http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14786/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-praises-putins-business-bullying <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>TASS probably couldn’t have done it better. And NBC correspondent Jim Maceda seemed to be channeling Soviet Russia’s official state-run news agency in his glowing account of Russia Prime Minister <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vladimir</st1:place></st1:city> Putin’s heavy-handed dealings with some small businesses. Putin was, he said, “combating <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s deep recession hand-to-hand.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-praises-putins-business-bullying" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business International JimMaceda Putin RussianRecession Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:35:56 +0000 admin 26706 at http://archive2.mrc.org