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Russia Weekly 2003

Iraq Multinational Force & Putin RW
9-5-03
Putin's Signal Of Support For U.S.-Led Multinational Iraq Force An 'Important Favor' For Bush RFE/RL
Sophie Lambroschini
Submarine Disaster RW
9-5-03
Another Russian Submarine Tragedy Transitions Online/ gazeta.ru
Submarine Disaster Questions RW
9-5-03
Sunk Sub Raises Questions Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Nuclear Test Ban RW
9-5-03
RUSSIA FOR NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY TO BECOME EFFECTIVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE RIA Novosti
Nuclear Proliferation RW
9-5-03
COMMENTARY: THE USA SHOULD NOT BE A NUCLEAR CLUB OF ONE RIA Novosti
Espionage RW
9-5-03
Russian intelligence service denies allegations on more intensive activity in Europe, U.S. Interfax
Russia in Iraq RW
9-5-03
Russia May Send Peacekeepers To Iraq Dow Jones/ AP
Iraq Policy RW
9-5-03
THE VALUE OF THE QUESTION. Analysis of the Iraq situation and Russia's stand on the matter. Kommersant
Leonid Gankin
Russia in Iraq RW
9-5-03
Military Expert Says Russia Should Be Helping To Restore Order in Iraq Trud
Russian-Saudi Oil Relations RW
9-5-03
Saudi leader's visit to Russia brings key oil accord, closer ties AFP
Islamic World RW
9-5-03
COMMENTARY: RUSSIA SMILES AT ISLAMIC WORLD RIA Novosti
Military Role RW
9-5-03
What Role for the Armed Forces? Moscow Times
Alexander Golts
North Korea Talks RW
9-5-03
CONFLICTING REPORTS ON NK TALKS Moscow News
Andrei Kirillov
Russian Missiles in Vietnam RW
9-5-03
Russian missiles to guard skies over Vietnam Asia Times
Sergei Blagov
MiG Manufacturer RW
9-5-03
Days Numbered for the MiG? The fate of Russia's large aircraft producer is still unknown. pravda.ru
Elections RW
9-5-03
Russian Elections Chair Says 2003 Duma Elections To Differ From Predecessors ITAR-TASS
Political Parties RW
9-5-03
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FUTURE DUMA WILL HAVE THREE PARTIES ... Experts see three evident favorites in the Duma election campaign Russkii Kurier
Zoya Svetova
U.S.-Russian Relations,
Foreign Policy
RW
8-29-03
The New "Big Fight." (interview with Strobe Talbott) Expert
Nuclear Materials Unsafe RW
8-29-03
Russian fears for nuclear security BBC
Military Exercises
in Pacific
RW
8-29-03
Russia completes largest military drill in 15 years off Pacific coast AFP
Russia & 
Korea Talks
RW
8-29-03
Russia being squeezed out of North Korea talks: Moscow press AFP
North Korea Talks RW
8-29-03
Russian Political Scientist Doubts North Korean Negotiations Will Be Successful Interfax
Korean Nuclear Talks RW
8-29-03
BABEL IN BEIJING. Russia's position at talks on North Korea. Izvestia
Vasily Golovnin
Russia & Korean Nuclear Talks RW
8-29-03

 

RUSSIAN OFFICIAL AT KOREA TALKS URGES SIDES TO BE FLEXIBLE, DROP PRECONDITIONS Interfax
Iran Nuclear Program RW
8-29-03
Russia engages US in new war of words over Iran AFP
Afghanistan Narcotics RW
8-29-03
Drugs From Afghanistan Flood Russia AP
Russian Military Decline RW
8-29-03
RUSSIA HAS EVER FEWER SOLDIERS: DEFENCE MINISTER RIA Novosti
Military Budget RW
8-29-03
Russian defence minister outlines 2004 military budget percentages ITAR-TASS
Military Budget RW
8-29-03
DEFENSE TO BE TOP-OF-THE-LIST EXPENDITURE IN 2004 BUDGET RIA Novosti
Russian Power, Oligarchs RW
8-29-03
PUBLIC OPINION POLLS: POWER IN RUSSIA BELONGS TO OLIGARCHS, BUT NO ONE CARES Vedomosti
Russian Power,
Crime & Oligarchs
RW
8-29-03
WHO ARE THE BOSSES IN RUSSIA? Criminals and oligarchs, the pollsters say. Results of opinion polls indicate ... Tribuna
Political Parties RW
8-29-03
DMITRI ROGOZIN: THERE ARE NO POLITICAL PARTIES. Our society considers the United States to be a panacea. Argumenty i Fakty
Russian
Foreign Policy
RW
8-29-03
Weekly mulls Russia`s foreign policy choices Argumenty i Fakty
Military Helicopter Disasters RW
8-29-03
Whose 'Bravado' to Blame? Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Chechnya Election RW
8-29-03
Chechen rivals brave bullets for ballots. Kremlin's choice seen as favourite in race for election to perilous position. The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Mark MacKinnon
Defense Industry RW
8-29-03
Defense Industry: Top-Down or Bottom-Up Moscow Times
Yulia Latynina
WMD Proliferation RW
8-29-03
War chemicals, from Russia with love Asia Times
Stephen Blank
Health Problems,
Sick Children
RW
8-29-03
ONLY 20 PERCENT OF RUSSIANS HEALTHY; 60 PERCENT OF CHILDREN SICK RFE/RL
(Un)Civil Societies

Catherine Fitzpatrick
Amb. Ushakov on Visa Dispute RW
8-22-03
AMBASSADOR USHAKOV: U.S. VISA POLICY UNDERMINES DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA RIA Novosti
Power Grid Blackout RW
8-22-03
CANDLELIGHT DINNER. A major blackout could happen in Russia as well. Izvestia
Ekaterina Kravchenko
U.S. Military at  Moscow Air Show RW
8-22-03
B-52 bomber lands at Moscow air show U.S. Air Forces in Europe Public Affairs
Moscow Air Show RW
8-22-03
MAKS-2003 Is All Show Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Media Xenophobia RW
8-22-03
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP MEASURES XENOPHOBIA IN THE RUSSIAN MEDIA. On the hate list: Chechens, Americans, Jews, and the Chinese. Inostranets
Valery Ponomarev
North Korea
& Naval Exercises
RW
8-22-03
N. Korea refused to observe joint naval exercises: Russia AFP
Combat Readiness RW
8-22-03
Russia's Putin unhappy with army's combat readiness: minister AFP
Chechnya War
& United States
RW
8-22-03
A Dog in the Fight (re Chechnya) Moscow Times
Matt Bivens
Chechnya Bloodshed & Putin RW
8-22-03
The Chechnya campaign. Putin should not ignore the realities of bloodshed. The Asahi Shimbun (Japan) editorial
WMD Disposal Inspections RW
8-22-03
Russia's refusal of U.S. weapons inspectors threatens destruction program Knight Ridder Newspapers
Mark McDonald
Chemical Weapons Pollution RW
8-22-03
Russian chemical weapons may be polluting White Sea: scientist AFP
Teens & WMD RW
8-22-03
Russian-American teens motivated by a real-life cause The Post-Crescent (Wisconsin)
Kathy Walsh Nufer
Military & Security Budgets RW
8-22-03
FINANCIAL MILITARISM. Draft budget for 2004 gives priority to security structures. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Defense Industry Obsolescence RW
8-22-03
80% of Russia's Defense Industry Is Obsolete Rosbalt
Military Ill-Equipped RW
8-22-03
THE TRIUMPH IS NEARLY INVISIBLE. What weapons are Russian soldiers supposed to use? An update on implementation of the program of rearmament. Trud
Black Sea Fleet RW
8-22-03
Demagoguery Comes with a Big Price Tag
(re Black Sea Fleet)
Moscow News
Dmitry Babich
YUKOS Probe & Sibneft Merger RW
8-22-03
Russia: End of the Yukos Affair? Authorities give the green light for Yukos to merge with Sibneft, creating Russia’s largest oil company. Transitions Online
Sergei Borisov
Nuclear Space Travel to Mars RW
8-22-03
One Nuclear Leap to Mars? Science Magazine
Richard Stone
Shoulder-Mounted Missiles, Anti-Terrorist Operation RW
8-15-03
Doubts Linger Over the Igla Sting Moscow Times
Simon Saradzhyan
Shoulder-Mounted Missiles: Anti-Terrorist Operation Hailed RW
8-15-03
Russian press hails missile sting BBC
Shoulder-Mounted Missiles, Anti-Terrorist Operation: U.S.-Russian-U.K. Intelligence Services Cooperation RW
8-15-03
COMMENTARY: THREE SECRET SERVICES PULL OFF MAJOR COUP RIA Novosti
Terrorism, Shoulder-Mounted Missiles Easy Access RW
8-15-03
Find is not even tip of the Russian arms iceberg - Shoulder-held missiles - effective and simple to use - are easy to come by Irish Times
Chris Stephen
YUKOS RW
8-15-03
Russia approves Yukos-Sibneft merger, boosts Khodorkovsky AFP
Putin in United States RW
8-15-03
WHAT SHALL MR. PUTIN SAY IN AMERICA? Pravda KPRF
Alexander Drabkin
Nuclear Test Ban Withdrawal RW
8-15-03
Russian Daily Says Moscow Preparing for US Withdrawal From Nuclear Test Ban Izvestia
Unmonitored Airspace RW
8-15-03
Russian Military Officials Present Plans To Expand Radar Coverage at Conference Izvestia
Kursk Legacy RW
8-15-03
Kursk's Lessons Unlearned Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Korea Talks RW
8-15-03
The two Koreas' pre-talks Moscow talks Asia Times
Sergei Blagov
World Order,
Foreign Policy
RW
8-15-03

RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY ON TWO CHAIRS. Is Moscow capable of defending its own interests?

Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Viktor Kremeniuk
Military Mutinies, Violence RW
8-15-03
Growing Violence in Russian Army Seen By Example of Two Cases Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Central Asia, U.S. & Russian Military Bases in Tajikistan RW
8-15-03
RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN INTERESTS CLASH IN TAJIKISTAN. Tajikistan's military infrastructure will depend on the US dollar. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Vladimir Mukhin
Iraq, I. Ivanov on
UN Resolution
RW
8-8-03
Ivanov Calls for UN Iraq Resolution Moscow Times
Anna Dolgov
U.S. Investment RW
8-8-03
No champagne reception for U.S. investors in Russia. Interview with Andrew Somers, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia. Prime-Tass
YUKOS Probe, Intrigue RW
8-8-03
Charges tell of Russian intrigue. Some see Kremlin threat to oil giant, privatization. Houston Chronicle
Rebecca Santana
YUKOS Probe, Putin vs. Khodorovsky RW
8-8-03
Russia’s future in balance: Putin versus Khodorkovsky? www.
opendemocracy.net
Charles Grant
Law, Laws of War,
Extradition, Guantanamo Detainees 
RW
8-8-03
Russia, US discuss extradition of Russians held in Guantanamo Interfax
NATO Deployments RW
8-8-03
Russia's Opinion Scorned. Re-deployment of NATO troops poses threat to Russia's national security? pravda.ru
Closed Towns RW
8-8-03
CLOSED TOWNS OPEN THEIR DOORS TO EVERYONE RIA Novosti
Chechnya War, Russian Tactics RW
8-8-03
U.S. Know-How Doesn't Work in Chechnya. Why Russian security services are unable to subdue Chechen warlords. Moscow News
Sanobar Shermatova
Chechnya War, Bombings RW
8-8-03
Combatants or Criminals? Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Military Reform RW
8-8-03
THE REFORMS: AS THE GENERALS SEE THEM, AND AS THEY OUGHT TO BE. Boris Nemtsov: Internal discontent destabilizes the Armed Forces. Novoe Vremya
Arms Exports RW
8-8-03
FIGHTERS TO BECOME THE BASIS OF RUSSIAN ARMS EXPORTS. An update on Russian arms exports. Gazeta
Ivan Yegorov
United States & Russia in Central Asia & Caucasus RW
8-8-03
A new Big Game in Central Asia The Hindu
Vladimir Radyuhin
Baltics RW
8-8-03
Balts Bury Hatchet with Russia UPI
Ira Straus
Putin Nuclear Policy RW
8-1-03
VLADIMIR PUTIN: NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE AND WILL BE BASIS OF RUSSIA'S SECURITY RIA Novosti
Putin on
Nuclear Arsenal
RW
8-1-03
Russia's nuclear shield in good hands, Putin says BBC Monitoring
Nuclear Testing RW
8-1-03
Moscow sticks to moratorium on nuclear tests AFP
Nuclear Arsenal Readiness RW
8-1-03
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR ARSENAL IS COMBAT READY RIA Novosti
Russia-Ukraine Missile Deal RW
8-1-03
Russia boosts strategic arsenal The Hindu (India)
Vladimir Radyuhin
Missile Defense RW
8-1-03
YURI BALUYEVSKY: THE DANGER IS IN SINGULAR LAUNCHES. (re missile defense) Izvestia
YUKOS Probe,
Power Struggle
RW
8-1-03
Byzantine Russian power struggle lies behind business-bashing AFP
Oligarchs, YUKOS Probe RW
8-1-03
THE OLIGARCHS OVERSSTEP THEIR BOUNDS Boston Globe
Marshall Goldman
Military Reform, Putin & Stalin RW
8-1-03
Putin in Stalin's Footsteps (re military reform) Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Power Struggle RW
8-1-03
NEW PUBLIC ENEMIES. Human rights groups warn that Russia is heading for civil war. Novye Izvestia
Russia, Europe, United States RW
8-1-03
French Commentary Views Russia's Strategic Posture Toward Europe, US Le Monde
Iraq Intelligence RW
8-1-03
REPLACEMENT OF REGIMES IN THE LIGHT OF THE IRAQ HANGOVER. Demoralization of global politics only helps international terrorism. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Alexei Bogaturov
Iraq, Jackson-Vanik RW
8-1-03
Iraq War Problems Could Prompt Washington To Scrap Jackson-Vanik Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Russia, Germany, United States RW
8-1-03
Washington, Berlin And Moscow: New Alignment After Iraq? www.
inthenationalinterest
.com
Angela Stent
North Korea Talks RW
8-1-03
It's time to talk. The resolution of the crisis in North Korea is not just a matter of concern to the United States, says Russia's deputy foreign minister ALEXANDER LOSYUKOV. The Globe and Mail (Canada)
International Security Reform RW
8-1-03
A New Military Policy for a New World Red Star
Nikolai Zlobin
YUKOS Probe
& Putin

RW
7-25-03

PUTIN AND YUKOS: ELECTION-SEASON POLITICS OR BUSINESS AS USUAL? RFE/RL Russian Political Weekly
Gregory Feifer
U.S.-Russian Cooperation RW
7-25-03
RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES: REVIVAL OF PARTNERSHIP. Common threats are bridging the gap between Moscow and Washington again. Vedomosti
Alexandr Shumilin
Russian Oil &
United States
RW
7-25-03
USA Interested in Russian Oil and Port of Murmansk. The USA welcomes the decision of the Russian government to increase the oil export to America. pravda.ru
Korean Nuclear Conflict RW
7-25-03
Moscow Warns About Possible Nuclear Conflict on Korean Peninsula Interfax
Weldon on Jackson-Vanik RW
7-25-03
Making Good on a Promise
(re Jackson-Vanik)
Moscow Times
Curt Weldon
Russian Nuclear Scientist Retraining RW
7-25-03
Transition program involving Russian scientists imperiled Oakland Tribune
Ian Hoffman
Perle on North Korea, International Security RW
7-25-03
RICHARD PERLE: WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO DEFEND OURSELVES. An interview with former US assistant secretary of defense Richard Perle. Izvestia
Alternative Military Service RW
7-25-03
Few Russians to sign up for alternative military service AFP
Alternative Military Service RW
7-25-03
NO ALTERNATIVES. Experts say the law on alternative civilian service will not be popular. Vedomost
Igor Fedyukhin
Military Reform RW
7-25-03
Ex-Defense Minister: Reform will destroy our army RosBusiness
Consulting
Caspian Sea RW
7-25-03
CASPIAN: A SEA OF CO-OPERATION OR AN APPLE OF DISCORD? RIA Novosti
Iraq, Deaths of Saddam's Sons RW
7-25-03
Russia says death of Saddam's sons no guarantee of Iraq stability AFP
Iraq & Chechnya RW
7-25-03
Iraq Is Not Like Chechnya Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Iraq Lessons RW
7-25-03
Lesson from Iraq: Foreign Policy Must Be Unpopular Russia in Global Affairs
Fyodor Lukyanov
Nuclear Submarines RW
7-25-03
Nuclear Submarines Project Launched in USSR 50 Years Ago. The competition between the USA and the USSR was immense. pravda.ru
YUKOS Oil Investigation
& Politics
RW
7-18-03
Critics Call Kremlin's Yukos Investigation Politically Motivated RFE/RL
Valentinas Mite
Kasyanov on Privatization RW
7-18-03

 

Privatization Process to Remain Unchanged, says Russian PM Voice of America
Lisa McAdams
Russian Orthodox Czar Memorial RW
7-18-03

 

Russian Orthodox church commemorates anniversary of tsar's death AFP
U.S.-Russian
Missile Defense
RW
7-18-03

 

U.S.-Russia missile defense agreement possible - U.S. Ambassador Interfax
Amb. Vershbow on Nuclear Arms Control RW
7-18-03

 

No need for new Russian-US nuclear arms cut treaties, says US envoy Interfax
Nuclear Submarines RW
7-18-03

 

Russian navy captain disputes paper's claim that nuclear subs stopped for 1 year ITAR-TASS
Nuclear Terrorism, Radiation Detectors RW
7-18-03

 

Less than half of Russia's customs posts have radiation detectors - US report BBC Monitoring
North Korea
Nuclear Program
RW
7-18-03

 

Russia Expert Says North Korea Can Produce Plutonium Only in Small Quantities ITAR-TASS
Chechnya War RW
7-18-03

 

Palestine or Worse. (re Chechnya) Moscow Times
Alexander Golts
Suicide Bombings RW
7-18-03

 

Caucasus Diary: Suicide -- or Staged -- Bombings? History suggests Chechens were not behind the recent Moscow bomb blasts. Transitions Online
Nabi Abdullaev
Iraq & Russian Military RW
7-18-03

 

Russia rules out troops for Iraq The Hindu (India)
Vladimir Radyuhin
U.S.-Russian Cooperation RW
7-18-03

 

PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIAN-US COOPERATION Trud
Sergei OZNOBISHCHEV
Russian Diplomacy, Middle East RW
7-18-03

 

Is Russia No Longer Needed in Middle? Rosbalt
Military Budget RW
7-18-03

 

DEFENSE BUDGET SOLITAIRE. Defense spending to be raised by 12% in 2004. Vremya Novostei
Nikolai Poroskov
Military Reform RW
7-18-03

 

Roundtable Discusses Key Aspects of Russian Military Reform Trud
Vershbow on Saddam Intelligence,
Russian Iraq Embassy
RW
7-18-03

 

Vershbow's Comments Raise Hackles In Moscow RFE/RL
Jeremy Bransten
Intelligence Chief Korabelnikov Interview RW
7-18-03

 

VALENTIN KORABELNIKOV: SMART AND WELL-TRAINED PEOPLE WORK WITH US. An interview with the chief of Russian military intelligence. Izvestia
Defense Industry RW
7-18-03

 

THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY: A FALL AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF SUCCESS. A virtual defeat for the defense sector - due to mismanagement. Argumenty i Fakty
Nuclear, WMD
Disarmament
RW
7-14-03
Destroy Russia's Weapons Washington Post editorial
Nuclear Missile Submarines RW
7-14-03
Russia Resumes Strategic Sub Patrols After Year Off Washington Post
Walter Pincus
Politics & Business, YUKOS Probe RW
7-14-03
Russia takes aim at giant oil company. Experts say probe politically driven. Chicago Tribune
Alex Rodriguez
Power Struggle RW
7-14-03
Power struggle in the Kremlin. When an election result is all-but-guaranteed, what's left to fight for? In Russia, there's still a great deal. The Economist (UK)
Putin & Oligarchs RW
7-14-03
Trouble brews between the Kremlin and the oligarchs Christian Science Monitor
Fred Weir
Military Reform, Professional Army RW
7-14-03
Russia creeps slowly towards fully professional army AFP
Defense Minister Ivanov & Communists RW
7-14-03
Defence minister wants no communism gazeta.ru
Bombing RW
7-14-03
Was It a Suicide Bombing? Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Elections RW
7-14-03
Campaign Season Starts With a Bang Moscow Times
editorial 
Bombing RW
7-14-03
'Black widows' terrorize Russia. Female attackers add new horror to suicide bombings Chechen women paid deadly visit to Moscow rock fest Toronto Star
Michael Mainville
U.S.-Russia-Europe Relations RW
7-14-03
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: RUSSIA BETWEEN EUROPE AND USA RIA Novosti
Alexander BESSMERTNYKH
Exchange Students RW
7-14-03
Fewer Students Go to U.S. This Year Moscow Times
Robin Munro
Russia & Europe RW
7-14-03
RUSSIA FACES EUROPE Jamestown Foundation Russia and Eurasia Review
Dov Lynch
NATO Spy Planes
& Georgia
RW
7-14-03
Russia: Moscow Concerned NATO Spy Planes May Use Georgian Airspace RFE/RL
Jean-Christophe Peuch
U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations

RW
7-14-03

Uzbekistan and US: Strange bedfellows Asia Times
Jonathan Feiser
Blair-Putin Summit,
Iraq, Energy

RW
6-27-03

Putin, Blair bury the hatchet over Iraq in state visit, ink huge energy deal AFP
Blair-Putin Summit, Putin on UN RW
6-27-03
Russia's Putin praises UN role, says ideological division in the world over BBC Monitoring
Blair-Putin Summit, Chechnya RW
6-27-03
Trade provides the circumstance for pomp. Putin on state visit while Russian war continues in Chechnya. The Guardian (UK)
Jonathan Steele
Blair-Putin Summit RW
6-27-03
Putin Has Arrived, Your Majesty! Elizabeth II Introduces Her Prime Minister to the Russian President. Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Vladislav Vorobyev
Putin Problems RW
6-27-03
Triumphant Putin has problems at home The Electronic Telegraph (UK)
Julius Strauss
Iran, North Korea RW
6-27-03
Kremlin aide reiterates Russia's stance on Iran, North Korea ITAR-TASS
North Korea RW
6-27-03
Russia's lost Korean opportunity Asia Times
Sergei Blagov
Population RW
6-27-03
Russia: Statistics Register Rise In Births, But Overall Demographic Picture Remains Grim RFE/RL
Jeremy Bransten
Arms Exports RW
6-27-03
Russia's armsmakers operating on borrowed time. An expected slowdown in sales to China and India will slice into Russian exports. Christian Science Monitor
Fred Weir
Amb. Vershbow, U.S.-Russian Relations RW
6-27-03
US Gives Advice to Its Strategic Partner. (US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow) Rosbalt
World War II RW
6-27-03
The Great Patriotic War Today and Yesterday Moscow Times
Zaira Abdullaeva
U.S.-Russian Hotline RW
6-27-03
HOTLINE: 40 YEARS OF BUILDING UP TRUST RIA Novosti
Missile Defense Cooperation RW
6-27-03
TO MAKE THINGS INTERESTING. Russia-US cooperation on missile defense is difficult, but possible. Izvestia
Pavel Podvig
Military Reform, Yabloko RW
6-27-03
STAGNATION AND PROFANATION. Yabloko lashes out at military reform plans. Vremya Novostei
Natalia Rozhkova
Nuclear Policy RW
6-20-03

 

Russia intends to keep all components of its nuclear triad - Baluyevsky Interfax
Military Cuts RW
6-20-03

 

Russia to cut military by just 100,000 soldiers: official AFP
Bush-Putin Summit RW
6-20-03
Russian-US summit to be held at Camp David in September - paper Interfax
Missile Defense Cooperation RW
6-20-03
Russia not dismissing tripartite cooperation on theatre ABM system - diplomat ITAR-TASS
Iran Nuclear Program & Russia RW
6-20-03
Russia refuses to abandon nuclear program with Iran AFP
U.S. Power RW
6-20-03
Ex-defense minister accuses US of seeking to dominate Russia AP
Foreign Military Bases RW
6-20-03
Russian military moves closer to home gazeta.ru
Chechnya & EU RW
6-20-03
EU Officials Say Moscow 'Not Living Up To' International Obligations In Chechnya RFE/RL
Ahto Lobjakas
Arms Trade RW
6-20-03
RUSSIA REMAINS THE LEADER IN ARMS EXPORTS. Analysts divided on assessments of Russia's arms trade. Vedomosti
Alexei Nikolsky
North Korea RW
6-20-03
Russia could be moderating influence on US attitude to North Korea - paper BBC Monitoring
Russian Nuclear Arsenal, U.S. Missile Defense, Military Modernization RW
6-20-03

TOPOL-M MISSILE CAN BREAK THROUGH US ANTI-MISSILE DEFENCE. In an interview with Nezavisimaya newspaper, General Moskovsky discusses the plans of Russian hardware modernisation.

Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Georgia Raid & Nuclear Terrorism,
Dirty Bombs
RW
6-20-03
Raid in Georgia triggers 'dirty bomb' fears. Police seize radioactive materials. San Francisco Chronicle
Anna Badkhen
Iraq Lessons RW
6-20-03
Iraq Lessons Moscow News
Alexei Arbatov
Russian Military Strength, Data RW
6-20-03
ARE RUSSIA'S ARMED FORCES READY TO COPE WITH NEW CHALLENGES? Vremya MN
Viktor Litovkin
Independence Day RW
6-13-03
Moscow's Red Square bathed in white, blue and red for independence day AFP
Independence Day RW
6-13-03
Putin Addresses Red Square Rally on National Holiday BBC Monitoring
Independence Day RW
6-13-03
VOX POPULI. (re Independence Day) St. Petersburg Times
Independence Day RW
6-13-03
Putin hijacks Yeltsin legacy The Hindu (India)
Vladimir Radyuhin
Human Trafficking RW
6-13-03
US lauds Russia's 'Herculean' anti-trafficking efforts AFP
Industry RW
6-13-03
Kasyanov Wants More Machines Moscow Times
Alla Startseva
Military Reform RW
6-13-03
Russian PM addressed Duma on contract army, wages, debt payment BBC Monitoring
Iran Nuclear Program RW
6-13-03
Iran must pledge to return spent nuclear fuel: Russian minister AFP
Iran Nuclear Program RW
6-13-03
Iran's nuclear program: The Russians may be ready to help International Herald Tribune
Brenda Shaffer
Climate, Kyoto RW
6-13-03
UN: Climate Conference Looking To Russia To Ratify Kyoto Protocol RFE/RL
Eugen Tomiuc
Defense Industry Assassinations RW
6-13-03
Expect Swift Retribution for Klimov's Death Moscow Times
Yulia Latynina
Space Station RW
6-13-03
U.S. Official Says Russia Providing Critical Supplies to Space Station. (Bolstering nonproliferation a core issue on U.S.-Russia security agenda) U.S. Department of State
Nuclear Arms, INF Treaty RW
6-13-03
THE FIRST STEP TO TRUST. (re INF treaty) RIA Novosti
Colonel-General Varfolomey KOROBUSHIN
Navy RW
6-13-03
MERIDIANS AND PARALLELS. Russian Navy conquering the world again. AN UPDATE ON THE CONDITION AND PROWESS OF THE RUSSIAN NAVY. Izvestia
Dmitry Litovkin
Oligarchs, Politics, Elections RW
6-13-03

THE "PLOT OF THE OLIGARCHS": THE PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN STARTS ON BASTILLE DAY

WPS Monitoring Agency
press review
Putin Future RW
6-6-03
Putin says two terms enough, no word yet on 2004 Reuters
U.S.-Russian Relations RW
6-6-03
What Is Underpinning U.S.-Russian Relations? Moscow Times
Alexander Golts
Putin & U.S. RW
6-6-03
Putin Says Russia Ready To Develop 'Unique' Partnership With US Interfax
Economy & Security RW
6-6-03
VLADIMIR PUTIN: STRONG ECONOMY AND HIGH GROWTH RATE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUANTITY OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS RIA Novosti
U.S.-Russia-NATO Missile Defense Exercises RW
6-6-03
Russia, NATO to hold joint missile defence exercises in USA Interfax
Russian Nuclear Policy RW
6-6-03
KOKOSHIN: RUSSIA MUST COMPLEMENT ITS NUCLEAR DETERRENCE POLICY WITH "SYSTEMS OF PRE-NUCLEAR DETERRENCE." RIA Novosti
WMD Materials, Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction RW
6-6-03
Reform and Expansion of Cooperative Threat Reduction Arms Control Today
Kenneth Luongo
William Hoehn
Russian Nuclear Fuel To Iran RW
6-6-03
Confounding US and Britain, Russia says nuclear link with Iran still on AFP
Iran Nuclear Program & Russia RW
6-6-03
Russia Faces Delicate Balancing Act in Stance Toward Iranian Nuclear Program Voice of America
Lisa McAdams
Evian G-8 Summit RW
6-6-03
G-8 SUMMIT: EVIAN A 'NICE ATTEMPT' BUT NO 'MIRACLE CURE.' U.S. State Department
Foreign Media Reaction
Iraq Contracts RW
6-6-03
RUSSIAN CONTRACTS IN IRAQ: FORGIVE OR FORGET? RFE/RL Newsline
Daniel Kimmage
U.S. Deployments RW
6-6-03
USA To Deploy Its Army Closer to Russian Borders. It is rumored that an American army base might appear even in Vietnam. pravda.ru
St. Petersburg Corruption RW
6-6-03
Notes from St. Petersburg: After the Ball. It was quite a shindig, but was all the money really spent on celebrating St. Petersburg’s 300th anniversary? Transitions Online
Vladimir Kovalev
Bush in St. Petersburg RW
6-6-03
Bush rescues Putin's St Petersburg bash Asia Times
Pavel Ivanov
St. Petersburg Tricentennial RW
6-6-03
ST. PETERSBURG CELEBRATIONS: A "VANITY FAIR" OR "PARADE OF THE INFLUENCE" OF VLADIMIR PUTIN? WPS Monitoring Agency
POLITICAL FORECASTS [Press summary]
Bush-Putin Summit RW
5-30-03
Analysts: Putin-Bush Summit Must Make 'Substantive Progress.' Voice of America
Lisa McAdams
Zlobin on U.S.-Russian Relations RW
5-30-03
U.S.-Russian Relations in an Emerging World. (Nikolai Zlobin) Kennan Institute
event summary
New Detente RW
5-30-03
New Detente to Die Young Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Bush-Putin Summit Expectations RW
5-30-03
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM THE ST. PETERSBURG SUMMIT Profil
Andrei Ryabov
Rice on Bush-Putin Summit RW
5-30-03
Rice Expects Bush-Putin Summit To Address Iranian Nuclear Issues RFE/RL
Ron Synovitz
Iran & Russia RW
5-30-03
AMERICA'S IRANIAN POLICY AND RUSSIA'S INTERESTS RIA Novosti
St. Petersburg Summit RW
5-30-03
Putin's emptied Saint Petersburg greets world leaders AFP
St. Petersburg Tricentennial RW
5-30-03
Leaders gather for St. Petersburg birthday. No 'family photo' expected of guests which include democrats, dictators. The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Mark MacKinnon
SARS RW
5-30-03
SARS officially arrives in Russia gazeta.ru
Landmines RW
5-30-03
Mills' 'success' on mines The Scotsman
Putin & U.S.-Russian Cooperation RW
5-30-03
THE SUBSTANCE CARRIER. Russia is seeking to regain the favor of the United States. Yezhenedelny Zhunal
Alexander Golts
Iraq Future RW
5-30-03
DMITRY SIMES: PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE FUTURE OF IRAQ. An interview with Dmitry Simes, President of the Nixon Center. Gazeta
Nuclear Arms Treaty RW
5-30-03
Further on Russian Upper House Ratification of SORT Interfax
Nuclear Terrorism Exercise RW
5-30-03
Russian security service holds anti-terrorist exercise at nuclear facility ITAR-TASS
Nunn on
Nuclear Terrorism
RW
5-30-03
Nuclear terrorism: Unite against the gravest threat International Herald Tribune
Sam Nunn
Russia, China, Central Asia RW
5-30-03
China, Russia, Central Asian nations strengthen ties AFP
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit RW
5-30-03
GLOBALISM TRIUMPHS IN SHANGHAI ORGANISATION SUMMITRY RIA Novosti
Putin Address RW
5-30-03
PUTIN'S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS Jamestown Foundation Russia and Eurasia Review
Elena Chinyaeva
Iraq, UN Vote RW
5-23-03
U.N. Vote Ends Russian Oil-For-Food Plan AP
St. Petersburg Tricentennial RW
5-23-03
Popular discontent sours St. Petersburg's big bash. Next week, Russia's 'Venice of the North' begins celebrating its tricentennial Christian Science Monitor
Fred Weir
Putin Address to Parliament RW
5-23-03
HOW MUCH CHANGE DOES PUTIN SEEK? RFE/RL Newsline
Peter Lavelle
Military Reform RW
5-23-03
The Military Reform Card Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Putin & U.S. RW
5-23-03
Russia ready to work with US on all issues: Putin AFP
Bush & Russia RW
5-23-03
George W. Bush Determined to Strengthen Relations with Russia pravda.ru
Iraq RW
5-23-03
A JACKAL BESIDE THE AMERICAN LION. An interview with Nixon Center President Dimitri K. Simes. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Missile Defense Cooperation, S. Ivanov in Washington RW
5-23-03
COURTESY LESSONS. New arms: trust should be mutual. US-Russia defense cooperation: moving beyond the war in Iraq. Rossiiskaya Gazeta
Vladimir Bogdanov
Military Exercises RW
5-23-03
A strong show of Russian arms Asia Times
Sergei Blagov
Russian Mafia in U.S. RW
5-23-03
Russian Scam without Borders. The interests of the Russian mafia in the U.S. range from the dating industry to ATM cards. Moscow News
Ilya Baranikas
Russian Nuclear Materials RW
5-23-03
US frets at security of Russian radioactive matter Reuters
Nuclear Dangers RW
5-23-03
On the RAND Report: Beyond the Nuclear Shadow Former Senator Sam Nunn
Nuclear Dangers RW
5-23-03
Act Now to Save G-8 Summit Carnegie Non-Proliferation Project
Chechnya Amnesty RW
5-23-03
Critics Say Offer Of Chechen Amnesty Is Meaningless RFE/RL
Jeremy Bransten
Nuclear Arms, SORT Treaty RW
5-16-03

 

ARSENALS AS A GIFT. Further progress in US-Russia relations. Izvestia
Mikhail Vinogradov
Ekaterina Grigorieva 
Nuclear Arms, SORT Treaty RW
5-16-03

 

SORT of a Treaty Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Joseph Cirincione
Jon Wolfsthal
Nuclear Arms, SORT Treaty,
Arbatov
RW
5-16-03

 

A NUCLEAR BOMB IN STARS AND STRIPES. A Duma
member speaks about the SORT Treaty. (Aleksei Arbatov)
Moskovsky Komsomolets
Powell in Moscow, U.S.-Russian Relations RW
5-16-03

 

RUSSIA-US DIFFERENCES CAN BE SETTLED Vremya MN
Vladimir Frolov
Iraq, UN, World Order RW
5-16-03

 

RUSSIAN EXPERT ON SITUATION AROUND IRAQ, U.N. CRISIS AND BIPOLAR WORLD RIA Novosti
Iraq WMD, Sanctions RW
5-16-03

 

RUSSIAN EXPERTS: TO LIFT IRAQI SANCTIONS US SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE ABSENCE OF WMD IN IRAQ RIA Novosti
Colin Powell Interview RW
5-16-03

 

Secretary of state Powell says Russia, USA working together on Iraq. (Ekho Moskvy radio interview) BBC Monitoring
Russian Nuclear Strike on United States: Rehearsal RW
5-16-03

 

MOSCOW REHEARSES A NUCLEAR STRIKE ON THE U.S. New plan for military exercises focuses on America as the enemy. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Igor Korotchenko
Military Reform RW
5-16-03

 

DUMA LEADERS DISCUSS MILITARY REFORMS WITH PUTIN. The president meets with Duma faction leaders. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Maksim Glinkin
Ivan Rodin
Professional Military RW
5-16-03

 

DELUXE POVERTY. If all privates and sergeants serve under contract, a Russian army mostly comprised of colonels will be even more expensive. Itogi
Oleg Odnokolenko
Military Reform RW
5-16-03

 

Chief of General Staff urges more money, training for Russian armed forces BBC Monitoring
NATO RW
5-16-03

 

Russian papers split on Nato BBC
Chechnya War RW
5-16-03

 

Bloody Internecine Conflict (re Chechnya) Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
World Bank, IMF RW
5-16-03

 

World Bank, IMF Assess Russian Economic Performance, Reforms; Echo Concerns of Russian Leadership Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Bering Strait, Russian Country Music RW
5-16-03

 

Moscow in the Meantime. Bering Strait is a country band from Russia, but you wouldn't know it from their album. Slate.com
John Morthland
Victory Day RW
5-9-03
Smiles and Sorrow as Veterans Recall End of War St. Petersburg Times
Irina Titova
Victory Day RW
5-9-03
Putin appeals to Russians' sense of patriotism on eve of Victory Day BBC Monitoring
SARS RW
5-9-03
Russia takes emergency action to block arrival of SARS from China AFP
SARS RW
5-9-03
Russian scientists say SARS in same group as HIV, hepatitis ITAR-TASS
World Russian Forum RW
5-9-03
Russia-USA: Partnership or Confrontation? The World Russian Forum meets in Washington. Moscow News
Ilya Baranikas
Space Program RW
5-9-03
Russia will not allow NASA access to inquiry into botched Soyuz landing AFP
Military Reform RW
5-9-03
Military Reform Going Nowhere Again Moscow Times
Alexander Golts
Iraq War Lessons RW
5-9-03
ON THE SCALES OF IRAQ. The war in Iraq has some lessons for Russian military reformers. Izvestia
Andrei Lebedev
NATO Expansion RW
5-9-03
NATO: U.S. Senate Approves Expansion RFE/RL
Andrew Tully
NATO & Baltics RW
5-9-03
RUSSIA WANTS NATO GUARANTEES NO ALLIED FORCE WILL BE SENT INTO THE BALTICS RIA Novosti
U.S. Bases in Poland RW
5-9-03
A YANKEE AT THE POLISH PRESIDENT'S COURT. United States plans to move Air Force bases from Germany to Poland. Trud-7
Sergei Ischenko
Iraq Victory, World Order RW
5-9-03
New Danger: Hyperpower on the Loose. The victory over Hussein has changed the United States' position in the world. What is the danger of this? Moscow News
Lilia Shevtsova
Global Balance of Power RW
5-9-03
USA MIGHT FACE THE FATE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE NG Dipkuryer
Anatoly Utkin
Nonproliferation, Moscow Treaty RW
5-9-03
Moscow Treaty Cuts Top List of U.S. Non-Proliferation Treaty Support US Department of State
May Day RW
5-2-03
Soviet era returns to Russia's May Day rallies, but not the Communists AFP
May Day RW
5-2-03
Most people in Russia view May Day as holiday -- polls ITAR-TASS
Weldon, U.S.-Russian Relations RW
5-2-03
US, Russia Must Remain Allies, Congressman Says CNSNews.com
Lawrence Morahan
United States, France & Russia RW
5-2-03
Why Bush Exempts Putin From Punishment Newhouse News Service
John Farmer
Poultry RW
5-2-03
MOST US POULTRY EXPORTERS NOW ABIDE BY RUSSIAN STANDARDS RIA Novosti
U.S.-Georgia Military Treaty RW
5-2-03
RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL SPEAKER DENOUNCES GEORGIA-US MILITARY TREATY RIA Novosti
United States in Central Asia RW
5-2-03
RUSSIA USING THE UNITED STATES AS A BUFFER IN CENTRAL ASIA. Russia is unlikely to retain its influence in Central Asia. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Military Reform RW
5-2-03
Army To Go Contract Moscow News
Iraq, North Korea, Balkans RW
5-2-03
Russian Deputy Security Council Secretary Chernov on Russia's Role in Post-War Iraq, North Korea, Withdrawal of Peacekeepers From Balkans Vremya MN
Iraq & Russian Regions RW
5-2-03
THE WAR IN IRAQ: REACTIONS FROM RUSSIA'S REGIONS Jamestown Foundation Russia and Eurasia Review
Nikolai Petrov
Putin Challenges RW
5-2-03
Putin: The incredibly shrinking president Asia Times
Peter Lavelle
New Book on Putin RW
5-2-03
Putin the Stabilizer or Transformer? (review of Lilia Shevtsova's Putin's Russia) Moscow Times Metropolis
Lynn Berry
Apartment Bombings RW
5-2-03
Separatists Tied to '99 Bombings. Announcement doesn't quell suspicion that Russian officials were behind the blasts. Los Angeles Times
David Holley
Chernobyl RW
5-2-03
17TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHORNOBYL DISASTER RFE/RL
(Un)Civil Societies
Russian Oil
& China
RW
5-2-03
Moscow Clears Way For Oil Pipeline To China RFE/RL
Michael Lelyveld
China & Trade RW
5-2-03
Russian Government Paper Urges PRC Role in 'G-9', UNSC Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Political Assassination RW
4-25-03
REQUIEM FOR A POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHT: SERGEI YUSHENKOV RFE/RL Newsline
Julie Corwin
Yushenkov Assassination RW
4-25-03
THE MURDER OF YUSHENKOV: SIX SCENARIOS. Who benefits from Yushenkov's death? Argumenty i Fakty
Iraq, Putin Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism RW
4-25-03
Kremlin Taking Bad Advice Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Arms Sales RW
4-25-03
Russian arms sales set new record AFP
Arms Sales RW
4-25-03
STEPASHIN INTRIGUES AGAINST ROSOBORONEXPORT. Arms exporters are robbing the nation. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Vadim Solovyov
Military Draft RW
4-25-03
Russia's Kasyanov wants to slash army conscription in half AFP
Military Reform RW
4-25-03
Government sides with generals over military reforms gazeta.ru
Military Reform RW
4-25-03
MILITARY REFORMS: THE SABOTAGE CONTINUES. Russia is capable of carrying out military reforms immediately. Izvestia
Boris Nemtsov
Iraq War,
World Order
RW
4-25-03

 

ANOTHER IRAQ WOULD BE FRAUGHT WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Trud: Sergei OZNOBISHCHEV
Iraq War RW
4-25-03

 

BASIC LESSONS OF THE IRAQI WAR Pravda
General of the Army Andrei Nikolayev
Baltic Radar Stations, NATO RW
4-25-03
Radar installations upset Russia The Baltic Times
Population RW
4-25-03
Concern over population decline in Russia The Hindu (India)
Oil RW
4-25-03
Moscow Hails Oil Merger But Pursues Probe RFE/RL
Michael Lelyveld
Chernobyl RW
4-25-03
Russia and Ukraine bicker over Chernobyl. Days before the disaster's 17th anniversary, Kiev reveals KGB documents that warned Moscow of dangers. Christian Science Monitor
Fred Weir
Defense Industry & Arms Exports RW
4-25-03
Putin Appoints New Arms Tsar Moscow Times
Chechnya RW
4-25-03
AMNESTY PROPOSALS: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS The Jamestown Foundation Chechnya Weekly
Iraq, U.S.-Russian Relations RW
4-18-03
Most Russians don't want to spoil relations with U.S. over Iraq Interfax
Iraq (poll) RW
4-18-03
More Russians think U.S.-British war in Iraq successful - poll Interfax
Iraq War, Bush RW
4-18-03
State Duma Resolution Draft Snubbing Bush Fails Rosbalt
U.S. Foreign Policy & Russia RW
4-18-03
Moscow Must Do More Than Simply Oppose U.S. Foreign Policy RFE/RL
Gregory Feifer
Iraq War & Russia RW
4-18-03
NO VENGEANCE THREATENING RUSSIA. Leading analysts comment on the war's consequences for Russia. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Iraq War & Russia RW
4-18-03
Russia left out in the cold Asia Times
Pavel Ivanov
Vershbow on Iraq, U.S.-Russian Relations RW
4-18-03
WILL AMERICA SEEK REVENGE ON RUSSIA? An interview with US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow. Argumenty i Fakty
Iraq & Russia RW
4-18-03
Russia Can't Keep Going Behind U.S. Back Newsday
Nikolas Gvosdev
Iraq War & Military Reform RW
4-18-03
A YANKEE AT KING HUSSEIN'S COURT. Will the war in Iraq have any impact on Russia's military reforms? Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Maksim Glikin
Chechnya Kidnappings RW
4-18-03
Russian Soldiers Said Involved in Up to 300 Chechen Kidnappings Los Angeles Times
David Holley
Bush, Blair & Putin RW
4-18-03
DICK MORRIS, PRESIDENT-MAKER: WE NEED A BUSH-BLAIR-PUTIN COALITION. An interview with American political consultant Dick Morris. Izvestia
Foreign Policy, World Order RW
4-18-03
MODERATE CONSTRUCTIVE ISOLATIONISM FOR RUSSIA. (interview with Academician Nikolai SHMELEV, director of the Institute of Europe) Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Yushenkov Political Assassination RW
4-18-03
Liberal Russia's Yushenkov Shot Dead Moscow Times
Environment, Labor, Industry RW
4-18-03
Hell on earth. This is the most polluted place in Russia - where the snow is black, the air tastes of sulphur and the life expectancy for factory workers is 10 years below the Russian average. But now a local union rep is taking on the might of Russian industry in Sunday's mayoral elections - and
promising to clean up the town
.
The Guardian (UK)
Nick Paton Walsh
Iraq War RW
4-11-03
Iraq's Impact on Russia Moscow Times
Lilia Shevtsova
Zlobin on Putin RW
4-11-03
Putin's Choice: Popularity or a Place in History Izvestia
Nikolai Zlobin
Iraq War RW
4-11-03
KREMLIN: ATTACK ON DIPLOMATIC CONVOY IN IRAQ WASN'T "PLANNED, PREMEDITATED." RIA Novosti
Iraq War,
Fall of Baghdad
RW
4-11-03
Russia mum on fall of Baghdad AFP
Iraq War & U.S.-Russian Relations RW
4-11-03
Iraq puts chill on U.S.-Russia relationship The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Michael den Tandt
Iraq War Victory RW
4-11-03
Russia Remains Unconvinced of U.S. Success Inter Press Service
Sergei Blagov
Iraq War & Europe RW
4-11-03
European US Allies Reportedly Tried to 'Blackmail' Russia Into Siding With US Der Spiegel (Germany)
Anti-Americanism RW
4-11-03
Discovering America. (Russian'New Anti-Americanism' Due to Lack of US Economic Aid) Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Leonid Radzikhovskiy
Business & U.S.-Russian Relations RW
4-11-03
Role of business in shaping future Russian-US relations viewed BBC Monitoring
Anti-Americanism RW
4-11-03
Pardon my French, but Russian anti-Americanism? Asia Times
Pete Lavelle
Russian Muslim Anti-U.S. Jihad RW
4-11-03
Russia: Most Muslim Clergy Rebuff Call For Jihad Against U.S. RFE/RL
Charles Carlson
North Korea RW
4-11-03
Russian commentator mulls North Korea's place as "next on US list." BBC Monitoring
Military Reform RW
4-11-03
Russian army reform should draw on Gulf war lessons - expert BBC Monitoring
Military Reform RW
4-11-03
RUSSIAN ARMY HALVED. An update on the Russian Armed Forces. Kommersant
Military Draft RW
4-11-03
Only 10.3% of Those Eligible for Military Service Will Actually Be Called up in 2003 Rosbalt
Military Reform Illusion RW
4-11-03
Russian military reform no more than an illusion gazeta.ru
Human Rights Report RW
4-11-03
Foreign Media Reaction, HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: FINDINGS 'ACCURATE,' U.S. 'HYPOCRITICAL.' US Department of State
Film, Russian Ark RW
4-11-03

Cinema: Breathtaking history of Russia. (re Russian Ark)

The Guardian (UK) Peter Bradshaw
Iraq War & Kremlin RW
4-04-03
Kremlin Softens Its Antiwar Rhetoric Moscow Times
Simon Saradzhyan
Simon Ostrovsky
Iraq War, Bush & Saddam Ratings RW
4-04-03
Poll shows Saddam more popular than Bush among Russians ITAR-TASS
Post-War Iraq RW
4-04-03
US envoy to Moscow says Russian firms have place in post-war Iraq Interfax
Bush & Russia RW
4-04-03
BUSH IS NO HITLER, AND RUSSIA IS NOT AN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES. Russia and America have common ideals after all. Izvestia
editorial
Safranchuk on Iraq Arms Sales, U.S.-Russian Relations RW
4-04-03
The Pitfalls of Confrontation Moscow News
Ivan Safranchuk
Anti-Americanism RW
4-04-03
Russian Academics Reported Urging End to 'Anti-American Hysteria.' Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Iraq War, Putin RW
4-04-03
Putin says Russia not interested in seeing a US defeat in Iraq BBC Monitoring
Iraq War, Russian Muslim Anti-U.S. Jihad RW
4-04-03
Russian Muslim leader rebuffed after call for holy war against US AFP
Iraq Arms Sales RW
4-04-03
UP IN ARMS OVER IRAQI ARMS RFE/RL NewsLine Daniel Kimmage
Iraq War RW
4-04-03
Russia's GRU said to vent frustration over Iraq war on Internet BBC Monitoring
Chechnya War Crimes RW
4-04-03
Moscow furious at threat of war crimes court for Chechnya AFP
Putin Military Spending RW
4-04-03
THE HOUR OF THE HAWK. Attempts to make Putin boost defense spending. Vremya Novostei Nikolai Poroskov
North Korea RW
4-04-03
RUSSIAN EXPERTS: USA MIGHT ATTACK NORTH KOREA RIA Novosti
S. Ivanov on Iraq, UN, NATO RW
4-04-03
DEFENCE MINISTER SERGEI IVANOV ABOUT IRAQ, UN, NATO AND THE RUSSIAN ARMY Komsomolskaya Pravda
Iraq War,
U.S. Victory
RW
4-04-03
USA's Victory To Make Russia Take Pro-American Stand. Most likely, Russia will have to exercise its devotion to American values. pravda.ru
Iraq War RW
3-28-03
Russia takes lead in voicing world anger over Iraq: analysts AFP
Iraq War, U.S.-Russian Relations RW
3-28-03
Relations between U.S.-Russia frosty Canoe News (Canada)
Fred Weir
Iraq War & U.S. Image RW
3-28-03
WAR IN IRAQ DESTROYS MYTHS ABOUT AMERICA Komsomolskaya Pravda
Sergei Chugayev
Iraq Oil:
Amb. Vershbow
RW
3-28-03
Vershbow: US cannot guarantee Russian access to Iraq's oil Interfax
Iraq WMD RW
3-28-03
Russian weapons inspector: US will find anthrax gazeta.ru
Iraq & Russian Arms Sales RW
3-28-03
US official praises Russian efforts on Iraqi arms sales AFP
Iraq War & Russia RW
3-28-03
Jamming the Russian-American Relationship www.inthenational
interest.com

Paul Saunder
Nikolas Gvosdev
Iraq War: Zlobin RW
3-28-03
The Shape of Things to Come Profil
Nikolai Zlobin
Iraq War & Russian Sovereignty RW
3-28-03
Russia and Wars of Tomorrow pravda.ru
Nuclear Threat Reduction RW
3-28-03
Threat Reduction: Reform and Revitalization Required Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council
Kenneth Luongo
William Hoehn
Iraq War & Post-War Iraq RW
3-28-03
THE WAR BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH: FROM NOSTRADAMUS TO GEORGE W. BUSH WPS Monitoring Agency
POLITICAL FORECASTS
[press review]
Iraq War RW
3-21-03
Russia's Putin calls on US to end Iraq war AFP
War &
International Law
RW
3-21-03
Putin Says World Must Be Governed By International Law, Not "Rule of the Fist." BBC Monitoring
U.S.-Russian Relations RW
3-21-03
IGOR IVANOV: RUSSIA & USA REMAIN PARTNERS, NOT ENEMIES RIA Novosti
Iraq Future RW
3-21-03
Russia should take part in post-war settlement in Iraq - top senator BBC Monitoring
Iraq War & Oil RW
3-21-03
DEPUTY DUMA SPEAKER URGES CALM RESPONSE TO IRAQ HOSTILITIES (Lukin) and LEADING ECONOMIST PREDICTS STABILIZATION OF OIL PRICES. RFE/RL Newsline
Iraq War Opposition RW
3-21-03
Russia's politicians united against Iraq war gazeta.ru
Iraq War, Amb. Vershbow Interview RW
3-21-03
RADIO INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR ALEXANDER VERSHBOW [EKHO MOSKVY RADIO, 15:00, MARCH 20, 2003] www.fednews.ru
Iraq War, World Order RW
3-21-03
Bush's Brezhnev Doctrine Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Iraq Regime Change RW
3-21-03
Without Trial or Investigation. Is It Possible to Install Democracy by Nondemocratic Means? Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Aleksandr Volkov
Iraq War, Economy RW
3-21-03
Putin aide says Iraq war damaging to Russian economy in longer term. (Illarionov) Interfax
Iraq War, Economic Impact RW
3-21-03
RUSSIAN AUDIT CHAMBER: WAR IN IRAQ CAN AFFECT RUSSIA'S ECONOMY RIA Novosti
Nuclear Arms Control RW
3-21-03
DEGREE OF INFLUENCE. The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty will not be ratified this week. Izvestia
Andrei Lebedev
Chechnya Referendum RW
3-21-03
Chechnya: Russian Government Preparing For Referendum RFE/RL
Gregory Feifer
Iraq War & Chechnya RW
3-21-03
Iraq war not to affect Chechnya's referendum - official ITAR-TASS
Russia & UN RW
3-21-03
Official asks for U.N. help on Russia Washington Times
Olga Kryzhanovska
Beatles, Paul McCartney RW
3-21-03
Paul McCartney finally heads Back to the USSR AFP
Iraq Vote
RW
3-14-03
Moscow Unlikely To Be Swayed by Threat Over 'No' Vote On Iraq RFE/RL
Jeremy Bransten
Iraq & Putin RW
3-14-03
Putin's Delicate Balancing Game Moscow Times
Catherine Belton
Iraq & Gorbachev RW
3-14-03
Gorbachev's advice to Saddam The Hindu (India)
Vladimir Radyuhin
Iraq Crisis Diplomacy RW
3-14-03
Winning the Diplomatic Battle www.federalpost.ru
Nikolai Zlobin
Iraq Crisis
& Russia
RW
3-14-03
Russia Trusted by All Involved in Iraq Conflict Moscow News
Vladimir Lukin
Iraq War & Global Nuclear Proliferation RW
3-14-03
IRAQI WAR CAN TRIGGER OFF NUCLEAR MILITARIZATION Argumenty i Fakty
Andrei Kokoshin
Iraq Crisis Diplomacy
& Russia
RW
3-14-03
French Commentary Views Impact of Iraq Crisis on Russian Diplomatic Trends Le Monde
Putin Ratings RW
3-14-03
Most Russians approve of Putin's work - poll Interfax
Free Interfax Offer RW
3-14-03
Free Interfax offer  
Nuclear Arms Control RW
3-14-03
Duma committee favors ratification of SOR Treaty Interfax
Russian Military & Gays, Alcohol, Drugs RW
3-14-03
Russia bans gays, alcohol and drug users from army AFP
Military Problems RW
3-14-03
What Is the Salvation for Russian Army? pravda.ru
Space Programs RW
3-14-03
RUSSIA-U.S. SPACE UNION RIA Novosti
WMD Materials RW
3-14-03
Nunn, Lugar Programs to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear Weapons and Materials Must be Accelerated, Reshaped to Meet Terrorist Threat U.S. Newswire
Harry Potter RW
3-14-03
Lawsuit in Russia may follow Potter vs. Grotter hearings in Amsterdam Interfax
Intelligence Agencies RW
3-14-03
President Boosts Powers Of Security Service RFE/RL
Gregory Feifer
Iraq War RW
3-7-03
US will begin Iraq operation in 2 weeks, Russian expert says Interfax
Russian Foreign Policy RW
3-7-03
WHAT CAUSED THE CHANGE IN RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY, PRAGMATISM OR IDEALISM? Smysl
Lidia Andrusenko
Post-War Iraq RW
3-7-03
No place for Russia in US plans for post-war settlement in Iraq - paper BBC Monitoring
Bush & Middle East RW
3-7-03
THE PRICE OF GEORGE BUSH'S DEMOCRATIC CRUSADE Trud
Alexei Pushkov
Iraq War & Russia RW
3-7-03
How to Avoid Losing the War in Iraq Moscow Times
Vyacheslav Nikonov
Nuclear Material Thefts RW
3-7-03
2002 saw several thefts of nuclear materials, isotope products in Russia ITAR-TASS
Nuclear Arms Treaty RW
3-7-03
Moscow Treaty is full of holes Boston Globe
John Kerry
Chechnya Pull-Out RW
3-7-03
Russian troops quit Chechnya BBC
Nikolai Gorshkov
U.S. Visas RW
3-7-03
Plight of Russian Applicants for U.S. Visas Moscow News
Igor Suzdaltsev
Vershbow on U.S.-Russian Relations RW
3-7-03
U.S.-Russia Relations: Opportunities and Challenges in 2003 US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow
Stalin & Putin RW
3-7-03
POLITICAL FORECASTS/[press review]: STALIN AND PUTIN: HAVE TIMES CHANGED NOW? WPS Monitoring Agency
Iraq Debate & Putin RW
2-28-03
Putin takes anti-war back seat BBC
Jacky Rowland
Iraq: Bush & Putin RW
2-28-03
Bush, Putin Agree to Work on Solution for Iraq Crisis Voice of America
Lisa McAdams
Iraq: U.S.-Russian Relations RW
2-28-03
Walking a Fine Line to Drive a Hard Bargain Moscow Times
editorial
Iraq Debate RW
2-28-03
Alliance against Iraq war may split over fears of US backlash: Russian press AFP
Iraq War RW
2-28-03
WHAT WAR ON IRAQ MAY ENTAIL RIA Novosti
Iraq: U.S. & Russia RW
2-28-03
WASHINGTON NEEDS MOSCOW Rossiiskiye Vesti Alexei Strogin
Iraq & Putin RW
2-28-03
Wiggling Toward Isolation Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
U.S. Iraq Policy RW
2-28-03
ARON: AMERICA WILL ACT AS IT CONSIDERS NECESSARY. Leon Aron on the conflict over Iraq. Izvestia
Iraq War & Environment RW
2-28-03
Russian environmentalists warn of harmful after-effects of strike on Iraq Interfax
Iraq: Russian Veto RW
2-28-03
RUSSIAN EXPERTS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THE RIGHT OF VETO IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL Vedomosti
Iraq War Repercussions RW
2-28-03
COST OF THE QUESTION. Much more is at stake than the fate of Saddam Hussein or Iraq. Kommersant Gennadi Susoyev
Russian Military Policy RW
2-28-03
Draft principles of Russia's military policy ready for discussion ITAR-TASS
Russian Military Poverty RW
2-28-03
Majority of Russian army officers live in poverty: official AFP
Russian Military Problems RW
2-28-03
HAZING AND THE DRAFT DECRIED, CHECHEN DEPORTATION REMEMBERED ON RED ARMY DAY IN RUSSIA RFE/RL
(Un)Civil Societies

Catherine A. Fitzpatrick
Iraq War & Economy RW
2-28-03
WAR AND THE US ECONOMY.
A Russian Expert's Survey
.
Vedomosti Alexander Dugin
Foreign Investment RW
2-28-03
Big Mac Does Not Give Up. While McDonald's, the world's fast-food service leader, is going through the worst ever crisis at home, Russia's fast-food market seems to be impervious to external upheavals. Moscow News Dmitry Babich
Yulia Ignatyeva
Russian WMD Security Failures RW
2-28-03
At Mayak, Lax Security Worries U.S. Rocky Mountain News
Ann Imse
Population Decline RW
2-28-03
UN: Population Division Says Eastern Europe's Population To Fall By Half In Some Areas. RFE/RL
Don Hill
U.S. Nuclear Weapon Modernization RW
2-21-03
Russian expert says US plans to modernize nuclear weapons "logical." Interfax
Russian Nuclear Safeguards RW
2-21-03
Russia needs tighter nuclear checks, watchdog says Reuters
Russian Foreign Policy RW
2-21-03
WORLD GROWS TO KNOW RUSSIA BETTER: FOREIGN MINISTRY RIA Novosti
Iran Nuclear Program
& Space Station
RW
2-21-03
Russia urges US to ditch Iran qualms to save ISS Reuters
Iraq & Russia, Oil RW
2-21-03
He Who Pays the Pundit ... Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Iraq & Europe RW
2-21-03
THE CONCERT IS OVER. How America subdued Europe. Moskovsky Komsomolets
Iraq,
Russia & Europe
RW
2-21-03
RUSSIA BETWEEN EUROPE AND USA Itogi
Andrei KAMAKIN
Konstantin LEZHANDR
U.S. Iraq Policy RW
2-21-03
Russia not looking to confront USA over Iraq, says senior MP. (Dmitriy Rogozin) BBC Monitoring
Iraq & France RW
2-21-03
You who applaud today, applaud France Asia Times
John Helmer
Iraq & Europe RW
2-21-03
What "New Europe"? The Europeans are divided, but not over Iraq. Slate.com
Scott MacMillan
Chechnya Killings & Kremlin RW
2-21-03
Russian MP says Kremlin sanctions Chechnya killings. (Sergei Kovalyov) The Guardian (UK) Nick Paton Walsh
U.S. Terrorist List & Chechnya RW
2-21-03
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS LISTING OF CHECHEN GROUPS AS INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS RIA Novosti
Chechnya Futgure RW
2-21-03
Russian Envoy Hopeful About Chechnya's Future Voice of America
James Donahower
Chechnya Casualties RW
2-21-03
Casualty Figures Jamestown Foundation Chechnya Weekly
Chechnya & European Human Rights Court RW
2-21-03
RUSSIA LOOKS TO STRASBOURG Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Newsline
Vladimir Kovalev
Russian Arms Sales RW
2-21-03
Weapons Exports Hit Record $4.8 Bln Moscow Times
Lyuba Pronina
WMD Disposal RW
2-21-03
RF to cooperate with foreign partners in CW elimination - FM. (chemical weapons) ITAR-TASS
NATO - Russia Intelligence Sharing RW
2-21-03
GEORGE ROBERTSON: NO LONGING FOR THE COLD WAR. Claims that Russia and the West are exchanging intelligence information. An exclusive interview with NATO Secretary General George Robertson. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Yevgeny Verlin
Putin on Bush RW
2-14-03
Putin praises Bush, says he remains his personal friend Prime-TASS
Iraq RW
2-14-03
Pragmatic Russia in balancing-act over Iraq: analysts AFP
U.S. Iraq Policy RW
2-14-03
Tough US stance helped soften Iraqi position - hence justified, says Putin ITAR-TASS
Iraq: France & Germany RW
2-14-03
Most Righteous War of All Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Russian Oil, Foreign Investment, BP RW
2-14-03
BP's deal with Russian oil firms "down payment" for compliance on Iraq - paper BBC Monitoring
Iraq: Russian Diplomacy RW
2-14-03
RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY HAS OPTIONS ON IRAQI PROBLEM Trud
Alexei Pushkov
Iraq & Putin RW
2-14-03
VLADIMIR PUTIN BETWEEN IRAQ, THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW WORLD Izvestia
Georgy Bovt
Iraq: U.S.-Russian Relations RW
2-14-03
THE NEW ENTENTE MAY SPRING A LEAK. Russia does not really care about Iraq - it will not confront Washington. Novye Izvestia
Iraqi Facility RW
2-14-03
Russian Reporter Sees Nothing Untoward at 'Secret' Iraqi Facility Tribuna
Russian Navy RW
2-14-03
Russian Naval Show of Strength Not Seen as Bluff Trud
Putin Midterm RW
2-14-03
Putin: A Midterm Assessment. If Putin shows his weakness, the "centers of power" will immediately begin a struggle for power in
Russia
.
Donald Jensen
Arms Sales RW
2-14-03
Russia: Analysts Say Burgeoning Arms Sales Pose Security Threat RFE/RL
Gregory Feifer
Russian WMD RW
2-14-03
U.S. Must Act To Secure Russia's Tactical Weapons Roll Call
Karl Inderfurth
Chechen Refugees RW
2-14-03
THE REFUGEES: "A PATTERN OF INTIMIDATION." Jamestown Foundation CHECHNYA WEEKLY Lawrence Uzzell,
Russian Attitudes on United States RW
2-7-03
Russians mostly indifferent about U.S., poll shows Interfax
Russian WMD RW
2-7-03
Russia: Unlike Iraq, Moscow's Aging, Poorly Secured Weapons Easily Found (Part 1) RFE/RL
Jeremy Bransten
WMD Scientists RW
2-7-03
Initiatives Aim To Minimize Risk That Underpaid Scientists Might Stray (Part 2) RFE/RL
Jeremy Bransten
Iraq, Powell Report RW
2-7-03
Russians sees chinks in Powell report but concedes Iraq war certain AFP
Iraq War RW
2-7-03
Most Russians believe US operation against Iraq inevitable - poll Interfax
Iraq Options RW
2-7-03
Russian security chief says Iraqi problem still allows political solution ITAR-TASS
U.S. Iraq Policy RW
2-7-03
US v. IRAQ -- SUSPICION IS NOT EVIDENCE IN ITSELF RIA Novosti
Iraq War &
Russian Military
RW
2-7-03
CAN RUSSIA FIGHT IRAQ? The Russian military is not ready for cooperation with the West. Another look at what Russia might do in the event of war Vremya Novostei Nikolai Poroskov
Al Qaeda, Iraq, Russia RW
2-7-03
U.S. tells Kremlin it sees evidence of terror in Chechnya. Powell links al-Qaida to attacks in Russia; Russia has long alleged ties. Baltimore Sun
Douglas Birch
U.S. Aid to Russia RW
2-7-03
NO MORE GRANTS. United States is cutting off financial aid to Russia. Rossiiskaya Gazeta
Alexander Velichenkov
Space Program, Iran Nuclear Linkage RW
2-7-03
Space Cooperation and Iran Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Military Reform, Conscription RW
2-7-03
SOLDIER IN RUBLES AND ITEMS. A professional military: for and against. Izvestia
Dmitry Litovkin Svetlana Babaeva
Russian Civil Rights Organizations RW
2-7-03
Russian Civil Rights Organizations Defended as Military Authorities Fail To Resolve Issues Vremya MN
Pakistan, Musharraf Visit RW
2-7-03
Musharraf a small fish in Putin's pool Asia Times
Sergei Blagov
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster, International Space Station RW
2-7-03
Russian rockets sole path to station. It could be years before shuttles return to space. San Francisco Chronicle
Anna Badkhen
Stalingrad RW
2-7-03
Russians refighting the battle for Stalingrad. We know what city we were defending and it wasn't Volgograd, survivors say. The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Mark MacKinnon
2003 Challenges RW
1-31-03
NEW CHALLENGES FOR RUSSIA IN 2003 Trud
Fyodor Luyanov
Scientist Repression RW
1-31-03
Russian scientists denounce damaging 'spymania.' AFP
Russian National Security Doctrine RW
1-31-03
Russia to update its national security doctrine Interfax
Putin on Iraq RW
1-31-03
Putin calls for diplomatic efforts to resolve Iraq dispute Prime-TASS
Russia & Iraq RW
1-31-03
MOSCOW BOWING TO WASHINGTON. The US will probably get what it want from Russia in the matter of Iraq. Nezavisimaya Gazeta Yevgeny Verlin
Nikolai Zlobin
Iraq & U.S. Motives RW
1-31-03
Iraq: Motives All Mixed Up Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Caspian Muslims RW
1-31-03
A different view of the Islamic world: Caspian countries defy stereotypes Harvard Gazette Ken Gewertz
American Deportation for Alleged al Qaeda Ties RW
1-31-03
American expelled from Russia. She reportedly offered to aid attacks on U.S. San Francisco Chronicle
Anna Badkhen
Chechnya Referendum RW
1-31-03
Ahead of key vote, Russia admits rebels still run loose in Chechnya AFP
Chechnya & Terrorism RW
1-31-03
Russia informs USA of Chechen groups it regards as terrorist ITAR-TASS
Chechnya Nuclear Warhead Allegations RW
1-31-03
Chechen rebels trying to obtain nuclear warhead, Russian military tell US visitors ITAR-TASS
Amnesty International Letter RW
1-31-03
Amnesty International Calls on the Russian Government to Live up to its Obligations to Protect Human Rights Amnesty International
Russian Human Rights RW
1-31-03
HUMAN RIGHT ADVOCATES NOTICED NO IMPROVEMENTS LAST YEAR. More laws - but fewer rights. Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Anatoly Kostyukov
Professional Military RW
1-31-03
WHERE CAN RUSSIA FIND CONTRACT SERVICEMEN? The military reforms may be stalled by a shortage of personnel. Vremya MN
Viktor Myasnikov
Moscow Hostage Crisis RW
1-31-03
MOSCOW HOSTAGE DRAMA: THE CRUELEST QUESTION RFE/RL Newsline Daniel Kimmage
Arms Sales to China RW
1-31-03
More Russian weapons go to China Asia Times
Sergei Blagov
Russian Foreign Policy RW
1-31-03
Pragmatism in Russian Foreign Policy Körber Department CIS-Barometer Alexander Rahr
Missile Defense Cooperation RW
1-24-03
Putin ready to cooperate with US on missile defense AFP
Iraq RW
1-24-03
Russian foreign minister criticizes US stance on Iraq BBC Monitoring
Nuclear Security RW
1-24-03
USA satisfied with Russian nuclear safeguards - diplomat ITAR-TASS
Environment, Media, Pasko RW
1-24-03
Environmental Journalist Freed From Prison. (Grigorii Pasko) RFE/RL
Gregory Feifer
North Korea RW
1-24-03
Is Russia the New Peacemaker? (re North Korea) CDI's Weekly Defense Monitor Seva Gunitskiy
Russian
Missile Defense
RW
1-24-03
THIRTY YEARS IS NOT THE MAXIMUM. Russia's missile defense capacities will be updated. Izvestia
Dmitry Litovkin
Hostage Lawsuit RW
1-24-03
The price of a life: lawyer with attitude fights for Russian hostages AFP
India
Nuclear Program
RW
1-24-03
Moscow deal boosts Indian nuclear arms The Guardian (UK)
Luke Harding
Japan RW
1-24-03
DISTANT NEIGHBORS
(re Japan)
Jamestown Foundation
Russia and Eurasia Review

Peter Rutland
Foreign Minister Ivanov Interview RW
1-24-03
IGOR IVANOV: WE ARE BETTER PRAGMATIC THINKERS NOW. An interview with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. Trud-7
WMD Disposal RW
1-24-03
USA GIVES RUSSIA A HAND TO DESTROY CHEMICAL ARMS-BETTER LATE THAN NEVER RIA Novosti
Military Spending RW
1-24-03
Murky Messy Procurement Moscow Time
Pavel Felgenhauer
Russian Foreign Policy RW
1-24-03
RUSSIAN EXPERTS MAKE A FORECAST OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY Izvestia
Iraq's Future RW
1-17-03
THE FUTURE OF IRAQ: RUSSIA'S STAND Rossiiskaya Gazeta
Georgy Mirsky
Persian Gulf & Russian Navy RW
1-17-03
Experts Differ on Need for Russian Naval Presence in Persian Gulf Interfax
Missile Defense RW
1-17-03
AMERICA BRAIN-HUNTING FOR NMD RIA Novosti
Nuclear Arms Treaty RW
1-17-03
Russian Duma To Discuss Ratification of Strategic Potentials Treaty ITAR-TASS
WMD Disposal RW
1-17-03
WASHINGTON SPONSORS RUSSIA'S DISARMAMENT Izvestia
WMD Disposal RW
1-17-03
Russia's Deadly Junk Room Los Angeles Times
editorial
CIA on Sensitive Technologies RW
1-17-03
Russian Foreign Ministry denies CIA report on "leaks of sensitive technologies." Interfax
Central Asia Nuclear Material RW
1-17-03
Proliferation: All it takes is thugs with clubs Asia Times
Sergei Blagov
Russia & NATO RW
1-17-03
Russia, NATO countries to cooperate on standardizing weapons ITAR-TASS
Nuclear Arsenal RW
1-17-03
RUSSIA NEEDS A TRANSPARENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR ITS STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES Vremya Novostei
Chechnya Referendum RW
1-17-03
What Point in Referendum? (re Chechnya) Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
New World Order RW
1-17-03
A PYRAMID BALANCED IN CHAOS. Russia's new role in the world. Expert
Russian Military Agenda RW
1-17-03
Sergey Ivanov Eyes Army Priorities, Reform, Contract Manning. Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Peace Corps Expulsion RW
1-17-03
End of Peace Corps an Opportunity Lost Moscow Times Oksana Yablokova
Hostage Crisis Lawsuit RW
1-17-03
Moscow Court Begins Hostage-Crisis Compensation Hearings RFE/RL
Gregory Feifer
Wars,
2002 Review
RW
1-10-03
Russia's year in the wars Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Vershbow
2002 Review
RW
1-10-03
US ambassador thinks 2002 was good year in relations with Russia Interfax
Missile Defense RW
1-10-03
Joint U.S.-Russia shield proposed. Once Cold War foes, now both countries find missile-defence interestsconverging. The Globe and Mail
(Canada) Mark MacKinnon
Missile Defense RW
1-10-03
Russia awaiting US response on missile proposals: ministry AFP
Missile Defense RW
1-10-03
RUSSIA-U.S. ABM COOPERATION BUDDING RIA Novosti
Russian Winter RW
1-10-03
Arctic Cold Leaves Tens Of Thousands Without Heat RFE/RL
Gregory Feifer
Russian Military RW
1-10-03
Defence chief briefs Putin on state of military gazeta.ru
Military Hazing, Abuse, Desertions RW
1-10-03
Hazers Fill Officers' Void Moscow Times
Pavel Felgenhauer
Military Reform RW
1-10-03
THIS TIME WE REALLY MEAN IT: RUSSIAN MILITARY REFORM Jamestown Foundation Russia and Eurasia Review
Stephen Blank
North Korea RW
1-10-03
Russia left in the dark over N. Korean crisis: analysts AFP
Iraq RW
1-10-03
Russian analysts predict three scenarios of US war against Iraq BBC Monitoring
Iraq RW
1-10-03
Possibility of US Lowering 'Nuclear War Threshold' in Iraq Viewed Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Iraq RW
1-10-03
Russian Roundtable on Iraq Views Saddam's Prospects, Impact on Russia Trud
NATO RW
1-10-03
What's Actual Difficulty with NATO Stand? pravda.ru
NATO RW
1-10-03
A GENERAL'S FORECAST. General Baluevsky speaks about his service record and cooperation with NATO. Moskovsky Komsomolets
Russia Data RW
1-3-03
Country profile: Russia BBC
Iraq RW
1-3-03
Expert Says Iraq Crisis May Put To Test Russian-US Relations. (Rogov) ITAR-TASS
Food RW
1-3-03
Poll Indicates 2002 Food for Most Russians ITAR-TASS
Economy RW
1-3-03
Official paints rosy picture of "sustainable" economic growth in Russia ITAR-TASS
Standard of Living RW
1-3-03
Commentary Says Russians Unlikely To Accept Claims of Better Living Conditions ITAR-TASS
Chechnya, OSCE RW
1-3-03
Caucasus: OSCE Closes Chechnya Mission With Little Protest RFE/RL
Valentinas Mite
Chechnya, Disappearances RW
1-3-03
Vanished in Moscow's dirty war on terror The Scotsman
Tom Parfitt
NATO, Vershbow RW
1-3-03
VERSHBOW'S LIST. The US believes Russia could become a NATO member. Novaya Gazeta
Andrei Piontkovsky
Foreign Policy RW
1-3-03
Leading political expert examines Russia's foreign policy successes, failures. (Nikonov) BBC Monitoring
U.S.-Russian Relations RW
1-3-03
Ivanov Says US Relations Remain Russia's Priority Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Missile Defense RW
1-3-03
MISSILE DEFENSE: 'SON OF STAR WARS' RANKLES MANY US Department of State Foreign Media Reaction
Intelligence RW
1-3-03
INTERVIEW OF DIRECTOR OF RUSSIA'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE Rossiiskaya Gazeta
WMD Disposal RW
1-3-03
US may adopt Russian method of destroying chemical weapons - Munitions Agency ITAR-TASS
Terrorism & Military Reform RW
1-3-03
Russian defence needs reorientation in view of terrorist threat - minister Interfax
NATO RW
1-3-03
Official says Russia's goal to cooperate with NATO ITAR-TASS
Secret Police RW
1-3-03
Secret Police Opening Up? Moscow News
Sergei Sossinsky

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