MetaFilter posts tagged with vladimirputin

Putin' on the Ritz

revmitcz — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:40:40 -0800

Putin on the Ritz Yes, it's a single-link video post, but it's worth the 2 minutes and 44 seconds of Taco.

Worsening relations between Russia and the US

russilwvong — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:32:00 -0800

Vladimir Putin: You know who else wanted to dominate the world? Also: Russia suspends compliance with treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe. A 2002 analysis of Putin's foreign policy by Clifford Gaddy and Fiona Hill discusses Russia's fear of US unilateralism; a more recent article by Hill notes that high oil prices have made Russia an energy superpower. A 1951 article by George F. Kennan on US policy towards Russia. Previously.

Researchers peg Putin as a plagiarist over thesis

rxrfrx — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:12:32 -0800

Vladimir Putin can add a new line to his resume: plagiarist.

Putin' their money where their guns are

talos — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:57:55 -0800

Vladimir Putin, wanted, alive.
Chechen Rebels responding to the 10 million dollar bounty placed by the Russian secret services on rebel leaders Basayev and Mashkadov, have upped the ante offering 20 million dollars for the detention of "the war criminal Putin"...
This is the sort of war crimes they are referring to.

Psst!

terrymiles — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:20:29 -0800

Putin says Iraq planned US attack

Putin Fires Russian Government

yevge — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:41:55 -0800

President Putin fires entire Russian government. Sounds very ... dictatorial. Why so little concern in the media?

Dobby=Putin?

Vidiot — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:28:44 -0800

Dobby the House Elf and Russian President Vladimir Putin -- Separated At Birth?

Mack Twain — Fri, 13 Sep 2002 04:58:26 -0800

The Ultimatum has been delivered to the UN... This conflict, simmering for over ten years is about to erupt. "In strict accordance with international law," unilatteral military action is imminent unless demands are met. Animosity has been mounting steadily for months, and Russia is ready to invade Georgia. "No one can deny today, and for ourselves we are certain, that Georgian territory is sheltering both those who are implicated in the attacks on the United States and a direct operative involved in the attacks on housing units in Russia," Mr. Putin said on Russian television, echoing the logic U.S. President George W. Bush has used to rally international support for a pre-emptive strike on Iraq. The United States said it would not support Mr. Putin if he carried out his threat to attack Chechen rebel bases in Georgia, and slammed him for suggesting he might. "The United States strongly supports Georgia's territorial integrity and would oppose any unilateral military action by Russia inside Georgia," a U.S. State Department spokesman said. This all seems rather hypocritical, business as usual new world order politics: Is the price of getting UN Security Council approval on Iraq going to be public and secret deals, and is this really about the Chechens, or about breakaway republics and Caspian Sea oil? And what about China? Will we rubberstamp their ambitions re: Taiwan, Spratley Islands, Mongolia? And finally, why Georgia? I know they put up a two-bit Olympics and never caught that one terrorist bomber, but really, Georgia?

jonah — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:08:29 -0800

Putin taking questions on from American call ins and emails on NPR. It's 5:05pm on the west coast and Putin is on his way from Ground Zero to the New York studios of NPR. Switch on your local NPR station; Putin is supposedly very good at answering candid questions. I can only imagine Bush entertaining call in questions in Russia (or the US for that matter). Comments after the interview?

SilentSalamander — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 07:27:10 -0800

Bush woos Putin at his Texas ranch - after apparently failing to come to a consensus about the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. Good for Bush for getting his diplomacy on, but -- I'm wondering how popular the proposed American missile-defense system is with members of the Metafilter community. If it means scrapping the ABM... is it worth it?

Markb — Tue, 06 Mar 2001 00:53:44 -0800

Ask Putin. At 15.00 GMT today, Vladimir Putin will answer questions posed by the public live online. Two Russian journalists and one from the BBC will select the questions, you can submit yours here. Accountability or Publicity on the part of Putin?

aurelian — Mon, 28 Aug 2000 02:04:25 -0800

TV out in Moscow, due to fire in landmark tower. So, am I just too much of an old Cold Warrior, or is anyone else a bit twitchily nervous that after the TV press hammered Russian President Vladimir Putin over his handling of the Kursk disaster, now the TV just happens to be knocked out? Oh, and that Putin is saying how this incident shows that the whole economy needs more "security"? Hmm...