My answer now is yes. The absence of any positive change has convinced me
Russian former PM will run for president Sep 15, 2005
The country is going in the wrong direction. Unfortunately the speed of movement in this negative direction is increasing
Former Russian PM criticizes Putin May 20, 2005
The budget's planned incomes have been exceeded and amounted to 101 percent
Russia starts 2004 with budget surplus Jan 06, 2004
Both proposals that have been presented to us plan for the pipeline to run near Lake Baikal which is, as you know, a world treasure and a UNESCO-protected site
Russia postpones China oil pipeline Sep 24, 2003
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Касья́нов; Russian pronunciation: ) - (born December 8, 1957) was the Prime Minister of Russia from May 2000 to February 2004.
He is the leader of the People's Democratic Union and an ex-member of the opposition coalition "The Other Russia".
The last member of the Russian government closely associated with Yeltsin, Kasyanov was dismissed, along with the entire Russian cabinet, by President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2004 after more than three years in office.