...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...told news hounds at his annual news conference.
"We should be satisfied with the development of Russian-
Putin noted that ties between Russia and
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
were expanding. "In spite of the fact that Turkey is a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
member-country and honors its commitments as a member of the alliance, it pursues an independent foreign policy." "We appreciate that very much, this creates the conditions for predictability and stability of our relations," he stressed.
The Russian president pointed to the
Answering a question about the role of founder of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Putin said, "Ataturk was certainly an outstanding figure in