Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum

Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else!

Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password

Author	Comment
Another Ania Feb 14, 08 - 12:24 AM	Russia: Vladimir Putin issues missile warning to Ukraine http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html? in_article_id=513954&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490 Russian president Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine yesterday that he will aim nuclear missiles at it if the former Soviet republic joins Nato and accepts a U.S. anti-missile shield on its territory. It was his strongest warning to date about Kiev's efforts to join the Western alliance. The unexpected outburst followed what had apparently been four hours of civil talks with Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko at the Kremlin. The two leaders settled a row over Ukraine's gas bills, minutes before a Moscow-imposed deadline on Kiev to pay up or face supply cuts which could have had a knock-on effect in Western Europe. But Mr Putin then warned that Ukraine's aspirations to join Nato would restrict its sovereignty. Membership would "lead to real consequences - bases, the missile shield, which we believe has as its aim the neutralisation of our nuclear missile capability, and which presents Russia with the need to take retaliatory measures". He added: "It's frightening not just to talk about, but even to think about, that in response to such deployment, the possibility of such deployments - and one can't theoretically exclude these deployments - that Russia will have to point its warheads at Ukrainian territory." Mr Yushchenko responded by saying that Ukraine has the right to form its own foreign and defence policies, and noted that the Ukrainian constitution does not allow for foreign bases on its territory. He insisted that Ukraine's actions were not directed at any other country, including Russia. Moscow has long been concerned about Nato expansion into the former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as former Soviet bloc countries. U.S. plans to deploy missile defence sites in Poland and the Czech Republic have been branded a threat to Russia's security by the Kremlin. Mr Putin has said Russia could aim weapons toward prospective missile defence sites and deploy its own missiles in its Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad. Nato membership is a highly controversial issue in Ukraine, where opinion polls show over half of the country opposes it. But Mr Yushchenko has declared the move a priority. In Kiev last night, some politicians reacted strongly to Mr Putin's threat. "If he is afraid, then fear will prevent him from taking illconsidered steps against Ukraine," said former defence minister Anatoly Gritsenko, who is a senior member of Mr Yushchenko's party. "We are an independent state and will make our decisions regardless of what others say." Despite Mr Putin's tough talk on Nato, the Kremlin later announced that he has accepted an invitation to an meeting of the alliance in Romania in early April, which is expected to take the first step towards admitting Ukraine. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said: "This is yet another demonstration of Russia's openness on all issues. "Strategic partnership between Russia and the European Union could become one of the pillars of the new Europe, without dividing lines." Analysts said Putin may now take a more conciliatory approach to relations with Nato.
Magda Feb 14th, 2008 - 12:45 AM	Re: Russia: Vladimir Putin issues missile warning to Ukraine Didn't Russia say the same sort of thing to Poland and the Czech republic recently?

	Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else! Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password
Return to Website