"Billionaire to lead Russian political party" May 17, 2011|New York Times
MOSCOW — Mikhail D. Prokhorov, the billionaire and owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, announced yesterday that he would lead a liberal Russian political party with close ties to the Kremlin.
The decision, seven months before parliamentary elections, seems to be part of a Kremlin effort to provide an alternative for Russians disaffected with the country’s dominant political party, United Russia, while ensuring continued support for the ruling authorities.
They offer us the same in AmeriKa.
The party that Prokhorov will lead, Right Cause, generally espouses pro-Western liberal views in tune with those of the country’s business and intellectual elite. It was set up by the Kremlin in 2008, and some critics refer to it as nothing more than a fake opposition intended to help give Russia the semblance of a true multiparty democracy.
AmeriKan politics are the same.
The Kremlin did not immediately comment, although it is unlikely that Prokhorov would have made the decision without the approval of Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin and President Dmitry A. Medvedev....
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"US, Russia still split on missile shield" by Associated Press / May 27, 2011
DEAUVILLE, France — President Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia emerged from private talks yesterday unable to show progress on the contentious issue of missile defense, underscoring an enduring mistrust underlying the US-Russian relationship.
Mike McFaul, Obama’s top adviser on Russia, put the problem plainly after the meeting with the Russians: “They don’t believe us.’’
Gee, I can't imagine why!
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