Medvedev sees `fires for decades' in Arab world

[jakeXT]

Source: The Associated Press , Washington Post

MOSCOW -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday predicted decades of instability in the Arab world if protesters whom he called fanatics come to power, adding no such scenario will be permitted at home.

Medvedev's words fall in sharp contrast with the European Union, which said in a statement on Monday that it "deplores the violence" and "repression" against the pro-democracy protesters by authorities in one of the troublespots, Libya.

Speaking at a security meeting in the Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz, Medvedev didn't name countries, but he was referring to the crisis in the Middle East and North Africa - which has brought down governments in Tunisia and Egypt and sparked protests in Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran, Morocco and Jordan.

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Any attempts to repeat the unrest in Russia would be quashed, he said.

"They have prepared such a scenario for us before, and now more than ever they will try and realize it. In any case, this scenario won't succeed," he said, without identifying the people he considers could threaten the Kremlin.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR2011022202081.html

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You not like color revolution comrade?

[madmax]

1. Yeah, and Palin can see Russia from her house. nt

[jakeXT]

2. close ... It was McCain issuing the threat against Russia & China

John McCain: Putin and Hu Should Watch Out

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(CBS) Arizona Sen. John McCain predicted on Sunday that the recent governmental overthrow in Egypt would likely spur similar movements throughout the world, and warned foreign leaders in countries like China and Russia that they might be "a little less secure" of their power in light of recent events.

"I don't think this is confined to the Middle East, just as we believe that human rights are universal," said McCain, in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation."

"These winds of change that are blowing, I think I would be a little less cocky in the Kremlin with my KGB cronies today if I were Vladimir Putin," he warned. "I would be a little less secure in the seaside resort that (Chinese) President Hu and a few men who govern and decide the fate of 1.3 billion people."


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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/13/ftn/main7345897.shtml

[14thColony]

3. We believe that human rights are universal?

Well I'll be damned. McCain's secret's safe with me.

[jakeXT]

4. As usual the same old song, democracy and human rights everywhere except at home (noText)

[14thColony]

5. And in countries that have oil. Or anything else we want. nt

[TheLastMohican]

9. McCain still can't get past the fact

that he was shot down by Soviet missile in Vietnam and later interrogated by Soviets.

His russophobia is rampant and he reminds me the demented Ray-Gun.

[arbusto_baboso]

6. When Medvedev talks, I can see Putin's lips move.

That's all I'm sayin'.

[jakeXT]

7. That could be the case.....but others have pointed to differences

Mr. Medvedev has hinted at the need for democratization and economic liberalization to bring Russia into the 21st century, while Mr. Putin – who says little on the subject – appears linked to forces who favor continuation of the authoritarian system of "managed democracy" and state-led economics that he built during his eight-year presidency that ended in 2008.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/1108/Russian-journalist-s-beating-signals-looming-Medvedev-Putin-battle

[jakeXT]

8. I wonder what will happen to all those investments like high speed rail

Russian Railways have announced that at the moment, 204 specialists from the company and its affiliates are working on the construction of a modern high-speed 550km rail line between Sirt and Benghazi in Libya. Due to the current protests in the country, they have issued a statement regarding the safety of its employees.
http://www.rail.co/2011/02/23/russian-railways-release-statement-regarding-their-staff-in-libya/