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come on.. Russian intervention in Chechnia has turned out well...Skibo wrote:Oh boy, I just spoke with a co-worker from the from that region. He is very concerned that this isn't going to end well. Based on what he told me I think I agree with him.
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, born 14 September 1965: Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he was also the Chairman of Gazprom's board of directors, a post he had held, for the second time, since 2000. On December 10, 2007, he was informally endorsed as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by the largest Russian political party, United Russia, and officially endorsed on December 17, 2007. Medvedev's candidacy was supported by former President Vladimir Putin and pro-presidential parties. A technocrat and political appointee, Medvedev had never held elective office before 2008.SharkOnLand wrote:I think Russia scares me more today than they did in the 80's. What's-his-name (the guy that was President or whatever and is still running the country) seems like a loose cannon to me.
Medvedev is not the president in anything other than name. Like Shrub, he's a nice stalking horse and puppet for those behind the scenesSchoolGirlHeart wrote:Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, born 14 September 1965: Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he was also the Chairman of Gazprom's board of directors, a post he had held, for the second time, since 2000. On December 10, 2007, he was informally endorsed as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by the largest Russian political party, United Russia, and officially endorsed on December 17, 2007. Medvedev's candidacy was supported by former President Vladimir Putin and pro-presidential parties. A technocrat and political appointee, Medvedev had never held elective office before 2008.SharkOnLand wrote:I think Russia scares me more today than they did in the 80's. What's-his-name (the guy that was President or whatever and is still running the country) seems like a loose cannon to me.
I didn't feel like looking it up.SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, born 14 September 1965: Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he was also the Chairman of Gazprom's board of directors, a post he had held, for the second time, since 2000. On December 10, 2007, he was informally endorsed as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by the largest Russian political party, United Russia, and officially endorsed on December 17, 2007. Medvedev's candidacy was supported by former President Vladimir Putin and pro-presidential parties. A technocrat and political appointee, Medvedev had never held elective office before 2008.SharkOnLand wrote:I think Russia scares me more today than they did in the 80's. What's-his-name (the guy that was President or whatever and is still running the country) seems like a loose cannon to me.
Thanks.exactlySharkOnLand wrote:I didn't feel like looking it up.SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, born 14 September 1965: Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he was also the Chairman of Gazprom's board of directors, a post he had held, for the second time, since 2000. On December 10, 2007, he was informally endorsed as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by the largest Russian political party, United Russia, and officially endorsed on December 17, 2007. Medvedev's candidacy was supported by former President Vladimir Putin and pro-presidential parties. A technocrat and political appointee, Medvedev had never held elective office before 2008.SharkOnLand wrote:I think Russia scares me more today than they did in the 80's. What's-his-name (the guy that was President or whatever and is still running the country) seems like a loose cannon to me.
It's Putin that scares me. Medvedev seems like a figurehead, not really in charge, but answering to Putin...
Yyyyep.... Imagine having a staffer from an administration get elected.... Yikes.....RinglingRingling wrote:exactlySharkOnLand wrote:I didn't feel like looking it up.SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, born 14 September 1965: Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he was also the Chairman of Gazprom's board of directors, a post he had held, for the second time, since 2000. On December 10, 2007, he was informally endorsed as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by the largest Russian political party, United Russia, and officially endorsed on December 17, 2007. Medvedev's candidacy was supported by former President Vladimir Putin and pro-presidential parties. A technocrat and political appointee, Medvedev had never held elective office before 2008.SharkOnLand wrote:I think Russia scares me more today than they did in the 80's. What's-his-name (the guy that was President or whatever and is still running the country) seems like a loose cannon to me.
It's Putin that scares me. Medvedev seems like a figurehead, not really in charge, but answering to Putin...
He worked for the KGB, but was not the head of it.Frank4 wrote:Putin is in China for the opening cermonies. Kind of convient....he's a snake if there ever was one. I believe he used to run the KGB before he became president...
My bad, oopsSchoolGirlHeart wrote:He worked for the KGB, but was not the head of it.Frank4 wrote:Putin is in China for the opening cermonies. Kind of convient....he's a snake if there ever was one. I believe he used to run the KGB before he became president...
He's currently the Prime Minister of Russia.
No worries!Frank4 wrote:My bad, oopsSchoolGirlHeart wrote:He worked for the KGB, but was not the head of it.Frank4 wrote:Putin is in China for the opening cermonies. Kind of convient....he's a snake if there ever was one. I believe he used to run the KGB before he became president...
He's currently the Prime Minister of Russia.
You were saying...?Hooray Beer! wrote:As long as they stay in South Ossetia it's not a big deal
Now if they move into Georgia proper, then be conerned
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08 ... index.htmlBombs rocked Tbilisi early Saturday morning as the fight between Georgia and Russia over a breakaway region intensified and moved into the Georgian capital.
if the stories I have heard about the last Russian election are true, he wasn't so much elected as just annointed and installed with the full weight of the aparachiks behind Putin's decisionSchoolGirlHeart wrote:Yyyyep.... Imagine having a staffer from an administration get elected.... Yikes.....RinglingRingling wrote:exactlySharkOnLand wrote:I didn't feel like looking it up.SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, born 14 September 1965: Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he was also the Chairman of Gazprom's board of directors, a post he had held, for the second time, since 2000. On December 10, 2007, he was informally endorsed as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by the largest Russian political party, United Russia, and officially endorsed on December 17, 2007. Medvedev's candidacy was supported by former President Vladimir Putin and pro-presidential parties. A technocrat and political appointee, Medvedev had never held elective office before 2008.SharkOnLand wrote:I think Russia scares me more today than they did in the 80's. What's-his-name (the guy that was President or whatever and is still running the country) seems like a loose cannon to me.
It's Putin that scares me. Medvedev seems like a figurehead, not really in charge, but answering to Putin...