All Posts Tagged With: "Putin"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pyramid Country in the View of Global Stability
While the media discusses parallels and comparisons between the unrest in Egypt and the political situation in Russia, opposition leader Garry Kasparov proposes that a set of less obvious factors make Egypt’s uprising important to understanding Russia’s reality.
Feb 9, 2011 | Continued