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Picturing Putin's Russia

Mark D. Steinberg | Posted 05.29.2012

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Laughing mockery of power may let off steam. But it may also be a sign of something consequential: that many Russians, audacious and without fear, feel that Putinism has become an embarrassment and a hindrance.

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Putin's Not-So-New Cabinet

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.22.2012

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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin named a new Cabinet on Monday that retained some of the outgoing government's key figures but added a ...

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Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny: "Putin Won't Last for Another Six Years'

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 05.18.2012

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The task Alexey Navalny has set himself, exposing corruption in Russia, seems too big for one person. But Russians are sick of corruption -- and this could topple Putin, Navalny says.

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Putin Gives Senior Job To Man Who Threatened Protesters

AP | Posted 05.19.2012

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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin on Friday gave a senior government post to a tank factory worker who had offered to come to Moscow with fellow labo...

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Punk Band Arrest At Heart of Russian Orthodox Church Feud

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 05.13.2012

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MOSCOW -- The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers. Nearby, a dozen bearded men bearing Russian Orthodox...

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Putin Cancels Impending U.S. Trip

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is skipping a planned visit to the United States this month for an economic summit and a much-anticipat...

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Putin-Medvedev Tandem Back On Track

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

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By Timothy Heritage and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, May 8 (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament confirmed former president Dmitry M...

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The Russian Muses Are Heard (and Seen)

Shai Baitel | Posted 05.03.2012

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Arts and culture are a link, sometimes even a lifeline, between countries, as they remind us of our humanity and instill respect of other cultures. And, all things considered, they do. Russian audiences experience American orchestras and Americans experience Russian ballet. But not all is well, however, at least temporarily.

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Putin Shows No Change In Style In Return To Presidency

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 3 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will need to show less of his old swagger, master the art of compromise w...

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Putin Calls NATO 'Relic Of The Cold War Era'

AP | Posted 04.11.2012

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MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called NATO a "relic of the Cold War era," but said Russia should nonetheless continue supporting the alliance's...

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Assad Putin

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.09.2012

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Russian Church Confesses To Doctoring Photo To Hide Patriarch's $30,000 Watch

Reuters | Posted 04.06.2012

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* Bloggers say Patriarch's luxury watch was doctored out * Patriarch faces questions over wealth, Pussy Riot * Church's ...

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Russian Orthodox Church Feels Heat After Election Endorsement

Reuters | Posted 04.04.2012

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* Church says anti-Russian forces seek to erode its authority * Patriarch Kirill called Putin's rule a "miracle of God" ...

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Both Sides: Is Scalia a Pol in Robes? What If Races Reversed in Shooting?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 04.02.2012

Matalin and Kuby clash over health and race. If five Republican justices again rule along party lines, who are the judicial activists? What about Fox's complaint about a rush-to-judgment in Trayvon -- i.e., the Sherrod-Wright cable network? Then: Gaffe-Gate!

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Putin And Friends Shake Off Election Stress

Posted 05.09.2012

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What better way to shake off elections stress than taking a little skiing trip. Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev hit the slopes on Thursday in a...

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Why Did Election 2012 Make Vladimir Putin Cry in Victory And Rahul Gandhi Smile in Defeat?

Sreedhar Pillai | Posted 05.06.2012

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Putin's tears, which appeared as he announced his election victory as the new president of Russia, have become the but of several jokes. They have not certainly softened the cobble stones of the red square though they must have made his long gone mentor Lenin turn in his nearby mausoleum.

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Putin's Friends

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.06.2012

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Putin Needs a Little Respect

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.05.2012

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The western press should stop taking an 'anything but Putin' approach to reporting events in Russia. Not only is it tiresome, it is largely inaccurate.

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Putin Up WIth 6 More Years?

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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By Alissa de Carbonnel and Alexei Anishchuk GROZNY, Russia, March 4 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin sought a convincing victory in Russia's...

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Russian Artists Creatively Protest With Condoms

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 05.01.2012

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PERM, Russia — In Vladimir Putin's Russia, artists have done art and left politics to the politicians. But the wave of protests that followed f...

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Putin Warns Opposition, Talks Conspiracy Theory

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 04.30.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned that his opponents could provoke unrest after Sunday's presidential election, even going ...

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Plot To Assassinate Vladimir Putin Reportedly Foiled

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 04.27.2012

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MOSCOW — Security forces have foiled a Chechen-linked plot to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, state television reported Monday in a b...

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Putin Weighs In On Syria, Iran

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

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MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia is concerned about the "growing threat" of an attack on Iran over its nuclear p...

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Thousands Of Anti-Putin Protesters Surround Central Moscow

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 04.27.2012

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MOSCOW — Thousands of protesters held hands to form a 16-kilometer (10-mile) human chain encircling central Moscow on Sunday to keep up the pres...

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Poll Predicts Winner Of Russia's Elections

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 04.25.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to be elected Russia's new president with two-thirds of the vote, reversing a drop in popula...

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