Vova and Dima 4eva?

Does Russia's tandem still get along?

BY JOSHUA KEATING | SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP/Getty Images

Giving cold shoulders? In a rare sign of friction between Russia's ruling duo, President Dmitry Medvedev recently responded, "We'll have a test to see whether we have the same blood type," when asked about rumors that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was planning a return to the presidency in 2012. If the two men really weren't getting along, you wouldn't know from their carefully stage-managed public image. The two men, and their media handlers, have gone to great lengths over the last two years to demonstrate that they are close friends. Above, then President Putin and presidential candidate Medvedev take a stroll through the forest outside Moscow on Dec. 30, 2007. The photo op was widely used in campaign posters for their United Russia party.

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 SUBJECTS: RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPE
 

Joshua Keating is deputy Web editor at Foreign Policy.

JAY GETTY

8:39 PM ET

September 19, 2009

Commuless Moscow Weapons Company: the song remains the same

They realized they could be just as productive without the communist façade. The KGB was the marketing team for the Commuless Moscow Weapons Company then and with a name change only; they provide the same service now.

By 1921 The Commuless Moscow Weapons Company took over Russia; they promised communism but delivered slavery to a military industrial complex. The two eggs and a piece of bread were not communist equal sharing of resources, it was the minimum you could eat and show up for work serving the Commuless Moscow Weapons Company (c 1986) exact message I delivered to Congress and explained at the same time: “the downfall by popular uprising of the government operating out of Moscow” ; “The uprising will be similar to the Philippines” (c 1986)…believing or not believing: weapons company takeover is completely irrelevant; just call them Commuless Moscow Weapons Company and their own people will throw them out. I effectively disseminated that info through the KGB; the government fell. The KGB officers simply stole various industries and the song remains the same.

The thugacracy in Iran and Al Qaeda are the same. Osama Bin Laden should only be portrayed as a mercenary marketing director for various government owned weapon manufacturers parading as a religious person which he by definition could not be: no English definition of religious could include flying planes into buildings. True not true, who cares; the description fits better than OBLs self description and we just help him recruit when we accept his propaganda of: religious. The same for sure holds true of the “wack job” (pun intended) Carter/Raygun/Bush/Clantons/Bush/Obumer desperately work/worked to keep in power in Iran.

Islime, as I reported to Congress in 1989, is at war with the West; essentially to prevent “free speech to criticize Islime”; Islime leaders believe Islime will fail if the West appears as an attractive alternative. Islime likes women with no education and women can not leave their house unaccompanied by a male family member without being murdered by her family; they are desperately insecure of women being smarter than the men; 7th century cave men; ug. The west is afraid to confront 7th century cave men that treat women like chattel; Islime is right about one thing: the West is morally bankrupt, afraid it is politically incorrect to call 7th century cave men what they are; with leadership that are Moslemless weapons manufacturers; true not true, who cares; that portrayal beats them at their own game.

And that is a better explanation than you have received to date!

 

OMPHOTO

12:03 AM ET

September 22, 2009

who's on top?

These images are so weird, they are like nice couple. Where are the women in their world? The two most powerful men in Russia and women are now where to be seen. Hmm....

 

SILVER_QUEEN

1:29 PM ET

October 1, 2009

This is totally just an

This is totally just an excuse to picspam Putin & Medvedev... and I love it!

Medvedev's so pretty. Gosh. That close-up ski picture. ?

And those Sochi pics. Really, Medvedev, wear a tighter shirt next time, bb. You leave too much to the imagination.

/objectification