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Russia said able to resume medium-range missiles production at short notice
From Interfax; RW 3-18-05

18 Suspected Arms Smugglers Were 'Amateurs'
By Simon Saradzhyan, from The Moscow Times; RW 3-18-05

Tightening the Next Screws [re: Chechnya]
By Boris Kagarlitsky, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 3-18-05

Chechnya without Maskhadov
By Sanobar Shermatova, from Moscow News; RW 3-18-05

Russia Looks to China for Partnership
By Oleg Dorman, from Moscow News; RW 3-18-05

THE QUARTET IN PARIS: SEARCHING FOR A COUNTERBALANCE TO AMERICA?
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-18-05

Russia: New Public Chamber Criticized As 'Smokescreen'
By Jeremy Bransten, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 3-18-05

34% OF RUSSIANS TRUST PRESIDENT AND 33% TRUST NOBODY
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-18-05

RUSSIANS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS BENEFITS REFORM IMPROVES
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-18-05

THE UNKNOWN STALIN
By Anatoli Korolev, from Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-18-05

Russian scientists recalculate dates in world history
From Interfax; RW 3-18-05

Big Bucks From Bushehr
By Yulia Latynina, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 3-11-05

Russia's Nuclear Sites Worry Ecologists, FSB
By Marina Latysheva, from Moscow News; RW 3-11-05

A Boon for Radicals and Hawks [re: Chechnya, Maskhadov, Basayev]
Moscow Times editorial; RW 3-11-05

RUSSIA TO ERADICATE TERROR [Kozhokin interview re: Maskhadov, Basayev]
Yevgeny Kozhokin interview with Arseny Oganesyan, from Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-11-05

Analysis: Georgia Parliament Ups Ante On Russian Bases
By Liz Fuller, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 3-11-05

G7 Likely to Turn Down Russia
By Simon Kennedy and Kevin Carmichael Bloomberg, from The Moscow Times; RW 3-11-05

Moving Together - With and Without Putin
By Valery Vyzhutovich, from Moscow News; RW 3-11-05

LEGAL MECHANISM OF KYOTO PROTOCOL REALIZATION TO BE APPROVED WITHIN SIX MONTHS?
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-11-05

THE MAJORITY OF RUSSIAN SMOKERS WANT TO QUIT, BUT NEED HELP MOSCOW
By Vladimir Simonov, from Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-11-05

Perestroika gave a start to new Russian democracy
Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika has become the unfinished chapter of the world history
From Pravda.Ru; RW 3-11-05

RUSSIAN POLITICAL ELITE STILL POLITICKING WHETHER PERESTROIKA WAS A MUST
By Larisa Saenko, from Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-11-05

Miracle on Ice
There was no question at the 1980 Olympics as to which was the better hockey team. But the Americans knew they only had to beat the Soviets once.
By Carl Schreck, from "Context" by The Moscow Times; RW 3-11-05

Deal with Tehran extends Russia's dwindling sphere of influence
MOSCOW INSISTS ON SEEING NO EVIL IN IRAN
By Pavel K. Baev, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 3-4-05

Russian Nuclear Chief Defends Agreement With Iran
Stresses Reactor Fuel Shipments Comply With International Standards
From Russia Profile; RW 3-4-05

Bush And Putin On Cooperation
From Voice of America; RW 3-4-05

New TV Channel Inspires Chagrin, Not Pride
By Irina Petrovskaya, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 3-4-05

MOST RUSSIANS TRUST PRESIDENT
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 3-4-05
 

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