Conspicuously, there were no representatives from Russia in Yalta, but its shadow was felt.
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At the time of the Yalta conference, the Soviets had the advantage of having their troops in the heart of Europe.
Until all these parties sit down at Yalta and divide up the world most consumers and small businesses will be staying on the sidelines.
When Bohlen received the letter, he was busy with the Yalta Conference, where the Big Three negotiated the future of Europe, and his reply to Kennan was brief.
If the Obama Administration insists on the principle that any settlement should return Mr. Zelaya to power we may be facing a case of a Latin American Yalta.
By 1898, the 38-year-old Chekhov had moved to Yalta on the Black Sea, in the vain hope that its balmy climate would aid his struggle against his disease.
Five European presidents - from Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia - have said they will not attend a Ukrainian summit of Central and East European leaders next week in Yalta.
Meanwhile, five European presidents - from Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia - have said they will not attend a Ukrainian summit of Central and East European leaders next week in Yalta.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov said that "as a number of European heads of state cannot take part in the 18th summit of Central European states, Ukraine deems it necessary not to hold the summit on 11-12 May in Yalta".
At a conference in Ukraine's Black Sea resort of Yalta, International Monetary Fund Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the world economy remained stuck "between the ice of recession and the fire of inflation, " and added that while the world financial market crisis was largely over, its consequences would be felt for some time to come.
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