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...independent, post-Soviet republics. Then came the Yeltsin era, with its newfound freedoms and widespread sense of dislocation. Then, in 2000, came the Putin era, in which state-orchestrated television stoked fears of a return to the Yeltsin era (lest the masses not entrust their president with lots of power). Then, in May 2008, came Dmitry Medvedev, causing many to fret that the new president would not be as tough or undemocratic as his predecessor. Then came last September's Lehman Brothers collapse, triggering a global financial meltdown; the downturn fueled fears in Russia that the country was facing another...
...help that Merkel's hands are likely to be less tied in a coalition with the economically liberal Free Democrats than they were with the Social Democrats - a change that could push Germany closer to the French line on nuclear power and relations with Russia. But what isn't yet known is how warmly the Free Democrats will embrace closer cooperation with France. They won 14.6% of the vote, a record result for the party, and their leader, Guido Westerwelle, is likely to become the next Foreign Minister. His campaign focused on how to revive Germany's economy...
...give to a country like Iran? And what advice would you give to the United States in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions? America has the responsibility to reward and encourage such countries who take such decisions, so that they will be able to use nuclear energy or nuclear power in peaceful means. (Watch the video of TIME's interview with Libya's Muammar Gaddafi...
...additional funding in exchange for an ownership stake. Hatoyama's handling of the situation is being watched closely because it could signal whether Japan's new ruling party, the Democratic Party of Japan, will take a harder line on Japan Inc. than the Liberal Democratic Party, which recently lost power in parliamentary elections after nearly 54 years of unbroken rule. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...course and nonetheless we are among the countries that have been least effected by this crisis. In the past four years we have had a high rate of economic growth and even if there was inflation, at the end of the day the trend demonstrated that the purchasing power of people from different groups of society was actually stronger and the national per capita income actually went up. Not to forget that in the past four years, Iran was one of the more stable countries in the world both politically and economically. Unlike some countries like the United States itself...