Posts tagged Russia

• 20 Aug

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Tuff Talk

  Tuff TalkYour Daily Politics Video Blog: David Gregory authoritatively proclaimed on Meet the Press last Sunday that when it comes to addressing the crisis in Georgia, "nuance doesn't work for Democrats," and noted Obama's perceived weakness relative to the Bush administration's "very tough language

• 10 Dec

  Blog: Veracifier

  The Romney-Medvedev Dynasty

  Just picture it: one major, gas guzzling nation headed by a man financially knee-deep in an oil company. Specifically, a state-owned oil company of a former-enemy state whose chairman happens to be its president as well. Sound a little like monopoly? What about a lot frightening. It will be

• 05 Nov

  Blog: Veracifier

  Putin limits international surveillance: December elections will be held in the dark

  For so long Putin has been pretending his hold on Russian politics is democratic, but now that elections loom a month away, he has given up any attempt at proper presentation. Russia is slashing by two-thirds the number of international observers in December's parliamentary elections, the cou

• 12 Oct

  Blog: Veracifier

  A second helping of Cold War stew? Why, yes, I'd love some, thank you.

  I was a small child in the 80's when the Cold War was winding down.  Between the Smurfs, Snorks and Gummi Bears I vaguely remember seeing commercials about Russian paratroopers stealing our fast food, Gorbachev meeting with , the Berlin Wall coming down.  That's my remembrance of the Cold