Russia Bored With Condoleezza Rice's Dumb Statements
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30 September 2008
Russia bored with Condoleezza Rice’s far-fetched statements
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Ms. Rice released harsh statements September 18 about US-Russian relations in
light of recent events in Georgia and South Ossetia. In spite of the fact that
the US Secretary of State virtually acknowledged Georgia’s guilt in unleashing
the military conflict and expressed her condolences on the death of Russian
peacemakers, Ms. Rice stated that the war had been masterminded by the Russian
administration. According to Rice, the war had a goal to topple the regime of
the Georgian government.
No one at the Russian Foreign Ministry was surprised with Rice’s statements.
“It is not the first time when spokespeople for the US administration roughly
misinterpret the events caused with Georgia’s aggression against South
Ossetia. There is nothing surprising about it, taking into consideration
Washington’s bias to back the bankrupt regime in Tbilisi,” an official
statement from the ministry said. “Russia does not intend to get into a
rhetorical or any other confrontation with the USA,” the statement also said.
“Georgia attacked Russia, and we had nothing else to do but to use the right
of self-defense in strict correspondence with Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The United States begin to acknowledge the impossibility of the unipolar
world, although it can only be seen through painful reactions to the
demonstration of power on the part of the USA’s competitors,” the statement
from the Foreign Ministry of Russia said.
President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Russia would not yield to Western
pressure or be pushed into isolation over the war in Georgia.
Medvedev's comments appeared to be a response to U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, who warned Russia on Thursday that its policies have put it
on a path to isolation and irrelevance.
Medvedev dismissed a claim that Russia was sliding back to authoritarianism.
"They are, in fact, pushing us onto the development track that is based not on
normal and civilized cooperation with other countries, but on autonomous
development behind thick walls and an 'iron curtain,"' Medvedev said at a
meeting with non-governmental organizations. "This is not our track, and it
makes no sense to return to the past."
In addition, he vowed that Russia would set its own course.
"No new outside factors, let alone outside pressure on Russia, will change our
strategic course," Medvedev said.
"We will continuously strengthen our national security, modernize the military
and increase our defense capability to a sufficient level," he said. "And we
will determine what level is sufficient proceeding from the current situation;
it can't be measured once and for all."
Medvedev reaffirmed his push for a new pan-European security pact, saying NATO
alone can't ensure security on the continent.
"It only has provoked the conflict," he said, in a reference to the war in
Georgia.
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