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Russian PM and Cabinet FIRED!
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:40 am
by streetsoldier
Just in on FoxNews; President Vladimir Putin held a major shake-up in the Kremlin, firing his Prime Minister and the entire Russian Cabinet.
From what little is known at this time, Putin may be trying to fill those positions with former KGB officers (
Komitet Gosidarstbennoye Besopasnostu, or "Committee for State Security"), who would be more agreeable to his positions (remember, Putin was a high-ranking KGB officer before the 1991 breakup of the USSR).
More as it develops.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:22 am
by stormchazer
Need to keep our eye on the former Soviet Union.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:09 pm
by Stephanie
Wow! That's really interesting! I wonder why after all of this time he's doing it now. He's been in power for several years now. There must be more to the story.
Keep us posted Bill!
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:14 pm
by vbhoutex
Wow!!!!! That is scary when you couple it with his former KGB status and the fact that they have elections coming up soon(I think)!!!!
Thanks for the news Bill!! Keep us posted!!
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:24 pm
by Stephanie
vbhoutex wrote:Wow!!!!! That is scary when you couple it with his former KGB status and the fact that they have elections coming up soon(I think)!!!!
Thanks for the news Bill!! Keep us posted!!
I think at that point, the elections would be meaningless.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:41 pm
by BEER980
Umm it's close to election time for him. Keep an eye on them as well as China/N Korea because I am hearing things that are not good.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:43 pm
by cycloneye
BEER980 wrote:Umm it's close to election time for him. Keep an eye on them as well as China/N Korea because I am hearing things that are not good.
Beer what are you hearing that you can share with us?
Russia
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:19 pm
by sunnyday
What kind of job does Beer do that he hears these political rumblings?
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:38 pm
by BEER980
Hey I just drive a truck all day and have some good sources. Well rumors of late are: 3 Russian/terrorist subs sunk in the GOM, N.Korea can in fact reach anywhere in the CONUS with a ICBM nuke. Political front: is the long standing belief that China & Russia have a partnership to bring US down. They are also supplying and pulling the strings of Al-Qaeda in order to help bring US down. China also wants Tiawan real soon.
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:39 am
by Stephanie
I read in the paper this morning that Putin fired the PM and others because many of them were from the Boris Yeltsin era. They were very pro-business and some hide ties to the Russian multi-millionaires that benefited from that time which from what was reported, the public despises.
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:18 pm
by ColdFront77
...that being the case; what took him so long to fire them?
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:34 pm
by Stephanie
ColdFront77 wrote:...that being the case; what took him so long to fire them?
I'm questioning the same thing Tom.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:02 am
by stormraiser
Also, the appointment of the former KGB officers may be enough to sway the people into voting for him. They remember the terror those men put in people's hearts and lives. Maybe he is hearing that the elections are going to be tight.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:43 am
by Stephanie
stormraiser wrote:Also, the appointment of the former KGB officers may be enough to sway the people into voting for him. They remember the terror those men put in people's hearts and lives. Maybe he is hearing that the elections are going to be tight.
I did see somewhere that the elections will be tight. You could be right Anthony!