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That Russian President Vladimir Putin is hopping mad with Washington has been obvious for some time now. In a speech in Munich last July, he lambasted the U.S. for its "unilateral and frequently illegitimate actions," claiming that "the United States has overstepped its national borders in every way" and slamming its "greater and greater disdain" for international law. Enraged by U.S. moves to station a missile defense system on his doorstep, Putin withdrew Russia from a Cold War-era treaty governing the size of conventional military forces in Europe, and ordered its old turbo-prop Bear bombers out of mothballs...
...Putin arrives in Iran at a moment when the U.S. and its key European allies are pushing for a new round of sanctions aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment. But the likelihood of the U.N. Security Council approving new sanctions right now appears remote, given the veto power of China and Russia - both of whom differ substantially with the West on the nature of the problem with Iran, and on how to deal with...
Every democracy holds elections, but not every country that holds elections is a true democracy. Case in point: Russia. President Vladimir Putin announced on Oct. 1 that he would lead the United Russia party in December's parliamentary elections. The move is designed to keep him in power although he is constitutionally barred from seeking a third consecutive term as President. By leading his party at the polls, he can become Prime Minister instead. He has already all but ensured victory by blocking some opposition parties from running and by using state-controlled TV to boost United Russia. As Prime...
...countrymen may not mind: Putin's approval ratings run above 70%. But there are some things he cannot control--the international market for oil and natural gas, for instance. High prices have kept Russia's economy stable despite Putin's throttling of foreign investment and domestic small businesses. His bravado on the international stage, a key to his popularity at home, depends on Moscow's ability to project power, using natural gas and oil as its weapons. If that arsenal fails him because of worldwide price drops, it won't matter what his title is after the election. Putin could...
Chilingarov and his team were given a heroes' reception in Moscow and an audience with President Vladimir Putin. But the Russians' adventurism also set off an irritable and predictable backlash. Canada's then Foreign Minister Peter MacKay dismissed the Russian effort as a "show." "This isn't the 15th century," he said. "You can't go around the world and just plant flags and say, ?We're claiming this territory.' " In Washington, Ariel Cohen of the Heritage Foundation said, "Russia's attempted grab is a cause for concern" and called on the U.S. government to "formulate a strong response...