RW 5-23-03	Iraq, UN Vote	U.N. Vote Ends Russian Oil-For-Food Plan	AP
RW 5-23-03	Iraq, U.S. & Russia	A JACKAL BESIDE THE AMERICAN LION. An interview with Nixon Center President Dimitri K. Simes.	Nezavisimaya Gazeta
RW 5-16-03	Iraq, UN, World Order	RUSSIAN EXPERT ON SITUATION AROUND IRAQ, U.N. CRISIS AND BIPOLAR WORLD	RIA Novosti
RW 5-16-03	Iraq WMD, Sanctions	RUSSIAN EXPERTS: TO LIFT IRAQI SANCTIONS US SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE ABSENCE OF WMD IN IRAQ	RIA Novosti
RW 5-9-03	Iraq War Lessons	ON THE SCALES OF IRAQ. The war in Iraq has some lessons for Russian military reformers.	Izvestia Andrei Lebedev
RW 5-9-03	Iraq Victory, World Order	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
RW 5-2-03	Weldon, U.S.-Russian Relations	US, Russia Must Remain Allies, Congressman Says	CNSNews.com Lawrence Morahan
RW 5-2-03	United States, France & Russia	Why Bush Exempts Putin From Punishment	Newhouse News Service John Farmer
RW 5-2-03	Iraq, North Korea, Balkans	Russian Deputy Security Council Secretary Chernov on Russia's Role in Post-War Iraq, North Korea, Withdrawal of Peacekeepers From Balkans	Vremya MN
RW 5-2-03	Iraq & Russian Regions	THE WAR IN IRAQ: REACTIONS FROM RUSSIA'S REGIONS	Jamestown Foundation Russia and Eurasia Review Nikolai Petrov
RW 4-25-03	Iraq, Putin Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism	Kremlin Taking Bad Advice	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
RW 4-25-03	Iraq War, World Order	ANOTHER IRAQ WOULD BE FRAUGHT WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	Trud: Sergei OZNOBISHCHEV
RW 4-25-03	Iraq War	BASIC LESSONS OF THE IRAQI WAR	Pravda General of the Army Andrei Nikolayev
RW 4-25-03	Oil	Moscow Hails Oil Merger But Pursues Probe	RFE/RL Michael Lelyveld
RW 4-18-03	Iraq, U.S.-Russian Relations	Most Russians don't want to spoil relations with U.S. over Iraq	Interfax
RW 4-18-03	Iraq (poll)	More Russians think U.S.-British war in Iraq successful - poll	Interfax
RW 4-18-03	Iraq War, Bush	State Duma Resolution Draft Snubbing Bush Fails	Rosbalt
RW 4-18-03	U.S. Foreign Policy & Russia	Moscow Must Do More Than Simply Oppose U.S. Foreign Policy	RFE/RL Gregory Feifer
RW 4-18-03	Iraq War & Russia	NO VENGEANCE THREATENING RUSSIA. Leading analysts comment on the war's consequences for Russia.	Nezavisimaya Gazeta
RW 4-18-03	Iraq War & Russia	Russia left out in the cold	Asia Times Pavel Ivanov
RW 4-18-03	Vershbow on Iraq, U.S.-Russian Relations	WILL AMERICA SEEK REVENGE ON RUSSIA? An interview with US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow.	Argumenty i Fakty
RW 4-18-03	Iraq & Russia	Russia Can't Keep Going Behind U.S. Back	Newsday Nikolas Gvosdev
RW 4-18-03	Iraq War & Military Reform	A YANKEE AT KING HUSSEIN'S COURT. Will the war in Iraq have any impact on Russia's military reforms?	Nezavisimaya Gazeta Maksim Glikin
RW 4-18-03	Bush, Blair & Putin	DICK MORRIS, PRESIDENT-MAKER: WE NEED A BUSH-BLAIR-PUTIN COALITION. An interview with American political consultant Dick Morris.	Izvestia
RW 4-18-03	Foreign Policy, World Order	MODERATE CONSTRUCTIVE ISOLATIONISM FOR RUSSIA. (interview with Academician Nikolai SHMELEV, director of the Institute of Europe)	Nezavisimaya Gazeta
RW 4-11-03	Iraq War	Iraq's Impact on Russia	Moscow Times Lilia Shevtsova
RW 4-11-03	Iraq War	KREMLIN: ATTACK ON DIPLOMATIC CONVOY IN IRAQ WASN'T "PLANNED, PREMEDITATED."	RIA Novosti
RW 4-11-03	Iraq War, Fall of Baghdad	Russia mum on fall of Baghdad	AFP
RW 4-11-03	Iraq War & U.S.-Russian Relations	Iraq puts chill on U.S.-Russia relationship	The Globe and Mail (Canada) Michael den Tandt
RW 4-11-03	Iraq War Victory	Russia Remains Unconvinced of U.S. Success	Inter Press Service Sergei Blagov
RW 4-11-03	Iraq War & Europe	European US Allies Reportedly Tried to 'Blackmail' Russia Into Siding With US	Der Spiegel (Germany)
RW 4-11-03	Anti-Americanism	Discovering America. (Russian'New Anti-Americanism' Due to Lack of US Economic Aid)	Rossiyskaya Gazeta Leonid Radzikhovskiy
RW 4-11-03	Anti-Americanism	Pardon my French, but Russian anti-Americanism?	Asia Times Pete Lavelle
RW 4-11-03	Russian Muslim Anti-U.S. Jihad	Russia: Most Muslim Clergy Rebuff Call For Jihad Against U.S.	RFE/RL Charles Carlson
RW 4-11-03	Military Reform	Russian army reform should draw on Gulf war lessons - expert	BBC Monitoring
RW 4-04-03	Iraq War & Kremlin	Kremlin Softens Its Antiwar Rhetoric	Moscow Times Simon Saradzhyan Simon Ostrovsky
RW 4-04-03	Iraq War, Bush & Saddam Ratings	Poll shows Saddam more popular than Bush among Russians	ITAR-TASS
RW 4-04-03	Post-War Iraq	US envoy to Moscow says Russian firms have place in post-war Iraq	Interfax
RW 4-04-03	Bush & Russia	BUSH IS NO HITLER, AND RUSSIA IS NOT AN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES. Russia and America have common ideals after all.	Izvestia editorial
RW 4-04-03	Safranchuk on Iraq Arms Sales, U.S.-Russian Relations	The Pitfalls of Confrontation	Moscow News Ivan Safranchuk
RW 4-04-03	Anti-Americanism	Russian Academics Reported Urging End to 'Anti-American Hysteria.'	Rossiyskaya Gazeta
RW 4-04-03	Iraq War, Putin	Putin says Russia not interested in seeing a US defeat in Iraq	BBC Monitoring
RW 4-04-03	Iraq War, Russian Muslim Anti-U.S. Jihad	Russian Muslim leader rebuffed after call for holy war against US	AFP
RW 4-04-03	Iraq Arms Sales	UP IN ARMS OVER IRAQI ARMS	RFE/RL NewsLine Daniel Kimmage
RW 4-04-03	Iraq War	Russia's GRU said to vent frustration over Iraq war on Internet	BBC Monitoring
RW 4-04-03	Putin Military Spending	THE HOUR OF THE HAWK. Attempts to make Putin boost defense spending.	Vremya Novostei Nikolai Poroskov
RW 4-04-03	S. Ivanov on Iraq, UN, NATO	DEFENCE MINISTER SERGEI IVANOV ABOUT IRAQ, UN, NATO AND THE RUSSIAN ARMY	Komsomolskaya Pravda
RW 4-04-03	Iraq War, U.S. Victory	USA's Victory To Make Russia Take Pro-American Stand. Most likely, Russia will have to exercise its devotion to American values.	pravda.ru
RW 3-28-03	Iraq War	Russia takes lead in voicing world anger over Iraq: analysts	AFP
RW 3-28-03	Iraq War, U.S.-Russian Relations	Relations between U.S.-Russia frosty	Canoe News (Canada) Fred Weir
RW 3-28-03	Iraq War & U.S. Image	WAR IN IRAQ DESTROYS MYTHS ABOUT AMERICA	Komsomolskaya Pravda Sergei Chugayev
RW 3-28-03	Iraq Oil: Amb. Vershbow	Vershbow: US cannot guarantee Russian access to Iraq's oil	Interfax
RW 3-28-03	Iraq WMD	Russian weapons inspector: US will find anthrax	gazeta.ru
RW 3-28-03	Iraq & Russian Arms Sales	US official praises Russian efforts on Iraqi arms sales	AFP
RW 3-28-03	Iraq War & Russia	Jamming the Russian-American Relationship	www.inthenational interest.com Paul Saunder Nikolas Gvosdev
RW 3-28-03	Iraq War: Zlobin	The Shape of Things to Come	Profil Nikolai Zlobin
RW 3-28-03	Iraq War & Russian Sovereignty	Russia and Wars of Tomorrow	pravda.ru
RW 3-28-03	Iraq War & Post-War Iraq	THE WAR BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH: FROM NOSTRADAMUS TO GEORGE W. BUSH	WPS Monitoring Agency POLITICAL FORECASTS [press review]
RW 3-21-03	Iraq War	Russia's Putin calls on US to end Iraq war	AFP
RW 3-21-03	War & International Law	Putin Says World Must Be Governed By International Law, Not "Rule of the Fist."	BBC Monitoring
RW 3-21-03	U.S.-Russian Relations	IGOR IVANOV: RUSSIA & USA REMAIN PARTNERS, NOT ENEMIES	RIA Novosti
RW 3-21-03	Iraq Future	Russia should take part in post-war settlement in Iraq - top senator	BBC Monitoring
RW 3-21-03	Iraq War & Oil	DEPUTY DUMA SPEAKER URGES CALM RESPONSE TO IRAQ HOSTILITIES (Lukin) and LEADING ECONOMIST PREDICTS STABILIZATION OF OIL PRICES.	RFE/RL Newsline
RW 3-21-03	Iraq War Opposition	Russia's politicians united against Iraq war	gazeta.ru
RW 3-21-03	Iraq War, Amb. Vershbow Interview	RADIO INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR ALEXANDER VERSHBOW [EKHO MOSKVY RADIO, 15:00, MARCH 20, 2003]	www.fednews.ru
RW 3-21-03	Iraq War, World Order	Bush's Brezhnev Doctrine	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
RW 3-21-03	Iraq Regime Change	Without Trial or Investigation. Is It Possible to Install Democracy by Nondemocratic Means?	Rossiyskaya Gazeta Aleksandr Volkov
RW 3-21-03	Iraq War, Economy	Putin aide says Iraq war damaging to Russian economy in longer term. (Illarionov)	Interfax
RW 3-21-03	Iraq War, Economic Impact	RUSSIAN AUDIT CHAMBER: WAR IN IRAQ CAN AFFECT RUSSIA'S ECONOMY	RIA Novosti
RW 3-21-03	Iraq War & Chechnya	Iraq war not to affect Chechnya's referendum - official	ITAR-TASS
RW 3-14-03	Iraq Vote	Moscow Unlikely To Be Swayed by Threat Over 'No' Vote On Iraq	RFE/RL Jeremy Bransten
RW 3-14-03	Iraq & Putin	Putin's Delicate Balancing Game	Moscow Times Catherine Belton
RW 3-14-03	Iraq & Gorbachev	Gorbachev's advice to Saddam	The Hindu (India) Vladimir Radyuhin
RW 3-14-03	Iraq Crisis Diplomacy	Winning the Diplomatic Battle	www.federalpost.ru Nikolai Zlobin
RW 3-14-03	Iraq Crisis & Russia	Russia Trusted by All Involved in Iraq Conflict	Moscow News Vladimir Lukin
RW 3-14-03	Iraq War & Global Nuclear Proliferation	IRAQI WAR CAN TRIGGER OFF NUCLEAR MILITARIZATION	Argumenty i Fakty Andrei Kokoshin
RW 3-14-03	Iraq Crisis Diplomacy & Russia	French Commentary Views Impact of Iraq Crisis on Russian Diplomatic Trends	Le Monde
RW 3-14-03	Nuclear Arms Control	Duma committee favors ratification of SOR Treaty	Interfax
RW 3-14-03	Intelligence Agencies	President Boosts Powers Of Security Service	RFE/RL Gregory Feifer
RW 3-7-03	Iraq War	US will begin Iraq operation in 2 weeks, Russian expert says	Interfax
RW 3-7-03	Russian Foreign Policy	WHAT CAUSED THE CHANGE IN RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY, PRAGMATISM OR IDEALISM?	Smysl Lidia Andrusenko
RW 3-7-03	Post-War Iraq	No place for Russia in US plans for post-war settlement in Iraq - paper	BBC Monitoring
RW 3-7-03	Bush & Middle East	THE PRICE OF GEORGE BUSH'S DEMOCRATIC CRUSADE	Trud Alexei Pushkov
RW 3-7-03	Iraq War & Russia	How to Avoid Losing the War in Iraq	Moscow Times Vyacheslav Nikonov
RW 3-7-03	Vershbow on U.S.-Russian Relations	U.S.-Russia Relations: Opportunities and Challenges in 2003	US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow
RW 2-28-03	Iraq Debate & Putin	Putin takes anti-war back seat	BBC Jacky Rowland
RW 2-28-03	Iraq: Bush & Putin	Bush, Putin Agree to Work on Solution for Iraq Crisis	Voice of America Lisa McAdams
RW 2-28-03	Iraq: U.S.-Russian Relations	Walking a Fine Line to Drive a Hard Bargain	Moscow Times editorial
RW 2-28-03	Iraq Debate	Alliance against Iraq war may split over fears of US backlash: Russian press	AFP
RW 2-28-03	Iraq War	WHAT WAR ON IRAQ MAY ENTAIL	RIA Novosti
RW 2-28-03	Iraq: U.S. & Russia	WASHINGTON NEEDS MOSCOW	Rossiiskiye Vesti Alexei Strogin
RW 2-28-03	Iraq & Putin	Wiggling Toward Isolation	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
RW 2-28-03	U.S. Iraq Policy	ARON: AMERICA WILL ACT AS IT CONSIDERS NECESSARY. Leon Aron on the conflict over Iraq.	Izvestia
RW 2-28-03	Iraq War & Environment	Russian environmentalists warn of harmful after-effects of strike on Iraq	Interfax
RW 2-28-03	Iraq: Russian Veto	RUSSIAN EXPERTS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THE RIGHT OF VETO IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL	Vedomosti
RW 2-28-03	Iraq War Repercussions	COST OF THE QUESTION. Much more is at stake than the fate of Saddam Hussein or Iraq.	Kommersant Gennadi Susoyev
RW 2-28-03	Iraq War & Economy	WAR AND THE US ECONOMY. A Russian Expert's Survey.	Vedomosti Alexander Dugin
RW 2-21-03	Russian Foreign Policy	WORLD GROWS TO KNOW RUSSIA BETTER: FOREIGN MINISTRY	RIA Novosti
RW 2-21-03	Iran Nuclear Program & Space Station	Russia urges US to ditch Iran qualms to save ISS	Reuters
RW 2-21-03	Iraq & Russia, Oil	He Who Pays the Pundit ...	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
RW 2-21-03	Iraq & Europe	THE CONCERT IS OVER. How America subdued Europe.	Moskovsky Komsomolets
RW 2-21-03	Iraq, Russia & Europe	RUSSIA BETWEEN EUROPE AND USA	Itogi Andrei KAMAKIN Konstantin LEZHANDR
RW 2-21-03	U.S. Iraq Policy	Russia not looking to confront USA over Iraq, says senior MP. (Dmitriy Rogozin)	BBC Monitoring
RW 2-21-03	Iraq & France	You who applaud today, applaud France	Asia Times John Helmer
RW 2-21-03	Iraq & Europe	What "New Europe"? The Europeans are divided, but not over Iraq.	Slate.com Scott MacMillan
RW 2-21-03	Russian Arms Sales	Weapons Exports Hit Record $4.8 Bln	Moscow Times Lyuba Pronina
RW 2-21-03	WMD Disposal	RF to cooperate with foreign partners in CW elimination - FM. (chemical weapons)	ITAR-TASS
RW 2-21-03	NATO - Russia Intelligence Sharing	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
RW 2-14-03	Iraq	Pragmatic Russia in balancing-act over Iraq: analysts	AFP
RW 2-14-03	U.S. Iraq Policy	Tough US stance helped soften Iraqi position - hence justified, says Putin	ITAR-TASS
RW 2-14-03	Iraq: France & Germany	Most Righteous War of All	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
RW 2-14-03	Iraq: Russian Diplomacy	RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY HAS OPTIONS ON IRAQI PROBLEM	Trud Alexei Pushkov
RW 2-14-03	Iraq & Putin	VLADIMIR PUTIN BETWEEN IRAQ, THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW WORLD	Izvestia Georgy Bovt
RW 2-14-03	Iraq: U.S.-Russian Relations	THE NEW ENTENTE MAY SPRING A LEAK. Russia does not really care about Iraq - it will not confront Washington.	Novye Izvestia
RW 2-14-03	Iraqi Facility	Russian Reporter Sees Nothing Untoward at 'Secret' Iraqi Facility	Tribuna
RW 2-14-03	Arms Sales	Russia: Analysts Say Burgeoning Arms Sales Pose Security Threat	RFE/RL Gregory Feifer
RW 2-7-03	Russian Attitudes on United States	Russians mostly indifferent about U.S., poll shows	Interfax
RW 2-7-03	Iraq, Powell Report	Russians sees chinks in Powell report but concedes Iraq war certain	AFP
RW 2-7-03	Iraq War	Most Russians believe US operation against Iraq inevitable - poll	Interfax
RW 2-7-03	Iraq Options	Russian security chief says Iraqi problem still allows political solution	ITAR-TASS
RW 2-7-03	U.S. Iraq Policy	US v. IRAQ -- SUSPICION IS NOT EVIDENCE IN ITSELF	RIA Novosti
RW 2-7-03	Iraq War & Russian Military	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
RW 2-7-03	Al Qaeda, Iraq, Russia	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
RW 1-31-03	2003 Challenges	NEW CHALLENGES FOR RUSSIA IN 2003	Trud Fyodor Luyanov
RW 1-31-03	Russian National Security Doctrine	Russia to update its national security doctrine	Interfax
RW 1-31-03	Putin on Iraq	Putin calls for diplomatic efforts to resolve Iraq dispute	Prime-TASS
RW 1-31-03	Russia & Iraq	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
RW 1-31-03	Iraq & U.S. Motives	Iraq: Motives All Mixed Up	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
RW 1-31-03	Russian Foreign Policy	Pragmatism in Russian Foreign Policy	Körber Department CIS-Barometer Alexander Rahr
RW 1-24-03	Iraq	Russian foreign minister criticizes US stance on Iraq	BBC Monitoring
RW 1-24-03	Foreign Minister Ivanov Interview	IGOR IVANOV: WE ARE BETTER PRAGMATIC THINKERS NOW. An interview with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov.	Trud-7
RW 1-24-03	Russian Foreign Policy	RUSSIAN EXPERTS MAKE A FORECAST OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY	Izvestia
RW 1-17-03	Iraq's Future	THE FUTURE OF IRAQ: RUSSIA'S STAND	Rossiiskaya Gazeta Georgy Mirsky
RW 1-17-03	Persian Gulf & Russian Navy	Experts Differ on Need for Russian Naval Presence in Persian Gulf	Interfax
RW 1-10-03	Vershbow 2002 Review	US ambassador thinks 2002 was good year in relations with Russia	Interfax
RW 1-10-03	Iraq	Russian analysts predict three scenarios of US war against Iraq	BBC Monitoring
RW 1-10-03	Iraq	Possibility of US Lowering 'Nuclear War Threshold' in Iraq Viewed	Rossiyskaya Gazeta
RW 1-10-03	Iraq	Russian Roundtable on Iraq Views Saddam's Prospects, Impact on Russia	Trud
RW 1-3-03	Iraq	Expert Says Iraq Crisis May Put To Test Russian-US Relations. (Rogov)	ITAR-TASS
RW 1-3-03	Foreign Policy	Leading political expert examines Russia's foreign policy successes, failures. (Nikonov)	BBC Monitoring
RW 1-3-03	U.S.-Russian Relations	Ivanov Says US Relations Remain Russia's Priority	Rossiyskaya Gazeta

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