US rejects Kremlin's call to scrap missile shield Nov 14, 2008
Antagonism between the Kremlin and the Bush administration over the deployment of missile systems in Europe deepened yesterday after the US defence secretary, Robert Gates, accused President Dmitry Medvedev of "provocative, unnecessary and misguided" plans to station short-range ballistic missiles in Russia's Baltic exclave, Kaliningrad ... Medvedev revealed his intention to move Iskander-M tactical missiles into Kaliningrad during his first annual speech to parliament on November 5 - hours... (guardian.co.uk)
Sarkozy wants talks before Russian missiles move Nov 14, 2008
Medvedev announced last week that Moscow would deploy missiles in its western outpost of Kaliningrad in response to U.S. plans to station an anti-missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. "I indicated to President Medvedev how concerned we were about this declaration and how there should be no deployment in any enclave until we have discussed new geopolitical conditions for pan-European security," Sarkozy said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Gates criticizes Russian president's post-election speech Nov 14, 2008
For one, Medvedev said Russia would place surface-to-surface Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, along its border with Europe, if the United States proceeded with plans to build a base for 10 anti-missile interceptors in Poland. "Within hours of the conclusion of the American election, Russian President Medvedev responded by threatening to place missiles in Kaliningrad, hardly the welcome a new American administration deserves," Gates said here after a meeting of NATO defense ministers ... "Quite... (International Herald Tribune)
Engaging Russia, EU still criticizes missile threat Nov 14, 2008
Manuel Barroso, strongly criticized Moscow's threat to put missiles in Kaliningrad, bordering the EU members Poland and Lithuania, and warned that Cold War rhetoric over the issue was "stupid." ... "We are ready to abandon this decision to deploy the missiles in Kaliningrad if the new American administration, after analyzing the real utility of its system for reacting to 'rogue states,' decides to abandon its anti-missile system," Medvedev told the French daily Le Figaro ... Speaking before... (International Herald Tribune)
Iran claims success in tests firing long-range missiles Nov 14, 2008
In response, Moscow said last week that it would station short-range missiles in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad if the United States went ahead with its plan. Lennox, the editor of Jane's Strategic Weapons Systems, said the new missile's claimed range would not reach eastern Europe. (International Herald Tribune)
Sarkozy: US missile shield won't help security Nov 14, 2008
He suggested that the Russian threat to install Iskander missiles in the Baltic Sea region of Kaliningrad announced just hours after Obama's election was "a response to the behavior of certain European states that agreed to deploy new (missile defenses) on their own territories without consulting anyone.". "We all live in one house, let's all get together and find a way to reach an agreement," he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Obama On Missile Defense Nov 14, 2008
Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering III, director of the Missile Defense Agency In a major speech just hours after Obama won the U.S. presidential vote, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged to base short-range Iskander missiles in the Baltic Sea region of Kaliningrad on the border with Poland if the U.S. goes forward with its plans. The Bush administration later sent Moscow a new set of proposals, including suggestions about allowing Russian observers at the planned U.S. sites in Poland and the Czech... (CBS News -- World)
Russia rejects US missile offer Nov 13, 2008
Last week, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he had been forced to respond to the US plans by putting short-range Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad enclave, between Poland and Lithuania. Further talks. (BBC News -- Americas)
U.S. critical of Russia's missile threats Nov 13, 2008
The United States views Russian threats to place tactical missiles in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad as provocative and misguided, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday ... "Quite frankly I am not clear what the missiles would be for in Kaliningrad. After all the only real emerging threat on Russia's periphery is Iran and I don't think the Iskander missile has the range to get there from Kaliningrad," he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Medvedev: ready to respond if US ends missile plan Nov 13, 2008
"But we are ready to abandon this decision to deploy the missiles in Kaliningrad if the new American administration, after analyzing the real usefulness of a system to respond to 'rogue states', decides to abandon its anti-missile system," he said ... Russia believes the system poses a threat to its security and last week announced plans to deploy Iskander tactical missiles in the Kaliningrad region bordering Poland in response. (Reuters)
US rejects scrapping missile defense plans Nov 13, 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a televised interview with French journalists broadcast Thursday that Moscow was willing to reconsider deploying Iskander missiles in its westernmost region of Kaliningrad if Washington did not place 10 missile interceptors in Poland and a missile-tracking radar in the Czech Republic ... He also said the biggest threat to Russia's security was Iran and that Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad would lack the range to protect Russia from this danger. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Moscow Diary Nov 13, 2008
It was Mr Ivanov who, as first deputy prime minister, suggested in 2007 that Russia might base missiles in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad. Mr Medvedev repeated that threat last week - as Moscow's possible response to Washington's plans to place elements of a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic. (BBC News -- Europe)
Letter from Europe Nov 13, 2008
During his state of the nation address - hours after Barack Obama's victory - Medvedev threatened to deploy short-range, high-precision tactical missiles in Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland, two NATO members ... Yet for all these reasons, it is hard to know if the Kremlin is bluffing by threatening to base Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad ... The particular Iskander missile that might be deployed in Kaliningrad has a range of 400 kilometers, or 250 miles,... (International Herald Tribune)
NATO chief urges Russia to give up missile plan Nov 13, 2008
RIGA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary General Jaap de Joop Scheffer on Wednesday urged Russia to give up its plan to deploy missiles in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, news reports said ... Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said earlier this month that Russia would deploy short-range Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, "to neutralize, if necessary, a missile defense system," apparently referring to the proposed U.S. anti-missile system in Poland and... (Xinhuanet, China)
Russia rejects U.S. missile shield proposal Nov 13, 2008
In his first address-of-state to the parliament last Wednesday, President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would deploy short-range Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, a Baltic Sea enclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania in response to the U.S. plans. Medvedev was expected to meet Obama on the sidelines of the upcoming G-20 summit in Washington later this week, during which the missile shield might be discussed. (Xinhuanet, China)
Pentagon to Obama: Anti-missile System Will Work Nov 13, 2008
On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would abandon plans to deploy missiles on the EU's doorstep in Kaliningrad if the US scraps its plans to base part of the missile shield in Europe. Polish lawmakers have yet to ratify the US missile defense deal while the Czech government has called for a delay in a final vote on its radar agreements until Obama's inauguration on January 20. (Newsmax)
Russia takes softer stand on missiles Nov 12, 2008
The Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, pledged last week to deploy Iskander tactical missiles in the Kaliningrad region bordering Poland in response to the plan to place the US missile system in Eastern Europe ... "We declared through the words of our president: If the third positioning region . . . is created physically, one of the physical measures to neutralize the inevitably emerging threats to Russia's security will be to deploy Iskander systems in the Kaliningrad region," Lavrov said. (Boston Globe)
Russia 'would halt missile plans' Nov 12, 2008
Russia's foreign minister has said it will abandon plans to station missiles in Kaliningrad if the US does not base part of a missile shield in Europe ... At a news conference in Moscow on Tuesday, Mr Lavrov was asked whether the Russian plans to deploy Iskander missile systems in Kaliningrad might affect Friday's EU-Russia summit and renewed talks on a new partnership and co-operation agreement ... "We said that if the third zone of positioning of the US anti-missile shield is created, one of... (BBC News -- Europe)
Russian leaders move to extend rule for years Nov 12, 2008
Mr. Medvedev's government Tuesday reiterated a threat he made the day after Mr. Obama's election to station a battery of nuclear missiles in Kaliningrad, a Russian-controlled peninsula on the Baltic Sea that borders Poland and Lithuania, if the incoming president does not abandon U.S. plans to put an anti-missile radar system in the Czech Republic. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated Tuesday that the threat to deploy the Iskander short-range missiles is a negotiating tactic aimed at... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Obama Is Catching Five Lucky Breaks on Foreign Policy Nov 11, 2008
President Dmitry Medvedev's recent rumblingshis threat to place short-range missiles in Kaliningrad if the United States proceeds with its plan to install missile-defense batteries in the Czech Republic and Polandmay, if played right, redound to Obama's benefit. Obama clearly doesn't share Bush's misplaced enthusiasm for the missile-defense program; he has said several times that he would deploy a system if it were proved workablea condition that's not likely to pan out. (Slate)
Russia and its discontents Nov 10, 2008
Medvedev threatened to station missiles in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, near Poland, if the United States went ahead with Bush's plans to install a defective missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. He attributed the August war with Georgia to the "arrogant course of the American administration." And for good measure, he blamed America for Russia's market collapse and drastic capital flight, saying, "a local emergency on the US domestic market" was the cause of declining... (Boston Globe)
THE VULTURES CIRCLE Nov 10, 2008
In a direct challenge to our president-elect, Medvedev announced that Russia would deploy its latest-generation battlefield missiles to the Kaliningrad exclave between Lithuania and Poland. The Russian president made it clear that the target would be the US ballistic-missile interceptors to be based on Polish soil. (New York Post -- Opinions)
For Putin, knockabout with Obama is just the ticket... Nov 10, 2008
On an official level, President Dmitry Medvedev chose the day of Obama's win to announce the deployment of short-range missiles to Kaliningrad, a Russian outpost in Europe ... The announcement of missile deployments to Kaliningrad is meant "to test Obama -- whether he really is a strong and efficient leader," said Volk. (The Drudge Report)
Kremlin opts for charm over strong arm on missile defence Nov 10, 2008
The discussion followed Medvedev's hostile state of the nation speech last Wednesday in which he sharply criticised the US missile interceptor deployment and vowed to station mobile, short-range ballistic missiles in Kaliningrad, bordering Poland and Lithuania, as a countermeasure ... Upping the ante yesterday, Russia's deputy foreign minister, Alexander Grushko, said Moscow would not shift missiles to Kaliningrad if Obama scrapped the missile shield. (guardian.co.uk)
* Moscow seeks talks with Obama Nov 10, 2008
On the day after Obamas commanding victory in the US elections, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev announced Moscow would deploy short-range Iskander missiles in the Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad bordering with Poland as a retaliatory step. In Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, where the so-called Middle East quartet was preparing to meet yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday that Russia wanted to negotiate with Obama about the plans. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Kremlin eases warning about missile shield Nov 10, 2008
Russia will deploy short-range missiles in Kaliningrad only if the United States goes ahead with plans to build a defensive shield in Europe, the country's deputy foreign minister said Sunday, signaling an apparent easing of Russia's stance. Placing missiles in Kaliningrad, a Russian region between Poland and Lithuania, would be "a responsive measure" taken only if a U.S. anti-missile defense system is located "in the form of interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic,"... (International Herald Tribune)
Obama's National Security Challenges Nov 10, 2008
He announced his intention to deploy Iskander missiles and electronic jamming equipment to the Russian Baltic Sea territory Kaliningrad as a military response to US plans to deploy missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic. President Medvedev blamed America for Russia s war with Georgia an alleged American military outpost. (Human Events Online)
EU reviews relations with Russia Nov 10, 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev also did nothing to assuage the Polish and Lithuanian misgivings when he threatened last Wednesday to deploy missiles in the Kaliningrad enclave bordering Lithuania and Poland. Nonetheless Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn assured that Sarkozy and EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso would give Medvedev "the signal" to relaunch the talks when they meet him in Nice. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Obama denies Poland missile vow Nov 9, 2008
In his first state of the nation address on Wednesday, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said Moscow would neutralise the system by deploying short-range missiles in its western enclave of Kaliningrad on Poland's border. The US military insists the shield is incapable of destroying Russian rockets and is designed solely to guard against missile attack by so-called "rogue states", such as Iran. (BBC News)
Makes 'no commitment' on missile shield... Nov 9, 2008
Obama makes 'no commitment' on missile shield. Obama makes 'no commitment' on missile shield. (The Drudge Report)
Russian missile deployment depends on US moves Nov 9, 2008
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, in remarks carried by the Interfax news agency, said if Washington halts its plans to deploy 10 missile interceptors and radar in the Czech Republic there will be no need for Russia to place short-range Iskander missiles in its western Kaliningrad region. "These measures will only be implemented if the U.S. missile defense system is deployed," Grushko said, according to Interfax. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The other historic event Nov 8, 2008
Medvedev also announced that Russia may place short-range rockets in the Kaliningrad region as a response to the installation of US anti-ballistic missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic. However, in the middle of his long speech, Medvedev also voiced a sharp critique of historical Russian statism, and did not hesitate to hail the adoption of the Russian constitution under Yeltsin, in 1993. (Asia Times Online)
Russia To Set Up Missiles Near Poland Nov 8, 2008
(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Medvedev, seen at left, said Iskander missiles would be deployed to Russia's western enclave of Kaliningrad, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, "to neutralize, if necessary, a missile defense system.". The Iskander has a range of about 175 miles, which would allow it to reach targets in Poland but not in the Czech Republic - but officials have said its range could be increased. (CBS News -- World)
Bush Seeks Breakthrough With Moscow Nov 7, 2008
In his speech, Medvedev Iskander missiles to Russia's western enclave of Kaliningrad, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, "to neutralize, if necessary, a missile defense system.". "Some of the comments that President Medvedev made with regard to the U.S. missile defense system were unfortunate," Rood said. (CBS News)
... AND HIS FIRST TEST Nov 7, 2008
Vladimir Putin - speaking through his ventriloquist's dummy of a president, Dmitri Medvedev - threatened to station short-range Iskander missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, which lies between Poland and Lithuania. The move is negotiable, he suggested: America must abandon plans - announced by President Bush - to install a missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. (New York Post -- Opinions)
West lambasts Russia missile plan Nov 7, 2008
In his state-of-the nation address on Wednesday, Mr Medvedev said Russia had been forced to respond to the US plans by deploying missiles in its Kaliningrad enclave, between Poland and Lithuania ... " Mr McCormack also expressed hopes that "one day they [the Russians] will realise that". A Nato spokesman said the alliance was concerned about the compatibility of Russian plans with existing arms control "arrangements". "Moreover, placing of these Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad region would... (BBC News -- Europe)
US Makes New Proposals to Russia on Missile Defense, Strategic Arms Nov 7, 2008
A trusted source of newsand information since 1942. e., Medvedev] elaborated upon the previous Russian threats with some additional detail. (Voice of America)
Timing is everything in missile speech Nov 7, 2008
Iskander-M short-range missiles will be deployed in Kaliningrad, Russia's westernmost garrison, an isolated enclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania. The Russian announcement was the sole menacing message amid a wave of global optimism that accompanied the Democratic triumph in the United States. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Medvedev's address reflect Putin's policies Nov 7, 2008
He said Russia will deploy a short-range missile system in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad bordering Poland and Lithuania, in response to U.S. plans to set up a missile shield in the area. "The Iskander missile system will be deployed in the Kaliningrad region to neutralize, when necessary, the (U.S.) missile shield," he said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Moscow's Challenge to Obama Nov 7, 2008
In response, Medvedev said that Moscow had canceled the long planned dismantling of the Kozelsk ICBM Division and would deploy short-range Iskander missiles and electronic jamming systems in Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania. The Russian president's words were presumably timed to remind America's newly-elected president that Moscow still matters. (Time.com)
Russia to move missiles to Baltic Nov 6, 2008
Short-range Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad region would "neutralise" the planned US anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, he said ... In his first state-of-the nation address, Mr Medvedev said Moscow would deploy the Iskander missile system in the Kaliningrad region - between Nato members Lithuania and Poland - to "neutralise - if necessary - the [US] anti-missile system". (BBC News)
Missile message Nov 6, 2008
Kaliningrad has strategic importance for Moscow ... According to military analysts in Moscow, Russia's whole stock of Iskander missiles - the type Mr Medvedev is proposing sending to Kaliningrad - are currently deployed near the Georgian border ... By threatening to put its own missiles into Kaliningrad, Russia is aiming to kill two birds with one stone. (BBC News)
Russia perceives military threat from United States Nov 6, 2008
The president said the Iskander missiles will be deployed in Russia s Kaliningrad region, which lies between Poland and the ex-Soviet republic of Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Equipment to electronically hamper the operation of prospective U.S. missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic also will be deployed, he said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Medvedev's challenge Nov 6, 2008
He warned in his first state of the nation address that Russia would site new ballistic missiles in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad - embedded within the European Union - if the US deploys its planned missile defence shield in central Europe. Even welcome pledges on democratic reforms did not prevent his speech erasing a chunk of yesterday's earlier big gains on Moscow's equity markets, which have bounced 50 per cent since October 24. (Financial Times)
Obama and the Russian Challenge Nov 6, 2008
Barely hours after the polls closed, showing that Obama had won, according to Spiegel (11/5/08), Medvedev condemned the United States' "selfish" foreign policy and "economic blunders, that he says led to the global financial crisis. Russia's Short Range Missile Program Medvedev upped the ante in Moscow's dispute with Washington over the U.S. missile defense installation in Eastern Europe. He declared that Russia planned to place Iskander short-range missile systems in Kaliningrad, the Russian... (Suite101.com)
Russia sending 'wrong signal' with border missiles Nov 6, 2008
President Dmitry Medvedev says the missiles will be based in the enclave Kaliningrad, between Poland and Lithuania, which are both NATO countries ... "President Medvedev's comments about stationing missiles in Kaliningrad are certainly the wrong signal at the wrong time," he said. (ABC Online)
Russian leader blasts US, vows to deploy missiles Nov 6, 2008
He announced the deployment of Iskander short-range missiles in the western Russian territory of Kaliningrad, wedged between Lithuania and Poland, in response to US plans to site missile defence bases in eastern Europe ... Spokesman Robert Pszczel told AFP: "Moreover, placing of these Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad region would not help NATO and Russia to improve their relationship.". (The Age, Australia -- World)
Russian leader warns of possible missile deployment to counter U.S. shield Nov 6, 2008
In his speech a few hours earlier, Medvedev spoke of a "new configuration for the military forces of our country" that would include abandoning plans to dismantle some missile regiments and the stationing of missiles in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad ... "I have decided to refrain from these plans. "The Iskander missile system will be deployed in the Kaliningrad region to neutralize, when necessary, the missile shield ... " "Radioelectronic equipment located in the western region" of... (International Herald Tribune)
Russia warns of missile deployment Nov 6, 2008
He said Russia would post mobile Iskander missiles tactical weapons designed for use against targets like long-range artillery and airfields, in addition to missile defense systems around Kaliningrad, an enclave at Russia's western border. He also said Russia would use radio equipment to jam the Western missile defense system. (International Herald Tribune)
Latest: Obamania grips the globe Nov 6, 2008
" Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso also pledged to work with Obama to strengthen relations, while Indian Premier Manmohan Singh called it an "extraordinary" victory. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who was himself elected president in March, called for "constructive dialogue" in a message to Obama. Earlier, however, in his first state-of-the-nation address, he announced that short-range Iskander missiles would be based in the western territory of Kaliningrad to "neutralise" US missile defence... (iAfrica.com)
Russia takes hard line at US defence system Nov 6, 2008
"Moreover, placing of these Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad region would not help NATO and Russia to improve their relationship," he said ... Kremlin officials have threatened before to target Poland by moving tactical missiles into the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, most recently after Poland agreed in August to host a US interceptor base. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
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Medvedev pledges to deploy missiles in Kaliningrad to counter U.S. threat_English_Xinhua. Medvedev pledges to deploy missiles in Kaliningrad to counter U.S. threat ... Medvedev said Russia will deploy a short-range missile system in Kaliningrad. (Xinhuanet, China)
Medvedev pledged to reform the international political and economic system and deploy a short-range missile system in its Baltic Sea territory in response to U.S. missile defense plans.• U.S.: Russia's relocation of missile "disappointing" Nov 6, 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The United States reiterated on Wednesday that its decision to deploy anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic is not a threat to Russia after Moscow decided to deploy a short-range missile system in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad bordering Poland and Lithuania. "The missile defense sites in the Czech Republic and Poland are not aimed at Russia," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. (Xinhuanet, China)
Medvedev proposes six-year presidency Nov 6, 2008
MOSCOW, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday in his first state of the nation address that Russia could deploy Iskander missile system in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad in response to the U.S. missile shield. Editor: An. (Xinhuanet, China)
Russia's Medvedev hits out at US Nov 5, 2008
He went on to announce the deployment of Iskander short-range missiles in the western Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which borders US allies Lithuania and Poland, in response to US missile defence plans ... "Iskander missile systems will be deployed in Kaliningrad region to neutralise the missile defence system," Medvedev said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Creating a gentle revolution in Champagne Oct 4, 2008
In 1814, Barbe Nicole Ponsardin, the original Veuve, or Widow, Clicquot, defied Napoleon's nautical blockade of Russia by secretly shipping 10,550 bottles of Champagne to Knigsberg (now Kaliningrad). By the 1860s, the czarist court and aristocracy were drinking 700,000 bottles per year, or 75 percent of Clicquot's production. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
On the border Sep 14, 2008
Russia is able to tie China for the most neighboring countries because of the exclave of Kaliningrad, which borders Lithuania and Poland, two countries that are otherwise not directly connected to mainland Russia. China has the longest land borders of all countries at over 13,700 miles in total. (Boston Globe)
* Conflict tests ties between Orthodox churches Sep 8, 2008
According to Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchates department of external church relations, the Russian church facilitated the visit. He said the Moscow patriarchate also conveyed letters of appeal from Patriarch Ilia of Georgia to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Democrats: Attacking Our Patriots Aug 29, 2008
Russia has threatened to station short-range SS-21 missiles and its longer range SS-26 cousin in Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave the size of Connecticut on Poland's northeastern border and in neighboring Belarus. According to the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, Russia fired more than two dozen SS-21s, with a range from 43 to 75 miles depending on the variant, into the defenseless democracy of Georgia. (Investors Business Daily)
Cold War -- or hot air? Aug 27, 2008
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, then seen as Putin's potential successor, threatened to site cruise missiles in Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania. General Nikolai Saltsov, then in charge of Russia's ballistic arsenal, said last December: "I do not exclude the missile defense shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic being chosen as targets for our intercontinental ballistic missiles.". (CNN -- International)
* US and Poland sign missile deal Aug 21, 2008
The Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad is wedged between Poland and fellow EU and NATO member Lithuania. Russia keeps weapons and troops stationed in Kaliningrad. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
U.S., Poland Sign Missile Defense Deal Aug 20, 2008
The Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad is wedged between Poland and fellow European Union and NATO member Lithuania. Russia keeps weapons and troops stationed in Kaliningrad. (CBS News -- Iraq)
The Coming Polish Missle Crisis Aug 18, 2008
Gen. Nogovitsyn s threat, strictly speaking, wasn t even a new one: Over the past year, Russian leaders from former President and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his successor-lapdog Dmitry Medvedev down through the Kremlin s military and diplomatic hierarchy have been warning frankly that were prepared to openly deploy their own ballistic missiles in the Kaliningrad oblast (region) to specifically target Poland. The Russians have even spelled out the kind of missiles they would use:... (Human Events Online)
BAD NEWS BEAR Aug 17, 2008
Kaliningrad: Russia has threatened both Poland and the Czech Republic over the stationing of a US missile defense system, including a radar and 10 interceptors, aimed against the Iranian threat. Threats have included a military buildup in the Russian enclave Kaliningrad (a sliver of Russia between Lithuanian and Poland) and the basing of missiles in neighboring Belarus. (New York Post -- Opinions)
