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...criticism of Moscow's tactics in Chechnya may be missing the point: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was the undisputed winner of last weekend's Russian parliamentary election precisely because of his get-tough act in Chechnya - and because he stuck his jaw out in the face of Western criticism. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott on Thursday chided Moscow for failing to observe international human rights standards, and there was certainly no lack of evidence to back his claim: Russian forces continued their relentless pounding of Grozny despite the presence of thousands of civilians in the city, and the Russian...
...Domestic political concerns, rather than U.S. criticism, may yet restrain Moscow. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's comments on Thursday that the end of the Chechnya campaign was "close" suggest that the political logic that pushed Moscow into this war may now prompt it to prematurely declare victory. "The primary political objective of this war is to get Putin elected president next year," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "And Putin's handlers recognize that as fast as he's risen on the success of Chechyna thus far, he could fall just as fast if the public begins to perceive that...
...When Ressam's story broke, Canada's opposition party immediately questioned the country's immigration policies. Prime Minister Jean Chretien defended the policies but wouldn't stand behind the Montreal police's enforcement. Red-faced, the police on Saturday set out on a so-far fruitless search to recapture the nine at-large members of the ring. South of the border, that just doesn't cut it, especially given the speculation that Ressam was a decoy for others smuggling explosives to different parts of the country. At this point, for all anyone knows, Ressam was acting alone...
Clarke is not the only prominent public figure who shares our opposition to the millennium. In 1997, Australian Prime Minister John Howard tried to convince his country that there was nothing to celebrate...
Russian voters clearly want a strongman, but the battle to be that strongman may be fought primarily in Chechnya. Sunday's Russian parliamentary election saw an unlikely surge by a party cobbled together only last month with the backing of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, signaling that the war in Chechnya has turned the former head of the intelligence service into the man to beat in next summer's presidential election. The Communists held a predictable lead with around 28 percent with most of the vote counted Monday, but the Unity party backed by Putin was running a close second with...