A revolution is brewing in Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Posted by Matt in March 17th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, American Thinker, Arenas, Artifice, Bruce Springsteen, Chickens, Coming Home, Corruption, Critique, incompetence, Land Seizures, Recession, Regime, Rock Band, Serious Trouble, Shevchuk, Social Unrest, SocialUnrest, Soviet Russia, Vladimir Putin, World Economy, Yuri

The signs of social unrest are just starting to appear in Russia due to Putin’s incompetence.
There is quite a bit of social unrest in China that is just waiting to come out due to land seizures and offical corruption.
If the world economy starts a second leg of the recession, then both Russia and China could [...]

Is Putin in trouble?

Posted by Matt in March 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Agenda, Anti Government, Prime Minister, putin, Regional Elections, Russia, Russian Election, Sole Purpose, United, Vladimir Putin

Is Vladimir Putin, Russia’s all-powerful prime minister, in trouble?
Anti-government protests, a rare thing indeed, have begun to draw thousands of people across the country. And on Sunday, United Russia, the party created with the sole purpose of promoting Putin’s agenda, fared far worse than it hoped in regional elections, losing a key mayoral seat and [...]

Vladmir Putin forging ahead with vision of Eurasian empire – Times Online

Posted by Matt in March 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Ahead, Catastrophe, Collapse, Communist State, Empire Online, Empire Times, Empire Vision, EurasianEmpire, kremlin, New Empire, Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin

The Soviet Union is gradually being rebuilt as Vladimir Putin eyes a return to the Kremlin. The man who declared the collapse of the Communist state to be the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century” appears determined to forge a new empire.
Vladmir Putin forging ahead with vision of Eurasian empire – Times Online

An Unstable and Less Liberal Global Middle Class – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in March 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Bastions, Consumerism, Developing Nations, Economists, Emerging Market, Global Prosperity, Global Safety, India Indonesia, Middle Class, New Age, Newsweek, Oil Industry, Political Liberty, Popularity, Recent News, Russia, Russian Autocrat, Total Population, Vladimir Putin, Western Style

… Now, with the Western middle classes sinking into debt and distress, many economists look to a new emerging-market middle class as the potential foundation for a new age of global safety and prosperity. As China, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, India, Indonesia, and other large developing nations became more prosperous, it was always assumed that they [...]

Europe’s bear problem | The Economist

Posted by Matt in February 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, American Ally, American Militarism, Bushies, Charlemagne, climate change, European Leaders, European Values, Friends And Foes, George Bush, Hostility, Modern Liberalism, Mr Bush, Nationalism, Offence, Religiosity, Social Values, Victimizer, Vladimir Putin, West Europeans, Western Europe

European leaders easily accept behavior from Russia, but dislike America for the some of the same things. Why? Blame modern liberalism.
Modern liberals will side with Russia over the U.S. because of Russia’s failures and America’s successes. Russia fails because it was cheated. America succeeds because it cheats. Effectively, Russia is a victim and America is [...]

Russian Protests Grow as Economic Hardships Persist – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Decline, Economic Crisis, Economic Downturn, Economic Hardships, Gdp, inflation, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Leadership, Political Discontent, Populace, Prime Minister, Propaganda, prosperity, Protests, Recession, Russia, Stagflation, Stagnation, Vladimir Putin

The economic downturn in Russia seems to have transmuted into growing political discontent within the populace and the governing structures. Since last summer, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been proclaiming publicly that “the worst of the recession is over and growth is resuming” (Interfax, June 9). The populace believed the vocal state-run propaganda, hoping that [...]

Thousands rally to urge Russia’s Putin to resign – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in January 30th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Anger, Baltic, Boris, Communists, Echo Moskvy Radio, Enclave, Kaliningrad, Leader Of Opposition, Opposition Movement, Political Parties, Precursor, Prime Minister, Rare Show, Resignation, Russia News, Solidarity, Unemployment, Utility Bills, Vladimir Putin, Yahoo People

Up to 10,000 people rallied in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin over living costs and unemployment, a rare show of anger with the popular figure.
Boris Nemtsov, a leader of opposition movement Solidarity, told Echo Moskvy radio people were protesting against a “25-30 percent” rise in [...]

Russia’s Reversal of Fortune | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in January 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Contempt, Economic Crisis, Economic Hardship, Incomes, Kgb Agents, kremlin, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Minded Society, Nationalism, Policy Reversal, Repression, Reversal Of Fortune, Russian State, Social Contract, Soviet Empire, Soviet Leaders, Uncomfortable Truth, Vladimir Putin, Yegor Gaidar, Yukos Oil Company

Vladimir Putin’s social contract has been premised on an authoritarian state delivering rising incomes and resurgent power. But the economic crisis is unraveling all that. And what comes next in Russia might be even worse.
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But the chances of a liberal renaissance as a result of Putin’s social contract unraveling are highly unlikely. There is nothing [...]

Europe’s Troublesome Neighbors | The Moscow Times

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Eastern Border, Eastern Europe, Faces, Moscow Times, Prime Minister, Public Health Problems, Russia, Sphere Of Influence, Troublesome Neighbors, Vladimir Putin

But the shifts that have taken place left Russia much diminished in terms of its sphere of influence and military might. To be sure, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Russia is nationalistic, awkward and disposed to dangerous troublemaking. The country faces acute social and public health problems and has 1.3 billion Chinese on its eastern border. [...]

Putinism masks the true Russia | Vladimir Putin

Posted by Matt in January 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, 10 Years, Catwalk Model, Gucci, Image, Masks, National Strategy, Russia, Russian Economy, Shambles, Vladimir Putin, World Stage

‘Image is everything” might be a viable credo if you are the house of Gucci or a catwalk model, but it is definitely not appropriate as a national strategy. Yet “Putinism”, the ruling ideology of the Russia that Vladimir Putin has forged during his 10 years in power, is all about image – the image [...]