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For the very first time Russians got a clear picture of the man that is set to succeed popular President Vladimir Putin come March 2008. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the candidate whom President Putin has backed to succeed him. Mr.Medvedev’s presidential candidature has somewhat come as a surprise to the political diaspora. But President Putin [...]

President Vladimir Putin’s backing of the less charismatic Dmitry Medvedev as his successor made the critics believe that the former KGB officer would like to have a strong say in Russian politics even after he relinquishes his presidential post early next year. That assumption is on the verge of becoming a reality with the President [...]

For the very first time Russians got a clear picture of the man that is set to succeed popular President Vladimir Putin come March 2008. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the candidate whom President Putin has backed to succeed him. Mr.Medvedev’s presidential candidature has somewhat come as a surprise to the political diaspora. But President Putin [...]

President Vladimir Putin’s backing of the less charismatic Dmitry Medvedev as his successor made the critics believe that the former KGB officer would like to have a strong say in Russian politics even after he relinquishes his presidential post early next year. That assumption is on the verge of becoming a reality with the President [...]

Those volatile days of the early nineties are past when Russians were struggling to come to terms with a new national identity far different from the Soviet era. The country was disintegrating into pieces with severe and deadly infighting taking priority over national reconciliation. Well, let us put that history to bed and face up [...]

Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West of threatening Russia’s security by unleashing a new arms race and that Moscow has no other choice but to retaliate in kind. In one of his last nationwide addresses, the Russian strongman has pointed out NATO’s expansion close to the Russian borders and US plans to [...]

When Russia was under Communist reign, the Russians were deprived of democratic rights. After the collapse of the USSR, the Russians thought that at last they would get some respite from the iron grasp of the Communists and would choose their own political leaders. Unfortunately after attaining democratic rights for over a decade common Russians [...]

Russians are facing a massive dilemma regarding the recognition of their country’s leader. President Dmitry Medvedev may be the man entrusted with the powers to take Russia forward towards economic and political superiority, yet his predecessor and the current Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is the person many consider to be having [...]