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Silovik — A Silovik (силовик, plural: siloviks or siloviki, силовики, from a Russian word for force ) is a Russian politician from the old security or military services, often the officers of the KGB, the FSB, the Federal Narcotics Control Service and… … Wikipedia
Putinism — or Putin regime are critical terms used by some commentators to describe the political system of contemporary Russia where much of political and financial powers are owned by siloviks former people with shoulder strips , coming from overall 22… … Wikipedia
Yevgenia Albats — Yevgenia Markovna Albats ( ru. Евгения Марковна Альбац, born 5 September 1958 [http://www.agentura.ru/dossier/russia/people/albaz/ Editorial dossier] , Agentura.ru, referring to another web site [http://www.panorama.ru/ Labyrinth] .]… … Wikipedia
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation — Infobox Law enforcement agency agencyname = Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation nativename = nativenamea = Федеральная служба безопасности nativenamer = commonname = Federal Security Service abbreviation = FSB patch = patchcaption … Wikipedia
List of English words of Russian origin — Including English, contain words most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are truly fluent Russian or Slavic origin. Some of them co exist in other Slavic languages and it is difficult to decide whether they made… … Wikipedia
Dmitry Medvedev — For the Hero of the Russian Federation, see Dmitry Gennadyevich Medvedev. For the Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union, see Dmitry Nikolayevich Medvedev. This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Anatolyevich and the … Wikipedia
Georgy Poltavchenko — Georgy Sergeyevich Poltavchenko ( ru. Георгий Сергеевич Полтавченко)(born on February 24, 1953, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (today Azerbaijan)) is the current Russian Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District.He studied at… … Wikipedia
November 2, 2003 — November 2, 2003= * Occupation of Iraq: In the heaviest single loss for the coalition troops since cessation of the military campaign in Iraq two US Chinook helicopters are fired on by two surface to air missiles and one crashes near Fallujah and … Wikipedia
Three Whales Corruption Scandal — The Three Whales Corruption Scandal is a major corruption scandal in Russia involving several furniture companies and federal government bodies which has unfolded since 2000. 2000 smuggling investigation Three Whales (Tri kita) is a Moscow… … Wikipedia
Political groups during Vladimir Putin's presidency — At the very beginning of his presidency, Vladimir Putin announced that he was going to consolidate political powers in Russia into the so called power vertical. However, despite being considered successful by many, this controversial endeavour… … Wikipedia
