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
Russia's double-headed eagle is not just a national emblem. It's a symbol of the national schizophrenia.
The oil tariffs quarrel that erupted between Russia and Belarus has been depicted as a threat to EU energy supplies similar to past gas disputes with Ukraine, but Minsk has fewer options than Kiev, or none, and there is almost no possibility of the dispute escalating, affecting energy supplies to third parties.
IF IT'S JANUARY, it seems, Russia must be involved in a politically motivated dispute over energy supplies with one of its neighbors. This time it's Belarus, the former Soviet republic that used to be called Europe's last dictatorship, until Russia itself headed back in that direction. Strongman Alexander Lukashenko still rules in Minsk, but in the past couple of years he's taken several steps toward shaking off the tutelage he once accepted from Vladimir Putin's Kremlin. At the urging of Western governments, Belarus released a few political prisoners and in turn was allowed to join the European Union's Eastern Partnership program. Mr. Lukashenko has also embarrassed Mr. Putin by refusing to recognize the two puppet states that Moscow is backing in Georgia.
Mam nadzieję, że prezydent Dmitrij Miedwiediew przyjmie zaproszenie prezydenta Lecha Kaczyńskiego i przyjedzie 27 stycznia na obchody 65. rocznicy wyzwolenia obozu zagłady Auschwitz. Byłby to ważny gest podtrzymujący dialog polsko-rosyjski
Why have Western leaders and intellectuals gone soft on Russia's autocracy?
Mimo dziesięciu lat rządów Putina Rosja jest wciąż na peryferiach świata rozwiniętego - mówi Sławomir Dębski, dyrektor Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Międzynarodowych
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia's population grew this year for the first time since 1995, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, after years of precipitous decline following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the planned defense system would upset the 'balance of forces.' He demands more details. Meanwhile, the U.S.-Russia nuclear deal has yet to be finalized.
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia's population grew this year for the first time since 1995, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, after years of precipitous decline following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the planned defense system would upset the 'balance of forces.' He demands more details. Meanwhile, the U.S.-Russia nuclear deal has yet to be finalized.
