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In this space, I will regularly comment on events in Russia, repost content and tweets I find interesting and informative, and shamelessly promote myself (and others whose work I like). The traditional Power Vertical Blog remains for larger and more developed items. The Podcast, of course, will continue to appear every Friday. I hope you find the new Power Vertical Feed to be a useful resource and welcome your feedback.

I'm live-blogging Vladimir Putin's state-of-the-nation address to parliament and to key Russian political, religious, and other figures.

11:47 18.12.2014

11:50 18.12.2014

Translation: It's very good that Kadyrov sent his press-secretary to the Q & A rather than MP [Adam] Delimkhanov with his golden pistol.

11:51 18.12.2014

Another hard-hitting question

11:54 18.12.2014

Putin asked about Sechin's salary. Says he doesn't know.

11:55 18.12.2014

Putin: I have no [government] officials in my close circle. They are colleagues, but I'm not close to any of them and I'm not going to be. I understood that a long time ago.

11:55 18.12.2014

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Putin: Iran has shown "very great flexibility" in negoatiations with global powers on its nuclear program.

12:13 18.12.2014

Putin says it's important that Crimean Tatars feel a part of Russian Federation...

But Crimean Tatars only constitute a part of the people who live in Crimea. "Squatting" is not a good practice.

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