Tag Archives : Vladimir Putin

The bilateral talks between Russia and the United States of America seem to be heading in the right direction as the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev stated that, the nuclear arms reduction treaty is a possibility that could be realized as early as by the end of this year. However, he also stressed on the fact that, other nuclear weaponized nations [...]

Vladimir Putin has been in a leadership office at the Kremlin for 10 years, having a direct hand in transforming Russia ‘from the unstable but semidemocratic days of the 1990s to the statist, authoritarian structure of today.’ In more operational terms, that means carrying the country ‘from tentative democracy to near-police state.’ Putin couldn’t [...]

In a recent report, some of the biggest names in Russian business environment have expressed their concerns over the growing popularity of Skype and other internet telephony services, that are operating in Russia. According to the report, these services have been deemed as dangerous to the Russian economy and a threat to the nation’s security. [...]

The war in Chechnya is over. The Kremlin will sign a decree on March 31 that would end the so-called ‘anti-terrorist operation’ in the area that began in October 1999 with the Russian incursion into Chechnya. Russia said it only wanted to neutralize the bandits that were holed up in Chechnya’s mountains. Kremlin justified the war as a campaign [...]

The president of Cuba, Raúl Castro, will be in Russia by end of January upon the invitation of Dimitri Medvedev. This official call marks the first visit of a Cuban leader since the Cold War ended with the fall of the USSR. Russia was Cuba’s main ally for decades, being one of the Marxist centers in the world. The Cuban leader is said to be meeting [...]