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Nuclear missiles parade across Red Square

Posted by Charlie Kilo on May 9th, 2008

Puppet boy toes the party line as Putin looks on approvingly in a new show of Russian force:

Nuclear missiles and tanks paraded Friday across Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era but new President Dmitry Medvedev warned other nations against “irresponsible ambitions” that he said could start wars. Marching bands and 8,000 troops goose-stepped across the square, followed by a huge display of heavy weapons including Topol-M ballistic missiles and T-90 tanks, and a fly-by of warplanes.

Reviewing his first parade as commander in chief, Medvedev warned against “irresponsible ambitions” that he said could spark war across entire continents.

In an apparent attack on US foreign policy and Western backing for Kosovo’s independence, Medvedev also criticised “intentions to intrude in the affairs of other states and especially redraw borders.”

Alongside the new president was his mentor and now prime minister, Vladimir Putin, standing under bright sunshine in a tribune in front of Lenin’s Mausoleum

Vladimir Putin pledges to transform economy of Russia into a world leader

Posted by Charlie Kilo on May 9th, 2008

Putin is still large and in charge:

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s new Prime Minister, has promised to transform his country into a leading economic power and he predicted that its economy would be larger than that of the UK by the end of this year.

In a fervent speech to the Russian Parliament, Mr Putin, who handed over the country’s presidency the previous day to Dmitry Medvedev, said that he would cut oil taxes to stimulate growth and predicted that Russia would overtake Britain to become the sixth-largest economy this year.

‘Puppet President’ Dmitri Medvedev takes power in Putin job swap

Posted by Charlie Kilo on May 7th, 2008

Pooty Poot is still the man:

The Kremlin bells will ring out a new era at noon today when Dmitri Medvedev takes office as the third President of Russia and its youngest leader for 114 years.

But even at his inauguration Mr Medvedev, 42, will be unable to escape the shadow of his predecessor, Vladimir Putin. His first act as President will be to appoint his patron in a job-swap that allows Mr Putin to keep a firm grip on power.

Putin, having solved all of Russia’s other problems, proposes tunnel to U.S. via Alaska

Posted by Charlie Kilo on March 31st, 2008

Maybe Putin could use some of his own billions for the construction then charge EUROs for admittance:

VLADIMIR PUTIN, the Russian president, is to raise plans for a tunnel to link his country with America when he meets his US counterpart, George W Bush, next Sunday.

The 64-mile tunnel would run under the Bering Strait between Chukotka, in the Russian far east, and Alaska; the cost is estimated at £33 billion.

Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club and governor of Chukotka, has invested £80m in the world’s largest drill but has denied that it is linked with the development.

Proposals for such a tunnel were approved by Tsar Nicholas II in the early 20th century but were abandoned during the Soviet era. If finally built, the tunnel would allow rail connections between London and New York.

A Kremlin spokesman confirmed last week that Putin seeks to build “a real bridge” between Russia and America when he meets Bush at the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Officials in Washington and Moscow view the talks as an opportunity to ease expected tensions about this week’s Nato summit in Romania. Clashes are expected over America’s planned missile defence system in eastern Europe and whether to allow Ukraine and Georgia into Nato.

Russia said last month that it would have to aim its own missiles at Ukraine if it joined Nato and hosted military facilities.

While Russia cannot block Nato membership, allies know that boosting links with the two former Soviet states would strain ties with Moscow – ties that are already damaged over the independence of Kosovo and the US missile shield.

Although Nato’s 26 members agree in principle that the future of Ukraine and Georgia lies within the alliance, some are wary of angering Russia, which provides a quarter of Europe’s natural gas.

Or perhaps it could be just another convenient invasion route?

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