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
The Soviet Union is gradually being rebuilt as Vladimir Putin eyes a return to the Kremlin. The man who declared the collapse of the Communist state to be the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century” appears determined to forge a new empire.
MOSCOW, March 9 (Reuters) - Russian Premier Vladimir Putin will offer a traditional cocktail of arms and oil deals when he travels to India on Thursday to persuade a Cold War ally to buy new weapons amid rising competition with the United States.
Its Olympic team was once the pride of the nation, its sportsmen and women nurtured to bring medals back to Mother Russia and show the world that the Soviet Union was as capable of sporting triumph as its capitalist rivals.
Embattled Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (left image) met in Moscow on Tuesday with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right image) in hope of reviving Russian plans to deliver a new crude oil pipeline from Burgas, on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, to the Greek terminal of Alexandroupoli, on the Aegean; as well as confirm Gazprom’s future gas delivery plans across Greece.
Fiat ritorna in Russia. Un’alleanza globale «da 500mila auto»
Vladmir Putin attends summit to discuss 'environmental aspects' of controversial Nord Stream pipeline between Russia and Germany.
MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered officials in the North Caucasus to ensure what he called the «normal work» of human rights groups operating in the volatile region.
MOSCOW–Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who plumbed the depths of Lake Baikal in a minisubmarine in August and pronounced the lake «ecologically clean,» has given a well-connected tycoon's paper mill the go-ahead to resume dumping waste there, reversing what had been a landmark victory for environmentalists.
Russland will enteignetes Kirchenvermögen zurückgeben. Der Staat gewänne damit einen mächtigen Verbündeten
Two thousand and ten will be a pivotal year for Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency: it ushers in the final lap of his first term in office, when the first tangible results of his presidential agenda need to be put on public display. He can rightly point to some advances. But will he stay on long enough to complete his mission? What will happen to his modernization agenda if he and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin “decide between themselves” that he will not be president in 2012? What will his priority moves be in 2010?
Abstract: Russia's interests in Iran fundamentally diverge from those of the United States. Russia considers Iran a partner and de facto ally in its plans to reshape the power balance in the Middle East and dilute U.S. influence in the region. The U.S. should expect only token assistance from Russia in countering the Iranian nuclear threat. Instead, the U.S. needs to develop a broader policy that convincingly argues that Iran will lose--even if it obtains nuclear weapons and that clearly demonstrates to the Russians that the risks of betting on Iran outweigh the potential rewards.
«Že bychom začali mluvit rusky, je trochu přehnané, ale riziko ruského vlivu je vysoké,» říká náš bývalý tamější velvyslanec LUBOŠ DOBROVSKÝ (77). Rusko ovládá významnou část evropské ekonomiky a hrozbu utáhnutí kohoutků na ropovodu Družba, odkud k nám tečou dvě třetiny ropy, kterou spotřebujeme, máme na talíři rok co rok.
Kas par gadumiju bez konflikta enerģētikas jomā! Krievija atkal sagājusi matos ar Baltkrieviju.
LONDON—Russia, the world's top oil producer, is set to make deep inroads into Asian energy markets at the expense of Mideast rivals thanks to a new pipeline that pumps crude from the oilfields of Siberia to a new terminal on the Pacific Ocean.
Moskau - Würde Wladimir Putin auf Bertolt Brecht hören, hätte er es gelassen.Der deutsche Dramatiker hatte seinen Bettlerkönig Peachum aus der «Dreigroschenoper» schon in den 20er-Jahren eine nützliche Wahrheit verkünden lassen: «Ach, mach nur einen Plan, und sei ein großes Licht, und mach dann noch 'nen zweiten Plan, geh'n tun'se beide nicht.»
Einst kämpfte Premier Putin gegen die politische Macht von Russlands Milliardären. Nun sollen sie sogar an Regierungssitzungen teilnehmen dürfen. von Verena Diethelm.
Why Russia is feuding with Belarus and what it means for Europe's security.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are «really close» to agreement on a landmark treaty to cut their nuclear arsenals, a senior U.S. arms control official said on Wednesday.
Disillusioned by its dalliance with the West, the former Soviet state looks set to elect a pro-Russian leader five years after the Orange Revolution.
When Estonia relocated a Soviet war memorial three years ago, pro-Kremlin youth activists held raucous protests in Moscow, mysterious cyber attacks hit Estonian web sites, and tensions ratcheted up to new heights between Russia and the Baltic state.
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.
Russia Prime Minister Putin said there were problems with arms talks aimed at finalizing a new strategic arms reduction deal. Is it a hardball tactic or a bid to derail the negotiations altogether?
The rare Siberian tiger tranquilized and collared by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last year is a live and well after giving birth, Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, told Interfax late Wednesday.
Russian pensioners who will have 46 percent more money in 2010 than this year will provide a much needed boost for the flagging economy as they spend, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Russia moved closer to securing long-term Western support for its struggling car industry on Tuesday as the government prepared for crunch talks with Renault and Daimler considered raising its stake in truck maker Kamaz.
Novo-Ogarevo, Russia — Slovenia signed an agreement on Saturday for the massive South Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe to pass through the country.
Moscow — Vladimir Putin has made headlines by championing the endangered Siberian tiger — posing with a cuddly cub and placing a tracking collar on a full-grown female in the wilds of his country's Far East. Now Russia is helping plan an ambitious program it hopes can double the global tiger population by 2022.
Wladimir Putin war bekanntlich bis zum Mauerfall als KGB-Offizier in Dresden stationiert. In einem Interview sagte er anlässlich des 20. Jahrestages des Mauerfalls am Montag, dass er mit einer gewissen Nostalgie an seine Zeit in der DDR zurückdenkt.
HB MOSKAU. Wladimir Putin denkt nach eigenen Worten mit einer gewissen Nostalgie an seine Zeit in der DDR: „Ich erinnere mich noch heute an die Wärme und Herzlichkeit (in Ostdeutschland)“, sagte Putin in einem vorab veröffentlichten Interview mit dem russischen Fernsehsender NTW, das am Sonntagabend ausgestrahlt werden sollte. Deutschland habe sich aber nach der Wiedervereinigung gut entwickelt, und die Beziehungen des Landes mit Russland stünden auf einer guten und neuen Basis, unterstrich der Ex-Kremlchef. „Insofern ist ein Gefühl der Nostalgie zweitrangig.“
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hinted the battle for carmaker Opel was not over, saying it was the trust overseeing Opel, not the board of General Motors, its parent, that should decide any further steps.
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, on Wednesday called for sweeping curbs on state corporations that control swathes of the economy, declaring that many should be closed.
It is ever harder to tell when a Russian leader is on message, off message, or even if there is a message. On a host of issues such as Iran sanctions, US missile defence and entry to the World Trade Organisation, there is a growing perception that the Kremlin either can’t make up its mind or is playing an elaborate game of pretending that it can’t.
Silvio Berlusconi was accused of spurning a chance to help the Middle East peace process last night after apparently snubbing the King of Jordan in favour of a party with his old friend Vladimir Putin.
Bei der Suche nach einem Weg aus der Wirtschaftskrise zieht Russlands Führung alle Register: Premier Putin versprach bei einem Empfang hochrangigen deutschen Managern, ihre Arbeit vorbehaltlos zu unterstützen. Gleichzeitig trommelte Präsident Medwedjew 30 russische Oligarchen im Kreml zusammen, um sie für die Diversifizierung der rohstofflastigen Wirtschaft in die Pflicht zu nehmen.
With the opening of its first complete car plant in Russia, VW has upped its commitment to one of the world's most promising automotive markets.
Il leader Pd ironizza sulla visita 'privata' del premier al grande amico Vladimir. La parentesi pietroburghese durerà tre giorni.
MOSCOW — Until recently, Aleksandr Y. Khochinsky occupied a special niche in this capital, known as much for its corruption as for its wealth. He was an antiquarian who specialized in providing high-class grease for the best-connected palms in the government and other high-level circles.
Il premio Nobel per la pace al Festival per «Popieluszko», il film sul prete di Solidamosc ucciso 25 anni fa. Per Walesa mezz'ora di red carpet, proprio come l'acclamato George Clooney.
Russia was and still is a massive energy provider, but there is a problem of making it a more competitive country, says Marshall Goldman, an analyst on the economy of the former Soviet Union and Russia.
The Obama administration's foreign-policy goodwill has yet to be repaid in kind.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration was elated a month ago when the Russian president said sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program could become «inevitable.» Washington's reaction may have been significantly premature.
Former leader Mikhail Gorbachev and others are outraged after last week's elections, which only 3 percent of Russians believed were fair, according to a poll.
