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Posted on 05/14/2009 10:57:25 AM PDT by VRWCTexan
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is plotting to stage a comeback as the president of that nation by stripping the judiciary's right to elect the head of the powerful constitutional court, a media report said on Thursday.
Although he is legally allowed to run as president in the year 2012, the loss of the judiciary's last "quasi-independent" position would remove any "lingering potential" for a legal challenge should Putin make an early presidential comeback, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at ndtv.com ...
Not really a surprise ...
Gee, thought I was reading about Washington, DC.....my error.
Putin is no worse than what we have anyway. The scary thing is that Putin is smarter than Obama, and a lot tougher.!
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I don’t think that Putin wants to be President of Russia again. He wants to be the Premier of the Soviet Union.
Photos are from the 2008 "Victory Day" parade in Moscow:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22russia%22%22parade%22%222008%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2
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Russian nuclear bombers in Cuba?
July 23, 2008
The media has been abuzz today at the prospect of Russian nuclear bombers being stationed in Cuba if the US goes ahead with plans for missile defense bases in Eastern Europe.
The story has riled the US enough that a US general has been wheeled out to tell the world’s press that any Russian attempt to build another nuclear base in Cuba would cross US “red line”.
The story broke earlier this week, when Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted an un-named source from within the Russian military. He told the Russian daily:
“While they are deploying the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, our strategic bombers will already be landing in Cuba.”
The quote hasn’t been independently confirmed, but the Russian Defense Ministry added fuel to the fire when they refused to comment on the story.
The prospect of Russian nuclear forces being stationed in Cuba - which is, after all, only 90 miles from the US coast - would bring back some rather unpleasant memories for the US of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, where the Soviet Union under Nikita Kruschev launched an audacious and foolhardy bid to station nuclear missiles on the Caribbean island.
http://www.siberianlight.net/2008/07/23/russian-nuclear-bombers-cuba/
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Venezuela Set to Develop Nuclear Power With Russia
September 29, 2008
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy — a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429441,00.html
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Venezuela's Chavez welcomes Russian warships
Nov 25, 2008
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela – Russian warships arrived off Venezuela's coast Tuesday in a show of strength aimed at the United States as Moscow seeks to expand its influence in Latin America. The deployment is the first of its kind in the Caribbean since the Cold War and was timed to coincide with President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Caracas — the first ever by a Russian president.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Venezuela%27s+Chavez+welcomes+Russian+warships%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2
More Yahoo search results for Russia and Venezuela connections:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu_X30pZJCJEAfCtXNyoA?p=Russia+Venezuela+bombers+tanks+arms&y=Search&fr=404_news
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From the Russian News and Information Agency:
July 27, 2006
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html
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President Obama and Venezuela dictator Hugo
Chavez at the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad
Obama, Chavez shake hands at Americas Summit:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97KK2T00&show_article=1
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Russia's Medvedev hails "comrade" Obama
Associated Foreign Press (AFP) ^ | April 2, 2009 | Anna Smolchenko
"Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks"
http://www.france24.com/en/20090402-russias-medvedev-hails-comrade-obama
April 1, 2009:
"Obama, Medvedev pledge new era of relations":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090401/wl_afp/usrussiadiplomacynuclear_20090401152002
Berlin - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized NATO and European Union (EU) policies towards Russia on Thursday, speaking on German radio.
The Nobel peace laureate said the eastern expansion of NATO had been a 'big mistake,' adding that the 'unilateral actions' of the alliance were supposed to resolve many problems. 'That didn't work,' the 78-year-old said in his interview with Deutschlandfunk radio.
Of the EU, Gorbachev said it was 'surprising and also disappointing,' that Europe had just watched the demise of Russia under Boris Yeltsin and was 'clearly pleased.'
Gorbachev said the current Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was trying to further democracy in the country, but needed more supporters. Medvedev, he said, still lacked experience.
Source: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1477093.php/Gorbachev_criticizes_NATO_EU_policies_towards_Russia_
Thanks, I’ll add it to my collection.
Leni
“Don’t call it a ‘comeback’.”
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