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...many clubs harder to join than the G-8. You have to be at the top of the global heap: one of the very richest industrialized countries, potent enough to help steer the world's economy. And you're supposed to be a functioning democracy too. So when Vladimir Putin opens this year's G-8 summit next weekend at the sumptuous Palace of Congresses overlooking the sea 15 km from St. Petersburg, the famously stone-faced Russian President can be forgiven a brief flicker of a smile. The former kgb officer in East Germany will be in charge...
...Argentina boasts islands inhabited by birds of his breed. After stints in Ukraine and Chechnya, what more could a tuckered-out penguin ask for? Flightless birds aren't the only characters in Kurkov's absurdly realistic landscape. In his 2004 novel, The President's Last Love, Russian President Vladimir Putin duly steps down when his second term expires in 2008, but makes a comeback in 2012. (The scenario isn't so far-fetched: late last month, Russian State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov suggested it would be constitutionally acceptable for Putin to return to office then.) The novel follows Putin...
...terrorism in the region." Ahmadinejad responded by warning SCO nations against "domineering powers [who] use their force against and interfere in the affairs of other states." Still, the regional conference could prove useful in curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions. After meeting on the sidelines with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao, Ahmadinejad softened his tough rhetoric, saying on Friday that a package of incentives designed by the international community to stop Iran from enriching uranium was "a step forward." Small words, but enough to make the SCO feel like it's got some power, after...
...Putin's government focuses on other business issues, such as gaining control of natural gas supplies to Europe and leveraging Russia's vast energy resources, that problem is growing. Allofmp3, run by a mysterious company called Mediaservices Inc., looks legit even if its legal status is questionable. The site accepts Visa and Mastercard, and a Dutch firm, ChronoPay, processes credit card transactions. The site declares that it is authorized to sell downloads by an organization called the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society (ROMS) and FAIR, another copyright licensing agency. Read the fine print and you'll see that Mediaservices claims...
...DISMISSED. Vladimir Ustinov, 53, Russia's long-serving chief prosecutor, by the upper house of parliament at the request of President Vladimir Putin; in Moscow. The Federation Council voted unanimously, bar two abstentions, to remove the man who led the prosecution of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The Kremlin has offered little explanation, saying only that it was part of a personnel reshuffle. Ustinov's is the latest in a spate of dismissals of high-level security and law-enforcement officials...