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All hail Putin
1.08.09- The Gazprom natural gas squeeze continues. Since Wednesday, the Russian gas giant cutoff gas shipments through Ukraine, leaving hundreds of thousands in Serbia, Bosnia and Bulgaria without heat in the dead of winter – as if things weren’t crappy enough in these desperate lands. Hopefully Papa Putin can set things right by negotiating a [...]
Oh Vladimir!- Article recommendation by Greg Strid
Oh Vladimir, why are you causing such confusion and
panic in the halls of western capitals- especially
Washington D.C.? His show of force against the tiny
nation of Georgia is ruining the vacations of many
presidents and prime ministers. “How rude of him,
what a nasty former spy he is!â€, they are saying from
the South of France to the brush [...]
Putin for Life- by Greg Strid
Russian president Vladimir Putin endorsed first deputy
prime minister Dmitri A. Medvedev as his successor
yesterday- this could be considered news. But, today’s
announcement that Medvedev would name Putin as his
prime minister should he win the presidential election
in March, was not.
Putin is barred by the Russian constitution from seeking
a third term as president. By assuming the role of [...]
Dr. Putin
Check out Michael Specter’s article in the January 29, 2007
edition of the New Yorker. The piece is called “Kremlin Inc.”,
and it offers a wealth of information concerning Putin’s grip
on the affairs of state, commerce and the media.
The new czar
Vladimir Putin has described the Russian journalist Anna
Politkovskaya, killed recently in a 1990’s style mafia hit, as
an “extremely insignificant†writer, according to the Washington
Post. The term “immensely inconvenient†would be much closer
to Putin’s genuine attitude toward reporters such as Politkovskaya,
who dare to reveal the ugly realities of the war in Chechnya.
Mr. Putin and his KGB [...]
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