Vladimir Putin
13 asian nations pledge to save wild tigers
November 24, 2010Thirteen Asian nations, including Russia, China, and India, have signed a pledge to save the dwindling wild tiger population. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosted leaders and top officials from 12 other Asian governments in St. Petersburg Tuesday...
Vladimir Putin: Terrorists behind Moscow metro bombing will be eliminated
March 29, 2010The terrorists behind the two blasts that killed at least 38 people in the Moscow metro system on Monday morning will be eliminated, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed. The first attack on one of the world's busiest metro systems occurred just...
In Russia, political anecdotes point to changes ahead
December 16, 2009By Paul Goble More than perhaps in any other country, anecdotes in Russia not only provide insights into the nature of politics there but also serve, perhaps more reliably than anything else, as indicators of either continuity or impending change,...
Was Medvedev Drunk At The G8? (Photos, Video)
July 10, 2009While not as epic as Sarkozy's seemingly inebriated appearance at the G8 a few years back, the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev does seem a bit wobbly. Judge for yourself seeing videos and photos below... Another video with Nicolas Sarkozy was...
Well-off Muscovite Teenagers More Inclined to View US as Enemy
June 20, 2009By Paul Goble Nearly half of Muscovite teenagers in relatively well-off family circumstances currently view the United States as an enemy of Russia, a view that fewer than a quarter of the poorest and most disadvantaged members of that age cohort share...
Putin’s Regional Amalgamation Scheme Leads to ‘Cultural Genocide'
March 17, 2009by Paul Goble Komi-Permyak activists, residents of the first small non-Russian federal subject to be folded into a larger and predominantly ethnic Russian region as part of Vladimir Putin’s amalgamation policy, say that this process, despite...