EMM News Explorer: Alexander Rahr

[-said]: I doubt that Prokhorov will get enough followers,

rt 12-DEC-11

[-said]: The Americans want to build the missile defense system despite the general improvement in the atmosphere of relations,

rt 24-NOV-11

[-told]: It is the reaction of Medvedev himself as the outgoing president to the reset policy,

rt 24-NOV-11

[-said]: It was for the first time that Germany agreed to Putin’s proposal to work on a free trade zone of the Eurasian and European Unions,

rian 17-NOV-11

[-said]: I think that Medvedev is about to be given carte blanche for several years to come. He is not leaving the stage, and I think this is one of the main signals that Putin wanted to send here, at the Valdai club meeting. The signal is the tandem exists and Medvedev is the future generation leader, he actually did everything correctly, even though they had differences in foreign policy,

itartass_en 14-NOV-11

[-said]: it was not the Putin the West fears, the Putin of 2005-2006, who built the chain of command and, as they put in the West, ‘clamped down on democracy’,

itartass_en 14-NOV-11

[-said]: Putin effectively told us that we don't understand and don't see how successful his leadership has been for Russia,

javno 13-NOV-11

[-said]: I think that Putin has decided to deal with the most key issues - security, energy and foreign policy. But Medvedev will be given a very big piece of the economic policy, and then he will have a very strong influence in Russia. He (Putin) did not directly say so, but I realized that there was a new agreement between Medvedev and Putin and that part of what Medvedev was trying to do will continue,

itartass_en 12-NOV-11

[ said]: As far as I understand, Putin is prepared to go further along the path of modernization,

rt 12-NOV-11

[-added]: If I got the message right, he said Medvedev would be tasked with leading the government and Putin as president would approve of him leading his own team,

rt 12-NOV-11

[ said]: I think one can say that the tandem is not dead, and Medvedev will be transformed into the leader of a future generation,

itartass_en 12-NOV-11

[-said]: I think that Medvedev is about to be given carte blanche for several years to come. He is not leaving the stage, and I think this is one of the main signals that Putin wanted to send here, at the Valdai club meeting. The signal is the tandem exists and Medvedev is the future generation, he actually did everything correctly, even though they had differences in foreign policy,

itartass_en 12-NOV-11

[-said]: Putin effectively told us that we don’t understand and don’t see how successful his leadership has been for Russia,

rian 12-NOV-11

[-said]: As far as I understand, Putin is prepared to go further along the path of modernization and, if I got the message right, he said that Medvedev will be tasked to lead the government and his own team he would offer, and which Putin as president would approve. Also, the liberal course will remain, and Medvedev - in some areas of economic activity - will have even more powers than the president himself,

itartass_en 12-NOV-11

[-said]: clamped down on democracy,

itartass_en 12-NOV-11

[-said]: Russians are no longer satisfied with hearing about him [Putin] reviving Russia and restoring order in the country. These slogans sounded right in the 1990s, but now people want to live as well as Europeans do,

rian 10-NOV-11

[ said]: The most widely discussed scenario is inertia-based, but that means stagnation,

rian 10-NOV-11

[ says]: The 21st century will be the century of fights over natural resources,

csmonitor 08-NOV-11

[ affirms]: I think that the Nord Stream pipeline is making energy security better for the European Union, the energy import to the European Union will be safer now because there is an extra pipeline which circumvents the difficult transit countries like Ukraine and Belarus where Russian gas has disappeared over the past 10-15 years,

rt 08-NOV-11

[-says]: The G20 agenda has changed much: previously, it focused more on global warming, but now an emphasis is made on financial difficulties. Just a year and a half ago, when it looked like the global economy was recovering, attempts were made to turn the G20 into the G8. But now there is even no use discussing it since the developing countries like Russia, China, India and Brazil are strong enough to rescue the eurozone

ruvr 02-NOV-11

[-says]: China has power, and it wants to lay down conditions it expects the other side to fulfill. Among other things, Beijing could ask the IMF to approve a Chinese official as its chief

ruvr 02-NOV-11

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ruvr 03-OCT-11

[ said]: He is surrounded by a byzantine kind of servants who praise him, who work this way: they praise the leader to get benefits and privileges for themselves,

geotimes 29-SEP-11

[ said]: I think Putin has decided. It is just a question of whether he wants to come back as president or stay as an even more powerful prime minister,

thestar 21-SEP-11

[-said]: Nord Stream and South Stream projects are not in the interests of the United States because they are looking to preserve NATO’s dominating role in Europe and prevent European countries from collaborating with Russia,

mnweekly 16-SEP-11

[ said]: In any other country he would have used this as an oppor tunity to mobilize people,

delo 16-SEP-11

[-said]: To tell the truth, I don’t understand Russia’s position in the recent conflict with Ukraine. Tactically, it is not the best way to deal with the situation,

mnweekly 16-SEP-11

[ said]: In any other country he would have used this as an opportunity to mobilize people,

IHT 12-SEP-11

[-told]: Now we are entering a very serious phase, since the proof the presence of gas on the new Azerbaijani field will calm investors, and Azerbaijan may be considered as a major supplier to Nabucco,

trendnews 10-SEP-11

[ said]: It is not time to conduct propaganda, it needs to hurry with the construction of Nabucco,

trendnews 10-SEP-11

[-says]: The great idea which united Europe into a strong community 20 years ago really seems to be vanishing,

ruvr 30-AUG-11

[-pointed out]: The high protest potential of European countries should encourage all politicians to draw certain conclusions. The world is changing before our very eyes to differ a lot from what it used to be over the past 20 years when the Western model of liberalism was considered irreproachable and stable. The last few years witnessed immense problems that make it impossible to preserve the system in its original appearance. The main thing is to find a new pattern of justice for the entire European society. For the tim

ruvr 11-AUG-11

[-told]: I think that the investigation will show that there were some minor violations from Magnitsky’s side, according to Russian legislation adopted a few years ago,

mnweekly 07-AUG-11

[-said that]: But it can also reveal the terrible facts about him being beaten up and tortured in prison. And this will be much worse than the financial [violations].

mnweekly 07-AUG-11

[-said]: the main topic in Russia’s relations with the West,

mnweekly 07-AUG-11

[-said]: Look, Russia is sick of the European Union’s demands to be more democratic and transparent, and wants the EU to be more pragmatic allow Gazprom and other companies enter European markets,

mnweekly 13-JUN-11

[ said]: There is some truth in this argument, and I think Putin has realized he needs to care about his image in the West,

IHT 21-MAY-11

[-said]: As a German, I do not exclude anything in the European Union. It is difficult to believe. One year ago, the Euro was regarded as a strong currency, but there is talk now about a return to national money. We all hailed the fact of the tearing down of borders in Europe, but our government speaks of reintroducing passport control at the borders if Italy let loose refugees, arming them with temporary residence permits. The belief that democracy can be planted in North Africa with the help of cruise missiles and

ruvr 18-APR-11

[-said]: Nazarbayev monitors the protest movements in the Arab world very closely and with this election wanted to cement the legitimacy of his rule,

upi 04-APR-11

[-said]: So this is about more than just pipelines,

javno 23-MAR-11

[-said]: Either way, South Stream will be built,

javno 23-MAR-11

[-told]: There's no question that Japan will need more liquefied natural gas, so that means the possibility that Nabucco and South Stream can coexist has slightly improved,

javno 23-MAR-11

[ says]: He's facing huge pressure from inside his party,

guardian 17-MAR-11

[ says]: For the Russians this is probably the most important thing: to be taken seriously, to be asked for permission inside its sphere of influence, to be treated as America's equal,

time 15-MAR-11

[-says]: Gas supplies will soon be of paramount importance to Europe, which is why all eyes will be on Russia, one of the world’s most reliable gas suppliers,

ruvr 28-FEB-11

[-concludes]: I think that Russia will be able to supply more hydrocarbons to Europe in the immediate future,

ruvr 28-FEB-11

[-told]: If the Middle East countries have clear development prospects, the revolution may turn out for positive changes. Otherwise, the changes will be negative,

trendnews 17-FEB-11

[-said]: However, one can see that not all revolutions end so successfully on the example of post-Soviet countries. The revolution has not led to radical changes in public life in many of these countries, for example, in Ukraine. This was due to a lack of clear prospects,

trendnews 17-FEB-11

[-said]: Although the forces, which are not friendly to the West can come to power in these countries, while new Mubarak may appear in Egypt,

trendnews 17-FEB-11

[-told]: was stopped by the military very severely: all the Western observers and journalists were exiled or arrested,

trendnews 16-FEB-11

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