Putin warns of new worldwide arms race

""A new round of the arms race is developing in the world," said Putin, who chaired a meeting of the consultative State Council on Friday to outline the concept of strategic long-term development of the country up to the year 2020."Unfortunately, this does not depend on us....

Putin vows to strenthen Russian arms

Putin says Russia will beef-up their arsenal against the West's "New Arms Race.""In a tough speech outlining his vision for Russia to 2020, Putin accused the West of ignoring Moscow's concerns on security by...

Vladimir Putin stars in tale of Kremlin romance

"A young KGB spy falls in love with an air hostess called Lyudmila and then conquers the Kremlin.Sounds familiar? The plot of Russia's latest film bears a remarkable resemblance to the life of President Vladimir Putin.The film, "Kiss Me Off The Record", breaks a taboo which...

Rumour monger of Putin Assassination in Iran arrested

Iran has arrested a man for the stated rumour that Russian President Vladimir Putin has risked of being assassinated during his visit in Tehran in October.The individual arrested a week ago, was "a contract...

TIME’s Person of the Year is Putin

"He doesn’t care about civil liberties, he doesn’t care about free speech. He was very bitter about the way Americans look at him and the way Americans’ treat him. He is an angry, angry man""Eighteen...

Russia and Iran Sitting in a Tree: Putin in for Life and Nukes for Iran

In certain circles outside and within the United States there has been a major push for a multi-polar geo-political scene. By “multi-polar” they mean that there is more than one superpower, or, in our case,...

Vladimir Putin - one of the wealthiest man in the world?

Vladimir Putin, President of Russian Federation, could be the richest person in Europe and fourth wealthiest man on earth. Nevertheless, the press put him on the list of the poorest presidents.

BigT’s Roundup - Putin, Algeria, Hayden, CIA, Climate Change, and MORE!

Vladimir Putin is like that deadbeat cousin who comes over to stay for a week but ends up staying for much, much longer. He may no longer be president but he’s still going to be the leader of Russia. The NY...

Putin’s Hand Picked Successor

From Business Week: "Putin Names Medvedev His Successor Investors breathe a sigh of relief as the Russian President finally endorses a pro-Western, market-friendly candidate by Jason Bush At long last, the biggest...

Putin Chooses Medvedev as Successor

Well this isn't a big surprise, looks like it'll be more of the same from Russia for the next few years."President Vladimir Putin today ended months of speculation over who will succeed him next year by naming...

Russia has Putin Forever Now and Venezuela Will Probably Have Chavez Forever Too

The Russians have spoken and they want to keep their fearless dictator: "MOSCOW (AP) - Early results showed Vladimir Putin’s party winning more than 60 percent of the vote Sunday in a parliamentary election...

Garry Kasparov: Putin is Bad

Here is a piece, via The Other Russia, from the Wall Street Journal that is anti-Putin. " On Saturday, two days after being released from a Moscow jail, an editorial Garry Kasparov worked on while imprisoned...

The Scream of 9/11: A global picture

Prior to 9/11 2nd August 1990 Iraq shocked the world by actually invading Kuwait city after threatening Kuwait since January 1990 where as some troops had entered Kuwait territory. This being related to an...

Russian police raid Kasparov website office: spokeswoman

"The coalition`s spokeswoman Lyudmila Mamina told AFP that the police did not proffer any explanations for the raid in the office housing the party`s website. "They had no documents, acted on the authority of some secret decree, so they could not say what it was about," she...

I’ve Got Georgia on my Mind

First Pakistan declared martial law. President Musharraf declared martial law under the pretense of his country being overran by jihadists and other subversive forces within and without his government. Well, the...

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