Itar-Tass: Putin Meets With Security Council Members
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posted by FerrasB on June, 2005 as Imperialism
Putin meets with Security Council members
18.06.2005, 13.46
MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had a conference with members of Security Council Saturday, said the presidential press secretary, Aleksei Gromov.
Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, Presidential Administration Chief Dmitry Medvedev, Secretary of the Security Council Igor Ivanov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, Director of the Federal Security Service Nikolai Patrushev and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Lebedev attended the meeting.
Putin and the officials discussed various aspects of Russia’s domestic and foreign policy, Gromov said.
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Moscow Times: Kozak Briefs Putin On Corruption In Caucasus!!!
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Kozak Briefs Putin on Corruption in Caucasus Friday, June 17, 2005. Issue 3189. Page 3. By Nabi Abdullaev Staff Writer AP Dmitry Kozak Dmitry Kozak, presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District, has accused regional leaders in the North Caucasus of corruption and abuse of power, according to a leaked version of a report he sent to President Vladimir Putin. The report, excerpts of which were published by Moskovsky Komsomolets on Thursday, was sent to Putin a month ago, the daily paper said. Fyodor Scherbakov, an aide to Kozak, confirmed the authenticity of the excerpts. Kozak's stark analysis of the situation came after he made strenuous efforts to prop up regional leaders and their power bases. Analysts said Thursday that the situation in the North Caucasus was so bad after years of Kremlin neglect that even Kozak, arguably the most effective administrator in Putin's team, had no silver bullet to improve matters. In the report, Kozak wrote that relatives ... >> full
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RFE/RL: QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
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QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
"In the [Russian] constitution it is written that a republic is a state. It is not a region -- it is a state. Therefore, it should have a president. Now first they plan to abolish the president, then they will abolish the language, then the traditions, then everything [else] that links us with the name Ossetian, Ingush, Kabardian, Balkar." -- Former Ingushetian President Ruslan Aushev, commenting on the decision by the parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia to abolish the post of president (from an interview with the Russian news agency Regnum reposted on 6 June on the Ingush opposition website ingushetiya.ru).
16 June 2005, Volume 8, Number 20
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MosNews: Russia’s Putin Compares Chechnya With Northern Ireland!!!
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) speaks with Prime Minister Tony Blair / Photo: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) speaks with Prime Minister Tony Blair / Photo: AP Russia’s Putin Compares Chechnya With Northern Ireland During Blair’s Visit Created: 14.06.2005 11:48 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:48 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1118735284)); </SCRIPT> MosNews During British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s visit to Moscow that took place on Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the pressure put on the Kremlin over <NOBR>Chechnya</NOBR> to the criticism of Britain in connection with Northern Ireland. It was not clear whether Blair had pressed Putin over human rights or brought up the fraud conviction of former oil tycoon <NOBR>Mikhail Khodorkovsky</NOBR>, whose trial British officials say has hurt investment in Russia. But Putin, asked by a reporter, said: “We know about these (human rights) criticisms, especially surrounding the Chechen events, just as criticism about Britain used to be heard in terms of Northern Ireland.” “We are opposed ... >> full
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RIA Novosti: Russian Officials Study Problems Of Far Eastern Kuril Islands
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Russian officials study problems of far eastern Kuril islands 17/06/2005 17:24 VLADIVOSTOK, June 17 (RIA Novosti's Anatoly Ilyukhov) - The plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the Far Eastern federal district, Konstantin Pulikovsky, and deputy Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Spassky today discussed the social and economic situation on the Kuril Islands, the Sakhalin region. As the press secretary of the plenipotentiary representative Yevgeny Anoshin said, the population has started more actively to use the Kuril land. People have begun to build comfortable houses, and the birthrate on the islands now tops the death rate. "This shows the desire of the people to continue to live on the Kuril Islands," the plenipotentiary representative said. Spassky told the plenipotentiary about his meetings with the inhabitants of the Kuril Islands. According to him, 90% of them consider that land their home and part of Russia. This point of view coincides with the opinion of ... >> full
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