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On Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, Burgas Airport (BOJ) served 491,254 passengers (down 9. 3 percent) and Varna Airport (VAR) received 290,591 passengers (down 17. (PR Newswire)
8 killed, 3 missing in Turkey flash floods Sep 9, 2009
On Monday, a Cambodia-flagged freighter broke into two and sank in heavy storms off the Black Sea coast of Istanbul. All 12 crew members were rescued. (MSNBC -- International)
Hitler's Place in Health Debate Is Just Nuts: Celestine Bohlen Sep 9, 2009
The Soviet dictators 1939 with the Nazis set the stage for both the German invasion of Poland 70 years ago this month and the Soviets near simultaneous occupation of a large swath of Europe from the Baltic to the Black Sea. This isnt some ignorant or deliberately misleading abuse shouted out at a town-hall meeting: It is historys unfinished business in a part of Europe that bore the brunt of the mass killings by both Stalin and Hitler in the 1930s and 1940s. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Russia, Belarus kick off joint military exercise Sep 8, 2009
The maneuvers will feature combined arms teams, key air force components and ships from the Black Sea Fleet, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Sea Fleet. "These will be very important exercises. We haven't conducted anything like that in terms of composition and scale for a long time," Nikolai Makarov, chief of Russia's General Staff, told the Itar-Tass news agency on Monday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Alarming Invasion Of Round Goby Into Great Lakes Tributaries: Impact On Endangered Fishes 'Serious' Sep 8, 2009
The fish, which comes from the Black Sea, has rapidly adapted to Baltic conditions and ... The species, which originates from the Black Sea and. (Science Daily)
3 policemen found shot in head in Pakistan Sep 6, 2009
"Unfortunately, rebel groups are still able to bring young people under their wing, into their criminal activities. This is a fact," Medvedev said during a televised portion of the meeting at his residence in Sochi on the Black Sea. Pakistan forces destroy 3 militant bases in NW. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Russia's Troubled Caucasus: Five Years After Beslan Sep 5, 2009
North Ossetia indeed, the whole of the North Caucasus, between the Black Sea to the west and the Caspian Sea to the east was supposed to be tranquil, harmonious, subdued. But that's not what has happened. (Time.com)
Transneft Fights 27,000-Ton Oil Theft as Violence Surges in South Russia Sep 2, 2009
The link through Dagestan, connecting the Azeri capital Baku to Russias Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, transported 5. 8 million tons of oil last year. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Thousands of Tropical Fish Die in Russian Airport Sep 2, 2009
The state RIA Novosti news agency says more that 4,000 fish worth $480,000 died in the Black Sea resort of Sochi after customs officials spent 15 hours clearing the cargo Saturday. The fish had been shipped from China and made a brief stop in India. (Fox News)
Oil stirs conflict on Black Sea Sep 2, 2009
While the European Union frets over Russian efforts to impose its energy diktat by building gas and oil pipelines on the bottom of the Black Sea, new conflicts are emerging - not over transit routes, but over rich hydrocarbon resources beneath its ancient waters ... American company from developing Prykerchynsky, a large underwater gas field in the Black Sea ... In 2004, Romania brought a case against Ukraine to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a dispute concerning the maritime... (Asia Times Online)
Russians mark 5 years since Beslan school tragedy Sep 1, 2009
"Unfortunately, rebel groups are still able to bring young people under their wing, into their criminal activities. This is a fact," Medvedev said during a televised portion of the meeting at his residence in Sochi on the Black Sea. Bombing of Iraqi Foreign Ministry hits nearby residents hard. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
The week ahead Aug 31, 2009
In addition Russia accused Ukraine of making life difficult for Russia s Black Sea fleet (which is based in a Ukrainian port), signing treacherous pipeline deals with the European Union and kicking out Russian diplomats. A more conciliatory approach by Mr Putin seems unlikely. (The Economist)
Russia Doesn't Have to Be a Bully Aug 31, 2009
They're blocking access to the base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet on the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. They've kicked out innocent Russian diplomats on the scandalous pretext of spying. (Slate)
This day in history Aug 31, 2009
In 1986, the Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collided with a merchant vessel in the Black Sea, causing both to sink; up to 448 people reportedly died. In 1988, 14 people were killed when a Delta Boeing 727 crashed during takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. (Boston Globe)
Catch-and-release pond is a rod bender Aug 30, 2009
The black sea bass and grouper bite is growing stronger. The Gulf Stream remains red hot, especially for bull dolphin, wahoo and kingfish. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Shelton Reports Second Quarter Results Aug 29, 2009
The preparation work for the 300 km seismic program on the Black Sea, Arkchangelske project is ongoing ... Shelton's long-term goals are to become the leader in oil and gas production from the resource-rich Azov and Black Sea basins in five years. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Dear Viktor, you're dead, love Dmitry Aug 28, 2009
Russia s president, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote Viktor Yushchenko, his Ukrainian counterpart, an open letter with a familiar litany of complaints: Ukraine was supplying arms to Georgia, complicating the life of Russia s Black Sea fleet (which is based in Sebastopol, a Ukrainian port), signing treacherous pipeline deals with the European Union, kicking out Russian diplomats and falsifying joint Soviet history ... Dressed in ominous black, and overlooking the Black Sea with two military boats on the... (The Economist)
Fertilizer Price Forecast: Still Climbing (21) Aug 25, 2009
He adds that one of the major production ports for shipping urea and ammonia is Yuzhnyy (Ukraine) on the Black Sea. Hergert reemphasizes Jarek s suggestion that producers look to buy ahead. (Agri-View, WI)
Russia's Moves Raise Doubts About Obama's 'Reset' Aug 24, 2009
This raises concerns about the Kremlin's designs on Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, which has a large ethnic Russian population and is home to the Black Sea Fleet. While Russia continues to reach into its neighbors' affairs, there appears to be little that Washington can do. (Time.com)
Russians return to Abkhazia resorts Aug 24, 2009 Mystery deepens Aug 22, 2009 Arctic Sea crew, hijackers interrogated in Moscow Aug 21, 2009 Russia steps up rolein German industry Aug 21, 2009 Peres: Russia to reconsider missiles for Iran Aug 20, 2009 Aeroflot signs up for Sochi games Aug 20, 2009 Russia to reconsider sale of missiles to Iran - Israel Aug 20, 2009 › Russia backed by Israel Aug 19, 2009 Israel: Russia May Nix Iran Missile Deal Aug 19, 2009 Anastasia Draws on Black Sea Beauties to Fit Her Glass Slipper Aug 18, 2009 Russia Poised Again To Fight Ge00004000orgia Aug 18, 2009 Turkey and Russia: Old rivals, new partners Aug 17, 2009 Sofia reborn as a cultural crossroads Aug 16, 2009 A year after Georgia-Russia war, refugees still coping with losses Aug 16, 2009 Medvedev focuses on Chechen killings Aug 15, 2009 Merkel and Medvedev talk business Aug 15, 2009 It's The Journey : Marsha Hamby Savage Aug 15, 2009 Russia's President Medvedev plays badminton with PM Putin Aug 15, 2009 Russian, German leaders discuss closer economic ties Aug 15, 2009 * Putins Abkhazia plans stoke Caucasus tensions Aug 14, 2009 Putin takes in the football (and the women) on boy's night with Medvedev... Aug 14, 2009 Putin thumbs nose at West over Georgia Aug 14, 2009 Russian navy scours Atlantic for vanished ship Aug 14, 2009 Merkel-Medvedev to discuss investment, rights Aug 14, 2009 Here to stay Aug 14, 2009 Outside factors, crop condition continue to pressure wheat Aug 13, 2009 Russian navy searching for missing cargo ship Aug 13, 2009 Putin, Erdogan seal 'grand bargain' Aug 13, 2009 Blogger Demands Action From Kremlin on DOS Attack Aug 13, 2009 Putin promises military backing for Abkhazia Aug 13, 2009 Russian Prime Minister visits breakaway Georgian region Aug 13, 2009 2009 spring wheat yield potential looks promising Aug 13, 2009 Russians to boost Abkhazia bases Aug 13, 2009 Hunt stepped up for missing ship Aug 13, 2009 Fraport Traffic Figures - July 2009: Positive Trend for Passenger and Airfreight Traffic Aug 12, 2009 Medvedev lambasts Ukraine leader Aug 12, 2009 Medvedev blasts 'anti-Russian' Ukraine Aug 11, 2009 Georgia: Russia Trying to Seize More Land Aug 10, 2009 REQUIRED READING Aug 9, 2009 Spheres Of Influence Aug 9, 2009 Accusations mark Georgia war anniversary Aug 8, 2009 Sod House Museum to feature speaker on Aug 7, 2009 Putin seals new Turkey gas deal Aug 7, 2009 Turkey, Russia sign gas pipeline deal Aug 7, 2009 Marine Pest Species Costing Billions In Damage To Fisheries, Coastal Communities And Infrastructure Are Spreading Aug 7, 2009 Q&A on Russia's South Stream gas pipeline project Aug 7, 2009 The Hunt For Russian Aggression Aug 6, 2009 Facts about the 2008 war in Georgia Aug 5, 2009 Georgia peace fragile 1 year after war Aug 5, 2009 S.Ossetians look to Moscow for help Aug 5, 2009 Two master Soviet artists united in vision Aug 4, 2009 Russia Accuses Georgia of Firing on South Ossetia, Threatens to Use Force Aug 2, 2009 * FEATURE : Threat of war hangs over Georgian energy routes Aug 1, 2009 China dips its toe in the Black Sea Aug 1, 2009 Bulgaria May Cancel Reactor Project, Sell Utility Shares to Plug Deficit Jul 31, 2009 Japan's Itochu Purchasing Ukrainian Corn as Substitute to U.S. Supplies Jul 30, 2009 General Maritime Corporation Announces Second Quarter and Six Months 2009 Financial Results Jul 30, 2009 Maritime disasters over decades Jul 29, 2009 Whitey, you’re yesterday’s news Jul 26, 2009 Fla. gov's office mistakenly praises Nazi film Jul 25, 2009 Hopes curtailed for visit Jul 24, 2009 Stuff Of Stink Bombs Investigated For Role In Pregnancy Jul 24, 2009 • Biden brings tough love to Georgia Jul 24, 2009 Cash cloud hangs overGeorgia's tax-free zone Jul 24, 2009 Circling the Square, July 23 Jul 24, 2009
Once a prime holiday destination for the Soviet elite, the battle-scarred Black Sea beaches of Abkhazia are again attracting Russian tourists. Ravaged by years of war and instability the tiny breakaway region is slowly getting back on its feet thanks to Russian investment. (BBC News -- Europe)
Britons die in Bulgaria car crash Aug 24, 2009
Another British boy was injured in the accident on Friday evening in the Black Sea resort of Varna, which also killed a Bulgarian adult in the same car. According to local reports the car was hit by a bus. (BBC News -- Europe)
The ship itself - according to President Dmitry Medvedev's spokeswoman - will now head for the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, with its captain and three crew members still on board. The ship is actually registered in Malta. (BBC News -- Europe)
The Kremlin said the ship was en route to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, but federal investigators said it was drifting off Cape Verde. More than a week after the Arctic Sea's departure from Finland on July 21, Swedish police said they had received a report that masked men had raided the ship in the Baltic Sea and beaten the crew before speeding off 12 hours later in an inflatable craft. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
The proposed South Stream gas pipeline would transit the Black Sea from Russia to Bulgaria before feeding gas to Europe. Such remarks have been heard repeatedly from the German side, reflecting anxiety that South Stream might divert Russian resources of gas and investment capital away from Nord Stream. (Asia Times Online)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made the pledge during their talks Tuesday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Peres said. "President Medvedev gave a promise he will reconsider the sales of S-300s because it affects the delicate balance which exists in the Middle East," Peres told reporters via video link from Sochi. (MSNBC -- International)
Aeroflot said it now intended to introduce a series of new flights to the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. Value of brand. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) welcomes his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres at the President's official vacation residence of Bocharov Ruchei in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, August 18, 2009. (REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
And Medvedev said after talks with Israeli President Shimon Peres at his summer residence in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi that their task must be to ensure that "real history is not distorted for political ends". "We express our deep indignation at attempts to deny the great contribution that the Russian people and other peoples of the Soviet Union brought to the victory over Nazi Germany and also (attempts) to deny the Holocaust of European Jews," Medvedev and Peres said in a joint... (iAfrica.com)
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres at the Bochariv Ruchei presidential walk together at residence of Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Aug. 18, 2009 ... Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made the pledge during their talks Tuesday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Peres said. (CBS News -- Politics)
The wellspring of beauty and grace for Anastasia's minions has for years been the major Black Sea resort of Odessa, a mysterious and intriguing city where for decades the most desirable women of the former Soviet Republic of Ukraine could be found ... Anastasia's Miss Odessa Queen contest will be held during Anastasia's Odessa/Kherson Romance Tour September 2 through 13, 2009 and consist of 30 gorgeous regional Black Sea participants chosen in a run off by their local dating agencies. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Russian naval and air forces are already stationed at Gudauta, a town on the Black Sea in western Abkhazia. That base boasts one of the largest military airfields in the Caucasus region. (Human Events Online)
Treacherous was in fact the word some applied to the deal with Russia s Gazprom to use Turkish territorial waters in the Black Sea for a gas pipeline to Europe ... In exchange for backing South Stream, Turkey won Russian support for an oil pipeline from the Black Sea port of Samsun to the Ceyhan terminal on the Mediterranean ... Turkey carefully implemented the Montreux Convention, which governs traffic through the Bosporus, so only a handful of American warships could enter the Black Sea. (The Economist)
Locals want to capitalize on the trickle of tourists journeying to Bulgaria s ski resorts and Black Sea beaches. The biggest hurdle to navigating Sofia is the language: Street signs are written in Cyrillic and few Bulgarians speak English. (Boston Globe)
They joined a previous wave of more than 200,000 internal refugees from South Ossetia and the Black Sea region of Abkhazia who fled during the separatist wars fought in the 1990s after Georgia gained independence from the Soviet Union. The Georgians who fled South Ossetia are coming to grips with the reality that they may never return to homes and farmlands they struggled for years to accumulate. (Boston Globe)
I think this is a challenge for the Chechen leadership, Medvedev said at a news conference in the Black Sea resort of Sochi after talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. The Chechen president must do everything he can to find and apprehend these murderers, he said. (Boston Globe)
The meeting in Russia's Black Sea port of Sochi was their third this year and the second in less than a month. Mrs Merkel strongly condemned a spate of killings of NGO workers in Russia's north Caucasus region. (BBC News -- Business)
I live in the south of Russia on Caucasus on the Black Sea Coast. I love this nature and I try to transfer it in my painting. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walk, as Medvedev's golden retriever Aldo runs ahead, during their working meeting in the official vacation residence of Bocharov Ruchei in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, August 14, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk to attend a joint meeting in the President's official vacation residence of Bocharov Ruchei in the Black Sea resort of Sochi August 14, 2009 ... MOSCOW, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his vacation residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday ... Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk during their meeting at... (Xinhuanet, China)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin watch a live broadcast of Russias international friendly soccer match against Argentina in a cafe at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday ... Putins announcement raised the specter of Russian and US frigates patrolling the same patch of water in the Black Sea ... Kiev responded angrily when Medvedev wrote a letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko accusing his country of distorting... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Russia's pro-government newspaper Izvestia said the cafe was the Black Sea resort city's fanciest night venue, built in the shape of an oil rig, where an entrance fee for men is 20. Afterwards, the grinning duo took a stroll along a sea-front in Sochi - to the utter bewilderment of passers-by. (The Drudge Report)
Russian forces are stationed at two bases, one in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali and the other in Gudauta, a town on the Black Sea coast in western Abkhazia. The Gudauta base was built during the Soviet era and is considered a strategic asset because it boasts one of the largest military airfields in the Caucasus. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Boosting Russian investment in Germany and human rights in Russia will be high on the agenda when the leaders of the two countries meet in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for a picture before a TV interview in a park in Berlin, August 11, 2009. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
So could Moscow also be planning to go ahead with the construction of a major Russian navy base at Ochamchire on the Black Sea coast ... If the base is built it would be important strategically for Moscow, potentially even giving the Russian navy an alternative home for its Black Sea fleet when the lease on the current base in Ukraine runs out in 2017. (BBC News -- Europe)
Soft red winter and hard red winter wheat represent the bulk of the slower sales pace because they compete more directly with Black Sea wheat which has been a big burden on the market since January. Spring wheat exports are currently at 46 million bushels vs. 65 million a year ago. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Warships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet have already joined the search, according to Aleksei Kuznetsov, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry. A Defense Ministry source also told the Interfax news agency the Navy had employed its satellite-based tracking systems. (Boston Globe)
Turkish Black Sea city of Samsun to the Mediterranean terminal of Ceyhan ... In terms of gas cooperation, Turkey will allow Russia to conduct explorations and feasibility studies in the Turkish exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, as part of Russian plans to construct South Stream - a gas pipeline traversing the Black Sea from Russia to landfall in Bulgaria ... It appears that the "grand bargain" was between the SCP and Blue Stream, carrying gas from Russia across the Black Sea to Turkey. (Asia Times Online)
Cyxymu is the Cyrillic spelling of Sukhumi, the rebel capital of Georgia's breakaway Black Sea region of Abkhazia. Mr Jakhaia has become a fierce critic of Russia and last year's five-day war with Georgia, when Russia crushed a Georgian assault on South Ossetia. (Fox News)
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Putin had announced earlier that Moscow would spend almost half a billion US dollars in boosting its security presence in Abkhazia, in a sign of Russia's commitment to the lush mountainous region on the Black Sea coast. He started his visit by laying a wreath at a memorial to the victims of the 1992/93 war between Abkhaz separatists and the Georgian government after the break-up of the Soviet Union, an AFP reporter said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Elsewhere around the world, the quality of the European crop in areas is lower this year due to some rains at harvest, while areas of the Black Sea producing region are experiencing dry conditions. So there are a few problem areas popping up, but right now they don't seem to be of great concern to the market, Olson said. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
The Abkhaz government wants Moscow to build a big navy base south of Sukhumi, which could ultimately provide an alternative home for the Russian Black Sea fleet currently based in Ukraine, a senior Abkhaz official told the BBC.. Georgia expressed its "strong protest" at Mr Putin's visit, which it said demonstrated Russia's defiance of "universally recognised norms and principles of international law". (BBC News -- Europe)
Operations will be centred on the patrol ship Ladny, which is part of Russia's Black Sea fleet. UK authorities, which made contact with the Arctic Sea before it entered the busy shipping waters of the English channel, described the situation as "bizarre". (BBC News)
On Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, Burgas Airport (BOJ) served 499,148 passengers (down 11. 4 percent) and Varna Airport (VAR) received 269,665 passengers (down 15. (PR Newswire)
Mr Medvedev said the Ukrainian authorities had created problems for the Black Sea Fleet, based in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, in southern Ukraine. He also accused the Yushchenko administration of driving the Russian language out of Ukrainian media, education and culture, and of trying to rewrite history. (BBC News -- Europe)
He said the Yushchenko administration was also creating complications for the work of Russia's Black Sea fleet which is based on the Crimean peninsula in southern Ukraine. And he accused Ukraine of interfering in the Russian Orthodox Church by creating unfavourable conditions for the visit of the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to the country earlier this month. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Russian soldiers take Georgian troops prisoner, remain in key Black Sea port. Stories. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Sunday, August 09, 2009 Last Update: 05:35 AM EDT. hide topics THIS WEEK'S HOT TOPICS. (New York Post -- Opinions)
It s quite obvious that Moscow s interest in retaining Russian access to the Black Sea and Mediterranean, a strategic goal of Russian policy for centuries, is obviously a good reason why Western powers shouldn t be allying themselves with the country that stands in between Russia and this goal. Clealrly, an ethnically divided state in which a large part of the population is Russian makes a very poor candidate for an ally in an openly anti-Russian strategy. (The American Conservative)
The war rattled Western confidence in oil and gas routes running through Georgia and skirting South Ossetia, which like the rebel Black Sea region of Abkhazia threw off Georgian rule in the early 1990s with the collapse of the Soviet Union. South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity urged the world to recognise the territory as independent. (AlertNet)
Both sides of his family claim some Black Sea German ancestry, and their odyssey across half the globe from the Ukrainian steppes to the Dakota prairies influenced him to pursue the history profession. He earned a B.A. in History and German Language with honors at Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
One deal is for the construction of a pipeline through Turkish waters in the Black Sea. Moscow hopes the South Stream pipeline will become a viable new route to supply Russian natural gas to Europe. (BBC News -- Europe)
The deal they signed provides for constructing part of the pipeline through Turkish waters in the Black Sea ... Turkey is already supplied with gas from Russia via Blue Stream, a pipeline that opened in 2005 and tunnels under the Black Sea separating the two countries ... Russia also committed to join the Samsun-Ceyhan project, a crude oil pipeline between the Black Sea city of Samsun and the Mediterranean commercial hub of Ceyhan, both in Turkey. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
In that time, the North American comb jellyfish that virtually wiped out the anchovy and sprat stocks in the Black Sea in the 1990s has been expanding in the Caspian Sea, North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The Chinese mitten crab has established itself on both sides of the north Atlantic and is estimated to have caused damage to river banks, fishing gear and industrial water systems to the tune of 80 million in Germany alone. (Science Daily)
A: South Stream would pipe gas westward from Russia across the Black Sea on a route that bypasses Ukraine, whose bitter price battles with Moscow have prompted Russian cutoffs that have decreased supplies to European nations. Q: Why is Turkey supporting the Russian-back South Stream project just a month after endorsing the Nabucco project, preferred by the EU. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
If the presence of these two subs off our coasts relates to anything we did, my bet would be in response to our positioning of ships in the Black Sea. The Russians are very protective of this area and were very irritated at our presence there. (The American Conservative)
Russia recognised South Ossetia and the Black Sea region of Abkhazia as independent states in the wake of the war ... The United States sent warships to Georgia's Black Sea coast to deliver humanitarian aid. (AlertNet)
Georgia launched an assault on South Ossetia on Aug. 7 after days of skirmishes and months of tension between Moscow and Tbilisi over South Ossetia and the rebel Black Sea region of Abkhazia, which both broke away in wars in the early 1990s with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia responded with a devastating counter-strike that routed the Georgian military. (AlertNet)
Unlike Abkhazia, another Georgian rebel region on the Black Sea which Moscow also recognised, South Ossetia has no tourist industry and its population is just 63,000. The rest of the world, apart from Nicaragua, consider both regions as part of Georgia. (AlertNet)
Banned at various times in Nazi Germany, Britain and the Soviet Union, Eisenstein s film was a 20th-anniversary commemoration of the 1905 mutiny on the Potemkin, jewel of the Russian Black Sea fleet. It depicts a struggle by honest sailors over maggoty meat, though history suggests they may have been pawns in a pre-planned revolutionary strategy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Black Sea country, a conduit for Caspian Sea energy to European markets that circumvents Russia, has been a recipient of U.S. aid and military training. Russian President flew to South Ossetia for an unannounced visit less than a week later. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Women greet the first Russian navy ship in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol as it returns from its operation at Georgias sea border on Aug. 22 last year ... It also has three major Black Sea ports X Batumi, Poti and Supsa X handling oil products and crude ... Russia crushed a Georgian assault on South Ossetia, which like the rebel Black Sea region of Abkhazia threw off Tbilisis rule in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
It would then be a matter of time before Moldova was inducted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), before the Black Sea became a "NATO lake" and the alliance positioned itself in a virtually unassailable position to march into the Caucasus and right into Central Asia on China's borders. What we may never quite know is the extent of coordination between Moscow and Beijing. (Asia Times Online)
One project is South Stream, a 900-kilometer (560-mile) pipeline under the Black Sea that would link Russia directly with Bulgaria and ship natural gas onward to other EU nations. The other is a 1 billion-euro oil pipeline running from the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Bourgas to the Greek port of Alexandroupolis on the Aegean Sea, bypassing Turkeys congested Bosphorus. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will import corn from Ukraine for the first time in eight years under a plan by to purchase 300,000 metric tons of the grain from the country as the Black Sea region increasingly rivals the U.S. as a supplier. The trading house plans to buy a fifth of its requirements from Ukraine in the year to March 31 after a drop in the quality of the harvested U.S. crop and as Black Sea area supplies increase, , deputy chief operating officer at Itochus food company, said... (Bloomberg -- Asia)
The Company also currently has vessels employed in the Black Sea and Far East to take advantage of market opportunities and to position vessels in anticipation of drydockings ... General Maritime also currently operates tankers in other regions including the Black Sea and Far East. (PR Newswire)
Aug. 31, 1986: Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collides with a merchant vessel in the Black Sea, sinking both ships and killing up to 448 people. May 25, 1986: Some 600 people die when a ferry goes down in the River Meghna in Bangladesh. (India Times)
Is Whitey sweeping out stalls at a racetrack in the Black Sea port of Constanta. Is he a hunter-gatherer in a sarong in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia with a wife and a bunch of children. (Boston Globe)
Constanta Mayor Radu Mazare expressed his regret to people who were offended by his dressing up as an officer in the Nazi military at a fashion parade late Sunday at a Black Sea resor 00004000 t.. He said the uniform was a reference to the film "Valkyrie," in which Tom Cruise plays Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, the aristocratic army officer who was among those executed after a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
The USS Stout recently held training drills in the Black Sea port of Batumi ... Just last week, US Navy sailors on board the USS Stout held training drills in the Black Sea port of Batumi with members of Georgia's coastguard. (BBC News -- Europe)
17, 2009) The Black Sea harbors vast quantities of hydrogen sulfide, the toxic gas associated with the smell of rotten eggs. This noxious gas could be used as a renewable source of hydrogen gas to fuel a. (Science Daily)
Moscow later recognized the independence claims of both South Ossetia and Abkhazia, a separatist-held territory on the Black Sea. Only Nicaragua has followed suit. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Georgia already has one free industrial zone, in the Black Sea port of Poti. Experts say that when mulling the creation of another such zone the government should have taken into consideration what they believe was a disappointing previous experience. (Asia Times Online)
The other migrant fish not usually seen as far up as south of Cape Cod, is black sea bass. We re seeing more of that and scup, he said. (Danvers Herald, MA)
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