Silvio Berlusconi Has Decided To Launch A Revolution. Or Is It A One Man Coup?

May 23, 2009

Adam Lovejoy writes from Rome: Say what you will about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi but he is a man who enjoys the trappings of power and is not afraid to show it. He is probably one of the few leaders in Europe who manages to combine his busy official schedule with a colourful private life. One of the young women that he has been linked with, 18-year old Noemi Letizia who calls him ‘Papi’, has landed him in trouble after his wife, Veronica Lario, announced that she was tired of his womanising and was getting a divorce. Although it is quite understandable that young women must be attracted to Mr Berlusconi, what with his rugged good looks, shiny new hair that has settled in perfectly and, most importantly, with all that power that he oozes and the billions that he posses....

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Tags: parliament, revolution, Silvio Berlusconi

Is Another Russian Revolution Coming? All The Signs Point To It

October 24, 2008

(By Martin McCauley.) A sociological theory has it that revolutions occur when people’s expectations are dashed. They enjoy a certain standard of living and then find it taken away from them. So they rebel. This scenario is possible in Russia. The reason is the financial meltdown in the country. The winners in the present mess are a small group of chosen billionaires, clustering around Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. They are obtaining credits from the government denied to the rest of the business community. The losers are the vast majority of businessmen and the rest of the population. Just how bad does it have to get before the dispossessed rise up? The Central Bank of Russia has spent almost $70 billion since August defending the rouble. Most of this has gone to a minority of banks....

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Tags: Central Bank, revolution, Russia, Vladimir Putin