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1. Reuters: Ukraine votes in poll crucial for Kuchma's future.
2. Washington Times: Natalia Feduschak, Donetsk region pursues its own path.
3. Washington Post editorial: Ukraine's Unfair Choice.
4. Reuters: Russia agrees to lift ban on U.S. poultry in April.
5. The Sunday Times (UK): Mark Franchetti, Russian returns after 13 years of Chechen slavery.
6. Toronto Star: Oliva Ward, Danger seen in sale of nuclear savvy. Moscow is pushing to capitalize on nuclear expertise — with few safeguards.
7. New York Times: John Freedman, Total Theater, Starring Puppets.(Shadow Theater)
8. Newsweek International: Owen Matthews, The Next Move is Check. If the oil contest around the Caspian Sea isn’t quite over, at least the national and big corporate winners are starting to emerge. A look at the new oil-rich.
9. Washington Times editorial: Russians for peace.
10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Armen Khanbabyan, Mikhail Khodarenok, AMERICAN MARINES ON THE STEPPES OF KAZAKHSTAN. Growing American influence means less Russian influence in Central Asia.
11. The Sunday Times (UK): Lydia SLater, Why Moscow is now party central. Serious ravers could soon be swapping Balearic sunshine for subzero temperatures.
12. Interfax: Russia faces choice between Nazism and democracy, tycoon-in-exile tells liberals. (Berezovsky)
13. The Russia Journal: Ira Straus, Whittling down the new Russia-NATO set-up.

 
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