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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/1/2005 4:21 AM
Decmber, 1, 2005

"Antiterrorism" from Bagdad up to Paris

When the American tanks entered Bagdad, in the western press was small but sensational information that on some fighting machines of USA there were inscriptions like "after Bagdad - Paris!". What might mean these slogans, is known to those who knows subtleties of the political kitchen, seasoned with so-called struggle against terrorism. Speaking intelligible language, it meant, that France, not kept antiterrorist company, has actually opposed the policy of modern neo-colonialism, that on canons of a superpower what is USA, is a punishable thing. In similar spirit the president Bush jr. has expressed: "The one who is not with us is against us!". So, inscriptions on the American reservation were mirror reflection of a position of the American president.

When in october, 2005 in France antigovernmental excitements with burning of automobiles ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/2/2005 1:29 AM

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A Land of Rare Smiles

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Lisa Vronskaya

MosNews

I have no idea who it was who invented the myth about Russian women being more beautiful than the female human species in other parts of the world. Maybe it is merely a sequel to a Soviet-era joke where a Japanese tourist, before leaving Moscow and asked what he liked best here, answered: “Your children… While everything that you do with your own hands is terrible.”

The problem with Russian women — and not only women, too — is that they rarely smile. Unfriendly people just can’t be pretty.

Although times are changing and these days you can see more smiles on the faces of waiters, flight attendants, hotel receptionists and check-out girls at grocery stores, but those smiles are not always sincere as those people risk losing their jobs if they don’t grin.

Of course, Russia could be a ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/8/2005 1:26 AM
The Atlantic Monthly | March 2005
 
The Accidental Autocrat


Vladimir Putin is not a democrat. Nor is he a czar like Alexander III, a paranoid like Stalin, or a religious nationalist like Dostoyevsky. But he is a little of all these—which is just what Russians seem to want

by Paul Starobin

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L ike many Russians, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a late riser. Sometimes he doesn't roll out of bed until 11:00 a.m. Russia's president lives with his wife, Lyudmila, and two teenage daughters, Maria and Katerina, about twenty-five miles west of the center of Moscow, at Novo Ogarevo, a country estate dotted with white birch and pine trees that was built in the late nineteenth century for a son of Czar Alexander II. The neighborhood is now a haven for wealthy Russians, who have constructed opulent and often tasteless dachas. Trim and fit for his fifty-two years, Putin usually starts his mornings with a vigorous workout in the compound's small indoor ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/9/2005 1:13 AM



 


Russian President Vladimir Putin has made few friends within the anti-globalization movement, despite government actions that – on the surface, at least – reflect goals espoused by demonstrators – from Seattle to Genoa. Liliana N. Proskuryakova argues that anti-globalization activists have held their applause, as they believe Putin's inconsistent policies betray a different agenda: His policies may be less about promoting Russia and its economy, and more about increasing government power. Putin's clashes with the WTO and the IMF, Russia's momentary hold on borrowing, and nationalist foreign policy appear to reflect anti-globalization theme; however, when accompanied by significant and unpopular cuts in social services within Russia itself, these moves contradict the humanitarian ideology of the anti-globalization movement, Proskuryakova notes. As Putin's grip on governmental agencies and federal administrators tightens, activists of all kinds may question his commitment ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/9/2005 1:17 AM

 


    

Peace and stability in an expanded Europe cannot be separated from the fortunes of its giant neighbor to the east, Russia. President Vladimir Putin, who was recently won a second term in office, talks of being the president of a free people in a free country, but his actions so far have been marked by a strong autocratic streak. A leading Russia specialist and former Deputy Secretary of State, Strobe Talbott, says that Russia's success in coming years depends on whether Putin is willing and able to bring his authoritarian walk in line with his democratic talk. During his first term in office, Putin has brought stability to the country, to be sure, but it has come at the expense of the freedom he says he wants to promote. He has intimidated into submission, drove into exile or in some cases imprisoned oligarchs who could challenge his power. He has also all but eliminated the independence ...
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