The Hostile Press

Hostile Defined:
(1) a: of or relating to an enemy <hostile fire> b: marked by malevolence <a hostile act> c: openly opposed or resisting <a hostile critic> <hostile to new ideas> d: not hospitable <plants growing in a hostile environment> (2): having an intimidating, antagonistic, or offensive nature.
 


Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia at the United Nations. He met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
 Russian Neighbors Urge U.N. to Stand Against Kremlin Aggression September 24, 2008  (New York Times)

UNITED NATIONS — As Russia’s neighbors urged the United Nations to stand up to a newly aggressive Moscow, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her Russian counterpart on Wednesday in an effort to restore battered relations and find common ground on restraining the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea. (...)

 


Wladimir Kotenew:  RUSSLANDS BOTSCHAFTER IN BERLIN
Kaviarhäppchen, Pomp und Propaganda 21.09.2008 (SPIEGEL ONLINE )

Von Christian Neef

Er hat Glanz in die russische Vertretung in Berlin gebracht: Botschafter Kotenew möchte den deutschen Blick auf Russland von Klischees befreien - und gibt sich deshalb als Partylöwe, ja als russischer Kennedy. Dabei ist er seinen bärbeißigen Vorgängern doch so nah.