In the course of his meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the President signed instructions to revive the Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School and to recognize the military ranks and documents of military education of those Ukrainian service members who expressed their will to serve in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. PRESIDENT […]
Putin meets cronnie at Kremlin to discuss Olympics and shady bank loans
The following is a transcript of a meeting between President Putin and Vladimir Dmitriev Chairman of Vnesheconombank on January 31, 2014: PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Mr Dmitriev, let’s discuss work in 2013 on your main projects and on the big program that you carried out as part of the preparations for the Winter Olympics. […]
Kremlins Intolerance towards Free Press
For daring to publish a report about President Putin’s personal life, the Russian tabloid ‘Moskovski Korrespondent’ had to shut its doors on last Saturday. The tabloid had published of a possible romance between the President, aged 55 with Ms.Kabaeva, a gymnast and current Member of Parliament, half of his age and also linking this to […]
Kremlin’s Medvedev leads in Russian vote count
President Vladimir Putin’s chosen candidate Dmitry Medvedev has won Russia’s presidential election on Sunday by a huge margin, according to exit polls and first official results. Figures from state-owned pollster VTsIOM said Medvedev had won 69.6 per cent of the vote, way ahead of his nearest challenger, veteran Communist Gennady Zyuganov, on 17.2 per cent. […]
Kremlin Bars Last Independent Candidate From Presidential Poll
The Kremlin yesterday kicked the only independent contender in Russia’s presidential election off the ballot, a move described by activists as undemocratic and predictable. Russia’s Central Election Commission disqualified Michael Kasyanov from taking part in the March 2 poll. It claimed that more than 13% of the signatures needed for his candidacy to be registered […]
From $85 Luxury Mansion to High Profile Corruption Case
Head of the Russia’s Investigation Committee department for the Samara Region Valery Samodaikin, who had been under the protection of Governor Nikolai Merkushkin, is the latest to face a high profile corruption case in Russia. The Western world doubted Putin was serious about tackling corruption at a high level, only bringing down the ‘flies’ rather […]
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