He says UMNO maintained power for years by giving special treatment to its core constituency - ethnic Muslim Malays, who make up 60 percent of the population.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Mr.Medvedev said he wants to make special mention that potential negative consequences from decisions (to go through with the NATO exercises) will completely and thoroughly be the responsibility of officials who adopt them.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30