Word: medvedev
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...Russian President Dmitri Medvedev orders Ukraine to pay up "to the last ruble" or risk sanctions...
...well-known figure among ordinary Russians, with his own radio and television programs. Still, both Kremlinologists and Vaticanisti can agree that there are other factors that may be more important than popular appeal. For one thing, Cyril is on excellent terms with both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev...
This all amounts to the first serious test of "Putinomics" - the domestic policies put in place by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during the two terms of his presidency from 2000 to 2008, and continued by his successor, President Dmitri Medvedev. While oil money was pouring into the state's coffers, the Kremlin was able to dispense largesse to ordinary Russians through generous social spending programs and hefty pay raises awarded by the monolithic state companies that dominate the economy. Jobs were plentiful, and over the past five years, average wages have risen by 25% annually. Even then there was money...
...leave, but had hoped to return to work soon. That's now looking impossible. What's more, prices keep going up, including her rent, she complains, and she's had to pay a $200 bribe to get her son into a local nursery. "You tell that to Putin and Medvedev," she says angrily, and then worries that she'll get into trouble for talking to foreigners...
...strategic environment, and the change of administration in Washington, as a moment to press forward with its own initiatives to reengineer the European security system along post-Cold War lines, eclipsing NATO, which is, after all, an institution based on Cold War strategic rivalry. On Thursday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seemed to allude to skepticism Obama has expressed about the missile shield's effectiveness by calling on the new administration "to take constructive, reasonable stance, to show willingness to compromise on the most difficult issues." Moscow has also initiated a Europe-wide security conference to be held next year...