POLL FINDS A PLURALITY OF RUSSIANS DISTRUST RAMZAN
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posted by zaina19 on March, 2007 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/15/2007 12:45 PM CHECHNYA WEEKLY Volume 8 , Issue 11 (March 15, 2007) POLL FINDS A PLURALITY OF RUSSIANS DISTRUST RAMZAN On March 13, Gazeta.ru reported that a poll by the independent Levada Center found that only 33 percent of Russians believe that Ramzan Kadyrov can be trusted while 35 percent believe he cannot be trusted. Another 32 percent of the respondents said they were not sure whether or not Kadyrov can be trusted. Asked whether they thought Kadyrov could normalize the situation in Chechnya and end the bloodshed there, 31 percent said yes, 38 percent said no and 31 percent said they were not sure. According to Gazeta.ru, polls suggest that Russians continue to view Chechnya with alarm and anxiety, with two-thirds saying the situation in the republic is “tense” and 10 percent calling it “critical.” Citing Levada Center data collected in January and February of this year, Gazeta.ru reported that the public’s general view of the situation in Chechnya ... >> full
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/15/2007 1:06 PM 15.3.2007 17:47 MSK Echo of Munich President Putin's Munich attack against the USA may have produced the effect of an exploding bomb, but now the dust has settled. Analysts, commentators, and politicians have expressed themselves, and readers, listeners, and spectators have discussed the prospects for a new "Cold War". But presidents rarely speak in vain. Their words are a guide to action for their subordinates. Recalling the rhetoric of the "Cold War" is not too difficult. Last Sunday, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with television channel TVTs, attacked the western press, which, in his opinion, is the main instigator of an anti-Russian campaign. The Minister stated that this campaign began "exactly when Russia began to be strong, when Russia became financially independent". The enemy's methods may not be completely understood, but its evil intention is already sufficiently clear. "The stronger we become, the greater, probably, is their desire to fight for influence, to prevent us from ... >> full
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The Kremlin's new cookbook
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/15/2007 3:28 PM Russian politics The Kremlin's new cookbook Mar 15th 2007 | MOSCOW The Economist President Vladimir Putin has devised a win-win system of elections Peter Schrank SEASON your shashlik with onion, pepper, coriander and basil. Then marinate in the fridge for 12 hours, advises Dmitry Kuzmin, mayor of the southern Russian city of Stavropol, and also local leader of the Just Russia party. Posing in their pinafores, Mr Kuzmin and his fellow candidates published a leaflet of their favourite recipes as part of their campaign for the regional elections on March 11th. “Sell the Bentley—pay the alimony”, election posters urged the region's governor, who has had a nasty divorce and is aligned with United Russia, a rival party that dominates both the Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, and most of the regions. Trivial and dirty tactics these may be, but they are effective. Just Russia surprisingly topped the poll in Stavropol. Does that point to a real political fight in Russia? Just Russia's ... >> full
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Lives Intersect Violently on a Busy City Street
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Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/16/2007 9:14 AM March 16, 2007 Lives Intersect Violently on a Busy City Street Jeremy M. Lange for The New York Times A bullet left its mark at the Village Tannery on Bleecker Street, where David R. Garvin was killed by the police after three men were gunned down. More Photos > By MICHAEL WILSON They weren’t cops’ cops. They weren’t sons of police officers, born with blue in their blood, like many in the New York City Police Department. They didn’t even tell some people about their jobs. Bookish, even naïve young men, each brought an eccentric back story to his role as an auxiliary police officer, and to their partnership on the street. The younger officer, Yevgeniy Marshalik, 19, whose Russian family fled the war in Chechnya when he was a young boy, was a star member of his high school debating team who ... >> full
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Our final extract from Politkovskaya's last book...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/20/2007 6:00 AM Tue Mar 20 11:13:00 UTC+0200 2007 Our final extract from Politkovskaya's last book... Inside the dragon's lair In August 2004, Anna Politkovskaya was granted an audience with Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, son of the country's recently assassinated president. When the crusading journalist was murdered last year, it was this same warlord who was forced to deny accusations that he was involved in her death. In our final extract from Politkovskaya's last book, she describes her fateful meeting with the man who just this month became president of Chechnya. Read the previous extracts here and here Anna Politkovskaya Tuesday March 20, 2007 Guardian Ramzan Kadyrov is the son of former Chechen president Akhmed Kadyrov, who was put in place by the Kremlin government of Vladimir Putin in mid-2000 and assassinated four years later. At the time of this event, it was Ramzan who was running his father's security detail. Yet he was, perhaps surprisingly, not dismissed for this lapse, but promoted by Putin personally to ... >> full
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