Vladimir Putin
Russia's Evolving Leadership: Perceptions of Putin (part 2)
July 05, 2011Putin’s goal was to fix the country, which meant restoring state control (politically, socially and economically), strengthening the FSB and military and re-establishing Russia’s influence and international reputation — especially in...
Russia's Evolving Leadership (part 1)
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July 05, 2011Russia has entered election season, with parliamentary elections in December and presidential elections in March 2012. Typically, this is not an issue of concern, as most Russian elections have been designed to usher a chosen candidate and political party...
Medvedev dismisses the possibility to run against Putin like president
June 22, 2011Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- Dmitry Medvedev said he wants a second term for President of Russia, but rejected the possibility that he and Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, to run against each other in elections in 2012, according to Financial Times, the...
Putin has hired a sexy 25 year old model-photographer
June 18, 2011Mariana Puzderi/ Chișinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has got a personal photographer - the 25 year old Yana Lapikova. Yana is the former model. In 2008, she participated in the "Miss Moscow" contest and even...
Russians Now Feel They are Second Class Citizens in their Own Country, Moscow Writer Says
June 06, 2011Six months after the clashes in Manezh Square, radical Russian nationalists groups are increasing their activity, supported by the increasing number of ethnic Russians who feel that they are second class citizens in their own country because the powers...
Putin moves Russia from authoritarianism to totalitarianism
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June 03, 2011A group of 14 acclaimed Russian intellectuals, including human rights activists, artists, film directors, writers and aides of the late President Boris Yeltsin have published an open statement condemning the present regime for “completely destroying...
Comic strip casts Putin, Medvedev as superheroes
May 26, 2011Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, clad in a kimono, rushes to rescue a bus threatened by an Al-Qaeda bomb. He narrowly manages to save the passengers with the help of his loyal, bear-costumed sidekick, President Dmitry Medvedev. That's the plot...
May 19, 2011Two Georgian citizens were shot and injured today, one gravely, when occupation forces from Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia opened fire on them. The incident occurred at about 8 a.m. as five young men from the Chalvani village were collecting edible plants...
Russia's Medvedev promises election decision 'soon'
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May 18, 2011Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has promised journalists he will reveal whether or not he will stand for re-election in 2012 "soon". His predecessor and mentor, Vladimir Putin, is eligible to stand again as president next year, after two...
Badluck test: Putin couldn’t start the new car model Lada Granta (VIDEO)
May 12, 2011Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin has tested the new car model Lada Granta. This testing took place at the AvtoVaz factory from Togliatti. The new model “tricked” the chief executive from Kremlin, refusing...