Russian Politics

Picturing Putin's Russia

Mark D. Steinberg | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Russia, Putinism, Ussr, Vladimir Putin, Russian Politics, Putin, Russia Protests, Russia Elections, World News
Mark D. Steinberg

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 Needs a Little Respect

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Russia Elections 2012, Russian Politics, Putin, Russia Elections, World Elections 2012, World News
Daniel Wagner

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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Back in the USSR (You Don't Know How Lucky You Are)

Ken Blackwell | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Russian Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, Ussr, World News
Ken Blackwell

Vladimir Putin's Russian nickname would not be Vlad, but Vova. And the Russian word for what he is is vozhd. That's what Russians call the Boss. And Boss he is, to be sure.

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Putin-Medvedev

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Russian Politics, Political Cartoons, Medvedev, Putin, World News
Jeff Danziger

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PREDICT: Will Putin Take Over?

Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Russian Elections, Russian Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, Putin Medevedev, World News

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is reportedly considering a move back to the presidency, a role currently held by his own party's Dmitry Medvede...

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Former Spy: Putin Risks Becoming Russia's Mugabe Unless He Reforms

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lebedev, Russian Politics, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Dmitry Medvedev, World News

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin could follow the path of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev or Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe unless he can open up Russia'...

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Is Medvedev or Putin Better for Russia?

Daniel Wagner | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Russian Politics, Bric, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia Elections, World News
Daniel Wagner

It is a widely held view that the outcome of the election has already been decided between the two men -- raising additional questions about the legitimacy of the 'democratic' process involved.

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Gorbachev: Putin Shows 'Incredible Conceit' And Voter Disrespect

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Russia Prime Minister, Mikhail Gorbachev, Communist Party, Kremlin, Communism@Y:World, Moscow, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia Presidential Vote, Gorbachev, Putin, Russian Politics, Russia President, World News

MOSCOW — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday described Russia as an imitation of democracy and accused its current rulers of concei...

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Putin To Protesters: You'll Be Beaten If You Continue To Rally

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Vladmir Putin, Russia Oppostion, Russian Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Policy, World News

MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin disparaged Russian dissidents in crude street language in an interview Monday and said they would keep gettin...

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Medvedev Imposes Control Over Russian History

Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1984, Russia, History, Censorship, Russian Politics, Truth, World News
Oleg Kozlovsky

Since "falsification of history" is a very vague definition, their field of work is only limited by their own fantasy.

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An Oligarch, a Poisoning Suspect and an Opposition Leader May Run For Mayor of Sochi

Russia Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sochi, Russia, 2014 Olympics, Russian Mayoral Elections, Alexander Lebedev, Russia Olympics 2014, Russia Olympics, Russia Political System, Alexander Litvinenko, Andrey Lugovoy, Putin, Russian Politics, Boris Nemtsov, Russian Oligarchs, World News
Russia Magazine

The city which hosts the Olympics in 2014 and becomes a showcase of Russian international standing over the next five years is up for grabs. That elevates the mayoral election in a small resort town of Sochi to the national level.

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Is There a Split in Kremlin?

Neil Hicks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baburova, Novaya Gazeta, Markelov, Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Stanislav Markelov, Russian Politics, Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Anna Politkovskaya, World News
Neil Hicks

Medvedev's conciliatory gestures may be a good cop/bad cop tactic orchestrated by Putin. Churchill's famous analogy to "bulldogs fighting under a rug" to describe Russian politics remains apt.

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8 Key Things To Know, and One Big Question, About Russia v. Georgia

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Germany, John McCain, Presidential Campaign, Middle East, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, Russian Politics, Russia Georgia War, Wes Clark, Nicolas Sarkozy, Dmitry Medvedev, Politics News
William Bradley

As a result of its military being smashed, Georgia had to withdraw its forces, some 2000 troops in all, from Iraq, leaving the US even further holding the bag there.

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President Obama and a 3 AM Phone Call about Russia

Daniel Silva | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Russian Politics, Politics News
Daniel Silva

It is my hope that a President Obama uses his first meeting with Russia's leader to deliver a clear and sobering message: If Russia wants to be a member of the civilized world -- then it must act like it.

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