_2.html