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Complete Video and Transcript of Times Interview with Vladimir Putin

2007-12-22 21:13:52 by Editor in Russia Blog
 
...regard. As you know, he was president for a third and fourth term. But after his tenure the presidency was limited to two terms. Many Americans believe that 'he is trying very hard to get around...
 
Tags: american people, american people directly, presidential election campaign, presidential, american presidential election, american people confidence, confidence, american, american bayonets
 
 
 
 
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The Putin Generation: How Will Its Rise Affect US-Russian Relations?

2008-07-15 10:03:02 by Editor in Russia Blog
 
...regard the political system Putin constructed to be more democratic and a better safeguard of human rights than what the country had under either Gorbachev or Yeltsin. More importantly, 73...
 
Tags: putin generation, putin generation expects, putin, putin generation poses, putin majority, view, consensus view, russians view putin, russians
 
 
 
 
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Kommersant on Putin's Doublespeak

2008-03-12 21:02:53 by James in Robert Amsterdam
 
...regard to the political prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The following is a translated excerpt from a Kommersant editorial which provides an interesting interpretation of the statement. .Nor were...
 
Tags: russian federation, russian, putin, mikhail khodorkovsky, crimes, excess words, words, corruptional crimes, ursine favor
 
 
 
 
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The Putin Legacy

2008-02-28 11:28:25 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...regard to education, Smolin said that under Putin quality has plummeted, bureaucracy soared and the number of free-of-charge spots fallen. "Twenty-eight percent of Russians think that the sun...
 
Tags: health care, health care system, putin, putin legacy, minister, social development minister, social, social situation, health
 
 
 
 
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Is Putin a billionaire?

2007-12-23 21:33:00 by Kenneth Ramírez Domínguez in Weltpolitik Blog
 
...regard Mr Putin's decision to stay on as prime minister as a sign of his concern that the siloviki may seek to undermine Mr Medvedev, a lawyer with no background in either the secret services or...
 
Tags: putin, putin holds, vladimir putin, kremlin, kremlin politics, kremlin insider, russia, belkovsky, presidential election
 
 
 
 
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Grigory Pasko: Nord Stream, Putin's Pet Project

2008-11-17 16:54:19 by Grigory Pasko in Robert Amsterdam
 
...regard! -- mister Putin spoke about this with some kind of irritation It could be seen that this theme is already simply painful for him. His favorite project, the benefit not only for Russia,...
 
Tags: nord stream, project, putin, company, company nord stream, gas, gas pipeline, force nord stream, force
 
 
 
 
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No wonder they like Putin

2007-12-04 22:02:00 by White Crow in From the Perspective of a White Crow
 
...regard by foreigners and there has been much resentment that the British gave asylum to characters whom the Russians saw as criminal Worse, Russians sensed that there was an American strategy...
 
Tags: putin, president putin, russian, russian media, vladimir putin, russia altogether, russian political life, russia, russian people
 
 
 
 
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EDITORIAL: The "Method" Behind Vladimir Putin's Madness

2008-01-23 18:22:03 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...regard to foreigners, and that's simply nonsense. It's the opposite of the truth. Most Russians are only too willing to swallow the Kremlin's xenophobic propaganda hook, line and sinker. The...
 
Tags: putin, kremlin understands, kremlin, kremlin leaders apparently, vladimir putin, free trade, trade, population, putin presides
 
 
 
 
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Another Original LR Translation: Nemtsov on Putin, the final Installment

2008-03-01 01:22:37 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...regard to controlling monopolies and preventing them from cornering markets. In short, we need capitalism and capitalist competition. As yet, the Russian people have not had the opportunity to...
 
Tags: efficient, efficient government involvement, nemtsov, russian, russia, russian federation, reborn russia, efficient economy, russian consumers
 
 
 
 
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Putin and the Accident of Private Life

2008-05-23 17:14:35 by James in Robert Amsterdam
 
...regard, the right of the Russians to a private life has become a principally important theme. What did Putin do right in his eight years in office? Right off the cuff, I'd say that under him...
 
Tags: life, life arose, luxurious life, life throws, putin, putin bureaucrats, russian, russian history, putin era