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I watched the start of what we in America call a lame duck president. The minute that Medvedev supported Putin in the Next presidential election, he had to have known that his power would falter and sputter. I think that is why they waited so long to announce the facts of what they were doing. The Finance Misister Kudrin had this to say:

Putin, who announced his presidency bid at a United Russia pre-election convention, indicated that Medvedev would succeed him as prime minister to supervise post-election modernization reforms.

But Kudrin threatened to resign after the presidential election in March.

“I will definitely refuse,” Kudrin, 50, said when asked whether he would join Medvedev’s government. He spoke in Washington at a World Bank meeting.

“I have many disagreements with Medvedev on economic policy, first of all concerning the significant military spending,” said Kudrin, who is widely seen as the architect of Russia’s economic stability in the 2000s. Read More >>>

Okay! That caught a few off guard around Russia. Kudrin made it clear that he will follow Putin’s lead, but when it comes to Medvedev, Forget It!

I expect to see a wave of important people stop swooning over Medvedev now. Over the years I have watched presidents in America lose that ability (become a lame duck) to get anything done. They become byproducts of a system and unless they command real respect from the beginning then they get none in return…

This weekend it became very clear to the Russian population that Putin as we all suspected never really let go of the reins of Russia. Yes Putin did (as I stated in several articles), allow Medvedev to try to step out on his own. But that stepping out was always centered on international issues. The internal affairs of Russia were held in an iron grip by Putin…

I remember Medvedev firing the last Moscow mayor. I remember the bad decision on the Libyan UN vote. I remember the education reform bill. I remember many issues that I wrote articles about and I said that Medvedev hung himself by his actions. His actions were his true reactions to the situation and not his reaction for his political career. Many things that Medvedev has done have made him very unpopular. He has seemed weak at times and naive. He enacted things that would destroy a long term president, such as alcohol, bribery and tobacco control. He could get such things going and now Putin can continue such motions and not take the fall. Now it all make sense because he was a man who knew he did not have to run again for president…

I remember in particular that I realized that Putin was behind the old Mayors firing when the new mayor was

It is strange but I see a different Medvedev now after this announcement for Putin. I myself realize that my old ingrained ideologies about what a leader should be like overruled what I should have been picking upon. I was not alone in this happening. Russia looked upon Medvedev as a great guy but…

This has given Putin the opportunity of a lifetime for a leader. Putin has so many aces up his sleeves now that Medvedev has planted all the seeds. If Putin removes a bad seed in people eyes then he looks good to the people. If Putin lets a seed grow and it becomes a wonderful tree that everyone loves. Then he looks good. If Putin has to keep a bad seed then he always has Medvedev to take the blame for that bad seed. But if Putin prunes and takes care on the growing of the seeds that Medvedev planted then everyone comes out ahead…

I know that I kinda wandered from the branch, so to speak! But the Kudrin reaction was just the first of many that will be expressed in Russia. The only problem is that Kudrin expressed his reaction in America while at a World Bank meeting…

We will see the long term repercussions to that slip of a Kudrin tongue…

Kyle Keeton
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The West has been working overtime promoting Medvedev as the best choice for Russian president again. It has been many articles about how terrible for the world if Putin should be allowed to take over the presidency again. I myself expected this situation to fall this way but I still say (Article) that I see no reason for Putin to be president again. He has all the power that he could want and need. Obviously, Putin sees it differently…

I tried to watch Medvedev’s face while all this was going on and am not sure how much of this was really his decision or not? It does not matter, but it shows a whole another level and class of politician compared to the Western worlds politicians…

I wonder if Obama could do the same as Medvedev?

So let the heart attacks and strokes begin in the Western world over this announcement. Now you know why Britain showed up last week. To try to get back in good graces with Putin. Think it worked?

My curiosity is going to be watching how much power that Putin takes back from the Prime Minister? When I first came to Russia the Prime Minister was very powerless. Then Putin took the spot and it became a powerhouse of a position…

I really respect the Russian government. It is more open than the American government. Unlike a presidential election in America that costs a billion dollars. Russia just tells who will be president. It is no different than America, except America makes it out to be a game to try to placate the people. That money being spent on a presidential election in America is a waste…

When Sveta heard that Putin was running again. She said, “Good, That is just right!” Sveta has said before that Russians like a strong leader and they like a long term leader. That is the way it should be…

I was raised different but I see what she means and after doing a lot of studying on the USA system of presidency. I see some major revamping needed on the US process…

But this is about Russia and the ruling tandem. I really do not see anything changing much except now the West once again has to endure the man who takes what the Wests says “with a grain of salt!”…

Maybe that worries the West…

Kyle Keeton
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to run for Russian president in next year’s election, ending months of speculation over which man would run for the post.

Speaking at the annual congress of the ruling United Russia party on Saturday, Medvedev said he was ready to make way for Putin and do “practical work in the government.” That means Putin could still be running Russia in 2024.

Earlier, Putin told the congress that Medvedev should top the party’s list of candidates in parliamentary elections on December 4. The party is led by Putin and dominates Russian politics.

“Given the offer to head the party list and engage in party work, and given a successful run at the elections… I believe that it would be appropriate if the congress approved Vladimir Putin’s candidacy for the post of the president of Russia,” Medvedev said to a prolonged standing ovation at Moscow’s gigantic Luzhniki sports complex.

“This applause spares me the need to explain what experience and authority Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin possesses,” he told thousands of flag-waving delegates.

Putin was constitutionally barred from standing for a third consecutive term in 2008 and anointed Medvedev as his successor.

“I have always been asked: when are you going to make up your mind?… I and Vladimir Vladimirovich have sometimes been asked: have you fallen out with each other?”

“What we propose to the congress is a long thought-out decision,” Medvedev said. “We were actually discussing this course of action as early as when our union was being formed.”

There had been intense speculation that Putin may seek a return to the Kremlin when elections are held in March next year. Both Putin, 58, and Medvedev, 46, have said they could stand for president, but ruled out running against each other.

Medvedev said he would be ready to take over from Putin as prime minister if United Russia were to win in the December polls.

Putin took the floor after the announcement to address concerns over population decline and unemployment.

“I want to thank you for the positive reaction to the proposal for me to run for Russian president,” Putin said. “For me this is a great honor.”

The premier said he had “no doubts” Medvedev would form a “new, effective, young and energetic” cabinet when he headed Russia’s government and “continue his work on modernizing all aspects of our lives.”

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As Sveta and I travel to the village of ours in Russia. I always talk with Sveta about the humongous increase in agriculture that I see going on in Russia. It has been a powerful driven force over the 5 years that I have been traveling Russia…

MOSCOW, September 23 (Itar-Tass) — Russia may not only satisfy fully its own demand for food, but it may become the world’s leading supplier, Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Boris Gryzlov told the United Russia Party’s congress on Friday. “Russia has a territory, where we may use agricultural lands to provide food, as experts say, for 20 percent of the world population,” Gryzlov said. “We may not only satisfy ourselves, but we may be major suppliers of food in the world.”

That got me thinking and the last village trip a few weeks ago, presented me with no less of a stipulation that enforced my thinking’s. We saw hundreds of new John Deere tractors being delivered to farms all over the place. I was just stunned at the millions and millions of dollars in tractors that I saw everywhere. Then we started to see the fields with green John Deere tractors plowing the fields for Winter wheat. Then I discovered…

Deere & Company has officially opened in 2010 its new manufacturing and parts distribution facility south of Moscow in Domodedovo. The John Deere Domodedovo facility is the company’s largest single investment to date in Russia. The facility will manufacture agricultural, construction and forestry machinery as well as distribute service parts in the region…

This is part of the revamp of Russian agriculture and smart companies have jumped on the band wagon. There is an agricultural explosion happening in Russia…

We also have watched as thousands and thousands of acres of once dormant land left from the Soviet era, has been plowed and replanted again. I remember that Putin and Medvedev had said that farms are to become a priority and we must become self sufficient to feed us and the world…

We also have been seeing at least 6 new huge chicken farms open up on our trip to the village. I have been studying that the increase in cattle farms is exponentially growing and something that seems trivial but is not, the old decrepit farm buildings are getting new roofs put on…

Now this has been a silent non obtrusive expansion of farm capabilities by Russia. Russia has an incredible amount of farm land that is not being used and I see that fact being exploited back into production. That is smart…

I always think about several good friends in America who are farmers. I think about how they need these guys here in Russia to help with the implementation of increasing the production. One of these guys in particular wishes to live and farm in Russia. The fact is that he could fulfill his dream because Russia is a growing agriculture society, that just might obtain the title of world food producer…

Kyle Keeton
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PS: The hints at what I say are for you to see. The chicken wars, grain wars etc. etc. Example: The little store on the corner of our block has nothing but Russian grown chicken and they are proud of that…

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When a Patriotic American becomes an Expatriate you Know it’s Time to Escape From America…

Susan Beverley: I am sorry to start off with this question, but there is a small part of our audience that will want to know this: Do you hate America?

Dave vonKleist: Maybe that part of the audience is not so small, because that question is raised frequently. I fought for many years and tried to contribute to the effort to bring the USA to what it once was and to bring attention to the problems our government and country was experiencing. This resulted in small minded individuals coming to the conclusion that I must somehow hated my country, when in fact it is my love for my country that motivated me to draw attention to its weakness in the hopes that we could correct the direction it was taking. For many of us who became vocal activists, we had to endure the same negative assumptions that we endure now as expats. If those who had been active participants in the rumor mongering and ridicule game had directed their efforts in to effecting the real change, it is likely people such as myself would not have felt the need to become expats. If someone truly loves their country, then it is their duty to do all they can to correct problems as they develop, rather than condemn those with the courage to do so. Sadly, the majority of the American “sheeple” fail to understand this essential philosophy, which is why things have gotten so bad and folks like myself are pegged as “hating their country”. Those who parrot and subscribe to the phrase, “America, love it or leave it” are a major reason why things have gotten so bad.

To answer your question, I do not hate America – I hate what America has become. The corruption and the deprivation of our civil rights have destroyed my personal American dream.

Read complete interview:

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The truth hurts and it shows when the children (Western Empire) walk out of the room. Regardless of what we’ve been programed to think about Ahmadinejad here in the USA, he brings up serous points and I’d like to hear how the Western world leaders respond to the serious questions that have been raised…

I have never in my life seen such a childish thing as to what the countries from the Western world did. The USA led the procession and were followed by France and Britain. They decided that they did not have to hear what Iran had to say. That is wrong because unlike us lowly peons that are plentiful in the world. These people who have jobs as important delegates fronting the world stage. They have to have skin as thick as leather and be tough as nails. In this case I feel that the West stands and spouts the propaganda and rhetoric that they are number 1 and democracy is the cats meow. They need to take it when the going gets tough…

This is something that I have written about before and now you see a real rift that has developed between the East and West. This rift is real, not made up and the people in the East see a whole different side of the Western Empire that the West can not accept and face as any form of reality…

Russia and China did not walk out and from what I am seeing on LiveJournal and such type of Russian social networks. The Eastern opinion of the West just dropped as fast as the stock market did yesterday…

By the way like it or not, Ahmadinejad had some good points. Even though he can rile up the soul a little bit. He knew what he was telling and is no fool when it comes to facts. It is just that those facts are unsaid and muted in the West and said daily and openly in the East. That is what is partly separating the West and East…

I have seen so many warmonger articles from the West lately that I am beginning to wonder if the Western world has slipped a cog lately. It seems that we are in a repeat of history and the Holy Wars and such are going full tilt again…

When can we grow up and become civilized?

Anyway: The theatrical walk out by the US and her allies was very childish!

Kyle Keeton
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PS: The Russian commentators are discussing a good point on line. The West (USA) likes to retaliate and now the question is when will Iran get theirs…

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I have to say that I am totally surprised at the price of a vacation for Sveta and I to go to Turkey for 14 days. Airline tickets for two, hotel is three star, all food included (three meals, plus two snack times) and it is located 50 meters from the beach. Price is around 800 American dollars for two…

Russians have a huge array of specials at their disposal to travel in Turkey and they are reasonably priced. We could go even cheaper but decided for the middle of the road and get near the beach. We also could go much more expensive, but that seems like a waste of money to Sveta and I…

So it looks like we will be leaving around the first of October and returning sometime in the middle of October. Here is a good site to give some information about Turkey…  Article >>>

It looks like Sveta and I both have to have a visa but it is a formality at the border. The cost is 20 American dollars each. The border visa is good for 90 days and that is definitely enough…

We decided last night to go to the Mediterranean side. It looks to be the best choice for this time of the year. I looked last night and temperatures are lower thirties right now. That sounds good to Sveta because Moscow is trying to stay in the single digits especially at night. That is centigrade by the way…

We definitely will have WiFi and I plan on posting about Windows to Russia trying out one of Russia’s favorite vacation countries – Turkey…

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Mr Putin had this to say: “The purpose of the People’s Front is to supply Parliament with fresh blood. Its creation has also brought fresh blood to the United Russia party. I hope the party will continue to support this process, with a view to stimulating political vigor in its ranks.”

Hummm, from my studying of the situation. I see just a revamp of the old into a new package and it is working. Putin’s power-base has grown exponentially…

Everyone equates this move to a presidential run by Putin. I am not so sure anymore about if he will run for president again. He might and has every right to run and most likely will, if he so desires. But why run for president of Russia when he is in charge of Russia anyway? (That is my opinion only and really think he will run for president anyway regardless of what I think. :))

You must understand that you have to look at the ruling tandem in Russia in a simplified way, not the complicated way that the West tries to look at it. Medvedev is in charge of foreign affairs and Putin is in charge of internal affairs. That is the part (internal government) that Putin wants anyway. I do not see Putin as being a happy go lucky man of international delight. Medvedev on the other hand adores traipsing around the world…

So while the Western world is mortified at the thought that Putin will take the command chair of presidency again! That is not where the real power, at this moment in Russia is located. If he did take the presidency again then I assure you that international and internal affairs would fall under the president again…

I am seeing the possibility of Medvedev staying right where he is at as president of Russia. He is the Western loved face that the West wants to see. Putin in the meantime has built his power-base not to take over presidency again but make his position one of raw power with in Russia’s borders…

It is the same thing to me that happens with a large school district in America. You have a superintendent, principle and vice principles. The superintendent who is the top dog on paper is only a political figurehead but he is the top dog. Then you have a principle that is the more localized figurehead. He is half political and half hands on. Then the people who run the big school are the vice principles. He does all the dirty work and deals with all the crap that makes a school run. The saying that you are only as good as your employees is very true. Russia reminds me of that type of system…

I have done some thinking’s and realize that Putin may not want to be president again. Why would he? He has all the power and a base of power that makes him top dog without having to do top dog things that he does not like to do. Like meet the president of America and act like he likes him… 🙂

It is almost a case of “have one’s cake and eat it too”…

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Windows to Russia has seen China take the number three spot for countries viewing Windows to Russia. Germany was knocked to number four spot after a surge by China. America is number one and Russia is number two. I started to investigate what caused this big jump in Chinese viewers. Yesterday I discovered that my work has paid off in China. Baidu the largest Chinese search engine has indexed me and they are indexing Windows to Russia everyday as far as I can tell. The cache is up to date and they have the whole site indexed. All 3000 articles… 🙂

This has been a project of mine to get into the Asian search market. It has not been easy to be accepted and they have a very closed idea of what should be allowed or not. But I never gave up and kept applying every 6 months with a site submission. Finally it paid off! We have always had some articles indexed by Baidu and you will find they index lots of sites all  over the world. But to be indexed and Baidu for our name (Windows to Russia) like we do in Google is a great honor and privilege…

So what it means is that Windows to Russia does not have just a few articles in view of the Asian world, we have all of our articles available to be searched…

Baidu competes with Google Hong Kong, Yahoo! China, Microsoft’s Bing and MSN Messenger, Sina, Sohu’s Sogou, Wikipedia, NetEase’s Youdao, Tencent’s Soso.com and PaiPai, Alibaba’s Taobao, TOM Online, Xunlei’s Gougou and EachNet.

Baidu is the No. 1 search engine in China, controlling 63 percent of China’s market share as of January 2010, according to iResearch. The number of Internet users in China rose to 338 million by the end of June 2009, according to a report by the China Internet Network Information Center.

In an August 2010 The Wall Street Journal article, Baidu has played down its benefit from Google’s moving its China search service to Hong Kong, but Baidu’s share of revenue in China’s search—advertising market grew six percentage points in the second quarter to 70%, according to Beijing-based research firm Analysys International.

It is also evident that Baidu is attempting to enter the internet social network market. As of 2011, it is discussing the possibility of working with Facebook, which would lead to a Chinese version of the international social network, managed by Baidu. This plan, if executed, would face off Baidu with competition from the two popular Chinese social networks Renren and Kaixin001 as well as induce rivalry with instant-messaging giant, QQ. Wiki Article >>>

While this may not be high on your list for important things in life and Google rules on your side of the world. It is important to the life of Windows to Russia as a world site and this acceptance by Baidu into their system as a full fledged site means that China could take the number one spot next month as the biggest viewers of Windows to Russia. This also leaves Windows to Russia now able to utilize the Baidu advertising system and try to make enough money to pay for server fees and such…

A site like Windows to Russia does not get to utilize free hosting or even for that matter cheap hosting anymore… 🙂

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