Breaking: Putin dissolves Russian government.

Fox News ^ | 9/16/07 | Foxnews

[Pistolshot]

Nothing but an announcement on Fox at this time.

[Pistolshot]

Moderator. If this turns out to be a false story or some other junk, I will request it be removed, but if real in the sense of a coup, it is big news.

[thecabal]

If this turns out to be true, this could be very concerning news given the aggresive moves that Russia has been making lately.

[Always Right]

I gues following the lead of Chevez. Commies are coming back it appears.

[cabojoe]

Prime Minister has resigned...per Fox.

[GRRRRR]

Fox reporter, Dana Lewis reported that Soviet spokesman has said Prime Minister Pratlov has been asked to resign for ‘approaching political events’ in Russia.

Putin has said he will step down with rumors swirling about who will succeed him. Some dude named Ivanivanov?(sp)...

that is all...

[MamaB]

Thanks for posting this. Never trust the Russians.

[Guenevere]

alarming

[Dog]

Uh oh...

[Lusis]

It's up on Fox News

[Dog]

Yeppers.

[GeronL]

Hugo Putin??

[Braak]

This isn’t good

[Pistolshot]

Fox News just reported that Putin has disolved the government of Russia. speculation runs high that it is to install his pick into the PM position before the elections.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2007/09/12/008.html

[Pharmboy]

They will soon announce that they have begun to defrost Comrade Lenin.

[Dog]

Fradkov made the decision based on "the approaching major political events in the country and a desire to give the president full freedom in making decisions, including personnel," Fradkov was quoted by ITAR-Tass as saying

[fatima]

Humm,I am going to turn on the news.

[Dog]

If there is an election...

[AppyPappy]

Joseph Stalin.....please pick up the white courtesy phone

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

speculation runs high that it is to install his pick into the PM position before the elections.

;)

[Dog]

Going to be a very busy news day....I suspect.

[Bushbacker1]

Return to the Soviet Union?

[GeronL]

it is so expensive to count the ballots they have decided to ‘sample’ them

[Dumpster Baby]

Hugo Putin??

No, Vladimir Chavez. :o)

[Dog]

Or worse.

The old USSR ....but this time flush with oil money.

[Thrownatbirth]

When Yeltsin did it, it was a good thing.

[bobjam]

Didn’t Boris Yeltsin do something similar? As I recall, he resigned and appointed Putin to take over his position a few months before the elections. That made it easy for Putin to win the election outright. Effectively, Yeltsin appointed his own successor. Perhaps Putin is trying to do the same thing.

[Man50D]

Hillary must think she can’t win the Presidency.

[Dog]

Yeltsin isn’t Putin...

[syriacus]

There is an increased chance of widespread war if we abandon the Iraqis, for we can be certain that the Iranians or Syrians (or Russians?) will invade their country.

Putin is certainly attempting to gain a stronger role on the world stage . As I wrote yesterday

There is an increased chance of widespread war if we abandon the Iraqis, for we can be certain that the Iranians or Syrians (or Russians?) will invade their country.

[GeronL]

Igor Youmamvich Morales deSilva Castro Chavez

[fatima]

They are saying Prime Minister usually becomes President.MSNBC.

[Nathan Zachary]

Is Putine elevating himself to czar, or some other newly created position of overlord and supreme spiritual leader?

[MindBender26]

>>>>Fradkov made the decision based on "the approaching major political events in the country and a desire to give the president full freedom in making decisions, including personnel," Fradkov was quoted by ITAR-Tass as saying

Russia just returned to a dictatorship! Period.

[Dog]

Perhaps Putin is trying to do the same thing.

He is.....the person will be a puppet. Putin gets his third term.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Since it involves neither tropical storms, hurricanes or American Idol, Drudge (big shock, I know) does NOT have anything up yet. ;)

[GeronL]

she’s too liberal for Russia

[Guenevere]

not a great wake-up

[syriacus]

speculation runs high that it is to install his pick into the PM position before the elections.

LOL!!

[GeronL]

I haven’t visited Drudge for at least a year

[metesky]

Deep voice intones over the sound of The William Tell Overture: “Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear...”

[cotton1706]

Well, that’s the problem with parliamentary systems. We got sick of the king dissolving legislatures so we set up a congress. Our president has no power to dissolve the Congress, except if they can’t agree on when to adjourn.

[omega4179]

Because bush was obsessed with iraq.

[LibLieSlayer]

Last night I read that Russia’s GDP is that of the State of Georgia... great for a State but not so much for a Super Power.

LLS

[EBH]

Ivanov is to be appointedSergei Borisovich Ivanov (Russian: Серге́й Бори́сович Ивано́в) (born January 31, 1953, Leningrad) is a first deputy prime minister of Russia and former minister of defense (March 2001 - February 2007). Previously, as secretary of the Russian Security Council, Ivanov served as an adviser to President Boris Yeltsin and later President Vladimir Putin (November 1999-March 2001) on matters of national security. Yeah, I know it is Wiki, but? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Ivanov

[GeronL]

bump for improvement

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

if we abandon the Iraqis, for we can be certain that the Iranians or Syrians (or Russians?) will invade their country.

... to be promptly followed, for the next twenty years, by liberal TV newscasters and newspaper editors piously intoning the accusatory query: "Who Lost Iraq...?"

You only think I'm kidding, on this one.

[Joe Boucher]

You mean some guy named puppet?

[usmcobra]

Sphincters across eastern Europe have tightened in a collective “oh sh.....”

[SuperSonic]

And in other news:

Russia Tests World’s Most Powerful Vacuum Bomb

12 September 2007, Wednesday

Russia has tested the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the world, CNN reported Wednesday.

The vacuum bomb explodes in an intense fireball combined with a devastating blast, creating a massive shockwave.

The new ordnance is said to be four times more powerful than its previously invented US equivalent.

“The tests have shown that the new air-delivered bomb is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability,” the Deputy Chief of the Russian military’s General Staff Colonel Alexander Rukshin explained.

“The weapon does not pose an environmental threat from the release of radiation unlike the nuclear bombs,” he added.

The ordnance comes as a result of Russia’s attempt at rebuilding its global clout as well as its military.