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Russian President Vladimir Putin, responding to questions on a TV broadcast on October 18, 2007, continued his recent criticism of the United States.Putin suggested that the U.S. military campaign in Iraq may have been...
Posted by Russian Election 2008: Thursday, 18 Oct 2007 12:05 PM » View Comments
On October 16, 2007, Russian president Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran.At a summit of the five nations...
Posted by Russian Election 2008: Tuesday, 16 Oct 2007 01:39 PM » View Comments
Tajikistan held presidential elections on November 6, 2006. Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov, the incumbent, and a member of the dominant People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan, was re-elected. Not without controversy, the
constitutional provisions that would prevent him from seeking further terms in office...Posted by Russian Election 2008: Saturday, 13 Oct 2007 05:34 PM » View Comments
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned U.S. officials to reconsider their plan to install missile defenses in eastern Europe. Failure to do so will cause further damage to...Posted by Russian Election 2008: Friday, 12 Oct 2007 01:20 PM » View Comments
Many Russians are predicting a win by Senator Hillary Clinton in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, and they’re worried.A concern is that her victory will result in stepped-up criticism of Russia's failures in human rights and democratization, thereby increasing friction. The result...
Posted by Russian Election 2008: Thursday, 11 Oct 2007 01:15 PM » View Comments
Turkmenistan’s late President Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (1940-2006) created a personality cult that will survive him and probably several successors, including Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow.<...
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On October 1, 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he would lead the dominant party's ticket in December parliamentary elections and suggested he could become prime minister, the strongest indication yet that he will seek to retain power after he steps...Posted by Russian Election 2008: Monday, 01 Oct 2007 04:39 PM » View Comments
Dmitrii Anatolevich Medvedev, born September 14, 1965 in Leningrad), is a Russian politician and businessman. He was appointed first deputy prime minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he is also the chairman...Posted by Russian Election 2008: Sunday, 30 Sep 2007 09:43 PM » View Comments
Nursultan Abishuly (Abishevich) Nazarbayev was born on July 6, 1940 in Chemolgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the Fall of the Soviet Union and the nation's independence in 1991.In 1984 Nazarbayev...
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Gazprom is the largest Russian company and the biggest extractor of natural gas in the world.
With sales of US$ 31 billion in 2004, it accounts for about 93% of Russian natural gas production and with reserves of 28,800 km3, it controls 16% of the world's gas reserves.<...
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by Russian Election 2008: Thursday, 27 Sep 2007 09:35 PM » View Comments
Uzbek election commissioner Mirzo-Ulugbek Abdulsalomov announced that the country will hold a presidential election December 23, 2007.
The announcement ended months of speculation over whether an election would actually take place by the end...
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by Russian Election 2008: Wednesday, 26 Sep 2007 12:45 AM » View Comments
Russian President Vladimir Putin made few changes to his cabinet on September 24, 2007.
Possibly the largest change was giving Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin the additional post of deputy prime minister.
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Alexei Gordeev and Vladimir Putin have two things in common: a love of all things German and an interest in martial arts.
Gordeev, as Minister of Agriculture, oversees FKP SOYUZPLODOIMPORT, which manages...
Posted by Russian Election 2008: Saturday, 22 Sep 2007 01:32 PM » View Comments
On September 12, 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin named Viktor Zubkov (see photograph) as the new prime minister. Zubkov has headed Russia's fight against money laundering, and, like Putin, has a background with the KGB and FSB.<...
Posted by Russian Election 2008: Saturday, 22 Sep 2007 01:59 AM » View Comments
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