Open Letter on NATO Missile Defense Plans and Increased Risk of Nuclear War by (see signers below) December 13, 2011 To President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev: Recent U.S. decisions to deploy an integrated missile defense system in Western, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, coupled with the continued expansion of NATO [...]
Protesters gather to protest against alleged vote rigging in Russia’s parliamentary elections on Sakharov avenue in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Photo by: AP More than 100,000 take to the streets across Russia to protest election fraud In one of the biggest demonstrations in the history of modern Russia, protesters call for removal of [...]
Demonstrators gather to protest against election fraud claims, in Moscow. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Tens of thousands have taken to the streets of Moscow to protestagainst allegedly fraudulent elections, as opposition leaders issued scathing personal attacks on Vladimir Putin in the hope of preventing his return to the presidency next year. Mikhail Gorbachev has urged Putin to follow his [...]
RELATED MATERIALS: Russia: Protests Go on Peacefully Russia: A Voice of Discontent The Era of Apathy (Russia post-election protests) After a decade of being treated like children, Russia’s electorate is finally finding its voice by Tanya Lokshina Published in: Foreign Policy DECEMBER 13, 2011 Western media and policymakers often explain the lack of pluralism in [...]
At least 50,000 protesters took to the streets on Saturday, claiming Russia‘s parliamentary elections were stolen [EPA] Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, says he has instructed the government to investigate the allegations of electoral fraud during the December 4 parliamentary vote. Tens of thousands rallied in Moscow and other cities on Saturday in the largest anti-government protest [...]
Protesters rally in St Petersburg, some placing ‘No voice’ stickers over their mouths. Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters Miriam Elder in Moscow guardian.co.uk, Saturday 10 December 2011 17.22 GMT Article history Up to 50,000 people braved the cold and snow on Saturday to turn out for the largest ever protest against the rule of prime minister Vladimir Putin. Bolotnaya Square, [...]
Russia Bashing By Stephen Lendman - Posted on 06 December 2011 Russia Bashing - by Stephen Lendman On December 4, parliamentary elections were held to fill 450 State Duma seats, Russia’s Federal Assembly lower house. With nearly all votes counted, RIA Novosti said Medvedev/Putin’s United Russia party won 238 seats, falling slightly below a majority with 49.67% of the [...]
REUTERS/ RIA Novosti Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opening a radar station in Kaliningrad. The US and Russia intended to “reset” their relations under US President Barack Obama. Instead, however, the two countries continue to squabble over the planned missile shield, which Washington insists is to protect against attack from Iran. The debate [...]
Last minute preparations are under way in Russia ahead of country’s parliamentary election [AFP] The head of Russia’s only independent election monitor was detained for 12 hours at a Moscow airport after refusing to hand over her laptop “for checking”, in a move to stop it monitoring Sunday’s parliamentary vote, the group’s lawyer said. “Golos, as well as [...]
Putin told United Russia delegates on Sunday that foreign NGOs were trying to influence the course of the vote [EPA] Vladimir Putin has accepted his ruling party’s nomination to return to Russia‘s presidency, while accusing foreigners of funding his political opponents. Putin, president from 2000-2008 and now prime minister, is expected to easily recapture the presidency [...]
Medvedev: US Forced NATO Members Into Missile Shield Says Members Told Him They ‘Just Supply Our Land’ by Jason Ditz, November 24, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Speaking today in Petrozavodsk, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that the eastern European member nations in NATO had been forced into the missile defense shield scheme. [...]
. Medvedev has said Russia will not be satisfied by simple declarations and wants a binding agreement [Reuters] Russia has threatened to deploy missiles to target the US missile shield in Europe if the US fails to allay the country’s concerns about its plans. In a televised statement on Wednesday, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, said that his country would have to take [...]
President Obama’s call for tougher action on Iran at the Hawaii summit went largely ignored by China and Russia [EPA] Barack Obama’s push for consensus over renewed concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme have had a lukewarm response from the Russian and Chinese leaders attending the APEC summit in Hawaii. The US president had sought support from Dmitry Medvedev [...]
Syria Should Take its Friends’ Advice 8 October 2011 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has given the Syrian leadership two options: implement reforms or step down. This Russian position must be taken seriously because it comes from a friendly country that vetoed the bill submitted by Britain and France to impose sanctions on Syria. And also [...]
Assad should reform or quit over Syria uprising, says Dmitry Medvedev Russian president breaks ranks with Bashar al-Assad for the first time since the start of protests in Syria six months ago Russian president Dmitry Medvedev insisted that any change in leadership should be decided upon in Syria and was not a matter for Nato [...]
Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman admits Greek urn find was staged Archaeologists who had discovered ancient amphorae planted them in shallow water for Russian PM, says Dmitry Peskov Vladimir Putin’s claim to have discovered the urns was widely ridiculed in the Russian blogosphere and independent media. Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters reddit this David Batty and agencies guardian.co.uk, [...]
Vladimir Putin: return of the king The then President Putin at a military shooting range in 2006 Photograph: Itar-Tass/Reuters It is virtually inevitable that Putin will next year become Russia‘s president again. What will that mean for Russia, the world, and indeed the man who just can’t seem to give up power? reddit this Luke [...]
Dmitry Medvedev, left, is expected to replace Vladimir Putin as Russia’s prime minister. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters The fallout from Vladimir Putin‘s announcement that he plans to return to the Kremlin is being felt throughout Russia, with a key liberal official indicating that he plans to quit the government. The finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, a darling of the [...]
Kim Jong-Il offered Russian President Dmitry Medvedev the right to build a trans-Korean pipeline [EPA] As much of the world - and news headlines - were transfixed by NATO’s “humanitarian” war in Libya, few noticed as a 69-year-old sporting a trademark Mao-style khaki jumpsuit and wearing sunglasses stepped out of a black armoured Mercedes in the back of beyond in [...]
Rebels offer reward as Gadhafi forces fight back Published yesterday (updated) 24/08/2011 21:42 A rebel burns a poster of Gadhafi outside his compound where fighting continues. [AFP/Patrick Baz] TRIPOLI (AFP) — Fighting raged Wednesday as Moamer Gahdafi’s troops fought back near his Tripoli compound a day after it was captured, while rebels offered a [...]
You can view this video report at http://english.aljazeera.net/video/europe/2011/07/201171775013503307.html Homemade drugs have had devastating effects on addicts across Russia, where about 100,000 people are thought to be making and using substances made from legal and easily available ingredients. One of the drugs, called ‘Krokodil‘ (or crocodile), named after the scaly-looking sores it causes, is made from a combination of headache [...]
You can view the video report at: http://english.aljazeera.net/video/europe/2011/07/2011716163013373942.html Investors in Russia are pulling billions of dollars out of the country. In the last few months, an estimated $30bn has left the country. Russia is one of the few places in the world where foreign investors can buy into the country’s massive oil, gas and natural-resources wealth. [...]
Libya‘s Fate Unclear: Will NATO Stop Bombing? By davidswanson - Posted on 12 July 2011 According to Russia: Pravda.Ru sources inside Libya have confirmed that the people of Tripoli are dancing in the streets in joy, celebrating a great victory, because NATO has ceased its bombing campaign. Sources in Libya state that negotiations are ongoing with France and meanwhile [...]
Russia to build gas pipeline to China if contract signed – Gazprom. 16/6 Tass 446 MOSCOW, June 16 (Itar-Tass) — Russia will build a gas pipeline to China if a contract on gas deliveries is signed, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Thursday after touring the Russian and Chinese presidents through the company headquarters. Gazprom [...]
Yemen, Syria and Middle East unrest – live updates • Call for 1 million strong march in Yemen despite fighting • The Syrian opposition plans another Friday of defiance • ‘Second day of rage’ planned in Egypt • Reports of Gaddafi on the run prompt Apache deployment Share4 Comments (48) This page will update automatically [...]
Medvedev: Russia Won’t Support Anti-Syria Resolution at UN Expresses Concern for Libya-Style War by Jason Ditz, May 18, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum With French and British officials expressing confidence that they can eventually collect enough support for such a resolution, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev put a major roadblock in the [...]
Medvedev wants to stay on as Russian president, says leading MP Medvedev set to defy pact with prime minister Vladimir Putin and seek second term, claims prominent politician Share154 Tom Parfitt in Moscow guardian.co.uk, Sunday 1 May 2011 18.17 BST Article history According to a leading politician, the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev (right), is set [...]
