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MIKHAIL FRADKOV, former Prime Minister of Russia, to President Vladimir Putin, after stepping aside in advance of next year's presidential election. His move is Russia's biggest political shake-up in more than three years...
...country is on the eve of important political events ... I want you to have full freedom of choice, including appointments.' MIKHAIL FRADKOV, former Russian Prime Minister, to President Vladimir Putin after announcing his resignation. Fradkov's move, the biggest political shake-up in more than three years, will force the formation of a new government...
Change seems to be clearest in foreign policy. The love-hate relationship with the U.S. is warming up. George W. must like what he hears. Sarkozy accuses Putin's Russia of a "certain brutality," and he castigates Beijing for "transforming its insatiable search for raw materials into a strategy of control." Nobody sounds tougher on Iran. If sanctions fail, the choice is stark: "an Iranian bomb, or the bombing of Iran...
...However, the symbol of the martyred and sanctified family may still serve a political purpose again - and again ironically. "The Empire" is the buzzword of President Vladimir Putin's ideology. Using the might of the Red Soviet Empire combined with the record of the White Pre-revolutionary Empire, he has created the image of the powerful "Energy Empire," looming over nations with less resources. He has long reclaimed Russian Nationalists' key slogans and battle cries for his own purposes...
...couple of barracks and a chow hall. The post's remote location meant that food supplies flown in by helicopter were sometimes delayed--and when they did come, half the vegetables had already rotted. Even the camp dogs, a white Lab named Musharraf and a mutt called Putin, were getting tired of potatoes. The Afghans held impromptu dance performances when patrols went well and cracked jokes when they didn't. "Even on the worst days, they'd still be smiling," says Rosell. "These guys can handle anything...