Tag: Vladimir Putin

An international organization that will send election observers to monitor U.S. elections in November represents some of the world’s most undemocratic, politically repressive regimes.  The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which cooperates with the United Nations under Chapter

Clinton Eastwood, Kid Rock, and Dennis Miller may be supporting Gov. Romney, but President Obama is not without his own support group in Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, and Cuba’s Castro family. After Chavez won a questionable election earlier in October,

Back in March, President Obama told outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he hoped Russia would give him “space” until after the election – at which point Obama and the United States would provide Russia with “flexibility.” So much for

Russia’s opposition went online Saturday to vote for new leaders to spearhead the drive against Vladimir Putin and regain the momentum lost since his thumping return to the presidency in May. But hacking scuppered voting in the early hours while

(AP) Next cold war? Gas drilling boom rattles RussiaBy KEVIN BEGOSAssociated PressPITTSBURGH The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some suspect Moscow is secretly bankrolling a campaign to derail the West’s strategic plans. It’s not some Cold War

Vladimir Putin has sent a Black Russian Terrier puppy to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, who joked the Russian strongman would receive a capybara, the world’s largest rodent, in return. The three-month-old puppy was given to Chavez by Igor Sechin,

By LYNN BERRY and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWTens of thousands of people marched across downtown Moscow on Saturday in the first major protest in three months against President Vladimir Putin _ a sign of the opposition’s strength despite the Kremlin’s efforts

By JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Vladimir Putin says Russia can work with Mitt Romney if he’s elected U.S. president, even though Romney has called Russia the United States’ “No. 1 geopolitical foe.” In an interview broadcast Thursday by the Kremlin-funded Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has long been accused of ruling that country with an iron fist. And the recent sentencing of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot provided the perfect stage on which to see Putin’s methods writ large. 

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWThree punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, a decision that drew protests around the

(AP) Pussy Riot found guilty for stunt against PutinBy NATALIYA VASILYEVAAssociated PressMOSCOWA Russian judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in one of the most closely watched cases in recent Russian

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia celebrates 100th anniversary of its air force with expansion announcement Russia’s PM Medvedev warns of Chinese occupation of Siberia and Far East Russia’s Medvedev blames ‘slacker attitude’ for rocket failure The ‘Pussy Riot’

For those of you haven’t heard yet, Pussy Riot is Vladimir Putin’s latest nightmare, a Russian feminist punk band aiming to peacefully protest the staid Russian status quo. Think V for Vendetta but in Russia with a much larger cast; ten

I always promised myself that if I ever ran for public office I would highlight anti-genocide legislation as one of the principal planks of my platform. As such, I’m traveling to Rwanda this week where I will visit the main

The trial of three members of the all-girl band Pussy Riot who performed a “punk prayer” criticising Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s biggest church resumed Monday with sentencing expected as early as this week. Several Western embassy officials squeezed into the

By DAVID STRINGER and TIM REYNOLDSAssociated PressLONDONThey held talks, then it ended in a fight. Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin showed up Thursday at the Olympic judo competition after meeting in central London on Syria and

For the first since 1932, when the Olympics were held in the United States in Lake Placid and Los Angeles, the United States may instruct its athletes to dip the American flag when they pass the leaders of the host country, U.S. Olympic

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial bill passed by parliament that brands NGOs who receive funding from abroad as “foreign agents”, the Kremlin said Saturday. The law, which has caused huge concern among activists who fear

By LYNN BERRY and SERGEY PONOMAREVAssociated PressKRYMSK, RussiaThe floods that washed through southern Russia and killed 171 people followed storms that dumped five months of rain in a matter of hours. Still, President Vladimir Putin has spent three days trying