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Russian Ad Compares Putin Foe to Hitler

ROBERT MACKEY and GLENN KATES The New York Times 01/13/2012
Russian Ad Compares Putin Foe to Hitler

While Republican voters in South Carolina are being warned in a new ad not to trust Mitt Romney because, “like John Kerry, he speaks French,” politicking in Russia, where a new president will be elected in March, is a good deal less subtle.

Vladimir Putin 'would lose honest presidential election', says former Russian PM

Vladimir Putin has been rattled by recent protests against his rule and would lose an honest presidential election if he had the guts to allow one, a former Russian prime minister has claimed.

Putin warns West as he launches presidential bid

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sternly warned the West not to interfere in Russia's elections, as he formally launched his campaign to reclaim the presidency in a speech Sunday before thousands of flag-waving supporters.

Russian newsreader fired after Obama middle finger insult

A top Russian female newsreader who appeared to defiantly show US President Barack Obama her middle finger during a live newscast has been fired.

A Changed Russia Arches an Eyebrow at Putin’s Staged Antics

ELLEN BARRY The New York Times 10/05/2011
Russia publishes 'Comandante Fidel' memoirs

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov presented Monday a state-funded translation of the veteran Cuban leader Fidel Castro's memoirs, praising "Comandante Fidel" as a "most competent" statesman.

A Changed Russia Arches an Eyebrow at Putin’s Staged Antics

It was just a typical summer outing for Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin: Clad in a wet suit and fitted with an oxygen tank, he dived to the bottom of a bay and retrieved two ceramic jugs that dated to the sixth century A.D. The scene, captured by a camera crew and broadcast on the nightly news, cast Mr. Putin as a broad-chested Renaissance man, just the thing for his listless approval ratings. Scenes of Mr. Putin braving the elements — tranquilizing a tigress, tenderly feeding sugar to his horse or shooting a dart at a whale from a rubber dinghy — are a staple of political life in Russia.

Russia's finance chief rebels over Putin plan

Timothy Heritage and Lidia Kelly Reuters 09/25/2011
Russia 'gave agents licence to kill' enemies of the state

The Russian secret service authorised the “elimination” of individuals living overseas who were judged to be enemies of the state and ordered the creation of special units to conduct such operations, according to a document passed to The Daily Telegraph.

Russia's finance chief rebels over Putin plan

Russia's finance minister rebelled on Sunday against Vladimir Putin's plan to make President Dmitry Medvedev his prime minister if he returns to the Kremlin by saying he would not serve in the next government.

Russia, China resist U.N. Syria sanctions push

Louis Charbonneau Reuters 08/26/2011
Russia, China resist U.N. Syria sanctions push

A U.S. and European push to impose U.N. Security Council sanctions on Syria for its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators is meeting fierce resistance from Russia and China, U.N. diplomats said.

Russia in talks to build more nuclear plants in Iran: report

Russia has put forward "proposals" to build new nuclear power plants in Iran after the completion of the Bushehr project, local media reported Sunday quoting the Islamic republic's atomic chief.


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