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Rite of Passage

Dmitry Medvedev, a shoo-in as Russia's next president, recently addressed a key constituency—business leaders—with a hopeful and comforting message.

 
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  • Posted By: jdoll123 @ 02/26/2008 12:14:44 AM

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  • Posted By: jdoll123 @ 02/26/2008 12:12:53 AM

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  • Posted By: Ilia_Prahov @ 02/22/2008 1:44:31 PM

    Comment: "He is young. He is sharp. He is energetic." - Excuse me, who is sharp and energetic?! Medvedev is nothing but a dull Putin's bureaucrat. This is what Medvedev is, and this is how he should be perceived. Medvedev's main goal during his presidency will be to protect illegal commercial interests of some senior KGB officers who grew immensely rich because of their ties with Putin.

    There will be no fight against corruption. There will be no improvement in the legal system simply because nobody in Russia is interested in that.

  • Posted By: nawawimohamad @ 02/22/2008 4:17:41 AM

    Comment: The temptation to plunder money by those in power is any country is very, very great. Fortunately in Russia the President is only allowed to be in power for just two terms. The main problem is amongst the government officials - the public servants. If corruption has been part of its culture and deep rooted, it is impossible to eradicate because everyone is involved and the net work is complete. The next alternative to do to mitigate these problems is to keep the officials on the move, and never let them work or stay long in any one department or place for more then two years. Destroy the net work. Those who do not want to move must be sacked.

  • Posted By: intermedusa @ 02/22/2008 4:17:25 AM

    Comment: PUTIN THE GREAT MURDERER AND CROOK WORTH 30 BILLION

    By Larry Houle
    www.eudemocracy.net
    E-mail: intermedusa@yahoo.com

    How can Medvedev reform Russia whem his boss Putin has stolen 30 billion from Russian state. (see below)

    In 8 short years Putin has gone from a salary of US $2000.00 per month to becoming one of the world???s richest men with a personal fortune of 30 billion.

    In an interview published November 12 in the German newspaper Die Welt, Belkovsky said, "The people sitting in the Kremlin are direct representatives and joint owners of large scale enterprises. Putin is also a big businessman. He controls 37 percent of the shares of Surgutneftegaz [Russia's fourth-largest oil producer] with the market value [of Putin's putative stake] coming to $20 billion. Moreover, he controls 4.5 percent of the shares of Gazprom [Russia's natural gas monopoly]. In the company Gunvor, which sells oil, Putin has [a] 50 percent [stake] through his representative Gennady Timchenko. Last year, [Gunvor's] turnover came to $40 billion and its profits $8 billion."

  • Posted By: octopus @ 02/21/2008 11:52:46 PM

    Comment: Judging by Mr Medvedev's pre-election comments and promises he's an expert on many matters. We Russians are tired of that dwarfed mediocrity spouting drivel and pios platitudes . I wish the vote were over to be rid of Mr Medvedev's image on TV screens 24 hours a day. Over the last 17 years of so-called "democratic reforms" Russia has lost a lot of skilled industrial workers and in its current shape this country is good for nothing. Who would believe now that we were the first to launch the first manned spacecraft in 1961 ? And as long as Mr Yeltsins heirs (Yeltsin's hand-picked successor Putin, Putin's hand-picked successor Medvedev, Medvedev's hand-picked successor ????) reign in Russia there is no hope of Russia's ressurection. Which should suit USA perfectly.

    Mr Igor Larionov , Vladivostok, Russia

 
 
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