When words fail politicians in heated debates, some of them refuse to give up without a fight
Tag: Politicians
October 27, 2011
September 27, 2011
In pictures: Putin the action man
Who says politicians have to be dull bureaucrats? Well, certainly not Vlad
June 30, 2011
Putin drops possible election hint
Vladimir Putin gave a cryptic hint as to his possible participation in the 2012 presidential polls on Thursday, saying that he would need to “wash” himself after the elections. “I shall go and have a wash, in the hygienic sense of the word, but also in the political sense,” Putin said at a regional conference [...]
June 30, 2011
Tymoshenko Goes on Trial
Yulia Tymoshenko kissing a supporter outside a Kiev court on Wednesday. KIEV — Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on trial on Wednesday on charges of abuse of power in a case that has raised Western concerns over President Viktor Yanukovych’s commitment to democracy and the rule of law. Western reaction is important since Ukraine, a major grain and steel exporter, badly needs outside investment and is [...]
June 29, 2011
Graft and Unrest Put Kyrgyz Gold Rush on Ice
The Kumtor mine. With 100 sizable gold fields mapped but never tapped, Kyrgyzstan is ripe for a mining boom. 1 of 2 BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The bus loaded with supporters of a planned $100 million mine had just left its remote Kyrgyz village when a mob on horseback blocked the road. What happened next was a warning to foreign mining companies who [...]
June 29, 2011
Kremlin Envoy Calls for End to Syria Violence
Mikhail Margelov, left, welcoming a Syrian opposition delegation headed by Radwan Ziadeh, second left. A Kremlin envoy told Syrian opposition members on Monday that “leaders come and go,” an apparent signal to President Bashar Assad that he cannot count on Russia’s unconditional support as he struggles to contain more than three months of protests demanding [...]
June 29, 2011
After Waffling, Matviyenko Agrees to Lead Senate
President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko at the Kremlin on Tuesday. Three days weren’t enough for St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko to make up her mind. But a closed-door Kremlin meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev did the trick Tuesday, and his spokeswoman announced afterward that Matviyenko had accepted the speaker’s seat in the Federation Council. “Valentina Matviyenko will [...]
June 29, 2011
June 27, 2011
Polish Premier Tusk receives final report on Kaczynski plane crash
A Polish investigation commission has submitted to Prime Minister Donald Tusk a final report on the circumstances of the Tu-154 plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski last year, Polish media said on Monday. The commission said that the report would be simultaneously translated into English and Russian. Tusk earlier said that the report [...]
June 27, 2011
Medvedev Backs Matviyenko for Senate
President Dmitry Medvedev has backed Valentina Matviyenko, the increasingly unpopular St. Petersburg governor, as the new speaker of the Federation Council in what one State Duma deputy called “an exotic but logical” development. Matviyenko’s appointment, which some politicians embraced as a done deal over the weekend, would make her the first female speaker of either house of parliament and put her second in line to the presidency, [...]
June 26, 2011
Medvedev Backs Matviyenko for Senate Speaker
President Dmitry Medvedev has backed Valentina Matviyenko, the increasingly unpopular St. Petersburg governor, as the new speaker of the Federation Council in what one State Duma deputy called “an exotic but logical” development. Matviyenko’s appointment, which some politicians embraced as a done deal over the weekend, would make her the first female speaker of either house of parliament and put her second in line to the presidency, [...]
June 23, 2011
Uncertain World: Twenty years after the Balkan tragedy
On June 25, 1991, Slovenia and Croatia, two republics of the former Yugoslavia, declared independence. Although political tensions provoked by ethnic strife started in Yugoslavia long before that, that day 20 years ago is seen as the beginning of a bloody fratricidal war that was to be the genesis of seven new European states. Fyodor [...]
June 23, 2011
Anti-Putin Report Confiscated
Anti-Putin Report Confiscated By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 22, 2011 (Issue # 1662) In an apparent clampdown on political opposition during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, the authorities made what looked like mass preventive arrests, following and harassing opposition activists. The police also seized 5,000 copies of the investigative report “Putin. [...]
June 22, 2011
At ‘Anti-Seliger Camp,’ Opposition Seeks a Voice
At ‘Anti-Seliger Camp,’ Opposition Seeks a Voice By Alexander Bratersky The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 22, 2011 (Issue # 1662) SERGEY PONOMAREV / The Associated Press Alexei Navalny making a presentation on how to fight graft at the Anti-Seliger camp in the Khimki forest on Saturday. KHIMKI, Moscow Region — Not even the organizers could [...]