Posts Tagged ‘Medvedev’
Posted on February 14, 2011 - by Venik
Putin’s Palace
Ahead of the presidential election in Russia, the opposition is pooling resources for an early smear campaign. The usual targets are other opposition leaders, the Communists, and the Kremlin. But the all-time favorite is, of course, Vladimir Putin. Will he run for president? Nobody knows. Gorbachev doesn’t think Putin will run. Nemtsov is certain that [...]
Posted on July 20, 2010 - by Venik
The Water Boys
The best way to keep a secret is not to concede its existence. Indeed, it would be difficult for your neighbor to poison your dog, if he doesn’t know you have one. Should, nevertheless, the facts escape, your next best defense is wordiness. You shall contribute to the spectacle at every opportunity in the hope [...]
Posted on July 28, 2009 - by Venik
Loose Lips…
Newspapers in America and Russia are busy busting Joe Biden’s chops for taking lead from Sarah Palin and going Maverick on relations with the Kremlin. It is not that Biden said something that the Russians didn’t already know: Russia’s economy and population are both in decline and long-term prospects are not exactly rosy. Depending on [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Medvedev to attend Shanghai group summit
Multimedia Photo: Shanghai Cooperation Organization Video: Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit opens in Dushanbe Infographics: Shanghai Cooperation Organization MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will participate in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Monday, before a meeting with the presidents of Brazil, India and China. The SCO summit is being [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Belarus calls deals at Moscow security summit ‘illegitimate’
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Belarus, which pulled out of Sunday’s summit of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc in Moscow, has said the agreements reached at the meeting are illegitimate. Belarus refused to attend the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in protest against Russia’s ban on imports of its dairy products. The [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Medvedev criticizes Belarusian leader for pulling out of summit
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian president criticized his Belarusian counterpart on Sunday for refusing to attend a security summit in Moscow, and for failing to personally discuss the matter. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pulled out of the summit of the post-Soviet Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) security bloc in protest against Russia’s [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
CSTO leaders sign rapid-reaction force deal without Belarus
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – The leaders of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc have signed an agreement on creating a joint rapid-reaction force without a signature from Belarus, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday. Belarus pulled out of the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Medvedev calls for boost in trade with Kyrgyzstan
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s president called for stronger trade ties with Kyrgyzstan at a meeting on Sunday with the country’s leader, ahead of a summit of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc. Dmitry Medvedev told Kurmanbek Bakiyev that the global economic crisis has caused a slight decline in Russia’s trade with the Central [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Post-Soviet security bloc launches summit in Moscow
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – A summit of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc leaders opened in Moscow on Sunday in the absence of the Belarusian president, who pulled out of the meeting in protest against Russia’s trade restrictions. The summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
World Russia Forum 2009 Summary and Assessment
“Don’t bother pushing the ambiguous Reset Button; just replace the whole operating system.” That’s the advice offered President Obama and President Medvedev at the 28th Annual World Russia Forum that took place 27-28 April in Washington. Since 1981 the Forum has been organized by Edward Lozansky’s American University in Moscow (AUM). Of late, Discovery Institute [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russia's Orwellian Truth Commission
Last week President Dmitry Medvedev formed a government commission on analyzing and suppressing falsifications of history to the detriment of Russia. Some have rushed to portray this move as an “Orwellian Truth Commission” dedicated to official propaganda of the historical facts that fit the government’s interpretation of history. Indeed, one may be tempted to form [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Follow-up on the Former Moldavian SSR Commentary
Michael Averko addressing the guests of the World Russia Forum in Washington D.C. Last month’s parliamentary election and political demonstration in Moldova led to greater attention focused on that country. A few relatively high placed articles on the subject have been followed up on. Appearing shortly before the vote and protest, Vlad Spanu’s March 20 [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Is NATO Disrupting Russia 'Reset'?
This article originally appeared in The Washington Times Only a couple of short months after the United States and Russia exchanged encouraging remarks about resetting troubled relations, the two countries find themselves again at odds over Georgia. Last week, NATO began monthlong military exercises in Georgia that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called an “open [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Dispute Over Dairy Products Strains Russia-Belarus Ties (New York Times)
Dispute Over Dairy Products Strains Russia-Belarus Ties Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints By ELLEN BARRY Published: June 14, 2009 MOSCOW — Furious over a Russian ban on imported Belarussian milk products, the president of Belarus on Sunday boycotted a planned summit meeting of post-Soviet states whose centerpiece was the start of a joint military [...]
