Tag Archives: President of Russia

Russian president is iPhone compatible

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

The verdict is in: Dmitry Medvedev can keep the iPhone Steve Jobs gave him yesterday. Speaking to journalists in California, Medvedev’s spokeswoman said that, unlike the American president, the Russian President is not prohibited from having a cell phone. (It … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs, Medvedev, and the iPhone of Corruption

Posted on June 23, 2010 by

So here’s the thing: the Russian media heard this thing that today Apple CEO Steve Jobs will give visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev an iPhone 4 the day before the plebes get to get at it. Well, here’s the other … Continue reading →

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What do you give the world leader who has everything?

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in California today for the first leg of a three-day tour that will focus heavily on “innovation,” a byword for trying to diversify its economy away from extraction of oil and the like. (Today, Russia is … Continue reading →

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The way he were

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

I have no particular reason to post these, but they happened to pop up in my inbox this afternoon, courtesy of a friend at a news agency here. That and the Russian youths seems to really like them. But here … Continue reading →

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You've got to be kidding: Epic volcano eruption may delay Polish president's burial

Posted on April 16, 2010 by

Because one tangled layer of freakish, tragic absurdity is not enough, the powers that be add another. After the Polish president and half his government fell from the sky en route to commemorate the 70th anniversary of an epic national … Continue reading →

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BRIC to the face

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Today, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev published a glowing op-ed in the Russian business daily Vedomosti about the upcoming second annual BRIC summit. Called “Common Goals, Common Actions,” the piece talks about all the wonderful things the BRIC countries are doing to … Continue reading →

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Putin and Medvedev blood brothers. Really.

Posted on February 25, 2010 by

In an interview with French journal Paris Match, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev laughed when his interlocutor reminded him of Vladimir Putin’s September remarks about the 2012 elections and which one of them will run. “We shall come to an agreement,” Putin … Continue reading →

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Kremlin to monitor Russian blogosphere still more actively

Posted on September 28, 2009 by

Just before the weekend, the Kremlin announced it’s in the market for innovative ideas. It will pay a contractor 5 million rubles (just over $150,000) to scour the Russian blogosphere for original solutions to the country’s myriad problems, according to … Continue reading →

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