Dmitry Medvedev

The Murder of Russian Rule of Law

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Crime, Sergey Magnitskiy, Robert Amsterdam, Rule of Law, Democracy, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Murder, Human Rights, Hermitage Capital Management, William Browder, Prison, Sergei Magnitsky, Vladimir Putin, Stanislav Markelov, Anna Politkovskaya, World News

Late on Monday the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky suffered a rupture of the abdominal membrane causing death. How many more dead Russians will it take before the world takes notice?

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Obama: US, Russia Will Have New Nuclear Pact By Year's End

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Russia Nuclear Pact, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, World News

SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama sought a political balance Monday on his first trip to China, seeking help on urgent global problems while wei...

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Russia Hopes To Fly Humans To Mars With Nuclear Spaceship

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology

Read More: Russia Nuclear Ship, Russia, Russia Humans to Mars, Russia Mars, Russia Nuclear Spaceship, Russia Nuclear Rocket, Russia Spaceship, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia Space Program, Technology News

MOSCOW — Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief...

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Leave Punishing Iran to Iranians

Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Un General Assembly 2009, Islam, Khamenei, Hypocrisy, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, UN General Assembly, Iran Election, World, Dmitry Medvedev, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News, Un Gaza, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Opposition, Secretary of State, Ahmadinejad, Islamic Republic of Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Iranian Election, Israel, Un, Iran Protests, Mousavi, Akbar Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Election 2009, World News

It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.

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Shifting Gears on Missile Defense Marks a Shift in U.S. Policy Toward Russia, with Immediate Impact on Iran

David Paul | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

Ahmadinejad's normal swagger has been muted, perhaps with the realization that his days of manipulating Russia against the West have ended.

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Clan Politics Unite Caracas, Moscow, and Tehran

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Russia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Clans, Igor Sechin, Robert Amsterdam, Kremlin, Iran, Business, Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Policy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Oil, Vladimir Putin, Natural Gas, Moscow, Pdvsa, Rosneft, World News

Nearly all analyses of important international relationships, whether internal or external, see the countries' systems through a prism that hides the power of clans and cabals.

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Vladimir Putin Signals Plan To Reclaim Old Job As Russian President

guardian.co.uk | Luke Harding and David Hearst in Moscow | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Russian President Putin, Russia-President-Dmitry-Medvedev, Russia-President-Putin, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Putin Russia, Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Dmitri Medvedev, Russia President, World News

Vladimir Putin today gave his strongest indication so far that he is planning to get his old job back as president, hinting that he is considering a r...

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The Man Who Changed the World: An Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev

Ginny Dougary | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Politics, Communism, Glasnost, Perestroika, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian Oligarchs, World News

Mikhail Gorbachev is still a man who strides the global stage -- and maintains a keen interest in domestic politics. I spoke to him about power, presidents, Putin and life after Raisa.

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Russia Huffs and Puffs as the House Comes Down

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

By creating manageable confrontations with Europe, the U.S, and former Soviet states, the Kremlin is attempting to govern outwardly, diminishing pressures for greater domestic accountability.

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Russia's Medvedev Attacks Ukraine's President In Videoblog

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Russian President Medvedev, Russia, Russia Gas Ukraine, Russia Ukraine, Gas Supplies Ukraine, Medvedev Criticises, Medvedev, Viktor-Yushchenko, Medvedev Yushchenko, Dmitry Medvedev, Medvedev Ukraine, Ukraine Russia, News From Russia, Medvedev Video Blog, World News

Ukraine's president has been heavily criticized for 'anti-Russian behavior' by Russian President Medvedev, BBC reports. Medvedev launched his verbal ...

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Cash for Nuclear Clunkers

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Russia, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Robert Gates, National Security, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Cash for Clunkers, Start Treaty, Defense Spending, Nuclear Terrorism, Air Force, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Politics News

If Secretary Gates is looking to save money and make us safer, there is no better place to start than by eliminating the security liabilities we promote in our arsenal of nuclear clunkers.

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Are Russia's Arms Deals to Venezuela Destablizing Central America?

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Joseph Biden, Robert Amsterdam, Igor Sechin, Kremlin, Arms, Business, Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, United States, Washington, Oil, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, Moscow, Caracas, Security, World News

The grotesque level of corruption in both Russia and Venezuela should stimulate the discussion as to whether their predatory natures constitute not only an international crime, but also a breach of fundamental human rights.

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Medvedev: US-Ukraine, Georgia Ties OK With Me

AP | STEVE GUTTERMAN | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Dmitry Medvedev, Ukraine, Georgia, Biden Ukraine, Joe Biden Ukraine, Biden Georgia, Joe Biden Georgia, Russia Ukraine, Russia Georgia War, Russia Georgia Conflict, Russia Georgia, World News

MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said U.S. efforts to mend relations with Moscow need not be made at the expense of Washington's ties ...

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After Obama Visit, Russia Resets to Default

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Natalia Estemirova, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights, Crime, Robert Amsterdam, Violence, Russia, Vladimir Putin, United States, Justice, Europe, Barack Obama, Journalism, Dmitry Medvedev, Anna Politkovskaya, Rule of Law, Paul Klebnikov, World News

What can be said about a kleptocratic country with no rule of law, where women are shot dead, young promising lawyers slain and the rest cowed into submission by fear?

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The Heart of the Future

Robert Koehler | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Russia, Nuclear-Disarmament, Start Treaty, United States, Human Evolution, Predatory Beasts, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Politics News

If we envision a nuclear-free world, the agreement reached by Medvedev and Obama to reduce their nations' nuclear arsenals to 1,500 warheads can easily seem minimalist in the extreme.

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Medvedev: Natalya Estemirova's Killers Will Be Found

AP | ROLAND LOSCH and GEIR MOULSON | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Dmitry Medvedev, Medvedev, Dmitri Medvedev, Natalia Estemirova, Natalya Estemirova, Chechnya, World News

MUNICH — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday he is confident that the killer of a prominent human rights activist will be found and ...

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US-Russia Thaw Worries Eastern European Countries

AP | VANESSA GERA | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, US Russia Relations, US-Russian Relations, Us Russia Nuclear Talks, US-Russia Relations, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Obama Medvedev, Obama Putin, Europe, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Nato, World News

WARSAW, Poland — A group of prominent former Eastern European leaders wrote to President Barack Obama on Thursday that their region is gripped b...

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Russia Is Not Wowed by Obama

Eric Margolis | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, World News

Russia holds a nuclear gun to America's head, as America does to Russia's head. The two great powers cannot and must not risk crises when nuclear annihilation is only a button-push away.

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Is the World Getting Saner? Consider These Rational International Developments

Steven Crandell | Posted 08.11.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Britain, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Dmitry Medvedev, Non-Proliferation Treaty, President Obama, World News

There is no doubt that the time is right for our President to assert the importance of working through global cooperation to achieve the mutally-desirable goal of planetary survival.

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Russia: US Missile Defense Shield Not Acceptable

AP | STEVE GUTTERMAN | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Missile Defense, Missile Shield, Missile Defense Shield, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, World News

MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Russia will still deploy missiles near Poland if the United States pushes ahead with a missi...

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Russia's Rule of Law an Issue of Security

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Silvio Berlusconi, Robert Amsterdam, G8, Vladimir Putin, Italy, Iran, United States, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, China, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, World News

Washington showed up, laid its cards on the table, and treated Russia very seriously. Now the ball is in Kremlin's court to do the same.

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G8 Italy Summit: Friday (VIDEO)(SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

We'll be following the Group of 8 Summit in L'Aquila here with news, photos and video. Feel free to check back at regular intervals for updates. ***...

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Epic Disaster Politician And Other Second Acts In American Life

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, Blaise Nutter, Sarah Palin, Al Franken, Wilshire and Washington, Second Acts, Ted Johnson, Vladimir Putin, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein, Dmitry Medvedev, Civil Rights, Politics News

We can't help but weigh in on the Sarah Palin epic disaster movie. It's a fantastic train wreck of a story, and we can't look away.

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In Russia, Obama Star Power Fails To Excite

The New York Times | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Malia Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Obama, Moscow, Obama Family, Putin, Sasha Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Politics News

Let other capitals go all weak-kneed when President Obama visits. Moscow has greeted Mr. Obama, who on Tuesday night concluded a two-day Russian-Ameri...

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The Daily Szep: Pres. Medvedev Negotiating with Pres. Obama

Paul Szep | Posted 08.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Cartoon, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Comedy News

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