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12 december 2008
Press Russian International

The Washington Post (USA): "Russians Who Invested in 'People's IPOs' See Their Savings Vanish"

Anatoly Sisoyev always considered himself a patriot. As a child, he lost his father to an accident in the Soviet space program. As an adult, he served 30 years in the military, retiring at the rank of major. His son followed him into the army and was killed in Chechnya at the age of 18. Through it all, he said, his faith in the Russian government never waned.


12 december 2008

The Guardian (Great Britain): "Russia under pressure"

Putin and Medvedev are in trouble - and the result may be the return of the Kremlin's authoritarian streak

11 december 2008

Financial Times Deutschland (Germany): "Putins Systemfehler"

Die weltweite Wirtschaftskrise hat viele Schauplätze, und sie bringt etliche bedrohliche Szenarien hervor. Doch selbst in diesem düsteren Umfeld hat die russische Volkswirtschaft eine makabre Sonderstellung.

10 december 2008

Le Monde (France): "Obama n'a pas encore vu l'âme de Poutine"

Barack Obama a raison. "Il est important pour nous de reprendre de zéro les relations entre les Etats-Unis et la Russie", a déclaré le président élu, dimanche 7 décembre, à la chaîne NBC. Ces relations sont aujourd'hui un champ de ruines. Même si les canaux de communication n'ont pas été coupés, les spécialistes remarquent que les domaines de négociations sont moins vastes et les contacts moins intenses entre les gouvernements qu'au temps de la guerre froide.

9 december 2008

The Financial Times (Great Britain): "Moscow-Kiev gas tensions"

The bitter gas supply dispute between Moscow and Kiev escalated yesterday when Russia's Gazprom revealed the two sides were far from reaching an agreement and warned Ukraine would not be allowed to "steal" gas.

8 december 2008

Dziennik (Poland): "Patriarcha był po prostu urzędnikiem Putina"

"Zwierzchnikiem Aleksego II był Władimir Putin. Rosyjska Cerkiew Prawosławna jest jedną z instytucji państwowych. Stalin w końcu przerobił ją na jeden z departamentów KGB. I od tamtego czasu nic się nie zmieniło" - mówi Arturowi Ciechanowiczowi z DZIENNIKA Władimir Bukowski, rosyjski pisarz i dysydent. Patriarcha Aleksy II zmarł w piątek po 18 latach rządzenia Cerkwią. ARTUR CIECHANOWICZ: Jakie konsekwencje dla Rosji ma śmierć Aleksego II?

7 december 2008

The Washington Post (USA): "Mr. Putin's Bluff"

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S unsubtle campaign to intimidate President-elect Barack Obama continues apace. In a broadcast appearance Thursday, the Russian prime minister claimed to have detected some "positive signals" from the incoming administration.

5 december 2008

Christian Science Monitor (USA): "Vlad TV: Putin hits airwaves to reassure Russians"

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin returned to his favorite method of interfacing with the public Thursday, taking questions for more than three hours via live television hookups around the country, on the Internet, and from a carefully screened studio audience.

5 december 2008

Le Monde (France): "M. Sarkozy entre flirt russe et ire chinoise"

Deux évolutions paradoxales, que Nicolas Sarkozy n'avaient pas prévues, auront marqué "sa" présidence de l'Union européenne (UE) : un rapprochement spectaculaire avec la Russie, et à l'inverse, avec la Chine, une relation qui a sombré dans un abîme d'incompréhension et d'acrimonie.

5 december 2008

The Independent (Great Britain): "Putin forecasts 'minimal losses' from finance crisis"

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has taken to the airwaves to assuage his people's fears over the country's rapidly accelerating financial crisis, acknowledging that tough times lay ahead but that Russia would survive with "minimal losses".

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