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...Meanwhile, Duma Speaker and, until today, UR Chairman Boris Gryzlov reminded the congress of their new chair's exalted status of "National Leader...
...National Leader," or "Vozhd" in Russian, takes precedence over the constitutional head of state in the country's political tradition. Gryzlov pointedly used the English word "leader," rather than its Russian equivalent of Vozhd - because the Russian term is still closely associated with Stalin. The careful choice of words doesn't change the message, though. Indeed, some 70 years ago, urban legend has it that a little boy asked his father about Stalin. The father duly explained that Stalin was this country's Vozhd. "That's weird," the precocious progeny mused aloud. "I gathered from books that only primordial tribes...
...reason for the street action is the sad reality of the Putin regime long denying its opponents any legitimate public fora. The mainstream media are subdued, and "the Parliament is not a place for discussion," as the Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov succinctly put it in 2005. When people are denied the right to discuss their life on the parliament floor or in the media, they're forced into the street - and into strange alliances. The Other Russia, in fact, is an unlikely motley amalgamation: members of the traditional democratic and liberal Yabloko party; new liberal factions, The United Civic Front...
...Kurkov's absurdly realistic landscape. In his 2004 novel, The President's Last Love, Russian President Vladimir Putin duly steps down when his second term expires in 2008, but makes a comeback in 2012. (The scenario isn't so far-fetched: late last month, Russian State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov suggested it would be constitutionally acceptable for Putin to return to office then.) The novel follows Putin as he presides over a gala honoring the 400th anniversary of the Romanov imperial dynasty, after which, naturally, the Russian Orthodox Church canonizes Lenin as "the guardian of the poor and the weak...
...also a Russian Deputy, was gunned down during the morning rush hour, in front of dozens of witnesses, including his wife. Police suspected a contract killing and said they had a description of the assassin. President Vladimir Putin ordered his Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov and Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov to investigate. Meanwhile, a car bomb exploded on Saturday outside a crowded McDonald's in Moscow, injuring seven people. MIDDLE EAST Hot Water Israel protested when Lebanon inaugurated a project to pump water from a river near their joint border. The Lebanese project will draw water from a tributary...