Putin speech may offer clues on next Russian government

[MindMover]

Last edited Wed Apr 11, 2012, 02:53 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin will play up his economic achievements on Wednesday in his last annual address to parliament as prime minister, a speech that will be scoured for clues on the makeup of his next administration.

The set-piece speech, which comes less than a month before Putin is sworn in on May 7, will offer the once and future Kremlin chief - a master of policy detail - a platform to set out a growth agenda for his six-year term.

But Putin, 59, will face tough questions from opposition lawmakers emboldened by the largest protests of his 12-year-old rule over alleged ballot fraud in December's parliamentary election and last month's presidential vote.

Police guarding the State Duma (lower house of parliament) detained one of the protest organizers, leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, as he tried to join some 30 anti-Putin demonstrators hours before the 12 p.m. (0800 GMT) address.

While the focus of the annual report is on the economy, Putin - accused by the opposition of stifling political dissent - may also offer glimpses of his foreign policy priorities after a campaign colored by his harsh criticism of the West.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-russia-putin-idUSBRE83A06Z20120411

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I can hear someone in the Russian activist party say kiss this one Vlady.....

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[jakeXT]

1. I thought the election campaign did

So Washington and its minions have been warned. Before last Sunday's election, Putin even advertised his road map The essentials; no war on Syria; no war on Iran; no "humanitarian bombing" or fomenting "color revolutions" - all bundled into a new concept, "illegal instruments of soft power". For Putin, a Washington-engineered New World Order is a no-go. What rules is "the time-honored principle of state sovereignty".

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/NC09Ag01.html

[dipsydoodle]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101493932 but as the earlier one seemed to pass unnoticed suggest leave you one anyway.