Russian PM resigns, encourages Putin to dissolve

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government in order to give himself more flexibility in leading Russia through difficult times ahead.

Breaking on CNN, MSNBC

AP has the wire coverage but haven't found the article yet.

[Wiley50]

1. This Is A HUGE Development In Context Of Everything We've Heard This Past WeeK!

Difficult Times that require this?

Time to remember how to Duck an Cover, folks!

You Never Forget How. It's Just Like Riding A Bicycle.

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3. Not only that, and you may be alluding to this, but

Russia just announce that they have a "Superbomb", or "the father of all bombs" and they've been flying over Europe with their strato-bombers lately. British and Norwegian jets have intercepted tens of Russian incursions into European airspace.

Dissolution of Russian government:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296505,00.html


Superbomb:
http://www.star-telegram.com/279/story/232399.html


Something BIG is brewing. I dare to think what that "something" is.

[Wiley50]

8. Tommow, All Us Bombers and Fighters Will Be Stood Down

"to review safety protocols" after the "Accident (my Ass!)" involving flying Nuclear Cruise Missles.

So we won't have any fighters to respond to any 9/11 type attack.

So if something happens tommorrow, it will be a terrorist attack

only the terrorists are in our own White House. Can you say false flag?

I predict an attack on Iran following by this weekend.

And it looks like Putin is planning to take a stand.

I can't blame him.

i just hope he has the intel and means to just decapitate the regime

and not hurt too many of the rest of us in the process.

Game On, Folks!

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16. This was posted to Air Force Times and awhile later

it went AWOL, disappearing from their website. Suspicious.

But even though we KNOW about this stand-down and speculate what could happen when we open ourselves up for vulnerability, what if there is another major event on US soil that day? Won't it be obvious?

[trumad]

2. Good timing...

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- The Russian military has successfully tested what it described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, Russia's state television reported Tuesday.

It was the latest show of Russia's military muscle amid chilly relations with the United States.

Channel One television said the new weapon, nicknamed the "dad of all bombs" is four times more powerful than the U.S. "mother of all bombs."

"The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability," said Col.-Gen. Alexander Rukshin, a deputy chief of the Russian military's General Staff, said in televised remarks.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/12/russia.bomb.ap/index.html

[H2O Man]

11. A question:

What reciprocation do you see between the two?

[trumad]

13. rebels maybe?

[H2O Man]

15. I'm not sure

what you mean by that.

[trumad]

25. I mean when you have a dictator you can drop bombs like this

on your enemies....

[H2O Man]

28. Okay.

I hear you. The dictator can even call repressive actions safe guards for democracy.

[trumad]

32. Yep===

I really think Russia is returning to the old days, and maybe even worse.

[Sydnie]

23. Oh joy ... now blivet** has as model to dismatle the government

Just what we needed!

[junkiebrewster]

24. they didn't "dissolve" the Duma or the senate...

Just Putin's cabinet. It is a political shake-up designed to give the new PM the advantage of incumbancy in the upcoming elections. The good news is, it means Putin is stepping down after the next election. The new PM WILL be the next president. Do some research on him before freaking out please.

Christ, this kind of stuff happens in Canada for crying out loud!!!!! The chicken little effect here is amazing!!

[Syrinx]

4. Reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin Has Dissolved the Government

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/1-0&fp=46e7d89553c88c1c&ei=vc3nRvrWFJGgasfp7M0F&url=http%3A//www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C296505%2C00.html&cid=0

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5. This is a very scary development. CNN is NOT yet

reporting that Putin has indeed already dissolved the Russian government but wire and news reports are indicating the Putin has already done it.

[Snazzy]

10. AP: Russian President Dissolves Government

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-russia-government,0,342047.story

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin dissolved the Russian government Wednesday in a major political shakeup ahead of parliamentary elections in less than three months and a presidential vote next year, news agencies reported.

The dissolution is expected to result in a new prime minister, who will be seen as Putin's choice to succeed him after he steps down next spring.

The newspaper Vedomosti, citing unnamed Kremlin officials, reported Wednesday that Sergei Ivanov, a first deputy prime minister and a leading contender to succeed Putin, could be appointed prime minister in the near future.

[bdamomma]

12. I wonder if george saw that in Putin's eyes last time he saw him.

dissolved government that is.

[malaise]

6. Here's a link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6991053.stm
<snip>
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and his entire government, the Kremlin has said.

Mr Fradkov offered to resign, citing "approaching significant political events", said Tass news agency.


The Japanese PM also resigned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6990519.stm
<snip>
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he is resigning as Japan's prime minister after a bruising election in July and poor poll ratings.

On Sunday, Mr Abe had staked his job on extending Japan's naval support for the US-led mission in Afghanistan beyond a current November deadline.

Opposition parties had vowed to delay the measure and news of the resignation, coming just before a parliamentary debate, took some analysts by surprise.

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7. Japan's PM Abe resigns

due to his unpopular support of United States efforts in Afghanistan. Geez. No one wants to deal with us anymore, it seems, when it comes to the War on Terra.

[malaise]

20. John Howard next

He'll be swept from office.

[Snazzy]

9. Holy crap

I'm still suspicious of that recent pic I saw of Putin and Kissinger hangin' and smilin' when bad news was a-flyin'. One big happy cold war military industrial complex family.

[Wiley50]

14. Folks, We Have Every Reason To Have Our "Hair On Fire"

Don't let the doubters shout you down or make fun of this

I fear we will all know the truth very soon

[H2O Man]

17. What do you

think the implications are? Is it the repressive part of the government, consolidating power? Or is it a new group attempting to gain power? Is it primarily an internal struggle? Or are there implications involving global politics, such as tensions in the Middle East?

[junkiebrewster]

22. once again....

In post-Soviet Russia, this is not a rare occurance. Mostly Putin installing a hand-picked successor. Yeltsin did the same for him.

[Wiley50]

26. Maybe Putin Has Had His Fill Of US Imperialism In His Hemisphere (so to speak)

Sooner or later Russia and China will do something about that which is obvious:

Us determination to cut off their oil supply (although I realize that Russia has plenty)

and steal it.

Maybe Putin told his cabinet that if the US uses nukes against Iran,

that he was prepared to respond in kind, even if it means all out nuclear war.

maybe they quit because they wanted no part of that scenario.


I really feel that this is the closest we've been to all out nuclear war

since the Cuban Missile Crisis

[H2O Man]

27. Interesting.

It does not seem to be an indicator of stability in that country. Though I know relatively little about him, Putin strikes me as a stern fellow. I'm sure that he is aware of things taking place in the Persian world, and recognizes how out-of-control things could rapidly spin.

Strange days.

[Hobarticus]

18. Oh thank goodness,the Russian boogeyman is back

Maybe we can leave Iran alone, now.

[junkiebrewster]

19. I'm not too worried about it ....

This has more to do with the election than anything else. Putin is merely using this as an opportunity to put his handpicked successor in there.

Hell, Yeltsin did the same thing (fired his cabinet) three or four times.

I know the verb "dissolved" the government sounds scary, but bear in mind he did not dissolve the Duma or the Senate, just his cabinet.

[lonestarnot]

21. kick

[mmonk]

29. Copy cat in a manner of speaking.

Here it's the constitution, there it's government.

[eagler]

30. This is a constitutional process and nothing more. It's being blown out of proportion.

[LeftishBrit]

31. I opened this thread because it looked as though Putin was being told to dissolve!

Well, it's an idea.