Monthly Archives: July 2011

  “Thank God … we do not print the reserve currency. But what are they stirring up? They are simply acting like hooligans,” Putin told the audience which included his veteran finance minister, Alexei Kudrin. “They turn on the printing … Continue reading →

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ/New York Times Published: July 9, 2011 HAMADONI DISTRICT, Tajikistan – Using a raft made of scrap wood and the inner tube of a truck tire, four armed men recently crossed the river from Afghanistan to a tiny, … Continue reading →