Two interesting Reuters headlines about Russia

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 5:35 PM Share

They ran about less than two hours apart:

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- NATO foreign ministers agreed Thursday to resume high-level formal ties with Russia, suspended last year after Moscow's military thrust into Georgia.

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned that Moscow would halt gas deliveries to Ukraine if payment were not received by Saturday, and this could also affect supplies to Europe.

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RPM

6:15 PM ET

March 5, 2009

coincidence?

Naaaaahhh.

It is continually amazing how authoratative nations maintain relevancy, even wield power, through the simple abrogation of conscience and responsibility. Glad we are seem to have avoided that path, though perhaps barely.

 

BLUE13326

11:16 PM ET

March 5, 2009

I'm all for Ukraine, but they

I'm all for Ukraine, but they do eventually have to pay their bills to get service...

 

WALKING WOUNDED

6:07 PM ET

March 6, 2009

cat that ate the canary

Nice pic of Putin's smiling eyes.

A lethally criminal organization with the nat resources of Russia, the evil brains of the KGB, and rotting breeders pumping out Plutonium, that's a lot more troubling than even an Iraq run by Saddam and his sons.

Ukraine and Georgia got shortchanged in their deal with a superpower suffering from ADD.

 

MODERATEWINGER

4:08 AM ET

March 6, 2009

I wouldn't trust Putin

As far as I could throw him. This man wants a new cold war. Obama better be wary about this man.

 

DAN KERVICK

5:48 PM ET

March 6, 2009

I'm not sure what point Mr.

I'm not sure what point Mr. Ricks is trying to make, or where he stands in his interpretation of the ongoing Yushchenko vs. Tymoshenko feud.

 

NYGDAN

2:12 PM ET

March 13, 2009

Why worry about ukrainian utilities disputes?

I think it is definitely justified to raise an eyebrow at those two headlines. If anyone doesn't understand why, then maybe instead of thinking about petroleum, the chemical that provides context here is dioxin.

 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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