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Back then, the U.S. rhetorically toasted democracy while separating itself from Russia’s “internal” power struggles. But today, Russia’s domestic scene is of international concern because a good deal of oil and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin’s political career hang the balance...
Putin could also suffer from U.S. support of another Russian titan, not of oil, but of the media: Vladimir Gusinsky, former owner of the TV station NTV. Guilty of loan fraud, Gusinsky fled Russia to escape charges but was recently arrested in Greece. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has received favorable media coverage from Gusinsky, has defended him, as have some U.S. business leaders and members of Congress. Even if the media magnate isn’t a national security threat as Putin claims, he is a political threat—unafraid to voice his opposition to current Russian...
...Burns, said earlier that the plans represented "the most significant threat to" the transatlantic alliance. Kremlin Rebuffed GREECE In a blow to the Russian prosecutor's office, an Athens appeals court took only a few minutes to reject Moscow's demand for the extradition of exiled Russian media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky on fraud charges. Gusinsky fled Moscow in 2000 after being accused of embezzling state-controlled gas giant Gazprom of $250 million. He claimed the charges were politically motivated; the court declared the crimes unproven. It was the fourth rejected Russian extradition request within a year. Keeping...
This is gradual normalization, the phrase that Russian President Vladimir Putin's propaganda machine has come up with to describe what passes for life in Chechnya. When a mine blew up recently near the campus of Grozny University, a student looked at his watch and quipped, "Normalization is early today." Normalization is scheduled to enter a new phase this week, with the expected announcement of election results for the Chechen presidency. Chechens had little choice but to vote for Putin's hand-picked nominee, Akhmad Kadyrov, 52, head of the Moscow-appointed administration in Chechnya. The former mufti, or chief...
...revise its nuclear strategy, unless NATO abandons what the Kremlin calls its "anti-Russian orientation." The statements came at a conference on the reform and development of Russia's armed forces, held in Moscow last week and attended by senior state officials, military brass and national media editors. President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov both spoke at the conference. Ivanov said Russia should be ready to carry out preemptive strikes anywhere in the world its interests require. This is a departure from official Russian military doctrine, which currently calls only for sufficient defensive capability, says Alexander Pikayev...