Troika - Politics

Politics

  • Troika (triumvirate) of judges or political leaders
  • NKVD troika, a commission of three for express judgment in the Soviet Union during the time of Joseph Stalin
  • The tripartite committee led by the European Commission with the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, that organised loans to the governments of Greece, Ireland and Portugal. See European sovereign debt crisis
  • Troika (political ad), a controversial advertisement video released by presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky as a part of his campaign during the 2012 Russian presidential election, in the video Zhirinovsky whipped a donkey and claimed the animal was a symbol of Russia
  • The Troika - The troika is a slang term for the three organizations which have the most power over Greece's financial future - or at least that future as it is defined within the European Union. The three groups are the European Commission (EC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the European Central Bank (ECB).

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