475. Iran and Russia Vote, 2012

Iran and Russia held national level elections this week, and I think the results went something like this.
(tags: Political Series, Politics, Russia, Iran,  Putin, Ayatollah, election, vote)

280. ReSovietization Begins

BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN -- Less than a month before the violent protests that toppled the government of Kyrgyzstan last week, Russian television stations broadcast scathing reports portraying President Kurmanbek Bakiyev as a repugnant dictator whose family was stealing billions of dollars from this impoverished nation.  Read more on this story from the Washington Post http://alturl.com/yiam

278. New START Agreement Signed

The U.S. and Russia have agrred to the New Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START)  signed by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev. It reduces the U.S. and Russian nuclear warhead stock by about one third, to 1,550.

Future republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin criticized Obama's pledge not to strike non-nuclear nations who abide by the nonproliferation treaty; "It's unbelievable, no other administration would do it." And then she likened it to kids on the playground. She said you're like a kid who says, "Punch me in the face, and I'm not going to retaliate."