13 ноя 2008 г.
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Nobody's listening as Rice lectures Putin. Часть 1

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The US Secretary of State challenged President Putin's democratic attitude yesterday, saying he held too much power in his own hands and should loosen his grip over the media.

Condoleezza Rice, on her first visit to Moscow as Washington's most senior diplomat, also said that the Bush Administration would be closely watching the outcome of the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the oil tycoon.

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to challenge - to question whether an action is right or legal

an attitude - the way sb thinks or feels about sth, the way sb behaves to show what he feels of thinks

to loosen - to make sth less tight or firmly fixed

tight - held or fixed in position firmly; difficult to move or undo

a grip - holding very tightly

to loosen a grip over sth

senior - high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others

an outcome - the result or effect of an action or event

trial - a formal examination of evidence in a court of law by a judge and often a jury, to decide if sb accused of a crime is guilty or not

oil - a thick liquid that is found in rock underground

a tycoon - a person who is successful in business or industry and has become rich and powerful

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