Vladimir Putin
Summary
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when president Boris Yeltsin resigned in a surprising move, and then Putin won the 2000 presidential election. In 2004 he was re-elected for a second term lasting until 7 May 2008. Due to constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive Presidential term.
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Morning Brief: Markets shutter, but recover, as Cyprus becomes the center of concern; UK parties come to an agreement concerning new press regulation
As markets opened the concern was for a panic, as investors looked at the situation in Cyprus with grave concerns. The value of the Euro dropped sharply before recovering somewhat, and European markets opened lower, though only moderately. The issue causing widespread concern are the actions requested by the Troika – the European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund – in order for Cyprus to receive $13 billion bailout funds.
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Mysterious YouTube video accuses Russia's Medvedev of treason
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev is glimpsed exchanging confidential smiles with Barack Obama as sinister music plays. The dead body of Russian ally Muammar Gaddafi, driven from power by the West, is dragged through the dirt. A camera homes in on the prime minister sweating and shifting uneasily in his chair.
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Jailed Russian punk rock band member suffering headaches, fatigue: bandmate
MOSCOW (Reuters) - One of the jailed members of Russian punk protest collective Pussy Riot has been moved to a prison with a hospital after suffering headaches and fatigue, her bandmate said in remarks broadcast on Friday.
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Putin orders Russian computers to be protected after spy attacks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian authorities to protect state computers from hacking attacks, the Kremlin said on Monday, after an Internet security firm said a spy network had infiltrated government and embassy computers across the former Soviet bloc.
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Open door: The readers' editor on… accusations of antisemitism against a political cartoon
The image of Jews as puppet masters is an antisemitic theme. But does that mean Israeli politicians should never be portrayed using such imagery, when other countries' politicians often are?.
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Russian Investigator Speaks About Anna Politkovskaya Killing
The motive behind the 2006 murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a reporter who was an unstinting critic of the Kremlin, was to instill fear in journalists, a top criminal investigator said.
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Polish Newspaper Report on 2010 Crash Causes Furor
The report, later partly retracted, said traces of explosives were found on the airplane that crashed in Russia, killing President Lech Kaczynski, reviving suspicions that the crash was not an accident.
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Russian opposition "election" hit by cyber attack: organizers
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An online election to choose a "shadow parliament" opposed to Russia's President Vladimir Putin was disrupted on Saturday by a cyber attack, activists said.
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Medvedev points Facebook's Zuckerberg towards Russian IT sector
GORKI, Russia (Reuters) - Prime minister Dmitry Medvedev told Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Monday that Russia's IT industry was as promising an area for investment as its natural resources sectors.
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Medvedev points Facebook's Zuckerberg towards Russian IT sector
GORKI, Russia (Reuters) - Prime minister Dmitry Medvedev told Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Monday that Russia's IT industry was as promising an area for investment as its natural resources sectors.
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