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
MOSCOW — Nearly two decades after the collapse of the Communist Party, Russia’s rulers have hit upon a model for future success: the Communist Party.
IT'S BECOME SO commonplace that the world little noticed last Sunday when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin staged another phony, Soviet-style election. As in the old days, the ruling party (now known as «United Russia» instead of «Communist Party of the Soviet Union») won a smashing victory in local jurisdictions across the country, with opposing party politicians reduced to bit parts permitted for decorative effect only. Mr. Medvedev, who frequently impresses Western politicians with his statements in praise of democracy, hailed the elections as «well organized,» which we suppose is undeniable. Mr. Putin, who is less sentimental about these things, dismissed protesting politicians as whiners: «Those who don't win are never happy,» he sniffed.
VIEWED from the outside, things have been going quite well for Russia recently. The United States has scrapped, at least for now, the plan to base missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic. Germany and Russia seem to have overcome opposition in Europe to their Nord Stream pipeline, despite fears that it will solidify Russia’s dominance of the European natural gas supplies. Oil prices have recovered from the disastrously low — for Russia — levels of last winter. And, far from buckling under pressure from the United States over sanctions against Iran, Russian leaders felt confident enough to concede almost nothing to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Moscow this week.
A soft answer can sometimes turn away wrath, but not always, and presidents have to be wary of showing timidity and weakness in the face of a bully. This is the expensive lesson the tinhorns of the world are teaching Barack Obama. So far he is not an honors student.
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have abandoned their attempt to join the World Trade Organisation as a single customs union, after WTO members made clear the unprecedented move would add years to the negotiations.
Kad tīmeklī ieraudzīju sirsnīgo ziņu par Krievijas premjerministra Vladimira Putina dāvanu pašam sev dzimšanas dienā – tikšanos ar krievu inteliģenci, tostarp rakstniekiem, nodomāju, ka patiesībā viņam vajadzēja tikties ar žurnālistiem, sevišķi tiem, kuri 7. oktobrī pieminēja savas kolēģes Annas Poļitkovskas noslepkavošanas dienu. Viņu Maskavā, pašas mājā, nogalināja Vladimira Putina 54. dzimšanas dienā – 2006. gada 7. oktobrī.
There is probably less than meets the eye in substantive terms to the recent Russian intransigence on a sanctions regime for Iran. Vladimir Putin merely said that talk of additional sanctions was «premature»--and if the New York Times report cited in my post below can be credited, Putin is right.
Dmitry Medvedev has taken a step towards putting his own stamp on the Kremlin with the appointment of two speechwriters.
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s economic decline is forcing the country to walk the walk after more than a decade of talk about dragging the largest energy exporter away from its oil dependency and reducing the footprint of the state.
Le Premier ministre est réputé pour sa fidélité et sa sobriété. Un modèle dans un pays où l'alcoolisme est un fléau et les mères sont souvent abandonnées.
Rosjanin pytany: «Jak się masz?», chętnie odpowie ponurym żartem: «Nie doczekacie się». Felieton z cyklu «Z Rosji o Rosji»
«Abbiamo un sogno che non abbiamo mai avuto la possibilità di realizzare: costruire jeep in Russia». Lo ha rivelato l'amministratore delegato della Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, parlando con il premier russo, Vladimir Putin, dopo la firma alla sua presenza di due joint venture tra la Case New Holland (Cnh, partecipata al 91% da Fiat) e il produttore russo di camion, Kamaz. Ma Putin, seduto accanto a lui, lo ha subito incoraggiato: «Le jeep avrebbero molta richiesta in Russia perchè dobbiamo costruire molte strade». Marchionne ha inoltre confermato l'interesse per le joint venture già in corso con Sollers auspicando un loro allargamento. «Come Fiat faremo tutto il possibile per aiutare lo sviluppo di tutti i settori», ha aggiunto l'ad di Fiat.
WASHINGTON — Is President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia trying to come out from under the shadow of his long-time political mentor and former boss Prime Minister Vladimir Putin? So it would seem.
Negli ultimi tempi la Russia sembra essere attraversata da una nuova ondata liberale, dopo un periodo di imperante statalismo che aveva visto, con la presidenza Putin, lo Stato aumentare il proprio peso nella vita politica ed economica, disciplinando i mass-media e riprendendo gradualmente possesso di ampi settori dell'economia nazionale, in specie quelli strategici legati alla produzione di idrocarburi.
The families of four Russian sailors at the centre of an arms-smuggling mystery have appealed to Vladimir Putin to free them, more than 50 days after their ship was allegedly rescued from pirates.
Comment Vladimir Poutine peut-il être plus populaire aujourd'hui encore auprès des Russes, après près de dix ans d'exercice du pouvoir comme président ou Premier ministre, que Barack Obama ne peut l'être auprès des Américains après moins de dix mois de présidence?
An interesting question following Angela Merkel’s victory in Germany’s general election is how much has Berlin’s Russia policy changed under her first term? Turns out, the answer is not much.
La Russie se transforme-t-elle en cauchemar pour Renault ? Alors que le marché russe s'effondre, le constructeur français a fait l'objet, vendredi 2 octobre, d'un ultimatum de la part de Vladimir Poutine, le premier ministre russe : «Ou bien (Renault et Nissan) participent à l'avenir au financement d'Avtovaz, ou nous allons devoir négocier avec eux la hauteur de leur part», a-t-il lancé à l'occasion d'un conseil des ministres. En clair, soit Carlos Ghosn, président du groupe, accepte de renflouer le fabricant des Lada, soit Renault prend le risque d'être dilué et de perdre une partie de sa mise de départ dans le constructeur russe.
MOSCA (3 ottobre) – Una nuova penna per i discorsi ufficiali, un think tank tutto suo, un piano per la Russia del futuro che getta alle ortiche il dogma della “democrazia sovrana” caro a Putin. La cremlinologia, si sa, è la più erratica e cabalistica delle scienze fin dai tempi dell’Urss. Ma ora che sul tandem che guida Mosca s’è abbattuta la crisi economica, esperti e media locali e internazionali tornano a scatenarsi in speculazioni sulla “guerra sotterranea” tra il premier Putin e il presidente Medvedev. Il primo messo in difficoltà da un piano anticrisi che continua a segnare sconfitte, il secondo impegnato in un refresh d’immagine a tutto campo.
