All Posts Tagged With: "Putin"

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Putin’s Address Suggests Presidential Run, Analysts Say

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave his annual address to the State Duma on Wednesday, in what analysts say looks more like a political programme for the upcoming presidential elections than anything else.

Apr 20, 2011 | Continued
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Anatoly Bershtein: Medvedev is Not a Proper Tsar

Writing for Yezhednevny Zhurnal, journalist Anatoly Bershtein explores how the history of the relationship between Russians and their leaders might affect the outcome of the 2012 presidential elections.

Apr 19, 2011 | Continued
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United Russia: Putin Should be President in 2012

With presidential elections less than a year away, United Russia is announcing its support for Vladimir Putin, who hasn’t yet said if he’s even running yet.

Apr 15, 2011 | Continued
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Funds Raised by Putin’s ‘Blueberry Hill’ Performance Missing

An open letter by a parent of a sick child has revealed that money raised at a charity concert where Vladimir Putin sung “Blueberry Hill” in English has gone missing.

Mar 8, 2011 | Continued
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Businessman Buys ‘Putin’s Palace’ as a Hotel

A wealthy businessman has reportedly purchased the companies that control a palatial complex on the Black Sea purported to have been built for Vladimir Putin’s personal use; the project’s whistleblower says the move is just a diversion.

Mar 3, 2011 | Continued
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Latynina: February 1917 is in the Air

Writing for the Moscow Times, Yulia Latynina offers a scathing assessment of “Russia’s extraordinarily weak leaders.”

Mar 2, 2011 | Continued
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Mascot of the Monarch’s Will

A nationwide vote for mascot of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi should have been a lighthearted affair, but instead has morphed into an Orwellian nightmare. The editorial team at Gazeta.ru explains. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.

Feb 28, 2011 | Continued
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Kasparov: Russia on a Downward Spiral

Garry Kasparov argues that, with its ever-growing list of Orwellian traits, Russia is moving on a downward spiral with no hope of achieving change from within.

Feb 27, 2011 | Continued
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Posters for a Party of Swindlers and Thieves

With another round of regional elections coming up in March, renowned blogger Alexei Navalny is asking his readers to get out the vote for any party besides United Russia and has opened a poster contest to promote the campaign.

Feb 25, 2011 | Continued
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Scandal over Putin’s ‘Palace’ Continues to Grow

In a column for the Moscow Times, Alexei Pankin discusses the fervor over the growing scandal over Vladimir Putin’s “Black Sea Palace.”

Feb 22, 2011 | Continued