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A Russian sculptor is casting a bronze bust of Vladimir Putin as a gift for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Full Article at Times Online
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The bust is currently being made in Putin's home city of Saint Petersburg on an order of Russia's Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation and will be delivered to the movie star-turned-politician in March. "Putin is such a complex personality. Full Article at The Courier Mail
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Sergei Yastrzhembsky, former spokesman to former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and former advisor to Vladimir Putin on European affairs, talks about his new life as a documentary film maker and a landscape photographer during an interview with Reuter... View Photo »
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Dozens of villagers are lined up at the gates of the decrepit local boatyard on a breezy Saturday morning to witness an unheard-of event. Full Article at Newsweek
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"Thought crime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for awhile...but sooner or later they were bound to get you." Full Article at Town Hall
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Activists from Memorial, a Russian NGO defending human rights in post-Soviet states, have won the European Parliament's 2009 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, highlighting the Parliament's growing willingness to confront Moscow. Full Article at EurActive.com
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Sergei Yastrzhembsky, former spokesman to former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and former advisor to Vladimir Putin on European affairs, talks about his new life as a documentary film maker and a landscape photographer during an interview with Reuter... View Photo »
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Possessing an impeccable artistic pedigree, actor-writer-director Nikita Mikhalkov prospered during the Soviet era and survived the collapse of Communism, becoming his country's best-known and successful film director, not to mention a leading... Full Article at Hollywood.com
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Revolutions are messy affairs that may go on for years with climax after climax before a stable new regime is finally established. Full Article at Time Magazine
About Boris Yeltsin
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Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин?·i; Russian pronunciation: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn]) (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. Full Article
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A religious procession leaves the Synod building in St Petersburg where President Dmitry Medvedev (not pictured) opened the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library May 27, 2009.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the Boris Yeltsin library in St. Petersburg on May 27, 2009. St. Petersburg played host to many events celebrating the 306th anniversary of its founding.
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People stand in front of the coffin of Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky during a funeral ceremony in Moscow May 22, 2009. Yankovsky, who was a Soviet-era sex symbol and star in Andrei Tarkovsky's films, died in the Russian capital on Wednesday at age 65.
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People stand in front of the coffin of Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky during a funeral ceremony in Moscow May 22, 2009. Yankovsky, who was a Soviet-era sex symbol and star in Andrei Tarkovsky's films, died in the Russian capital on Wednesday at age 65.
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People stand in front of the coffin of Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky during a funeral ceremony in Moscow May 22, 2009. Yankovsky, who was a Soviet-era sex symbol and star in Andrei Tarkovsky's films, died in the Russian capital on Wednesday at age 65.
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The widow of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, Naina, stands outside his grave to mark second anniversary of his death at Moscow's Novo-Dyevitchi Convent, Thursday, April 23, 2009.
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The widow of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, Naina, right, and his daughter Yelena, left, stand at his grave to mark the second anniversary of Yeltsin's death at Moscow's Novo-Dyevitchi Convent, Thursday, April 23, 2009.
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Widow of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, Naina, left, and his daughter Yelena, right, stand at his grave to mark the second anniversary of his death, at Moscow's Novo-Dyevitchi Convent, Thursday, April 23, 2009.
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From left: Russian President Dmirty Medvedev, his wife Svetlana, the widow of former President Boris Yeltsin, Naina Yeltsina, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attend the enthronememnt ceremony of Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill in Christ the Savior cathedral...
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From left: Russian President Dmirty Medvedev, his wife Svetlana, the widow of former President Boris Yeltsin, Naina Yeltsina, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attend the enthronememnt ceremony of Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill in Christ the Savior cathedral...
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From left: Russian President Dmirty Medvedev, his wife Svetlana, the widow of former President Boris Yeltsin, Naina Yeltsina, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attend the enthronememnt ceremony of Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill in Christ the Savior cathedral...
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Naina Yeltsin, the widow of Russia's first post-Soviet leader, Boris Yeltsin, is seen next to the casket of the late Patriarch Alexy II, foreground, in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.
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A religious procession leaves St. Isaac's Cathedral to attend the opening of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in the Synod building in St Petersburg May 27, 2009.
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@malloreigh that sounds about right for today. I also suggest Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.
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Favorite band name ever- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
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#Music Monday any Kid Cudi, LadyGAGA, someone still loves you Boris Yeltsin, K O L, Matt costa
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