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02/02/2012
Free access archiveBusinessmen Cautious About Protest
By Howard Amos
As Moscow braces itself for this weekend's street demonstration against disputed December elections, Russian businessmen on Wednesday expressed their disquiet with the protest movement and the goals articulated by its leaders.
Putin Says He's Prepared for Runoff
Prime Minister and leading presidential candidate Vladimir Putin acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he might face a runoff in the March election but warned that it might result in the "destabilization" of the country.
Gazprom Not 2011 Profit Leader
Gazprom said Wednesday that it expects to rake in almost $40 billion in last year's profit, a big increase from 2010 but not enough to stop ExxonMobil from spurting into the lead again as the world's most profitable publicly traded energy company.
Syria Cyber War Opens New Front In Russia
The cyber front of Syria's year-old civil war spread to Russia this week as pro- and anti-government bots splashed criticism and expressions of gratitude across the Russian Internet, and Syrian hackers attempted to commandeer the website of a Russian embassy.
Feminist Punk Band Become Unlikely Putin Foil
Pussy Riot, a feminist punk collective from Moscow, creates protest through its dissident songs and unsanctioned performances, including a brief unauthorized concert in late January on Red Square.
Prospects Improve for Mixing Politics and Faith
A Soviet-era dissident and a star of 1990s politics, Viktor Aksyuchits, made his name as the founding father of the Christian Democratic movement — an effort to forge a potent alliance of religion and politics that collapsed when he landed on the wrong side of the 1993 effort to oust Boris Yeltsin.
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Issue 4815Solidarity members expressing their disapproval with the notion of a third presidential term for Vladimir Putin by hanging a banner Wednesday on a building near the Kremlin demanding that he “go away.” Putin acknowledged for the first time that he might face a runoff in the election. |
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