But seizing control of all energy,media,and bank assets. While supporting Iran,Syria,China, etc(russian supports the worst regimes in the world). Also, they have been talks about him not stepping down or Sergei Ivanov(another hardliner)taking his place. Russia has always been on the wrong side of nearly every major crisis with the west and it still continues to this day. Oh and yes I have been to russia.
Sergey Ivanov has stated he will not run for president, nor does he want the position.
(There's rumors of Bush forcing a third term also but I don't beleive those wacko publications either)
1. Name the seized assets.
2. Russia's dealings with Iran have been closely related with our own and Bush supports the brunt of them. Russia's dealings with China are visibly an attempt to learn more about a future enemy, Russia has even recently arrested chinese spies in their military, but you plainly beleive everything MSNBC tells you on the matter.
3. I already posted the article in another thread. Ivanov doesn't even like his current position and is not interested in the burden of any additional responsibilities.
4. Without Russia the west may very well have lost WWII. Certainly if they had won it would have involved making cities in Euroe meet the fate Hiroshima did.
5. While in Russia did you ever ask folks what they think of their president?
Also:
Vice Premier Ivanov says he won't run for higher office
20:29 | 26/ 01/ 2006
YEREVAN, January 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Thursday that he was not considering running for a higher office in the near future, refuting wide-spread rumors that he was seeking a higher post in the government.
"My appointment to the post of vice premier has burdened me with additional tasks. I believe that, under these conditions, it would be incorrect to opt for anything else," Ivanov, who is also Russia's Defense Minister, told a news conference.
ALSO:
Jan 26 2006 6:30PM
Ivanov vows punishment for military hazing in Chelyabinsk
YEREVAN. Jan 26 (Interfax) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the alleged hazing incident involving servicemen in Chelyabinsk will be thoroughly investigated and all those guilty will be punished.
"The head of the general staff has been ordered to investigate the incident. If cases of hazing are discovered, all the guilty will be punished," Ivanov told journalists in Yerevan on Thursday.
Putin will not bury lenin before his term is up. Putin promised that when he took power. And Ivanov will never bury him, as Ivanov longs for a return to Soviet glory more than Putin does.
Let's distract for a short while from Vladimir Putin's conversation with Spanish journalists and we shall be transferred to the near future. We shall imagine a following picture: there is a judicial session. The judge (we shall assume,) says Kolesnikov: « Will invite in a hall of witness Putin Vladimir Vladimirovicha ». Putin enters. (we shall lower formalities with bringing the oath.) the lawyer of the claimant (we shall assume, Schmidt) asks Putin: « Tell, Vladimir Vladimirovich, you remember, how gave interview to the Spanish journalists before your visit to Spain in February, 2006? » « Yes, — Putin answers, — I remember ». « Here before me the stenogram of that interview, — Schmidt, — in it on a question continues, company " Bajkalfinansgrup " which subsequently has bought on auction of the action « Yuganskneftegaz » what for has been created, you have answered the following. I quote under the stenogram: « … that claims to those who has then got this property, have practically come to naught ». Whether correctly I have understood your answer, Vladimir Vladimirovich? You have admitted then, that company " Bajkalfinansgrup ", firm a something ephemeral, have been created with criminal intentions to hide from justice of true originators of capture of the another's property, to throw consequence off the scent and to deduce from under impact of the present purchaser of " Yuganskneftegaz » — state company " Rosneft ". That is you knew about a preparing crime and have not prevented it? Or you were the initiator of this swindle? »