Vladimir Putin has held a couple titles over the past few decades, President and Prime Minister; however, one thing’s always true, he’s always the one pulling the strings. Putin and Medvedev have operated through a tandemocracy, switching positions after their terms have expired allowing them to technically run in non-consecutive terms, though they’re both always in power. Things may change… Read more »
Al Jazeera: Protesters have stormed Macedonia’s parliament and attacked legislators after an ethnic Albanian was elected as parliament speaker. Clashes over several hours on Thursday injured 77 people, including 22 police officers and several MPs, authorities said. Dozens of protesters, some of them masked, broke through a police cordon after the opposition Social Democrats and parties representing Macedonia’s ethnic Albanian minority… Read more »
Al Jazeera: More than 100 activists were arrested in St Petersburg on Saturday as hundreds of Russians turned out to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s expected candidacy in elections next year. Demonstrators rallied across several cities under the slogan “We’re sick of him.” The protests were called by the Open Russia movement founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. About 200 people… Read more »