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Putin Makes Second Crude Outburst About Georgian Leader

AP | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

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MOSCOW — Reveling in his reputation for earthy language, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unabashedly confirmed a crude outburst against Ge...

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Friday Talking Points [55] -- "Bretton Woods II"? Not Quite.

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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I have to begin here today by stomping all over a cutesy term the media has come up with for the upcoming economic "summit" George W. Bush is holding ...

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The Vet Who Didn't Vet

Tim Dickinson | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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If School House Rock made a campaign ad it might look something like this.

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Russia, Iran, Qatar In Talks To Form Gas Cartel

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

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TEHRAN, Iran — Russia, Iran and Qatar made the first serious moves Tuesday toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns ...

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Russian Stock Exchange

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

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Obama Can Use Humor to Connect with Voters and Corner McCain

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 11.07.2008 | Entertainment

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The crowd always has the power - the power to not give the comedian the laugh. If you want people to elect you leader, it's best to avoid putting yourself in a position of having less power.

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Russians in Georgia, Chavez in Moscow, Gas Panic In Atlanta Georgia. Whodunit??

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

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The more vulnerable we feel, the more self-assured and bombastic Chavez and his Russian friends become.

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In Defense Of Sarah Palin

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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I have to at least try to defend the point she was (so badly) trying to make. Alaska was on the front lines of the Cold War. It's a valid point, especially with a newly-resurgent and newly-belligerent Russia.

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The Easily Intimidated Sarah Palin

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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So did Palin fire Stambaugh at the bidding of the NRA? Probably not. The article implies that she fired him for a more troubling reason...

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The Legacy of Beijing, 2008

Andy Rosenberg | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abkhazia, Atlanta Olympics, Russian Hackers, Beijing Olympics, Georgia, Opening Ceremonies, South Ossetia, Munich Olympics, Russia, Russia Georgia War, Putin, Politics News

The most worrisome aspect of the Beijing Games' legacy may be the lesson that aggressive regimes of the future will take from it -- attack your adversary while the world is glued to the Opening Ceremonies.

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.

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Georgia President: We'll Never Give Up Breakaway Provinces

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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GORI, Georgia — Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in th...

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As Things Fall Apart

Max Bergmann | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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This week, at the same time Bush was coming to the realization that his insights into Putin's soul may have been misguided, his failed policy toward Pakistan was also coming full circle.

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Mixed Signals

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Rice, Bush, South Ossetia, Saakashvili, Cold War, Georgia, Moscow, Russia Georgia War, Putin, Politics News

While Washington always seems to know how to deal with Moscow in blunt, threatening language, it best beware that the times are a-changing. Nationalism and pride are on the march in Russia.

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Putin as Energy Tsar: Russian Gas Outflanks U.S. Missiles

David Fiderer | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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Our country lacks the resources to stand up to Russian aggression. While Russia has the resources to bend its neighbors to its will. The rest of the world gets it.

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Georgia War a Neocon Election Ploy?

Robert Scheer | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Neoconservatives, Saakashvili, Cold War, Scheunemann, Georgia, South Ossetia, Putin, John McCain, Election, Politics News

Is it possible that this time the October surprise was tried in August, and that the garbage issue of brave little Georgia struggling for its survival...

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What Georgia Got Wrong: Iran

Chris Meserole | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Bush, Russia Georgia War, Putin, Georgia Russia, Vladimir Putin, Bush Iran, George W. Bush, Politics News

The violence in Georgia has revealed just how extensively Washington has realigned its interests in central Asia. The Bush administration has no desire to let Georgia burn, yet that's exactly what it's doing.

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Putin's Lesson

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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As Putin watched the U.S plunge into two wars in the Middle East, he saw a power vacuum in his neighborhood. He was playing old-fashioned power politics while his "friend" Bush was trying to remake Arabia.

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High Oil Prices: Is That The 800 Pound Russian Bear Dancing In The Trading Pits

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Cia, Cftc, Gazprom, Congress, United States, Alex Miller, Putin, Russia Oil, President Medvedev, Medvedev Oil, Business News

The price of oil has done for Russia what the cold war Kremlin was unable to achieve with all its missiles, tanks and mind numbing divisions of men and armor.

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Hillary Says Putin Has No Soul

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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This isn't going to play well in Moscow. Speaking in Hampton this evening, Hillary Rodham Clinton said the president of Russia "doesn't have a soul."...

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Putin Endorses Deputy Prime Minister As Successor, Seen As A Moderate

New York Times | CLIFFORD J. LEVY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Vladimir V. Putin endorsed as his successor today Dmitri A. Medvedev, a young protégé with no background in the state security services an...

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Former Chess Champion Garry Kasparov Beaten And Jailed For Leading Anti-Putin Rally

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Former chess champion Garry Kasparov was convicted of leading an opposition protest and sentenced to five days in jail by a Moscow court Saturday. Ka...

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Putin's Global Ambitions Hinge On Oil From Former Siberian Gulag

Portfolio | James Verini | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Even in August, a visitor to Sakhalin Island, off the eastern shores of Russia, can detect a chill in the air. The pine and birch forests are still a ...

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Putin Visits Iran, Warns US Against Attack

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attac...

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