In Baltics, Bush Blames Qaeda for Iraq Violence and Declines to Call Situation Civil War

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: November 29, 2006

...Mr. Bush is in Riga to talk about the other war -- Afghanistan -- which tops the NATO agenda. The alliance, which was formed to protect Europe, now has 32,000 troops in Afghanistan. But Mr. Bush wants NATO to commit more troops to the southern region of that country, to fend off a resurgence by the Taliban. In a speech at Latvia University, the president warned that terrorists, drug traffickers and warlords ''remain active and committed to destroying democracy in Afghanistan.'' ...


A full year before George Walker Bush went to Latvia, Boris Berezovsky was declared an "Unwanted Preson" by the government there. This just before a meeting with Neil Bush regarding an educational network that would seek to harness Russian speaking Diaspora to leverage political pressure among Russians to stir internal conflict.

Boris Berezovsky Declared 'Unwanted Person' in Latvia (click here)

..Berezovsky, who leads an active struggle against the Putin's regime, lives in Great Britain, having the British citizenship and the status of a political refugee. He came to Latvia with the younger brother of the American president, Neil Bush, and some other prominent entrepreneurs. It is important to remind that already in February, while his first visit to Riga, Berezovsky opened here the branch of the Civil Liberties Foundation, and declared his intention to spend about $100.000 for support of the cultural and educational projects in the republic. His recent visit was not an exception. According to the exclusive information we have, Berezovsky and the businessmen who came with him viewed the plans to create in Latvia a large Russian-speaking media holding, the purpose of which would be the counteraction to the informational influence of Moscow towards the Russian-speaking Diaspora in Eastern and Central Europe. First steps in realization of this project were already made....

The current dialogue in London is Anti-Russia as if there is still room for diplomatic relations when neither Britain or Russia share delegations anymore. The tensions are continuing to mount. I would set this all aside as 'horse play' until there is an understanding regarding some issues surrounding the death of a Russian spy in London, but, Russia is not horsing around and muscle flexing is turning into reality on a regular basis.


Berezovsky renews his calls for power change in Russia - paper (click here)
LONDON, August 26 (RIA Novosti) - Fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky renewed his calls for power change in Russia in an interview with a British paper published Sunday.
"Putin's regime is authoritarian. Under the current system, free elections are impossible. Only pressure on the Kremlin will make it possible to re-establish a constitutional form of government," The Sunday Times quoted Berezovsky as saying.
Russia has been seeking the extradition of Berezovsky, who lives in London as a political emigre, since 2002 on charges of money laundering, fraud, and plotting a coup in Russia. However, Moscow's repeated demands for the extradition of the fugitive oligarch have so far been refused.
In an online interview with The Guardian on April 13 Berezovsky announced plans to overthrow President Vladimir Putin by force. However, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service refused to open a criminal case against the exiled tycoon on Moscow's demand, saying he was rather calling for civil disobedience, and, therefore could not be stripped of his refugee status granted in 2001, which would mean his extradition to Russia....