> www.nytimes.com
>
> I don't have anything to  pontificate--ugly politiks are ugly
> politiks, nuthin new about  hegemony and border disputes.
>
> The USA itself has its own not honorable, guilt free  Latin America
> "backyard" history of course.
>
> See also Chernobyl, which has both a religious & apparent oil angle in
> its rebellion.
>
> The Georgia capital Tblisi (I think) is "sister city" of Atlanta.
>
> I presume Russia does not want Georgia to align itself too much with
> the West, and  think I understand" Russia's paranoia, having read one
> entire book 40-50 years ago by gosh.
>
>  A nostalgic PETER THE GREAT & chauvanist Stalinist mentality is very
> pisssed by perceived  Georgian disloyalty, I supose.
>
> Russia is reportedly threatening to began re-subsidizing Cuba, approx
> one miilion dollars a day, since Mother Russia is currently rolling in
> oil, natural gas and high demand minerals for the India and China
> booms.
>
> Moscow is reported as booming too. How is the economy outside of
> Moscow? Seemingly vastly improving.
>
> I have read that Georgian Jews had been "fierce" mountain horse-riding
> warriors, breaking a stereotype (if true).
>
> If Ilya reads this, what are some of your perceptions about the
> complicated phenomena semi-described above?