VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Rusko začalo další studenou válku proti Západu. V pořadu Interview ČT24 to řekl ruský novinář a bojovník za lidská práva Alexandr Podrabinek. "Západ zatím tuhle rukavici nechce zvednout, doufá, že vše ještě přejde, ale to se nestane," dodává někdejší disident Podrabinek. V zahraniční politice podle něj Rusko stále více připomíná Sovětský svaz, ať už jde o expanzi do sousedních států nebo o pokusy podřídit svému politickému vlivu ty, kteří by podle Kremlu měli kráčet po jedné cestě s Ruskem.
It's a truism that stable and friendly relations between two countries require each to look at a situation from the other's point of view. The recent tussle between Russia and the West over Georgia is a stark reminder of how the United States has fundamentally never understood Russia's point of view.
When European Union leaders meet in Brussels tomorrow and Thursday, an important action item on their agenda is Russia -- specifically how to react to its continuing occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Moscow has more troops in those breakaway regions than before the August war with Georgia.
Europe faces the risk of another major war. In 1939, Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland triggered the Second World War. Today the possible trip wire is not Poland, but Ukraine. And the aggressor will not be Adolf Hitler, but Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
MOSCOW: The stock market here has swooned so often in recent weeks that regulators have repeatedly shut it down, as if Russia, which aspires to be a financial powerhouse, has become just another bumbling backwater. The oligarchs, those Kremlin-connected magnates who once dazzled the world with their riches, are reeling. And Vladimir Putin is facing a threat to his legacy of bringing growth, stability and a renewed swagger to this nation.
Vladimir Putin relinquished the Russian presidency six months ago but to watch state TV you could be forgiven for thinking that the former KGB officer remains the master of the Kremlin.
Intimidation works. This is the lesson the Russian government has derived from its August military action against Georgia. President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have made it clear that neighboring states will remain in Russia's sphere of influence rather than that of the West.
The drop of more than 50 per cent in Russia's stock market since May is hard to explain when one considers the fundamental strength of the country's economy.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dumped a truckload of vitriol on the United States yesterday in Evian, France (so much for the water). Mr. Medvedev said that after 9/11 the U.S. missed a chance to build a "truly democratic world order" and instead chose to "consolidate its global domination." He urged Europe to work instead with Russia to "unite the whole Euro-Atlantic region on the basis of common rules of the game."
