http://dir.salon.com/topics/vladimir_putin/?source=rss&aim=vladimir_putin en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST By Joe Conason Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/02/02/bill_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/02/02/bill_clinton/index.html?source=rss His rock-star status among world leaders, at a time when America's reputation is in tatters, shows the former president is a major asset to Barack Obama. By Juan Cole Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/25/iran_russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/25/iran_russia/index.html?source=rss With nuclear fears growing, the president's shrewd moves are winning Russian support for boxing in Iran By Jörg Himmelreich Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/11/putin_politics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/11/putin_politics/index.html?source=rss As the Russian prime minister escalates a "hot war" in the Caucasus, will Europe and the U.S. intervene? By Mark Benjamin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/09/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/09/mccain/index.html?source=rss John McCain and his national security advisor both want to get tough with Russia -- but one of them got paid to say so. Does McCain have another lobbyist problem? By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/21/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/21/roundup/index.html?source=rss A man who never sleeps, Marianne Faithfull turning tricks and a poisoned Russian spy headline this week's indie releases. By Dilip Hiro Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/22/american_decline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/22/american_decline/index.html?source=rss Throughout history, rising powers have overtaken superpowers. The United States will not prove an exception. By Tim Grieve Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/02/bushputin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/02/bushputin/index.html?source=rss The fish Putin caught; the agreement Bush didn't get. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/14/bush_foreign_policy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/14/bush_foreign_policy/index.html?source=rss The president's trip was a pageant of disdain, delusion and provocation masquerading as a respite from his troubles at home. By Tim Grieve Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/06/08/bartlett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/06/08/bartlett/index.html?source=rss The White House backpedals on the president's illness. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/01/large_litvinenko/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/01/large_litvinenko/index.html?source=rss Only a state with a highly sophisticated nuclear program could kill a person with a radioactive toxin. By Tim Grieve Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/02/28/cbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/02/28/cbs/index.html?source=rss As the fallout from "Rathergate" continues, two CBS staffers resign -- and Russia's leader suggests that George Bush is to blame. By Mark Follman Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2005/01/06/cold_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2005/01/06/cold_war/index.html?source=rss Fox News' Sean Hannity rips U.N. official over tsunami relief comment, wants him fired. Too bad his facts are wrong. And: Why is a right-winger singing from the same choir as Michael Moore? By Walter Mayr Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/12/23/putin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/12/23/putin/index.html?source=rss Two years ago Russia's Vladimir Putin was a celebrated champion of democracy. Now he's being called "the Mussolini of Moscow." By Eric Boehlert Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/14/un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/14/un/index.html?source=rss High ideals? Lofty rhetoric? As the Security Council debates the Bush campaign against Iraq, billions of dollars in oil and old debt are the hidden agenda. By Eric Boehlert Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/11/15/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/11/15/iraq/index.html?source=rss As Bush and Putin cozy up at the Crawford ranch, Russia is still blocking American moves against Saddam Hussein, because of billions to be made doing business with him. By Steve Kettmann Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/25/former_soviet_republics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/25/former_soviet_republics/index.html?source=rss If the United States goes to war in Afghanistan, it will need the cooperation of former Soviet republics. By Jeffrey Tayler Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/07/30/putin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/07/30/putin/index.html?source=rss Journalists jeered, but President Bush was right when he made nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The former KGB agent talks tough, but he can't afford to fight missile defense. By Suzy Hansen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/07/10/nivat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/07/10/nivat/index.html?source=rss A journalist who disguised herself as a Chechen woman talks about the atrocities of the war, the cowardice of Western journalists and the dim hopes for peace. By Amy Reiter Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2001/06/29/npfri/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2001/06/29/npfri/index.html?source=rss "Survivor" runner-up wants to sell you his Pontiac; Ryan and Crowe: "Too much, too soon." Plus: Jack Nicholson takes tea with Vladimir Putin. Putin? By Jeffrey Tayler Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/09/russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/09/russia/index.html?source=rss Russia's support for the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic reflects a desire to cut its losses, not a pro-Western change of heart. By Jake Tapper Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/10/07/dumb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/10/07/dumb/index.html?source=rss Tired of having their man labeled a liar, the Gore campaign asks why Bush can't "string together a coherent sentence." By Mark Hertsgaard Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/07/gorbachev/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/07/gorbachev/index.html?source=rss In a rare interview, the former Soviet leader says glasnost is working, but globalization isn't. By Vivienne Walt Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/21/russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/21/russia/index.html?source=rss The botched, belated rescue mission rivets attention on the dismal state of the Russian military and the government's lingering love of secrecy. By Jeffrey Tayler Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/07/20/russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/07/20/russia/index.html?source=rss Russian oligarchs are being harassed and jailed in a crackdown that's raising eyebrows in the West. But most Russians thinks they're guilty -- just like everybody else. By Jack Boulware Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/06/05/putin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/06/05/putin/index.html?source=rss Russia's president wants to censor a TV show that portrays him as a playboy.