Archive for September, 2010
Posted on September 7, 2010 - by Venik
Video: Vladimir Putin hints at return to presidency
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin says he may return as president in 2012, drawing comparison with four-term Roosevelt Original article Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this [...]
Posted on September 7, 2010 - by Venik
Vladimir Putin’s iron grip shows signs of rust | David Hearst
Putin presents himself as a tireless Good Tsar, singlehandedly sorting out smalltown Russia’s ills. But can he really deliver? In the last few weeks since Moscow was released from the choking, cloying grip of brown smoke from forest fires, Vladimir Putin has gone into overdrive. He has personally put out fires in peat bogs, drilled [...]
Posted on September 6, 2010 - by Venik
Vladimir Putin hints at another long stint as president
Russian PM says he’s ‘still deciding’ whether to run in 2012, as he draws comparison with long-serving Roosevelt Vladimir Putin, Russia’s combative and increasingly confident prime minister, today made clear he was here to stay and the world would have to come to terms with his authoritarian system of government which stifled political dissent. Drawing [...]
Posted on September 4, 2010 - by Venik
Mozambique’s food riots – the true face of global warming | Raj Patel
The violence in Maputo is just the latest manifestation of the crippling shortcomings of the global economy It has been a summer of record temperatures – Japan had its hottest summer on record, as did South Florida and New York. Meanwhile, Pakistan and Niger are flooded and the eastern US is mopping up after hurricane [...]
Posted on September 1, 2010 - by Venik
Mystery over Russian general found dead on Turkish beach
Russian media question official version of death of Yuri Ivanov, that he died going for a swim A mysterious accident in which one of Russia’s most powerful spies was found dead on a Turkish beach has provoked speculation that the deputy head of the country’s foreign military intelligence service had been murdered. The badly decomposed [...]
