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Could Obama’s investment in a strong outreach to Medvedev mean that the Russian President, for so long considered a mere window dressing to Prime Ministerial rule, might stick around longer than Putin might like?

But as Obama assured Russia of entry into the WTO and resolved the chicken wars, could all this rapprochment be a mixed blessing?

But before rushing into the WTO, Russia should think very carefully about whether joining such a club might be a good thing after all.

As one Gawker commenter said of Obama taking Medvedev to eat hamburgers at Rays Hellburger in Arlington today:

When the Russians want to kill someone, they slip in a little Polonium-210. Our methods are are slower, more painful, and oh-so-delicious!


     

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    1. [...] Vadim Nikitin se pergunta se a reunião Medvedev-Obama é um sinal de que “[…] o Presidente russo, durante muito tempo considerado uma simples fachada para o domínio do Primeiro Ministro [Vladimir Putin], poderia ficar [no poder] por mais tempo do que Putin poderia querer?” Robert Amsterdam escreve que “diplomacia hamburguer” é ” […] um epíteto para uma relação que é, no momento, extremamente satisfatória, mas a longo prazo, possivelmente pode bloquear artérias: como o presidente russo afirmou, “não muito saudável, mas muito saboroso” “. relata Mark Adomanis, sobre a detenção de dez alegados espiões russos pelo FBI. [...]

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    Vadim Nikitin was born in Murmansk, Russia and grew up there and in Britain. He graduated from Harvard University with a thesis on American democracy promotion in Russia. Vadim's articles about Russia have appeared in The Nation, Dissent Magazine, and The Moscow Times. He is currently researching a comparative study of post-Soviet and post-Apartheid nostalgia.
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