Many reports have stated that this is his first elected office, an ignorant portrayal at best. Putin's campaign manager, chief of staff and deputy prime minister. After the ceremony, Medvedev returned the favor and made Putin prime minister.
Putin's imperial Russia
latimes.comFound 4 days, 9 hours, 58 minutes, and 25 seconds agoMany reports have stated that this is his first elected office, an ignorant portrayal at best. Putin's campaign manager, chief of staff and deputy prime minister. After the ceremony, Medvedev returned the favor and made Putin prime minister.
realclearpolitics.com
Iraq: Will We Ever Get Out? - Thomas Powers, NY Review of Books
Found 4 days, 23 hours, 29 minutes, and 47 seconds ago
soccerdad.baltiblogs.com
On May 11, 1997, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov resigns after 19 moves in a game against Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer developed by scientists at IBM. This was the sixth and final game of their match, which Kasparov lost two games to one, with three draws.
Garry Kasparov isn't just one of the great chess players of all time, he is also a brave political activist seeking real democracy for Russia.
According to the Russian Constitution, Medvedev is now in charge. But until there is evidence of his independence and authority, it is safe to assume that Medvedev still needs Putin's permission to use the Kremlin lavatory.
Found 4 days, 15 hours, 55 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
robertamsterdam.com
From Garry Kasparov in the Los Angeles Times :
For that action to be meaningful, Medvedev must give immediate attention to these issues: He must free the long list of political prisoners who were jailed as Putin developed his dictatorship by KGB cronyism. Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other members of the Yukos Oil Co. management are the most prominent names, but there are also scientists convicted on spurious espionage charges and activists whose only crime was speaking out against the Kremlin. And the new president must act against the wave of hate crimes that have claimed 40 lives this year, mostly immigrants or nonwhite Russians.
Found 4 days, 9 hours, 57 minutes, and 39 seconds ago
russophobe.blogspot.com
Though Garry Kasparov may have outlived his usefulness as a real-world political leader on the ground in Russia, nobody can doubt that he writes a mean newspaper column in English. Writing in the Los Angeles Time s , he gets Oleg Kozlovsky once again into a major world newspaper, and delivers a ringing condemnation of Russia's new "president":
Found 4 days, 9 hours, 57 minutes, and 43 seconds ago
1913intel.com
Dmitry Medvedev may be the new president, but his predecessor is still the one with power.
We can expect a few proclamations and perhaps even token policy changes. Unfortunately, the early signs show that Medvedev's statement about developing civil freedoms and ending "legal nihilism" were only a show for the West. Such displays are needed to offset elections with the results known in advance, lack of media freedom and businessgrowth that only benefits Kremlin loyalists. Otherwise, Putin's gang of oligarchs might lose easy access to billions in looted assets held in the West.
Found 4 days, 15 hours, 55 minutes, and 7 seconds ago
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Iraq: Will We Ever Get Out? - Thomas Powers, NY Review of Books
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