They seem like an unlikely couple. One is a rising star of the U.S. Democratic Party, and the other is a former Soviet official who has ruled his republic of Russia since 1991.
But U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama and Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiyev have something in common.
In an apparent coincidence that has Tatar media outlets abuzz, the Obama slogan "Yes, We Can!" has the same meaning as Shaimiyev's favorite catchphrase, which in Tatar is "Bez Buldyrabyz!"
The two slogans are "identical," Karim Kamal, a journalist for the Tatar-language service of Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, said by telephone...
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