Word: russianizing
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Wylie called the Russian couple “skating legends.” Even in their 70s, the Protopopovs still skate an average of 16 hours a week. This year’s performance marks their 20th consecutive appearance in the show, as well as their 50th year skating together...
...British government urged Iceland to apply to the International Monetary Fund for assistance. Instead, Iceland is negotiating a loan from another country accustomed to being regarded as the bad guy by Britons: Russia. With relations between Moscow and London in a deep freeze since the 2006 murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, the display of Russian-Icelandic amity helps confirm Reykjavik's status as a British bogeyman. That won't worry the British government at all. In times of crisis, it's good to have friends, but it's even more useful to have enemies...
...money shot here (aside from the press conference at which Putin humbly suggests that the video is not really about him) is the one of the Russian Prime Minister swaying his hips round and round. Clearly, he's loosening them up for maximum potential flippage, yet he looks like he's manipulating an imaginary hula hoop. It's the one moment when his ice cold Russian toughness is nowhere in sight...
Tymoshenko's posture toward Moscow has lately been quite different from Yushchenko's, calling for "balance" in relations with Ukraine's more powerful neighbor and criticizing the President for antagonizing the Russians with his stance on issues such as the Russian naval base in the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Observers in Ukraine believe her priority in dealing with Moscow right now is to secure lower prices for the natural-gas imports on which the country depends, and given Russia's inclination to use energy for geopolitical leverage, that requires a more cooperative relationship. While avoiding being seen as choosing sides...
...settled as much at the polls as in the horse-trading that follows. So, following McCain's advice to keep an eye on Ukraine may simply confirm for the beholder that the politics of the former Soviet republic is far more complex than a simple tale of a Russian hegemon menacing Ukraine's freedom...