News about Russia
Joshua Tucker, of NYU, posted the following on The Monkey Cage blog:Russia Roundup
As a brief reminder that there is more going on in the world than debates over healthcare, Nobel prizes and SNL skits, here’s a quick summary of recent news from Russia:
Regional elections were held in 75 of Russia’s 83 regions on Sunday, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party was the big winner amid allegations of electoral fraud...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Moscow now for talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, apparently not asking Russia to take specific steps in regard to Iran’s nuclear program...
Both Russia and Georgia continue to react to last month’s release of the report of the EU’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia...
Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin... is in China signing trade deals but apparently has not reached agreement on a gas deal...
Finally, Mikhail Kasyanov, a prime minister during Putin’s first term as Russian president, has published a new book entitled Without Putin that “offers a scathing critique of the current prime minister and former president..."
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Labels: political culture, politics, Russia
posted by Ken Wedding @ 12:05 PM
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