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Has become more of a corruption monarchy than anything else, and we saw protests once again yesterday and today that became violent. 400 people detained on sunday, a further 150 today. some had speculated that putin's tolerance for some of these protests would wane once he was re-electioned, and it appears that may be the case. putin had blamed western agents for protests like these on earlier occasions, and his rhetoric during the campaign was not in the spirit of the reset policy. but observers say this may have been a bit of posturing during his campaign season and now that he's back in off...

Administration finds itself. in its evidents to reach out to our adversaries and competitors with carrots sometimes, maybe not enough sticks. the president has expended a lot of political capital in terms of international foreign policy and his standing as a leader with the russian reset policy. this is not just bluster that is going to go away over a thanksgiving weekend. there is a lot of noise coming out of russia about this. it hurts the president standing internationally. and it could potentially be an issue in the 2012 elections given that there has been questions from voters about his l...

Administration finds itself. in its evidents to reach out to our adversaries and competitors with carrots sometimes, maybe not enough sticks. the president has expended a lot of political capital in terms of international foreign policy and his standing as a leader with the russian reset policy. this is not just bluster that is going to go away over a thanksgiving weekend. there is a lot of noise coming out of russia about this. it hurts the president standing internationally. and it could potentially be an issue in the 2012 elections given that there has been questions from voters about his l...

>> bret: welcome to a friday follow-up of the edition of the political grapvine. united nations is taking criticism for putting iran on the commission of the sta, of women, enabling the country to help set policy on gender equality and advancement of women. 200 irani women's rights activists warned in a letter country's membership would pose a serious threat to group's goal and mission. some people are pointing the finger at the u.s. and other western democracies for keeping silent in the vote. some report it may have been because of iran's appointment to the women's group ended its push for s...

>> bret: welcome to a friday follow-up of the edition of the political grapvine. united nations is taking criticism for putting iran on the commission of the sta, of women, enabling the country to help set policy on gender equality and advancement of women. 200 irani women's rights activists warned in a letter country's membership would pose a serious threat to group's goal and mission. some people are pointing the finger at the u.s. and other western democracies for keeping silent in the vote. some report it may have been because of iran's appointment to the women's group ended its push for s...