Tag: Vladislav Surkov

  • Russia’s new economy minister also a ‘dissident poet’

    The Global Post brings us news of another (yes there’s more than one) high ranking Russian offical that is also a poet: Russia’s newly appointed economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev has written a harshly-worded poem urging Russians to leave the country and seek freedom, the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reported Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin appointed Ulyukayev, 57,…