Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Monday was Independence Day in the Ukraine, celebrating their declaration of independence in 1991 from the Soviet Union. But one year after the war in Georgia, Russia is now rattling is sabers towards Ukraine. Moscow's mayor, Yuri Luzhkov claims the Ukraine port city of Sevastopol belongs to Russia and President Dmitri Medvedev denounced Ukrain for anti-Russian policies last month... Stay tuned

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint 

The curtain is iron, the stage is the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, the players are the invading Russian troops and their president, Dmitri Medvedev, but most believe that somewhere in the rafters, puppeteer Vladimir Putin is still pulling the strings.

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