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Putin's Russia

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  • August 2008

    • Russia's 'Buffer Zone' Includes Georgia Territory

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 20, 08 3:41 PM CDT

      Russia's 'Buffer Zone' Includes Georgia Territory

      (Newser) - Russia may soon officially recognize the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, lawmakers said today, even as the military moved to establish so-called buffer zones that include Georgian territory, the Wall Street Journal reports. Then-president Vladimir Putin used the move to recognize the secessionist republics to criticize countries which did the same for Kosovo in February, saying Russia wouldn’t “ape” the West. More »

    • Gorbachev: Blame Georgia

      New York Times  |  Aug 20, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      Gorbachev: Blame Georgia

      (Newser) - It is important to remember that Georgia, not Russia, struck first in the conflict over South Ossetia, writes former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the New York Times . Russian leadership is strong domestically and did not need a victory to rally support—rather, Moscow “was dragged into the fray by the recklessness of the Georgian president.” More »

    • Shunning Won't Work: Invite Russia to Join NATO

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 20, 08 12:53 PM CDT

      Shunning Won't Work: Invite Russia to Join NATO

      (Newser) - The kneejerk impulse to punish Russia for its Georgia incursion by withdrawing NATO civilities is exactly wrong, Andrew Meier writes in the Los Angeles Times. The only way the West can get leverage, given the case of nerves the Russians have over NATO’s expansion into former Soviet states, is to invite them into the club, too. More »

    • US Chooses Georgia Over Russia at Its Own Risk

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 20, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      US Chooses Georgia Over Russia at Its Own Risk

      (Newser) - The US should quit blaming Russia for starting the war in Georgia, writes Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Wall Street Journal , and think hard before backing Tbilisi to the detriment of relations with Moscow. Georgia's "ruthless military assault" in South Ossetia forced the hand of Russia. "When the positions of your peacekeepers and the civilian population they have been mandated to protect are shelled, the sources of such attacks are legitimate targets." More »

    • Russia Blocks UN Effort to End Georgia War

      BBC  |  Aug 20, 08 8:23 AM CDT

      Russia Blocks UN Effort to End Georgia War

      (Newser) - Russia has rejected a draft Security Council resolution seeking to end the violence in Georgia, reports the BBC, by rejecting the UN body's call to return to its pre-conflict positions. Russia, which wants to keep its troops inside South Ossetia, said that the clause contradicts last week's ceasefire. Moscow holds a permanent veto. More »

    • US Tells Russia Not to Redraw Borders

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 19, 08 4:36 PM CDT

      US Tells Russia Not to Redraw Borders

      (Newser) - Russia’s “strategic objective” won’t be met by its invasion of Georgia, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Moscow today during a NATO gathering, the Guardian reports. “This NATO which has come so far in a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace is not going to permit a new line to be drawn in Europe,” said Rice. “There will absolutely be no new line.” More »

    • Georgian War Lays Bare Bush Policy's Failures

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 19, 08 3:45 PM CDT

      Georgian War Lays Bare Bush Policy's Failures

      (Newser) - The Georgian war crystallizes the failure of the Bush administration's foreign policy, writes HDS Greenway in the Boston Globe . Besides the ready-made justification the Iraq war provides to any invading country, America has stoked Georgian boldness, "and now America's client is wiping blood from its nose," he writes. "The wreckage of Georgia's towns and countryside, however, is not as complete as the ruin of Bush's policies." More »

    • Old Cold War Rhetoric Won't Work on the New Putin

      New Yorker  |  Aug 19, 08 2:48 PM CDT

      Old Cold War Rhetoric Won't Work on the New Putin

      (Newser) - Comparing Vladimir Putin to Hitler and Stalin may invoke nostalgia in aging Cold Warriors, argues David Remnick in the New Yorker , but it ignores the realities of contemporary Russia as well as Putin’s actual motives. The Russian leader has been awaiting the chance to vent his resentment of NATO expansion and American arrogance; Georgia’s invasion of South Ossetia—a poster child for post-Soviet chaos—provided the opportunity. Putin’s an old KGB man, but he’s a pragmatist, not the mortal enemy some “seem to crave.” More »

    • Russia Seizes Georgian Port, Detains Soldiers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 19, 08 9:09 AM CDT

      Russia Seizes Georgian Port, Detains Soldiers

      (Newser) - Russian troops took control of the key Georgian port of Poti for about 4 hours today, just one day after it pledged to withdraw from the country, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some 70 Russian troops entered the Black Sea port this morning and detained 20 Georgian coast guard members before returning to their base in the town of Senaki. The Georgian soldiers were taken away on top of APCs, handcuffed and blindfolded. The port, a keystone of the area’s economy, has been forced to shut down, at least temporarily. More »

    • Russia, Georgia Exchange Prisoners

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 19, 08 7:31 AM CDT

      Russia, Georgia Exchange Prisoners

      (Newser) - Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners of war today in a gesture that observers hope will reduce tensions and expedite a Russian withdrawal. Fifteen Georgians and five Russians were set free, the Georgian military says. Yet despite the exchange, there was still no movement of Russian troops out of Gori or other parts of Georgian territory, reports the Times of London. More »

    • West Worries as Russia Digs In

      New York Times  |  Aug 19, 08 4:17 AM CDT

      West Worries as Russia Digs In

      (Newser) - Russian forces appear to be hunkering down rather than beginning their promised withdrawal from Georgian territory, the New York Time s reports. Troops are digging in along the highway to Tbilisi and military vehicles are moving in both directions, alarming the West, according to Reuters. Pentagon officials say they have seen no significant Russian movement out of Georgia. More »

    • Georgians in Moscow Face Violence

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 18, 08 10:06 AM CDT

      Georgians in Moscow Face Violence

      (Newser) - As Russia maintains its military presence in Georgia, ethnic Georgians living in Moscow have reported growing harassment and violence. The Russian capital is home to 54,000 Georgians, and since the conflict began, they have been subjected to robberies, beatings, and intimidation, Bloomberg reports. Police are stopping Georgians on the street for identity checks on a near-daily basis. More »

    • Promising to Leave, Russia Amps Up Forces in Georgia

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 18, 08 6:27 AM CDT

      Promising to Leave, Russia Amps Up Forces in Georgia

      (Newser) - Despite promises from the Kremlin and ultimatums from the American and French presidents, Russia is stalling on its promise to withdraw from Georgia, reports the Guardian . The Russian military has moved ballistic missile launchers into South Ossetia, and its troops remain entrenched near Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. But ahead of an emergency NATO meeting tomorrow, Western governments are divided on how best to respond to Russia's aggressions. More »

    • Russia-Georgia Rules Sunday Talk Shows

      Politico  |  Aug 17, 08 7:14 PM CDT

      Russia-Georgia Rules Sunday Talk Shows

      (Newser) - The Russia-Georgia conflict dominated discussion on Sunday morning talk shows today, Politico reports. "People are beginning to wonder whether Russia can be trusted," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press . She also stated on Fox News Sunday and Face the Nation that Russia would face "consequences" if it breached the cease-fire agreement. More »

    • Georgia Is the Victim, So Blame Russia

      Weekly Standard  |  Aug 17, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      Georgia Is the Victim, So Blame Russia

      (Newser) - Why blame Georgia for Russia's invasion when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is clearly at fault? Putin has been seething ever since pro-Western Mikhail Saakashvili came to power in Georgia 3 years ago, writes Matthew Continetti in The Weekly Standard . "Putin has been pressuring Georgia for years," writes Continetti, shelling Georgia with bureaucratic and economic attacks while bolstering troops in the region. More »

    • In China and Russia, a 'Springtime for Autocrats'

      New York Times  |  Aug 17, 08 2:36 PM CDT

      In China and Russia, a 'Springtime for Autocrats'

      (Newser) - The autocratic world powers that were crumbling in the late 1980s may yet have their day, and sooner than we think, writes executive editor Bill Keller in the New York Times . As China keeps its stranglehold on free speech despite promises to the IOC, and Russia tests how far it can push the West in Georgia, "It is at least a season: Springtime for autocrats," writes Keller. More »

    • Another Global Crisis, Another Vacation

      New York Times  |  Aug 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      Another Global Crisis, Another Vacation

      (Newser) - “America’s back in the cold war and W.’s back on vacation,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times , observing that as another global crisis begins, the president is again failing to take it seriously. After condemning Russia’s push into Georgia, Bush skipped off to his ranch—where he’s spent 469 days of his presidency. His trip to China, likewise, saw little work and a lot of play in a celebration of China's ascension on the world stage. More »

    • Russia, Georgia Built Up to War for Months

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 16, 08 12:01 PM CDT

      Russia, Georgia Built Up to War for Months

      (Newser) - The explosion of violence in South Ossetia took the world by surprise, but Russia and Georgia had been gearing up for war for months, reports the Wall Street Journal . Both sides had been steadily boosting their military presence around South Ossetia, waiting for the trigger that came with Ossetian shelling of Georgian positions. More »

    • Russia Issues Nuke Threat to Poland

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 16, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Russia Issues Nuke Threat to Poland

      (Newser) - A top Russian general warned yesterday that Poland would be "100% exposed" to nuclear attack if it follows through with plans to host a US missile defense system, reports the Times of London. The agreement "cannot go unpunished," the general warned in the first direct threat from the Kremlin since the fall of the Soviet Union. More »

    • Medvedev Blasts US 'Fairy Tales' About Defense Shield

      Reuters  |  Aug 15, 08 2:56 PM CDT

      Medvedev Blasts US 'Fairy Tales' About Defense Shield

      (Newser) - US-Russian relations took another turn for the worse today with Moscow lashing out at America's new missile-defense deal with Poland. Dmitry Medvedev said the system will be aimed at Russia and denounced as "fairy tales" the US contention that it will deter strikes from rogue nations such as Iran, Reuters reports. Condoleezza Rice refuted the Russian president's allegations. More »

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The Man Who Wasn't There
Guardian (UK)

"The election in two weeks will confirm Vladimir Putin as the most powerful Russian leader since Stalin. Yet five years ago he was just another faceless KGB apparatchik ... Nick Paton Walsh traces the remarkable rise of a president without a past."

» Read more about The Man Who Wasn't There at Guardian (UK)

Putin's Career Rooted in Russia's KGB
Washington Post

"In the gray villa at No. 4 Angelikastrasse here, perched on a hill overlooking the Elbe River, a young major in the Soviet secret police spent the last half of the 1980s recruiting people to spy on the West..."

» Read more about Putin's Career Rooted in Russia's KGB at Washington Post

That Murder in London
Washington Post

"The poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, renegade Russian spy and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin's government, is everywhere being called a mystery...Well, you can believe in indeterminacy. Or you can believe the testimony delivered on the only reliable lie detector ever invented -- the deathbed --...

» Read more about That Murder in London at Washington Post

How I Learned to Love Vlad
Guardian (UK)

"President Putin is far from being everyone's ideal head of state. But, says Nick Paton Walsh, returning home after four years as the Guardian's Moscow correspondent, he has to be credited with saving Russia from collapse."

» Read more about How I Learned to Love Vlad at Guardian (UK)

Vladamir Putin: Spy Turned Politician
BBC

"Vladimir Putin is President Boris Yeltsin's chosen successor, and the Russian parliamentary election showed he was the people's favourite too. Until his appointment in August, he was a little known figure who had spent most of his career working for the Soviet security service, the KGB, including several...

» Read more about Vladamir Putin: Spy Turned Politician at BBC

Russia as Friend, Not Foe
Asia Times

"Rarely has Russia's leadership been so widely reviled in the West, yet rarely has the West needed Russia's friendship more."

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The Accidental Autocrat
Atlantic Monthly

"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%u2014which is just what Russians seem to want."

» Read more about The Accidental Autocrat at Atlantic Monthly

Putin, Vladimir
World Encyclopedia

Putin, Vladimir (1952– ) Russian statesman, prime minister (1999–2000), president (2000– ). He served for the KGB in East Germany until 1989, and became head of its successor ...

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