Vladimir Putin
PM Vlad Filat: Moldova is not going to join NATO
November 20, 2009The Republic of Moldova is not planning to accede to NATO, and all media stories concerning such a plan are but inventions, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat stated in his interview with Russia's official ITAR-TASS new agency, adding that during the...
Moldovan PM to meet with Romanian President, Russian counterpart
November 03, 2009Prime Minister Vlad Filat was on ProTV tonight, speaking about the current political situation in Moldova and about the various loans that Moldova is seeking abroad. Mr. Filat spoke about the possibility of getting a one-billion-dollar loan from China...
Moldovan presidential candidate comments on his visit to Moscow
November 03, 2009Russia is interested in the stabilisation of the political situation in Moldova and settlement of the political crisis once the president is elected. This is the conclusion of the leader of the Democratic Party (PDM) and candidate of the Alliance for...
China, Russia Sign Deals Worth Billions of DollarsOctober 13, 2009
By Stephanie Ho China and Russia have signed billions of dollars worth of deals during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing. The trip is aimed at bolstering business, political and military ties. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao greeted...
- Putin Lauds Obama for Scrapping Missile Defense System in Europe
September 18, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic is "correct and brave." Mr. Putin Friday said he hopes other measures that would...
Ukraine is Escaping the Past but Russia is Not
September 10, 2009By Paul Goble In what matters most – a national self-definition that recognizes the futility of zero-sum politics in the modern world – Ukraine, with all its problems, nonetheless has achieved far more over the last 18 years than Russia...
Molotov-Ribbentrop and Munich Not Equivalent Then or Now
September 02, 2009By Paul Goble Efforts by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials and commentators to justify the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Stalin’s ill-fated alliance with Hitler because of what British and French leaders had done in Munich...
Vladimir Putin: No difference between Kosovo and South Ossetia
August 28, 2009By Paul Goble Putin Dreams of Acting like the Soviet Image of the US rather than like One of Washington’s ‘Vassals,’ Moscow Analyst Says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin revealed more about himself this week than he may have...
When Russia's Intelligence Services Play At Politics
August 21, 2009By Aleksandr Golts Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has made its contribution to the president’s recently declared struggle against the falsification of history. According to Interfax, the SVR has issued a collection of documents...
August 05, 2009By David J. Smith As US Vice President Joe Biden returned to Washington from his foray to Ukraine and Georgia, the first copies of a Wall Street Journal article that would plunge him into political controversy rolled off the presses. Biden told the...
