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...that referendum but ultimately became a failed President, a point affirmed at the end of 1999 when he suddenly announced that Vladimir Putin, a relatively unknown former KGB man from St. Petersburg before becoming Yeltsin's Prime Minister, would take over. In the final, pathetic chapter, Yeltsin quietly agreed to vanish from the political scene as long as Putin agreed not to pursue corruption cases against Yeltsin and his family. Putin then undid much of what Yeltsin had accomplished - for example, a tolerance (usually) of a free press - and began to construct a Russia that is stronger, more sure...
...possible to change this regime through democratic means. There can be no change without force, pressure.' BORIS BEREZOVSKY, exiled Russian billionaire, claiming that he was funding an attempt to oust Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has called for Britain to strip the tycoon of his refugee status there and to extradite him to Russia
...much of the democratic foreign policy establishment, that's still the prism--look at Obama's push for U.N. or even NATO intervention in Darfur, or Edwards' tough talk about Vladimir Putin's rollback of democracy in Russia. Blairism, at its heart, is optimistic. It assumes that the U.S., working with its allies, can make other countries freer, healthier and richer. It assumes those countries will generally want our help. Above all, it assumes that the key to U.S. security is building a world that looks more like us. Blairism may be less militaristic than neoconservatism, but it's still...
...speaker to business and professional audiences. But he was contemplating his future after chess. In 2005, having won the prestigious Linares tournament for the ninth time in 16 years, he announced that he was giving up competitive chess to devote himself full-time to politics and to challenging Putin's version of Russia...
...Putin, Kasparov insists, is getting weaker by the day, as oil prices fall and his entourage starts to look for the protection they will need when he is gone. The Other Russia has brought together a number of groups, from the old nationalist left to the liberal right. All have agreed on a program of fundamental political reform, including a reduction of presidential power, more authority for the parliament and a delegation of authority to the regions. The group's members hope to coalesce around a single presidential candidate...