Pointing the finger elsewhere is no longer an option on alcohol policy, writes Michael Moore. Even Russia has declared a major campaign on curbing alcohol-related harm.
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PHOTO GALLERY: From Russia with love: Putin and Medvedev
A hilarious yet surprisingly revealing photo gallery, featuring candid moments between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and PM Vladimir Putin. Is their bro-mance on on the skids?
Does Putin want to be President again?
After serving a little over a year as Russia’s Prime Minister, former Russian President Vladimir Putin looks have sit sights set back on the country’s top job, announcing he may run again in 2012.
Russia’s new war on drinking
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is taking on the unenviable task of breaking the country’s vodka-guzzling ways, in an attempt to lower the staggeringly high level of alcoholism and alcohol-related deaths and illness. Can the convince the country to sober up?
History not on Obama’s side when it comes to Russia
The bulk of Obama’s visit to Russia was a mix of visionary kitsch, caviar and feckless horse-trading, says Claudia Rosett. He also called for common ground and progress toward a shared future. But that vision is flawed.
Political Fashion Semiotics 101: the implications of politicians’ clothes
This week, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev thrilled and horrified the blogosphere by wearing jeans and a designer blazer to a dinner with Barack Obama. Mel Campbell does some further political fashion analysis.
Dmitry in denim: should Medvedev have worn jeans?
On a double date with the Obamas, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wore a pair of blue denims and a pinstripe designer blazer. But what did its mean? asks Luke Harding.
US and Russia strike an arms deal
Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have reached a preliminary agreement on cutting both country’s nuclear weapons stockpiles, in what the NYT calls “one of the most significant arms control treaties since the end of the cold war”.
Russia on the slippery slope to autocracy
The Kremlin has been gradually taking away Russians’ constitutional rights over the last eight years, and are now literally rewriting the history books to conform to their worldview, says Vladimir Ryzhkov.
Kremlin commission to protect its version of history
President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the creation of a new commission tasked with countering attempts to rewrite history to the detriment of Russia’s interests, the Kremlin. Sound familiar?
It’s not democracy in Russia, but does it matter?
How concerned we are by Russia’s recent flawed election, and therefore what attitude we take towards Russia in the future, will largely depend on what we think democracy is for, writes Charles Richardson.
