""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....
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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...
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"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...
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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...
"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...
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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,...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
"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...
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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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