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CDI Russia Weekly Home Edited by David Johnson

CDI-RW 2004   [Excerpts from the CDI Russia Weekly E-Mail Newsletter]
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• Long-Range and Pointless [re: terrorism, preemptive strikes, cruise missiles]
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 12-24-04
 
• Russia, U.S. allies in fighting terrorism - Putin
From Interfax; RW 12-24-04
 
• RUSSIANS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-24-04
 
• Russia: Freedom House Downgrades Country To 'Not Free' Status
By Daisy Sindelar, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 12-24-04
 
•

Ukraine: East And West -- Different Histories, One Future
By Valentinas Mite, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 12-24-04
 
• U.S. Can't Buy Revolution
By Greg Bloom, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 12-24-04
 
• A Freeloading Superpower [re: Ukraine]
By Vladimir Nadein, from The Moscow News; RW 12-24-04
 
• EUROPEAN AID TO CHECHNYA, A CHRISTMAS PRESENT?
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-24-04
 
• PRESIDENT PUTIN: PLUSES AND MINUSES OF 2004
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-24-04
 
• Traffic Jams - Punishment for Sins?
Mikhail Blinkin, a mathematician, made a startling discovery: Moscow traffic jams are the price that we have to pay for our failure to come to terms with each other
By Anna Rudnitskaya, from The Moscow News; RW 12-24-04
 
• RUSSIAN LONG-RANGE AVIATION READY TO DELIVER PINPOINT STRIKES AGAINST TERRORISTS
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-17-04
 
• New PR for an Old Missile
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 12-17-04
 
• Russia/China: Beijing Announces Joint Military Exercises With Russia
By Daisy Sindelar, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 12-17-04
 
•

RUSSIA'S DEFENSE AUTHORITIES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE OF ALTERNATIVE SERVICE PROGRAMS
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-17-04
 
• WAS YUSHCHENKO POISONED?
By Oleg Varfolomeyev, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 12-17-04
 
• Russia welcomes Ukraine's EU membership
Ukraine's incorporation into the European Union to be a positive factor
From Pravda.Ru; RW 12-17-04
 
• MOSCOW LOOKS AT THE WORLD
By Victor Yasmann, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 12-17-04
 
• PHENOMENON OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S POPULARITY
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-17-04
 
• OPTIMISTS' CONCERNS ABOUT KYOTO PROTOCOL
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-17-04
 
• Secrets of the Service
Legend has it that Kim Philby fooled U.S. and British intelligence for years while passing on information to the Soviets. S.J. Hamrick sees things differently.
By Carl Schreck, from The Moscow Times "Context"; RW 12-17-04
 
• FORMER COMMANDER: "THERE ARE NO AIR DEFENSE FORCES IN RUSSIA"
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-10-04
 
• RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY: ANOTHER YEAR OF SHATTERED ILLUSIONS
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-10-04
 
• U.S./Russia: Ukrainian Crisis Strains Relationship
By Andrew F. Tully and Jeremy Bransten, from RFE/RL; RW 12-10-04
 
• UKRAINE CRISIS TRIPS UP US-EUROPE-RUSSIA TROIKA
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-10-04
 
• WHO WON UKRAINE'S 'ORANGE REVOLUTION'?
By Jan Maksymiuk, from RFE/RL; RW 12-10-04
 
• RUSSIA RENEWS ITS CRITICISM OF OSCE
By Liz Fuller, from RFE/RL; RW 12-10-04
 
• CHECHNYA: LAND OF A THOUSAND SAFE HOUSES
By Charles Gurin, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 12-10-04
 
• RUSSIA, US COORDINATE ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; RW 12-10-04
 
• Russia and USA compete in space exploration programs
Will Russia be able to accomplish joint flights to Moon and Mars?
From Pravda.Ru; RW 12-10-04
 
• Russia's Bearded Conscience [re: Chubais, Dostoevsky, Literature]
By Oleg Liakhovich, from The Moscow News; RW 12-10-04
 
• Turning Our Backs on AIDS Will Not Make It Go Away
By Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, first published in Izvestia and the U.S. Embassy, Moscow, web site; RW 12-03-04
 
• Russia Part Of 'Next Wave' Of Global AIDS Crisis
 From RFE/RL; RW 12-03-04
 
• Ukraine: Rivals Agree Steps To Ease Crisis
 From RFE/RL; RW 12-03-04
 
• RUSSIA'S SECURITY INFLUENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA INCREASES AS UKRAINE CRISIS UNFOLDS
 By Roger N. McDermott, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 12-03-04
 
• Russia is a Generous Soul [re: Iraq]
By Alla Zubkova, from The Moscow News; RW 12-03-04
 
• RUSSIAN ARMY GETS NEW RECRUITS
 From RIA Novosti; RW 12-03-04
 
• AMERICA WAS AND REMAINS RUSSIA'S MAIN SPACE PARTNER
From RIA Novosti; RW 12-03-04
 
• Tougher Approach But No Surprises With Rice
By Anatoly Medetsky, from The Moscow Times; RW 11-19-04
 
• WILL RUSSIA BE BETTER OFF WITH RICE AS U.S. STATE SECRETARY?
From RIA Novosti; RW 11-19-04
 
• President Promises Better Nukes
By Simon Saradzhyan, from The Moscow Times; RW 11-19-04
 
• WHAT UNIQUE WEAPONS DID PUTIN MEAN?
From RIA Novosti; RW 11-19-04
 
• Russian defence minister says nuclear weapons "safely protected"
From RIA Novosti; RW 11-19-04
 
• Central Asia: Russia Comes On Strong (Part 1)
By Bruce Pannier, from RFE/RL; RW 11-19-04
 
• Central Asia: Russia Comes On Strong (Part 2)
By Bruce Pannier, from RFE/RL; RW 11-19-04
 
• MODERNIZATION OF RUSSIAN ARMY DOES NOT THREATEN THE WEST
From RIA Novosti; RW 11-19-04
 
• Democrats, Republicans and Russia
Many See Bush as Russia's Friend, But Could Kerry Have Been Better?
By Alexander Bratersky, featured in Russia Profile; RW 11-19-04
 
• A Soviet Friend Cast Aside by Russia [re: Arafat]
By Nabi Abdullaev, from The Moscow Times; RW 11-12-04
 
• Ukraine: Presidential Campaign To Intensify After Final First-Round Results Released
By Askold Krushelnycky, from RFE/RL; RW 11-12-04
 
• Two Like-minded Presidents
By Boris Yunanov, from The Moscow News; RW 11-12-04
 
• WILL BUSH CHANGE POLICY ON RUSSIA?
By Arkady Orlov, from RIA Novosti; RW 11-12-04
 
• NATO-RUSSIA: MATTERS TO ADDRESS DURING BUSH'S NEW TERM
By Viktor Litovkin, from RIA Novosti; RW 11-12-04
 
• RUSSIA-EU: A USEFUL CRISIS
By Georgy Kiselev, from RIA Novosti; RW 11-12-04
 
• The Idea of Violence: Russia's acquaintance with terrorism began more than a century ago.
By Nabi Abdullaev, from "Context" by The Moscow Times; RW 11-12-04
 
• Corruption Casts Shadow on Police Day
By Carl Schreck, from The Moscow Times; RW 11-12-04
 
• Papers Say Russia Is Better Off With Bush
By Carl Schreck, from The Moscow Times; RW 11-5-04
 
• Russian Parliamentarians React To Bush's Reelection
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; RW 11-5-04
 
• Analysis: Russian-American Relations After U.S. Elections
By Victor Yasmann, from RFE/RL; RW 11-5-04
 
• U.S. ambassador does not rule out Russia may join NATO in future
From Interfax; RW 11-5-04
 
• James Appathurai: NATO will not deploy military bases or nuclear weapons in Baltic states
NATO Spokesman James Appathurai comments on the deployment of NATO air policing infrastructure in the Baltic countries
From Interfax; RW 11-4-04
 
• AMERICAN ANTI-MISSILES IN EUROPE THREATEN EUROPE
From RIA Novosti; RW 11-5-04
 
• RUSSIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARSENAL IS A TICKING TIME BOMB
From RIA Novosti; RW 11-4-04
 
• A Foolhardy Naval Exercise
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 11-4-04
 
• CENTRAL ASIAN CAUTIOUS ABOUT WESTERN MILITARY AND STRATEGIC INTERESTS
By Roger N. McDermott, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 11-4-04
 
• On-line Interview with Russian Internet Publication "Gazeta.ru"
Alexander Vershbow, U.S. Ambassador to Russia
From www.usembassy.ru; RW 10-29-04
 
• Incoherent Double-Dealing [re: security strategy]
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 10-29-04
 
• THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT HAVE EVIDENCE OF INVOLVEMENT OF RUSSIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL IN DISAPPEARANCE OF EXPLOSIVES IN IRAQ
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-29-04
 
• WHAT WILL CHANGE IN THE US AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-29-04
 
• WHAT IF THE DEMOCRATS WIN IN THE US?
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-29-04
 
• STATE DUMA PONDERS RUSSIA'S FUTURE [re: Putin power, attempted electoral changes]
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-29-04
 
• Human Rights Watch Diagnoses Russian Army; Treatment Debated
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-29-04
 
• The Perpetual Bad Guys
From Soviet Spies to Oily Oligarchs, Russians Continue to Be Hollywood's Favorite Villains
By Alexander Osipovich, from Russia Profile; RW 10-29-04
 
• Putin offers new take on war on terror
PUTIN ASSERTS THAT TERRORISTS SEEK BUSH'S ELECTORAL DEFEAT
By Pavel K. Baev, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 10-22-04
 
• Russia: Military Conscripts Caught In Deadly 'Cycle Of Violence'
By Jeremy Bransten, from RFE/RL; RW 10-22-04
 
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH'S STUDY OF ABUSE IN RUSSIAN ARMY DOES NOT COVER LAW ENFORCERS' ACTIVITIES
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-22-04
 
• Russia's Security Fix
New Threats in the 21st Century Require New Ways of Thinking
By Viktor Litovkin, from RussiaProfile.org; RW 10-22-04
 
• Controlling Russian Weapons of Mass Destruction:
21st Century Solutions to a 20th Century Problem
 By Andrew Rohrbach, winning essay from American Foreign Service Association high school essay contest; RW 10-22-04
 
• Russians disappointed in Putin's policy
Putin has been the president of hopes for over five years
From Pravda.Ru; RW 10-22-04
 
• U.S. Expatriates Catching Election Fever
By Greg Walters, from The Moscow Times; RW 10-22-04
 
• PUTIN'S CONUNDRUM: BUSH OR KERRY?
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-22-04
 
• RUSSIA INVESTS ONE BILLION IN AMERICA'S, U.S. SIX BILLION DOLLARS IN RUSSIA'S ECONOMY
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-22-04
 
• Russians don't think much of George W. Bush - opinion poll
From Interfax; RW 10-22-04
 
• Analysis: Russia Treads Fine Line On Iranian Nuclear Issue
By Sojida Djakhfarova, from RFE/RL; RW 10-15-04
 
• Russian Defense Expert Calls Alaska Anti-Missile Systems PR Stunt
From MosNews.com; RW 10-15-04
 
• WEAPONS SHOULD NOT BE IN SPACE
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-15-04
 
• Basayev, Maskhadov Lead Chechen Seperatists Through Different Paths
By André de Nesnera, from Voice of America; RW 10-15-04
 
• Russia: Mourning Period Ends For Beslan Tragedy Amid Fears Of Interethnic Violence
By Valentinas Mite, from RFE/RL; RW 10-15-04
 
• BESLAN - THE END OF CLASSICAL TERRORISM
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-15-04
 
• Russian generals still looking for a few good men
By Roger N. McDermott, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 10-15-04
 
• War Secrets of Ineffectiveness
From MosNews.com; RW 10-15-04
 
• Russian Parliament to Ratify Kyoto Oct. 22
From MosNews.com; RW 10-15-04
 
• RUSSIAN RUMINATIONS ON THE PROSPECT OF A NUCLEAR IRAN
By Mark N. Katz, from RFE/RL; RW 10-8-04
 
• 200 American nukes said to be in Western Europe
The US administration is seriously concerned with Russia's failure to reduce tactical nuclear arms
From Pravda.Ru; RW 10-8-04
 
• U.S. Congress Addresses Lukashenko With Kremlin in Mind
From Mosnews.com/Gazeta.ru; RW 10-8-04
 
• RADIO INTERVIEW WITH USA AND CANADA STUDIES INSTITUTE DIRECTOR SERGEI ROGOV
From FedNews.Ru; RW 10-8-04
 
• KYOTO PROTOCOL, RUSSIA, BUSH AND KERRY
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-8-04
 
• RUSSIA'S NEW NUCLEAR MACE
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-1-04
 
• World: 'Letter of 100' Warns Western Leaders That Putin Is Suppressing Russian Democracy
By Don Hill, from RFE/RL; RW 10-1-04
 
• Russia: Kremlin Submits Bill To Strengthen Putin's Powers
By Jeremy Bransten, from RFE/RL; RW 10-1-04
 
• Tilting at Windmills [re: Terrorism, Government, Putin Proposals]
By Alexei Bayer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 10-1-04
 
• RUSSIAN SOCIETY HAS NO SINGLE OPINION ON HOW TO FORM ARMY
From RIA Novosti; RW 10-1-04
 
• Russia's Kyoto Protocol ratification is political - experts
From Interfax; RW 10-1-04
 
• Terrorists, Siloviki and Double-Speak
By Boris Kagarlitsky, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 9-24-04
 
• PUTIN'S 'MANAGED' INVESTIGATION INTO BESLAN
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; RW 9-24-04
 
• Media and Terrorism: the Beslan Test
By Vadim Fotinov, featured in EmbassyMag.Ca; RW 9-24-04
 
• TALKS ABOUT SLOWING DOWN LIBERAL REFORMS AFTER BESLAN TRAGEDY GROUNDLESS, SAYS MARGELOV
From RIA Novosti; RW 9-24-04
 
• DON'T REWRITE HISTORY
From RIA Novosti; RW 9-24-04
 
• The U.S. debate on the terror in Russia
From Ira Straus; RW 9-17-04
 
• Heading Toward Crisis
By Mikhail Fishman, from Mosnews.com/Russian Newsweek; RW 9-17-04
 
• By Any Means Necessary
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 9-17-04
 
• RUSSIA TO DELIVER A REPLY STRIKE AT TERRORISM
From RIA Novosti; RW 9-10-04
 
• Russia at war, but enemy remains nameless
DEBATES WITHIN RUSSIAN POLITICAL CLASS SHOW MOSCOW'S SUSPICIONS OF THE WEST
By Igor Torbakov, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 9-10-04
 
• Analysis: The Kremlin's Reaction -- Stay The Course
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; RW 9-10-04
 
• A Way Out of Putin's Catch-22
Moscow Times editorial; RW 9-10-04
 
• The Populist Approach
By Andrei Piontkovsky, featured in The Moscow Times editorial; RW 9-10-04
 
• IS MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI SET TO FIGHT RUSSIA?
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-27-04
 
• Triumph of the Unwilling [re: Georgia, South Ossetia, Olympics]
By Natalia Gevorkyan, from Mosnews.com/Gazeta.ru; RW 8-27-04
 
• U.S. REDEPLOYMENT PLAN SENDS RIPPLES THROUGH CENTRAL ASIA
From RFE/RL; RW 8-27-04
 
• STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE: A SECOND LEASE ON LIFE
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-27-04
 
• 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM GERMANY
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-27-04
 
• RUSSIA, A SECURE NUCLEAR POWER
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-20-04
 
• Russia Weighs In As Fighting Worsens In South Ossetia
By Jean-Christophe Peuch, from RFE/RL; RW 8-20-04
 
• Tables are Turned on Capitalist Predators
By Alexei Bayer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 8-20-04
 
• Washington concerned over the fate of Yukos and the oil market
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT COMMENTS ON YUKOS
By Charles Gurin, from the Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 8-13-04
 
• RIA Novosti interview with Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Andrei Denisov
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-13-04
 
• Should Putin Fear a Kerry Victory?
By Caroline McGregor, from The Moscow Times; RW 8-13-04
 
• The Gorbachev Factor: Compromise didn't become a catchword until the Soviet Union was ready, former U.S. Ambassador Jack Matlock recalls.
Archie Brown book review of Jack F. Matlock, Jr.'s Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended, featured in Context by The Moscow Times; RW 8-13-04
 
•

MAJORITY OF RUSSIANS THINK OLYMPIC TEAM WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-13-04
 
• Tensions Flare Around Georgia's Separatist Provinces
By Jean-Christophe Peuch, from RFE/RL; RW 8-6-04
 
• RUSSIAN REACTION TO STATEMENT BY GEORGIAN PRESIDENT
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-6-04
 
• July Sent a Jolt Through Investors
By Greg Walters, from The Moscow Times; RW 8-6-04
 
• COULD THE ISS BECOME A RUSSO-EUROPEAN PROJECT?
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-6-04
 
• SHARE OF RUSSIA'S POOR POPULATION REDUCED IN FIRST 6 MONTHS
From RIA Novosti; RW 8-6-04
 
• Great Game Over
By Ian Bremmer and Nikolas Gvosdev, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 7-30-04
 
• [Putin] Opening speech at a senior officers presentation ceremony
Putin address, transcript from Kremlin.Ru; RW 7-30-04
 
• No Stopping Russian Arms
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 7-30-04
 
• RUSSIA TO TRAIN PERSONNEL FOR IRAQ
From RIA Novosti; RW 7-30-04
 
• PRESS CONFERENCE WITH POLITICAL ANALYSTS AND RUSSIAN PUBLISHERS OF BILL CLINTON'S MY LIFE
From FedNews.Ru; RW 7-30-04
 
• Tashkent looks to Moscow to replace lost U.S. aid
WASHINGTON PUSHES KARIMOV CLOSER TO MOSCOW
By Yuriy Yegorov, from the Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 7-23-04
 
• Russia: Putin Dismisses Head of General Staff In Military Shake-Up
By Jeremy Bransten, from RFE/RL; RW 7-23-04
 
• Illarionov Has a Good Point on Kyoto
By Konstantin Sonin, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 7-23-04
 
• RUSSIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST ON US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
From RIA Novosti; RW 7-23-04
 
• ABOLITION OF CALL-UP DEFERMENTS IS NOT DEFENCE MINISTRY'S INITIATIVE
From RIA Novosti; RW 7-23-04
 
• BILL CLINTON'S LIFE TO BE PUBLISHED IN RUSSIAN
From RIA Novosti; RW 7-23-04
 
• RUSSIAN OLYMPIC TEAM TO BE AMONG TOP THREE - TYAGACHEV
From RIA Novosti; RW 7-23-04
 
• RUSSIA'S DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN PERIL
From Freedom House; RW 7-15-04
 
• RUSSIA-NATO: STRATEGIC PARTNERS IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENT THREATS
Sergei Ivanov speech in London; transcript from RIA Novosti; RW 7-15-04
 
• A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN THE KLEBNIKOV AND SHCHEKOCHIKIN MURDERS?
By Andrey Piontkovsky, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 7-15-04
 
• Power Agencies Begin Reforms
By Simon Saradzhyan, from The Moscow Times; RW 7-15-04
 
• US NOTES RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES' ATTENTION TO KHLEBNIKOV CASE
From RIA Novosti; RW 7-15-04
 
• Values Gap: Freedom to Order
By Alexei Pankin, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 7-2-04
 
• Putin fails to win concessions from NATO
RUSSIA AT THE NATO SUMMIT: COOPERATIVE RHETORIC, ZERO-SUM PRACTICE
By Vladimir Socor, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasian Daily Monitor; RW 7-2-04
 
• Russian security chief says terrorism poses greater threat than nuclear weapons
From RIA Novosti; RW 7-2-04
 
• RUSSIAN FIGHTERS SUPERIOR, SAYS PENTAGON
From RIA Novosti; RW 7-2-04
 
• Al-Qa'idah might get access to WMD in Iraq - Russian diplomat
From Interfax; RW 6-25-04
 
• Putin launches drive to reassert Russian influence in Central Asia
RUSSIA'S EASTERN OFFENSIVE: EURASIANISM VERSUS ATLANTICISM
By Igor Torbakov, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 6-25-04
 
• Analysis: Putin Casts His Vote For Bush
By Robert Coalson, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 6-25-04
 
• MOSLEMS OF RUSSIA CRITICIZE U.S. ADMINISTRATION'S WIDER MIDDLE EAST DOCTRINE
From RIA Novosti; RW 6-25-04
 
• TERROR CAN BE DEFEATED ONLY THROUGH CONCERTED ACTIONS
From RIA Novosti; RW 6-25-04
 
• Ex-Yukos Chiefs Face Trial Together
By Catherine Belton, from The Moscow Times; RW 6-18-04
 
• New Defense Journal
From The Moscow Times; RW 6-25-04
 
• Russian military crisis deepens, as crime rate soars
RUSSIAN MILITARY MANNING SYSTEM REVEALS FLAWED REFORMS
By Roger N. McDermott, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 6-18-04
 
• General Staff in Command?
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 6-18-04
 
• U.S. PRESIDENT ON RUSSO-AMERICAN URANIUM TREATY
From RIA Novosti; RW 6-18-04
 
• IN ARMS EXPORT MOSCOW PRIZES ITS REPUTATION ABOVE EVERYTHING
From RIA Novosti; RW 6-18-04
 
• RUSSIA REMEMBERS REAGAN
By Julie Corwin, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 6-11-04
 
• Russian military exercises send signal to CIS neighbors
KREMLIN LAUNCHES MILITARY EXERCISES IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST
By Pavel Baev, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; RW 6-11-04
 
• [VERSHBOW REMARKS AT NATO CONFERENCE]
U.S. Department of State Transcript; RW 6-11-04
 
• Draft Board's Fuzzy Math
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 6-11-04
 
• Why Putin Refused an Invitation to Istanbul
By Alexander Golts, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 6-11-04
 
• G8 AND VLADIMIR PUTIN'S PERSONAL RESULT
From RIA Novosti; RW 6-11-04
 
• Russia: Moscow Clamps Down On Chechnya Coverage, But No Solution In Sight For Republic
By Valentinas Mite, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 6-4-04
 
• World: Russia Joins U.S.-Led Initiative On WMD
By Jeremy Bransten, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 6-4-04
 
• WILL BUSH'S PSI HELP THE WORLD?
From RIA Novosti; RW 6-4-04
 
• Official Says Russian Plans to Ratify CFE Treaty in Near Future
From Interfax; RW 6-4-04
 
• Ivanov's Pursuit of Russian National Interests
By Mark N. Katz, featured in In The National Interest; RW 6-4-04
 
• Russia and the South Caucasus
By Elizabeth Fuller, featured in In The National Interest; RW 6-4-04
 
• RUSSIAN EXPERT REFUTES BRITISH VERSION OF AMBER ROOM DESTRUCTION
From RIA Novosti; RW 6-4-04
 
• Armageddon Almost Not Averted
By Matt Bivens, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 5-28-04
 
• 'A Safe, Comfortable and Stable Life'
By Caroline McGregor, from The Moscow Times; RW 5-28-04
 
• POLITICIANS, EXPERTS ON PUTIN'S STATE-OF-THE-NATION ADDRESS
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-28-04
 
• WILL MAN RETURN TO THE MOON BY 2015?
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-28-04
 
• Americans adopt Russian orphans
From Pravda.Ru; RW 5-28-04
 
• RUSSIAN MILLIONAIRES: A NEW GENERATION
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-28-04
 
• Russian security chief warns terrorists might get nuclear, other weapons
From Interfax; RW 5-21-04
 
• PUTIN SPEAKS FOR CREATION OF ANTITERRORIST FRONT
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-21-04
 
• JOHN BOLTON DENIES STRATEGIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND US
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-21-04
 
• A Radical Shake-Up or Is It Just Personal? [re: Military Reform]
From The Moscow Times, by Alexander Golts; RW 5-21-04
 
• Kyoto, WTO Deals Hang in Balance
From The Moscow TImes, by Greg Walters; RW 5-21-04
 
• RUSSIA-USA JOIN EFFORTS TO DETER HUMAN TRAFFICKING
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-21-04
 
• 10 most famous Russians in the USA
From Pravda.Ru/Washington ProFile; RW 5-14-04
 
• Kadyrovization and Failed Road Maps
By Peter Lavelle, from www.inthenationalinterest.com; RW 5-14-04
 
• IMPACT OF KADYROV'S ASSASSINATION ON STABILITY IN CHECHNYA SHOULDN'T BE OVERDRAMATIZED, ANALYSTS SAY
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-14-04
 
• Kadyrov Forever
By Alexander Golts, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 5-14-04
 
• Can Misha Score Hat Trick? [re: Georgia]
By Boris Kagarlitsky, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 5-14-04
 
• EXPERT SAYS RUSSIAN POLITICAL ELITE NOT KEEPING UP WITH CHANGING WORLD...EXPRESSES CONCERNS ON INSTABILITY IN 'GREATER MIDDLE EAST'
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 5-14-04
 
• MOST RUSSIANS ADVOCATING PROFESSIONAL ARMY
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-14-04
 
• WHENCE RUSSIA'S GAIN FROM JOINING KYOTO PROTOCOL?
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-14-04
 
• AIDS-RELATED DEATH RATE MAY AFFECT RUSSIA'S ECONOMY, AIDS PREVENTION CENTRE CHIEF WARNS
From RIA Novosti; RW 5-14-04
 
• THE FINAL ANSWER: KILL MY NEIGHBOR'S GOAT.
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 5-14-04
 
• United States and Russia in Isolation
By William J. Perry, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 5-7-04
 
• Georgia: Adjar Standoff Ends With Abashidze Relinquishing Power
By Jeremy Bransten, From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 5-7-04
 
• CIA Overly Optimistic About Russia's Future
By Yulia Latynina, from The Moscow Times; RW 4-7-04
 
• [Vershbow:] Next Steps in Non-Proliferation
U.S Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow remarks at the Conference "The G-8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction", PIR Center, Moscow, 2004-04-23 ; RW 4-30-04
 
• Many Russians side with Iraqi rebels - poll
From Interfax; RW 4-30-04
 
• Eyewitness to History: Caroline McGregor talks to former Soviet Ambassador Yury Dubinin about his role in bringing an end to the Cold War.
From The Moscow Times' "Context," by Caroline McGregor; RW 4-30-04
 
• Perspective from Moscow: From the Coalition of the Willing to a Concert of Powers [re: Iraq]
By Yevgeny Verlin, featured in In the National Interest; RW 4-23-04
 
• U.S. and Russia Are in the Same Boat [re: Iraq]
By Yulia Latynina, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 4-23-04
 
• THERE CAN BE NO NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-23-04
 
• FORTY HOURS TO MAKE MEN OUT OF SCHOOLBOYS
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-23-04
 
• RUSSIA TO COMPLETE BUSHEHR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-16-04
 
• Russians see NATO expansion as threat - poll
From Interfax; RW 4-16-04
 
• PRAGMATIC GOALS HAVE LED U.S. TO IRAQ - RUSSIAN EXPERT
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-16-04
 
• Kyoto Protocol discriminates Russia - adviser
From Interfax; RW 4-16-04
 
• Russia Revising Great Game Rule Book
From The Moscow Times, by Catherine Belton; RW 4-16-04
 
• Putin Plays the Good Cop [re: NATO]
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 4-9-04
 
• [Putin] Meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
From Interfax; RW 4-16-04
 
• Cooperating on Iran
By Nikolas Gvosdev and Ray Takeyh, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 4-9-04
 
• Uzbekistan: One Week Later, Many Questions Still Unanswered About Recent Violence
From Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, by Bruce Pannier; RW 4-9-04
 
• SWEEPING MAJORITY OF RUSSIANS LIKE PUTIN
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-9-04
 
• Vladimir Chizhov: NATO has retained some of its Cold War functions
From Interfax, interview with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Chizhov; RW 4-2-04
 
• NEW WAVE OF NATO EXPANSION: HOW WILL IT AFFECT PARTNERSHIP WITH RUSSIA? MOSCOW
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-2-04
 
• A Fleet of Disposable Ships
By Pavel Felgenhauer; featured in The Moscow Times; RW 4-2-04
 
• DUMA PERPLEXED AT U.S. CONGRESS' RESOLUTION TO SUSPEND RUSSIA'S MEMBERSHIP IN G8
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-2-04
 
• Poll shows U.S. viewed negatively by most Russians
From Interfax; RW 4-2-04
 
• UNLEASHING IRAQ WAR, AMERICANS HAVE MADE A MISTAKE - POLL
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-2-04
 
• MOST RUSSIANS DO NOT THINK RUSSIA FACES AUTHORITARIANISM
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-2-04
 
• Russian minister says USA must not deploy its military abroad at will
From RIA Novosti; RW 4-2-04
 
• Passion will bring Russians closer to God - Church
From Interfax; RW 3-26-04
 
• Scaremongering comes naturally to navy chief
From Gazeta.Ru; RW 3-26-04
 
• STATE DUMA DRAFTS STATEMENT ON NATO'S EASTWARD EXPANSION
From RIA Novosti, Russian Federation information agency; RW 3-26-04
 
• VLADIMIR LUKIN: NEITHER RUSSIA NOR WEST OBJECTIVE ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHECHNYA
From RIA Novosti, Russian Federation information agency; RW 3-26-04
 
• MOST RUSSIANS NEGATIVELY ASSESS US ACTION IN IRAQ
From RIA Novosti, Russian Federation information agency; RW 3-26-04
 
• Kremlin's Stance on Iraq Wins Plaudits
By Simon Saradzhyan, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 3-26-04
 
• NEW RUSSIAN NATIONAL SECURITY PLAN
From RIA Novosti, Russian Federation information agency; RW 3-26-04
 
• U.S.-Russia Relations in Putin’s Second Term: Chairman Hyde
House International Relations Committee hearing, March 18, 2004, opening remarks by Congressman Henry Hyde, committee Chairman; RW 3-19-04
 
• U.S.-Russia Relations in Putin’s Second Term:
Testimony of Assistant Secretary of State Beth Jones
From a House International Relations Committee hearing, March 18, 2004; RW 3-19-04
 
• U.S.-Russia Relations in Putin’s Second Term:
Testimony of Leon Aron: Domestic Determinants of Russia’s Policy Toward the U.S.
House International Relations Committee hearing, March 18, 2004; RW 3-19-04
 
• U.S.-Russia Relations in Putin’s Second Term:
Testimony of Stephen Sestanovich
House International Relations Committee hearing, March 18, 2004, List of Witnesses; RW 3-19-04
 
• U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS IN PUTIN’S SECOND TERM:
TESTIMONY OF NIKOLAS K. GVOSDEV, Ph.D
House International Relations Committee hearing, March 18, 2004, List of Witnesses; RW 3-19-04
 
• U.S.-Russia Relations in Putin’s Second Term
House International Relations Committee hearing, March 18, 2004, List of Witnesses; RW 3-19-04
 
• [Vershbow on Future of U.S.-Russian Relations]
Remarks to Samara University Students
Address by U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation Alexander Vershbow; RW 3-12-04
 
• Russia: Putin Reshuffles His Cabinet, But What Do The Changes Mean?
From Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, by Jeremy Bransten; RW 3-12-04
 
• CHECHEN DISPLACED PERSONS UNDER PRESSURE TO RETURN
From Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, by Liz Fuller; RW 3-12-04
 
• NATO RISKS LOSING RUSSIA'S TRUST
From RIA Novosti; RW 3-12-04
 
• FOREIGN POLICY: CONTINUITY IS THE WORD
From RIA Novosti; RW 3-12-04
 
• Putin's Pursuit of the Power Vertical
By Caroline McGregor, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 3-12-04
 
• Government Revamp Is Not Enough
Moscow Times editorial; RW 3-12-04
 
• Hearing: United States Priorities in Europe [excerpts on Russia and Caucasus]
Excerpts of testimony by Beth Jones, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, at a hearing on United States Priorities in Europe, before the House International Relations Committee ­ Subcommittee on Europe; RW 3-5-04
 
• Peculiarities of a Non-Strategic Partnership
From IntheNationalInterest.Com, by Yevgeny Verlin; RW 3-5-04
 
• Baltics: Russia Sensitive to Any NATO Troop Deployment
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Valentinas Mite; RW 3-5-04
 
• Russia: Fradkov, The New But Unknown Prime Minister, May Suit Putin's Purposes Perfectly
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Jeremy Bransten; RW 3-5-04
 
• DO RUSSIA AND NATO NEED AIR TEASING MATCHES?
From RIA Novosti; RW 3-5-04
 
• When Is Russia in Europe?
By Boris Kagarlitsky, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 3-5-04
 
• If Zhukov Sets the Tone, Play On
Moscow Times editorial; RW 3-5-04
 
• It's a Wonderful Life on TV
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; RW 3-5-04
 
• Central Asia: Rumsfeld Wraps Up Visit To Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Antoine Blua; RW 2-27-04
 
• U.S. criticizes Russia on human rights
From Interfax; RW 2-27-04
 
• RUSSIANS ARRESTED IN QATAR ON CHECHEN EMISSARY MURDER SUSPICION. PUTIN'S AIDE COMMENTS
From RIA Novosti; RW 2-27-04
 
• THREE WEEKS TO ELECTION DAY: THE OUTCOME IS CLEAR
From RIA Novosti; RW 2-27-04
 
• Qatar authorities arrested "murderers" of Yandarbiev. Russian Foreign Ministry furious
From Pravda.Ru; RW 2-27-04
 
• The Fuzzy Shape of Things to Come
Moscow Times Editorial; RW 2-27-04
 
• Russian Press: Reshuffle May Boost Voter Turnout
From The Moscow Times, by Francesca Mereu; RW 2-27-04
 
• Putin Purges: The Russian president changes the playbook
From The National Review Online, by Nikolas K. Gvosdev; RW 2-27-04
 
• New Expert weekly available to CDI Russia Weekly recipients
Announcement from Washington ProFile's Lilit Petrosyan; RW 2-27-04
 
• RUSSIA AND THE OSCE: HOPES AND DISAPPOINTMENT
From RIA Novosti; RW 2-20-04
 
• MOSCOW SHOULD ENGAGE THE OSCE IN RESOLVING THE CHECHEN PROBLEM:
Helsinki Commissioners Urge Russia to Engage with OSCE
From the State Department and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; RW 2-13-04
 
• Central Asia: Report Calls On U.S. To Rethink Its Regional Approach
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 2-13-04
 
• RUSSIA CHECKS "GLOBAL SHIELD"
From RIA Novosti; RW 2-13-04
 
• PRESIDENT PUTIN URGES TO LOOK FOR ALLIES IN THE WEST
From RIA Novosti; RW 2-13-04
 
• Changing Visa Rules Creating Hassles
From The Moscow Times, by Kevin O'Flynn; RW 2-13-04
 
• Russian Foreign Minister: Moscow plays an important role in global processes
From RIA Novosti; RW 2-13-04
 
• RUSSIAN SOLDIERS' MOTHERS DEPLORE ABUSIVE ARMY
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 2-6-04
 
• THE AFGHAN IMPASSE
From RIA Novosti, by Viktor Litovkin; RW 2-6-04
 
• Russia No Longer Needs Aircraft-Carriers
From Pravda.Ru; RW 2-6-04
 
• Putin Says He Made $270,000 in 4 Years
From The Moscow Times, by Oksana Yablokova; RW 2-6-04
 
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON RUSSIAN-AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP WITH SERGEI OZNOBISHCHEV AND OTHER RUSSIAN POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
From FedNews.Ru; RW 2-6-04
 
• RUSSIAN INDIVIDUALS, ENTITIES, ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED IRAQI PAYOFFS
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; RW 1-30-04
 
• AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND CONTROVERSIES
From RIA Novosti, by Vladimir Lukin; RW 1-30-04
 
• 5 Manage to Collect 2 Million Signatures [Presidential Election]
From The Moscow Times, by Oksana Yablokova; RW 1-30-04
 
• GENERAL STAFF COMES UNDER FIRE FROM DEFENCE MINISTER
From RIA Novosti, by Viktor Litovkin; RW 1-30-04
 
• The Chances of Domino Democracy
From The Moscow Times, by Peter Bouckaert ; RW 1-30-04
 
• Some 40% of citizens say Russia is growing stronger - poll
From Interfax; RW 1-30-04
 
• Putin Dismisses Human Rights Envoy for Chechnya
From Voice of American, by Lisa McAdams; RW 1-23-04
 
• Conscripts' Cold Comfort
Re: Russian military disaster and corruption; from The Moscow Times, by Pavel Felgenhauer; RW 1-23-04
 
• NATO EXPANSION ENFEEBLES MOSCOW, WARNS RUSSIAN SENATOR
From RIA Novosti, by Ekaterina Andrianova; RW 1-23-04
 
• Russia: Putin Launches Kid-Friendly Website For Future Voters
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Jeremy Bransten; RW 1-23-04
 
• CRISIS OVER RUSSIAN BASES IN GEORGIA POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
From RIA Novosti, by Gen. Andrei Nikolayev; RW 1-23-04
 
• 'Those Without Fingers Are Exempt'
Re: U.S. visa requirements; from The Moscow Times, by Greg Walters; RW 1-23-04
 
• CIA FBIS DIRECTORY OF RUSSIAN DEFENSE AGENCIES
Information on Russian defense from the CIA's Foreign Broadcast Information Service inadvertently has been disclosed and has been reposted on the Federation of American Scientists web site; RW 1-16-04
 
• Caucasus: Russia May Be Stalling Any Withdrawal From Georgian Bases
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Sophie Lambroschini; RW 1-16-04
 
• Georgia's Fate Depends on Russia, U.S.
 Moscow Times editorial; RW 1-16-04
 
• Motives in Georgia Are Base
From The Moscow Times, by Pavel Felgenhauer; RW 1-16-04
 
• RUSSIA DELIVERED 200 TONS OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM TO UNITED STATES OVER 10 YEARS
From RIA Novosti; RW 1-16-04
 
• Russia: Nine Candidates Prepare To Lose In Presidential Elections
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Sophie Lambroschini; RW 1-9-04
 
• Kremlin Reloading After Shot At Yukos
From The Moscow Times, by Catherine Belton; Interfax; RW 1-9-04
 
• Putin most trusted Russian politician - poll
From Interfax; RW 1-9-04
 
• MOSCOW REJECTS PROPOSED TBILISI PLAN OF RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA
From RIA Novosti; RW 1-9-04
 
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