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From: Colin McCullough <info@superpowertv.org>
Subject: Tonight on Superpower: Russia, Chechnya and Iraq
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002

Wednesday, November 6th, 8:30 p.m. MHz (MegaHertz Networks)
Azimuth Media presents
Superpower: Global Affairs Television
www.superpowertv.org
"Russia, Chechnya, and Iraq"

Last year, President George Bush declared that he looked into the eyes of Russian President Vladimir Putin to get "a sense of his soul" and found "an honest straightforward man" with whom Americans share "a lot of values."

But recently the rest of the world got a glimpse of Putin's soul, and not everyone was entirely pleased with what they saw. In late October, when a group of Chechen militants seized hostages at a Moscow theater, Russian special forces ended the crisis by using a potent narcotic gas that left more than 100 of its own citizens dead. For days afterwards, the Kremlin refused to release information about what sort of gas had been used, prompting an uncomfortable reminder of the era of Soviet rule when secrecy and paranoia were the norm.

More broadly, the hostage crisis reminded the world of the "forgotten war" in Chechnya - a brutal, decade-long struggle in Russia's breakaway republic that has left thousands dead. Human rights groups have criticized Russia's conduct in that war, and the United States has said there can be no peace in Chechnya without a political settlement. But many wonder if the Bush administration is willing to confront Russia at a time when it needs Putin's support in its war against terrorism and its campaign to get UN approval for using military force against Iraq.

Joining Superpower moderator Lisa Simeone to discuss the issue this week will be Mark Thompson, National Security Correspondent for Time magazine (www.time.com); Nikolai Zlobin, Editor-at-Chief of Washington Profile (www.washprofile.org); Tatyana Malkina, Political Columnist for Vremya Novostei (www.vremya.ru).

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