Nov 21, 2008
Medvedev: Ready to cancel Kaliningrad missile plans if President-elect Obama scraps missile defense system in Central Europe.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that his country could withdraw its missiles deployment near the border of Poland if United States President Barack Obama cancels the planned missile defense system in Central Europe.
According to Medvedev, Moscow had no choice but to react to the plans of the U.S to establish missile and radar systems near the Russian border.
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Mar 3, 2008
Above: Moscow police try to hold the riot Riot police arrested protesters on Monday who held an unauthorized rally against the election of Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. Medvedev is a known protégé of President Vladimir Putin. 300 riot police wielding batons hauled protesters to their buses (see picture above) – as other protesters light flares [...]
Above: Moscow police try to hold the riot
Riot police arrested protesters on Monday who held an unauthorized rally against the election of Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. Medvedev is a known protégé of President Vladimir Putin.
300 riot police wielding batons hauled protesters to their buses (see picture above) – as other protesters light flares while shouting: "Fascists! Fascists!" (see below). Protesters were clearly outnumbered in the clash as it only took a while before the police drove away with two busloads of detainees.
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