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Empire Resurgent: The Second Russian Empire Under Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin, and Russia Resurgent

The question the West failed to ask, when US President George Bush said he had looked into Putin's eyes, and liked what he saw, was what did Putin see in Bush's eyes? He saw that he had, that Russia had, opportunity. The US was being led by oilmen in Cheney and Bush, but in Bush's case at least a failed oilman. And a strategic naif.


Putin knows his oil. He also got his political start in St.Petersburg, home of the Tsars. He was career KGB. And his paternal grandfather, Spiridon Putin, had been Vladimir Lenin's and Joseph Stalin's personal cook! With those credentials, how could he not rebuild the Russian empire and win the oil wars with which we began the 21st Century?

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Syria, trade in focus at Putin's summit with EU
Syria in spotlight at Putin's first summit with EU * EU will gauge Russian leader's commitment to closer ties * Russia-EU cooperation clouded by trade disputes By Denis Dyomkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union will try to ...
Putin's Role in the Houla Massacre
Defending Assad had always been part of President Vladimir Putin's anti-Western campaign rhetoric to curry favor with his conservative constituency. Moscow's support for Assad had disastrous results, particularly between Feb. 4, when Russia vetoed the ...
Putin in China to tighten key Eastern alliance
President Vladimir Putin visits China tomorrow on the first Asia trip of his new Kremlin mandate aiming to tighten an increasingly close alliance that is key for Russia's diplomatic and economic strategy. Putin, who began a third term as president less ...
British director's production of Russian opera echoes anti-Vladimir Putin protests
By Tom Parfitt, Moscow It looks like another bitter clash between police and disgruntled citizens during recent protests over the rule of Vladimir Putin. Yet this is not a Moscow street of today but the highlight of a British director's challenging new ...
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Syria, trade in focus at Putin's summit with EU
Syria in spotlight at Putin's first summit with EU * EU will gauge Russian leader's commitment to closer ties * Russia-EU cooperation clouded by trade disputes By Denis Dyomkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union will try to ...
Putin's Role in the Houla Massacre
Defending Assad had always been part of President Vladimir Putin's anti-Western campaign rhetoric to curry favor with his conservative constituency. Moscow's support for Assad had disastrous results, particularly between Feb. 4, when Russia vetoed the ...
Putin in China to tighten key Eastern alliance
President Vladimir Putin visits China tomorrow on the first Asia trip of his new Kremlin mandate aiming to tighten an increasingly close alliance that is key for Russia's diplomatic and economic strategy. Putin, who began a third term as president less ...
British director's production of Russian opera echoes anti-Vladimir Putin protests
By Tom Parfitt, Moscow It looks like another bitter clash between police and disgruntled citizens during recent protests over the rule of Vladimir Putin. Yet this is not a Moscow street of today but the highlight of a British director's challenging new ...
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  • JaguarJulie Oct 2, 2008 @ 4:23 pm | delete
    Another great informative lens! Welcome to the Everything Eastern European group. 5*****
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