Back on August 28th, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin granted a 30-minute interview to CNN where the domestically popular Putin was asked very tough and direct questions from CNN’s Matthew Chance. Vladimir Putin responded surprisingly sensibly to the questions (he looked more like a statesman than John McCain, Sarah Palin, or President Bush) and [...]
-Vladimir Putin is accusing George W. Bush of provoking the Georgia conflict in order to help John McCain.-Meanwhile, the Kremlin has announced that South Ossetia will join "one united Russian state".-New Orleans is being evacuated as Hurrican Gustav approaches.-Does McCain's selection of Alaska governor Sarah Palin change the equation?-Obama's speech at the DNC drew a record 38 million viewers.-
Few people had heard of former KGB officer Vladimir Putin when he became prime minister in 1999. But with his taciturn, slightly intimidating face, one thing seemed certain: He didn’t look like a comedian.While “fun” is not a word widely associated with Putin, his eight-year run as Russia’s second president has seen its share of the absurd.“Who is Mr. Putin?” a journalist asked in 2000. Since no one knew for sure, they made up the answers.Putin was depicted as James Bond with a heart, the red-blooded leader of a G8 country who bites Shamil Basayev to death in the 2002 novel “President” by Latvian author Alexander Olbik.In the novel, a badly wounded Putin knocks Basayev to the ground and sinks his teeth into his throat. “‘It seems I have the grip of a bulldog,’ was th
I have mentioned before my odd (and embarrassing) dreams about hot movie stars wanting to date me. Well, now it’s gone to a whole new level. Last night I dreamed that Vladimir Putin wanted to date me. Do I think about Putin in my daily life? Almost never. Do I think he’s hot? Never really [...]
Power is sexy. Just ask Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A Moscow newspaper reported that the Russian president has left his 50-year-old wife, Ludmilla, in favor of a 24-year-old gymnast, Alina Kabaeva.
Alina Kabaeva, the 24-year-old Russian gymnast who is reportedly engaged to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.The 55-year-old Putin recently split with his wife.Technorati Tags: Is Vladimir Putin marrying a 24-year-old gymnast?Del.Icio.Us Tags: Is Vladimir Putin marrying a 24-year-old gymnast?
As you may have seen in the tabloids or across the bottom news ticker on one of the cable news channels, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently divorced his wife after 25 years and two children. Well, it’s coming across the gossip blogs today that the mastermind behind Russia’s re-emergence as a world power is [...]
Mr Putin, what do you see in this nubile 24-year-old rhythmic gymnast?This is the kind of question Mrs Merton might ask: 'So, Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, what do you see in a 24-year-old, sensationally beautiful gymnast with a penchant for posing semi-naked that you don't see in your lovely, middle-aged, matronly wife Ludmilla. It is also the kind of question that hardly needs answering for the millions who have tuned in to the YouTube film of Alina Kabaeva performing a decidedly provocative gymnastic routine. Just good friends? Russian president Vladimir Putin hands Alina Kabaeva the Order of Frienship at an awards ceremony in the Kremlin in 2001This sudden, frenzied interest in a woman who, until yesterday, was frankly a rather obscure Russian athlete, comes after a Moscow
"Russia demands more respect from and equality with Washington and a free hand in world politics. In key respects, Moscow’s new foreign policy grows out of the logic of its ever more autocratic and neo-imperial political structure.” Two Thousand and Seven was the year that the Russians once again growled for attention. Like a bear returning from a long sleep after nearly two long decades, it first attracted this author’s attention in June with Putin using some stiff language while addressing Bush over the U.S. missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Not long after, the Russians engaged in some in some good old-fashioned saber rattling by resuming the Soviet-era practice of sending strategic bombers on long-range flights well beyond its borders. By October, Putin was cozying up wit
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has won TIME's Person Of The Year.TIME claim:TIME's Person of the Year is not and never has been an honor. It is not an endorsement. It is not a popularity contest. At its best, it is a clear-eyed recognition of the world as it is and of the most powerful individuals and forces shaping that world—for better or for worse. It is ultimately about leadership—bold, earth-changing leadership. Putin is not a boy scout. He is not a democrat in any way that the West would define it. He is not a paragon of free speech. He stands, above all, for stability—stability before freedom, stability before choice, stability in a country that has hardly seen it for a hundred years.Last year, you were the person of the year.TIME placed a piece of reflective plastic on their cover so anyone could see themselves on the magazine.My hero Jon Stewart lampoons TIME in December 2006.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka (R), and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov (L) meet during Putin's official visit to Minsk, December 14, 2007.
While trying to be a serious person and shows a serious face to us, Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, is growing marijuana!…
You can see him in the below pictures trying to make the Russian economy the most powerful on Earth…
Russian President Vladimir Putin here on Tuesday suggested that a water channel be established to link Caspian Sea to the Black Sea.
He made the remarks in his speech at the second summit of the...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin here on Tuesday suggested that a water channel be established to link Caspian Sea to the Black Sea.He made the remarks in his speech at the second summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states."Such a measure will create a potential power for transit of goods through which the Caspian Sea states would receive more facilities," he added.President Putin urged the Caspian Sea states to ratify materialization of North-South corridor.Underscoring the need for implementation of infrastructural projects of the Caspian Sea littoral states, he said, "Today, the Caspian Sea has turned into one of main centers for exploitation and trade of oil and gas." He further criticized the inappropriate ecological status of the Caspian Sea.Referring to importance of the Caspian Sea and its natural resources for its littoral states, President Putin called on his neighbors "to reach an agreement through dialogue and maintaining territorial integrity.""As we cannot allow other coun
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Sunday for creating an alternative to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that would favour developing economies and suggested giving a greater role to regional currencies. Speaking at an economic forum in Russia's second-largest city of St. Petersburg, Putin lamented that today's international economic organisations "look archaic, undemocratic and awkward" by protecting the interests mainly of developed economies."Today protectionism which the WTO is intended to fight oftentimes comes from developed economies that set up this structure," Putin told the conference."In order to stimulate trade and investment it is worth thinking about creating a regional Eurasian institute on free trade that could take advantage of the positive experience of WTO," he said. He did not elaborate.Putin said the stalled Doha round of global trade talks were a sign of the problems with the organisation: "Old methods of decision-making at times don't work." The talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Sunday for creating an alternative to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that would favour developing economies and suggested giving a greater role to regional currencies. Speaking at an economic forum in Russia's second-largest city of St. Petersburg, Putin lamented that today's international economic organisations "look archaic, undemocratic and awkward" by protecting the interests mainly of developed economies."Today protectionism which the WTO is intended to fight oftentimes comes from developed economies that set up this structure," Putin told the conference."In order to stimulate trade and investment it is worth thinking about creating a regional Eurasian institute on free trade that could take advantage of the positive experience of WTO," he said. He did not elaborate.Putin said the stalled Doha round of global trade talks were a sign of the problems with the organisation: "Old methods of decision-making at times don't work." The talks
by Andrey Kolesnikov
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh President Noursultan Nazarbaev yesterday on Astana. Kommersant special correspondent Andrey Kolesnikov noticed that, after the meeting, the Kazakh president was sure that he had agreed with the Russian president on the expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, while the Russian president was equally sure of just the
by Andrey Kolesnikov
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh President Noursultan Nazarbaev yesterday on Astana. Kommersant special correspondent Andrey Kolesnikov noticed that, after the meeting, the Kazakh president was sure that he had agreed with the Russian president on the expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, while the Russian president was equally sure of just the
by Dmitry Butrin and Natalya GribOne day before the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) opens in Qatar’s capital, it remains uncertain whether a gas cartel equivalent to the OPEC will be created or not. Russia’s Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko is flying to Doha so as to demonstratively refrain from signing any documents providing a legal basis for the cartel’s creation. Gazprom
by Sergel Baglov
During and informal get-together March 27 in Moscow, Putin was unusually solicitous toward Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. "I am grateful to the president of Azerbaijan for using any opportunity for meeting," the Itar-Tass news agency quoted Putin as saying. Putin went on to say that Aliyev "always was a welcome guest."Putin's charm offensive is linked to geopolitics and
Russian President Vladimir Putin might be a freedom-hater who longs for the return of the Soviet Union, but he made an excellent point in a speech earlier today. From CNN:Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday blamed U.S. policy for inciting other countries to seek nuclear weapons to defend themselves from an "almost uncontained use of military force.""Unilateral, illegitimate actions have not solved a single problem, they have become a hotbed of further conflicts," Putin said at the Munich Conference on Security Policy, an annual forum attracting senior officials from around the world.The Bush administration said it was "surprised and disappointed" by Putin's remarks.Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, who was also attending the conference, described Putin's remarks as "the most aggressive speech from a Russian leader since the end of the Cold War."I'm sorry Senator McCain, but the truth hurts. Even though he's critical of US policy, Putin's comments are entirely valid, especial
