Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin
It is no accident that the death of Hugo Chavez, while mourned by the usual suspects on the left, was celebrated by thousands of his fellow countrymen. In the Doral section of Miami, FL, home to the largest enclave of Venezuelans living … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Carlos Andrés Pérez, Chavez, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, Hugo Chávez, hugo chavez biografia, hugo chavez biography, hugo chavez cancer, hugo chavez dictator, hugo chavez health, hugo chavez noticias, hugo chavez quotes, Miami, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin
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It wasn’t a trial but a farce. Following a courtroom saga that made a mockery of Russia’s judicial system and aroused global condemnation, the three female members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years … read more »
Tehran will today host a summit of Iran-friendly foreign ministers in an attempt to wrest the international focus away from calls for Bashar al-Assad to step down. Iran accuses Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of arming the opposition in Syria, … read more »
Andrei AKULOV The possibility of intervention in Syria without United Nations approval is growing. The events in Houla, the following expulsion of Syrian ambassadors from a number of countries exacerbate the situation while the guilt of the Syrian government is … read more »
Posted in Andrei AKULOV, Columnist, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bashar Al-Assad, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Nations, United States, Vladimir Putin
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Luka Rocco Magnotta was arrested in Berlin this morning, German police say. The 29-year-old Canadian wanted for a horrific Montreal murder was arrested in an Internet cafe, according to the Bild newspaper. The report comes just as French authorities said … read more »
MONTREAL – In this chain of depraved events, orchestrated by a disturbed mind, it turns out that the severed human foot delivered to Tory headquarters was only the latest link. CAUTION: GRAPHIC CONTENT MAY DISTURB SOME READERS. Before that, someone … read more »
By Georgy Satarov Advent of a new generation unshackled by Soviet habits has given the country a chance for reform In just six months, from the end of September 2011 to March 2012, Russia was transformed. The state’s gradual decomposition … read more »
Posted in America, Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged afria travel, Dmitry Medvedev, Georgy Satarov, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, Moscow, news, putin, Putinism, Russia, South Africa, Soviet Union, travel to africa, Vladimir Putin
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“You think that we are coming here as foreigners, but we believe that we are at home here and maybe you are the foreigners. We will make those laws that suit us, whether you like it or not, and any … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged afria travel, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khasavov, Moscow, news, putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Russia, Sharia, South Africa, travel to africa, United States, Vladimir Putin
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MOSCOW — Twelve people died Tuesday when a night time fire tore through a two-story Moscow market warehouse that was being used by migrant workers from a former Soviet republic as a temporary residence. “Twelve people died. They were migrant … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Central Asia, IndepthAfrica, Migrant worker, Moscow, Russia, Soviet, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Vladimir Putin
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President Barack Obama’s open mic comments to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, asking for “space” on missile defense until after the US presidential elections in November when he believes he will have more “flexibility” to negotiate have the White House in … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, News
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Tagged africa african news, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, indepthafrica africa news, obama, President of Russia, Russia, United States, Vladimir Putin, White House
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London – Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki repeated his offer of asylum to Bashar al-Assad in an interview to be shown on Thursday, after Russia said the Syrian leader was not welcome there. Building on a proposal he made last week, … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Assad, Bashar Al-Assad, BBC World News, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Moncef Marzouki, Russia, Syria, Tunisia, Vladimir Putin
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Elena PONOMAREVA No matter how popular common human values, «global management» and other stereotypes are, a foreign policy of a sovereign state has always been and is still based on its own national interests and national security vision. Not many … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Arab Spring, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, International Republican Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, Non-governmental organization, putin, Russia, United States Agency for International Development, Vladimir Putin
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin coasted to a third presidential term in elections held on Sunday amid widespread accusationsof voter fraud. He previously served two terms as president from 2000 to 2008 but was barred by law from seeking a … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Alexey Navalny, Dmitry Medvedev, Gennady Zyuganov, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Mikhail Prokhorov, putin, Russia, United Russia, Vladimir Putin
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in Russia’s presidential election. With tears rolling down his cheeks at a victory rally on Sunday, Putin said the Russian people had clearly rejected the attempts of unidentified enemies to “destroy Russia’s statehood … read more »
With Russia’s presidential election mere days away, the government of Vladimir Putin is pulling out all the stops to bolster Putin’s tattered domestic image. Putin’s latest stunt comes courtesy of Russia’s government-run Channel One television channel. On Monday, the channel … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Dokka Umarov, Doku Umarov, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Moscow, Odessa, putin, Russia, United States, Vladimir Putin
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In its latest edition the US magazine Time did its own bit of pre-election ranting about Russia and Putin with its cover story “Russia’s Incredible Shrinking Prime Minister.” The message is in the subhead which reads: “His grip on power … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Facebook, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Moscow, putin, Russia, Russians, time, United States, Vladimir Putin
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America’s policy of nuclear deterrence is being seriously threatened as President Obama considers proposals by the Defense Department that could cut the US nuclear arsenal by as much as 80 percent, reducing America’s deployed nuclear strategic warheads to as few … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa news, African news, BarackObama, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New START, obama, Russia, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, united state, Vladimir Putin, White House
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Democracy in the West has been long in making and we cannot point on a single person in any of the countries whom we would credit for having brought about democracy. We can only look at a long, and troublesome, … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Gorbachev, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow, putin, Russia, Russians, Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin
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Leonid SAVIN On January 31, James Clapper, chief of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), presented a report on the threats America is to face in the future. The United States Intelligence Community is not a single organization but a … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged China, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, putin, Russia, Syria, United States, United States Intelligence Community, Vladimir Putin
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When Russia joined China this weekend in vetoing a U.S.-backed resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, it was more than a gambit to protect a fellow authoritarian regime and a lucrative market for Russian arms. The … read more »
Posted in America, Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Bashar Al-Assad, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Michael McFaul, Moscow, putin, Russia, Russians, United States, Vladimir Putin
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As Syria’s regional and international standing has deteriorated amidst a bloody and brutal crackdown, one country has stood steadfastly in President Bashar al-Assad’s corner. Condemned by the international community and ostracized by the Arab League, Syria’s dictatorship has found a … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Assad, Bashar Al-Assad, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Russia, Soviet Union, Syria, Syrian people, Vitaly Churkin, Vladimir Putin
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By Yuri ANDREEV US top foreign-policy strategist and a die-hard Russophobe Zbigniew Brzeziński had a point when he wrote in The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives that “Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire. Russia without Ukraine … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kazakhstan, Moscow, NATO, Russia, Soviet, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
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So, there are a few people demonstrating on Russia’s streets, shouting Russia without Putin (Rossiya bez Putina), among other things, a soundbite picked up on by a western press hungry for catch-phrases against the Kremlin. Interesting. Maybe the USA and … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Duma, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mikhail Gorbachev, putin, Russia, Soviet Union, United Russia, United States, Vladimir Putin
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has given an incendiary TV interview accusing protest organisers of working to weaken Russia on orders from the West. Putin, whose authority has been rocked by recent demonstrations against alleged vote fraud, told a call-in … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, North Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John McCain, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Mikhail Prokhorov, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Prime Minister of Russia, putin, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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By: Charles KM KAMBANDA, PhD A Rwandan newspaper, the Chronicles, reported that the former rebel leader and all-powerful iron-handed leader of Rwanda said, “I will not be around as president come 2017”. On the issue of whether or not President … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Dmitry Medvedev, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, List of Presidents of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Russia, Rwanda, United Russia, Vladimir Putin
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Sao Paulo – It was well past midnight when the Brazilian surgeon says he was escorted deep inside a bunker in the Libyan capital. His assignment: to shave years off Muammar Gaddafi’s appearance by removing fat from his belly and … read more »
Posted in Hot Spot, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Associated Press, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Hair transplantation, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, News local news, plastic surgery, Silvio Berlusconi, Swiss franc, Vladimir Putin, World news
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Rome – The time is not yet ripe for a mediation to end the Libya conflict as embattled strongman Muammar Gaddafi still believes he can prevail, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said in an interview published on Thursday. “It seems … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Libya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy), Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, News local news, newspapers, Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin, World news
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January 26, 2011 by benim
Russian security services warned in December that there were two attack teams primed to carry out attacks, sparking fears there could still be terrorists at large who were prepared to carry out another attack. Intelligence sources said that the squads … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Andrei Vorobyov, Barack Obama, breaking news, British Airways, Dmitry Medvedev, Domodedovo International Airport, Embassies and Consulates, Federal Security Service, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Russia, Vladimir Putin, World news
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January 25, 2011 by benim
President Dmitry Medvedev blamed lax security for a suicide bombing at Russia’s busiest airport that killed 35 people as investigators raced to find the organizers of the “terrorist attack.” Medvedev told prosecutors to probe security personnel at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport … read more »
Posted in Europe
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Andrei Vorobyov, Barack Obama, breaking news, British Airways, Dmitry Medvedev, Domodedovo International Airport, Embassies and Consulates, Federal Security Service, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Russia, Vladimir Putin, World news
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January 17, 2011 by benim
Freedom House, a group that tracks and monitors human rights abuses, is out with its latest Freedom in the World report, which describes Ethiopia as “Not Free”. This is a decline from a previous rating of “Partly Free”. The report … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Civil and political rights, Civil liberties, Embassies and Consulates, Ethiopia, Freedom House, Freedom in the World, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Non-governmental organization, Vladimir Putin, World news
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