All Posts Tagged With: "Putin"
Who is Mister Medvedev?
Writing for the Grani.ru online newspaper, commentator Irina Pavlova recaps Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s first year in office, looking at what he has done rather than what he has said. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.
May 28, 2009 | Continued
Beware of Doing Deals With Putin – Kasparov
In his latest editorial for the Wall Street Journal, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov argues that the West should not prop up or “bail out” Russia’s authoritarian regime.
Mar 6, 2009 | Continued
Putin Strikes Out at Steel Company
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivered a harsh message to the Evraz group and owner Alexander Abramov. The premier blasted the steel producer for maintaining high prices as raw material costs dropped.
Mar 5, 2009 | Continued
Russians Don’t Believe Medvedev Has Power
According to surveys by the Levada Center pollster, only 12 percent of Russians think President Dmitri Medvedev actually wields power in the country.
Feb 27, 2009 | Continued
Kasparov: Russia’s Allies Should Not Help Vladimir Putin
Writing for BusinessWeek, Garry Kasparov argues that the myth of Vladimir Putin’s Russia has finally collapsed, and that the economic crisis is showing how unstable the Russian economy truly is.
Feb 11, 2009 | Continued
Putin Keeping Good Company
It may come a few years too late, but the mainstream western media is finally acknowledging what their elected leaders still prefer to ignore: Vladimir Putin is no more a democratically elected leader than Robert Mugabe or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Jan 30, 2009 | Continued
Why Russia Stokes Mideast Mayhem – Kasparov
In his latest editorial for the Wall Street Journal, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov calls on the international community to step up to dictatorships around the world. Repressive petroleum-funded governments like Russia, he argues, have an interest in destabilizing the Middle East, and failing to respond may have catastrophic results.
Jan 13, 2009 | Continued
Russian Police Crack Down on Car-Lover Protests
A new import tariff on foreign cars has set off a chain of protests in Russia’s far east and across the country. Theotherrussia.org translates a statement on the demonstrations by the Solidarity opposition movement.
Dec 22, 2008 | Continued
Why Putin Will Regret His Words
Journalist Vitaly Portnikov argues that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s unrealistic assertion, that the financial crisis in Russia will have no social impact, may ultimately define how his tenure is remembered. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.
Nov 22, 2008 | Continued
Preparing for Putin’s Return to the Kremlin
Nikolay Petrov, a scholar in residence at the Carnegie Moscow Center, comments on what was missing from Dmitri Medvedev’s state-of-the-union address, and the sad state of Russia’s political system. The article first ran in the Moscow Times newspaper on November 11th, 2008.
Nov 12, 2008 | Continued