One wonders whether or not Prime Minister President Putin can maintain his high approval ratings in the midst of Russia’s current state of affairs. In an annual question and answer session between Putin and the Russian people last Thursday, Putin said that Russia would weather the current global economic crisis with “minimal losses”. He [...]
State of the Union Address (Putin NOT Medvedev)
December 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Economy · Politics · Relations with West
Medvedev- Puppet or President?
August 30th, 2008 · No Comments
“Medvedev will be the head of state. But of course Putin is not going anywhere. As Prime Minister, he will be implementing the tasks he set out as president over the past 8 years.”
–Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin
The big question is whether or not Medvedev will serve as Putin’s figurehead or will he act [...]