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Vladimir Putin

We will pursue terrorists everywhere.
At an airport – okay, at an airport.
If we catch them in a lavatory, in an outhouse,
we will take them out there with their pants down.

Vladimir Putin at a press conference
in Astana 1999-09-24.

Joseph Stalin

One death is a tragedy.
A million deaths is a statistic.

Popular quotation from Joseph Stalin.

Viktor Chernomyrdin

We hoped for the best, but it turned out as usual

Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998)
Viktor Chernomyrdin at a press conference
1993-08-06 on currency reform.[

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  • Politics Putin Blues by Western media

    Putin Blues by Western media

    While Western officials have cautiously left the final choice of Russia’s leader to the people of Russia, Western media have beenspeculating what kind of change Vladimir Putin would bring if he indeed wins the upcoming presidential poll. Saturday put an end to the main intrigue concerning the approaching parliamentary and presidential elections in Russia, as the political party holding two-thirds in Russia’s current parliament announced their candidates for president and prime minister respectively. As the speaker of United Russia declared [...]

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  • Politics Society Putin releases his presidential program

    Putin releases his presidential program

    Vladimir Putin has addressed the United Russia party convention on Saturday with almost an hour-long speech, in which he actually announced his election platform, after Dmitry Medvedev promoted the premier for president. Drastic GDP growth as economic priority He started with the economy. Putin believes Russia GDP growth should be increased to 6-7 per cent a year. Presently Russia’s economic growth is about 4 per cent, while for most developed economies the figure stands at 1-2 per cent. “But we [...]

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  • Society Did pilots’ misunderstanding turn fatal for Yak-42?

    Did pilots’ misunderstanding turn fatal for Yak-42?

    Almost two weeks after the fatal Yak-42 air crash in Central Russia, media reports suggest that experts are probing whether miscommunication between the two pilots – which showed up in a transcript of a cockpit recording – caused a fatal mistake. Russia’s “Vesti 24” news channel published the last minute of dialog between the two pilots of the Yak-42. Journalists stressed that the transcript they obtained was not official, but experts believe the voices belong to Captain Andrey Solontsev and [...]

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  • Politics Breakup of a party “Right Cause”

    Breakup of a party “Right Cause”

    Established Russian politicians have said that the split in the Right Cause party is an indication that pro-business rightist forces are not yet ready to operate in Russian politics. The comments were made after politics freshman Mikhail Prokhorov announced on Thursday that he was leaving the Right Cause party together with his allies. Prokhorov spent only about ten weeks as the leader ofRight Cause, yet expressed the hope that the minor party would come second in an upcoming parliamentary poll [...]

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  • Society Russia calls for greater control over social networks…

    Russia calls for greater control over social networks…

    Russia’s prosecutor general, Yury Chaika, has called for social networks to be monitored by the state to prevent London-style uprisings. Such measures, Chaika said, will help prevent serious threats to public security. “We all saw what happened in London,” he said at a meeting of the CIS Prosecutors General Coordinating Council in Minsk. “It is evident that we need to bring social networks under reasonable control – simply to protect citizens’ freedoms.” The suggestion was supported by Belarusian Prosecutor General Grigory Vasilevich, [...]

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  • Politics New version of the Right Cause manifesto.

    New version of the Right Cause manifesto.

      Mikhail Prokhorov made public a new version of the Right Cause election manifesto, in which he floated the idea of forming a cabinet based on the results of parliamentary elections. He released the draft document in his blog, pointing out that this might not be the final version and that he remains open to all constructive suggestions. “The government of the Russian Federation must be formed according to the outcome of the parliamentary election. This is the only way [...]

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  • Politics “Right Cause” Arena of political struggle.

    “Right Cause” Arena of political struggle.

    On the first day of the Right Cause convention, the party’s leader, Mikhail Prokhorov, dismissed the entire executive committee, accusing them of an attempt to seize power in the party. Prokhorov also expelled three people from the party, including the head of Russian freemasons, Andrey Bogdanov. “There is an attempt by some members of the presidential administration to take control of Right Cause,” he told journalists during an urgent media briefing on Wednesday, adding that he is ready to provide evidence. [...]

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  • Politics Russia-UK: Areas of profound disagreement

    Russia-UK: Areas of profound disagreement

    The visit by the British Prime Minister to Moscow is seen as an attempt to thaw the damaged relations between Russia and UK. But experts believe there is no reset in the mutual relations, but just a “necessary normalization”.       Professor of politics at the University of Kent, Dr Adrian Pabst thinks the outcome of the talks should not be overestimated. “No, I don’t think it is going to be a reset,”  Pabst told RT.  “It is going to [...]

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