Any public criticism by Western leaders of Russia's behaviour is therefore seen as deeply hypocritical.
Public criticism may indeed lead to embarrassment, but there are worse things than a little shame.
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As he saw it, public criticism would diminish Olmert's ability to win the war.
This was a brave act of public criticism by Baduel which should have elicited another kind of reaction.
Papachristou's Twitter post drew public criticism and calls for her to be suspended from the Greek Olympic team.
Until now, Ford had largely avoided any public criticism of its two rivals.
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The Irish skipper pleaded guilty to a section in ICC's code of conduct which bans public criticism of officials.
The decision provoked public criticism from the Justice Department, which had been trying to prosecute Mr. McKinnon for 10 years.
Fulham's Murphy, once a star graduate of Gradi's academy, inflamed passions with last week's public criticism of several Premier League managers.
Depardieu is a cultural icon in France, and his departure has triggered a hailstorm of public criticism for and against him.
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Public figures are expected to uphold a higher standard - and are open for public criticism and ridicule if they don't.
That growing gulf has helped turn private grumbles about the BBC's unfair advantages, ever-present in the media business, into public criticism.
Despite his decisive role in getting Wahid elected over Megawati, Rais has not shied away from public criticism of the president.
In Idaho, public criticism of Craig came primarily from conservative groups like Fischer's, which called on Craig to quit soon after the scandal broke.
Even in the face of public criticism that derided corporate entertaining as an unneeded luxury during a time of belt-tightening, eventually the marketplace wins out.
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But amid public criticism of high 401(k) fees, rivals screamed price-fixing.
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Google's public criticism of such tactics won't make them go away.
The Cliffords, whom Chapin terminated in 2007, called the lawsuit an improper effort to stifle public criticism of the coalition and Chapin, who lives in San Diego.
After two investigative reports on May 15, Donovan's and another by the state ethics board, Democrats focused their public criticism on Vito Lopez, the assemblyman accused of harassment.
And for an artist, that's far worse than public criticism.
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Once idolized by some for its "greed is good" mentality, the Wall Street of today still faces a barrage of public criticism for the carnage unleashed during the financial crisis.
David Weir is an experienced defender Scotland could sorely do with but the Everton man turned his back on his country after being picked out for public criticism from Vogts.
West Yorkshire Police's chief constable, who found himself at the eye of the storm following the Hillsborough papers revelations, has attracted public criticism and opposition from within his current force.
It's expected to be highly critical of Halutz and there continues to be fierce public criticism on the way civilian and military leaders managed the war, this past summer, with Hezbollah.
The confluence of these events produced the kind of public criticism, and even mockery, that Thomas had largely managed to avoid since his tumultuous arrival on the Court, twenty years ago this fall.
The initiative follows public criticism in recent years by senior police officers that politicians have essentially failed to tackle the issue of contentious parades in the winter months, and allowed tensions to spill onto the streets in summer.
Even though Algerian largely escaped the kind of large-scale shifts in government seen in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, the government has witnessed an uptick in public criticism and a willingness to take the state to task.
On 1 March 2012, during business questions, shadow leader of the house Angela Eagle said there had been public criticism of the inquiry into press standards from Education Secretary Michael Gove and London Mayor Boris Johnson.
The banking sector in particular has been a lightning rod for public criticism, after a number of major banks in the United States and Britain received billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded rescue packages at the height of the crisis.
But it also gives the chance to explain how Edward Morel and Roger Casement launched what was, in effect, the first international human-rights campaign, using the mass media to bring an unstoppable torrent of public criticism to bear on the Belgian authorities.
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