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April 17, 2008 ¹27
Politics
Who Will Eat Whom
The taken by Putin decision to become the head of the United Russia with large powers inside the party, the powers close to dictatorship, clarifies the future configuration of the Russian authority and the work by Putin-Medvedev tandem. Now political resources by Putin-prime-minister are equal or even exceed those Constitutional powers by Dmitry Medvedev, the newly elect president. Just beneath our very eyes the real center of power is passing from the Kremlin to the Russian White House.
Vladimir Ryzhkov
Politics
Sleep Mode
Apologists and critics of the Putin’s epoch are similar in contrasting it to that of Yeltsin. Some say that Putin’s times were dedicated to overcoming the consequences of the “chaos” and “disorganization” of the early 90’s. Some say that, on the contrary, this has been a period of giving up any democratic and reforming achievements. Some curse the “troubled” 90’s; others blame the “gloomy” 2000’s. Some demand for continuation of today’s course, while others call to returning to the previous one.
Boris Vishnevsky
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observer of the Novaya
Politics
Much As War Is Over
PACE to consider the question of examining the human rights violation in Caucasus
Alexander Mineev
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our correspondent in Brussels
Politics
Clanning Chechnya
Struggle for power in Chechnya has sharpened. 14 April, the motorcades of the bitterest enemies – Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President, and Suleiman Yamadaev, the commander of Vostok battalion (a division at the intelligence service) – failed to pass one another on the road between Gudermes and Argun. First, the conflict grew into exchange of fire by the guards and soon a real battle began at the scene. According to Reuters, 18 people were killed.
Politics
Eric Shiraev: America “missed” Russia
Russia has two leaders at one time, like two heads on the double-headed eagle on the State Emblem. The heads of the eagle looking in opposite directions, the Russian leaders look in same direction. To put it more exactly, it’s only one leader who looks, while the other is looking out shyly from behind his shoulder. Vladimir Putin says good bye and does not leave. As for Dmitry Medvedev, one may get an impression that he behaves not like a newly elect president, but as formerly appointed deputy prime minister. That’s a bizarre story.
Nadejda Prusenkova
Society
Beyond The Budget Limits
Only 6% of Russians can afford the oversea voyages
Elena Racheva
Sport
Fair Play
Start of the football championship to turn out to be very scandalous
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