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FEW TURN OUT TO COMMEMORATE “OCTOBER EVENTS”
Several hundred leftist demonstrators marked the eleventh anniversary of the so-called "October Events" of October 3-4, 1993. A group estimated by police at no more than 100, made up of members of Viktor Anpilov's Working Russia party and the equally radical Union of Officers, gathered... MORE
GROWING RIFT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST UNDERMINES COOPERATION IN THE WAR ON TERROR
As the Kremlin continues strengthening its "power vertical," the West appears to be stepping up its criticism of the Putin administration, accusing Russia of moving in the wrong direction. Numerous Russian "hawks" say the Western reaction only reveals the Euro-Atlantic community's perfidious designs on Russia.... MORE
RUSSIAN FILM ON SAAKASHVILI TESTS GEORGIAN DEMOCRACY
The Georgian political establishment has reacted angrily to a one-hour documentary entitled, "Who is Misha?" about Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. The film was broadcast on Russian television on September 29 by NTV's popular program "Soversheno Sekretno." The film was heavy on the details of Saakashvili's... MORE
LITHUANIAN LABOR PARTY’S DILEMMA: COOPTATION OR CONFRONTATION
Opinion surveys suggest that the newly created, leftist Labor Party will take first place in Lithuania's parliamentary elections on October 10, though it will fall short of gaining a majority. The party leader, Russian-born oligarch Viktor Uspaskikh, will claim the post of prime minister, but... MORE
THE KREMLIN DETAILS ITS ENEMIES LIST
An interview published on September 29 with a key adviser to President Vladimir Putin, deputy presidential administration chief Vladislav Surkov, has elicited comment from a number of Russian observers. Komsomolskaya pravda, which conducted the interview, noted that President Putin had declared in his speech following... MORE
SAVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: FROM WHAT?
President Vladimir Putin's September 13 package of reforms to centralize political power was met with consternation by outside observers, who see it as a rollback of democratization in Russia. Independent observers inside Russia were also baffled. They had long lost any illusions about democracy, but... MORE
ARE THERE CHECHEN TERRORISTS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS?
As the great powers demonstrate their resolve to crush terrorism and declare their readiness to strike preventively at terrorist bases "anywhere in the world," some lesser international actors appear ready to take advantage of this strategy. Recently a senior cabinet member from Greek Cyprus accused... MORE
TURKMENISTAN CONSIDERING DIVERSIFICATION OF GAS TRANSPORT AND PROCESSING
President Saparmurat Niyazov is favorably considering proposals to change Turkmenistan's gas-export strategy by reducing reliance on pipelines for delivering natural gas, shifting to other transport methods, and maximizing the processing of gas in Turkmenistan for export of value-added products. Niyazov discussed these plans on September... MORE
POPULIST THIRD WAVE IN LITHUANIA’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Lithuania is headed for parliamentary elections on October 10, with some runoffs continuing on October 24. For the third time in less than two years, populist forces are strongly challenging the country's parliamentary democracy, its recently completed market economic system and, indirectly, its full-fledged Western... MORE
UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS INCREASINGLY DENOUNCE OPPOSITION AS “EXTREMISTS” AND “TERRORISTS”
On the third anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych remains convinced that his country should take an active role in combating terrorism (UNIAN, September 11). However, Yanukovych's call to combat "terrorism" has a different domestic meaning, as Ukrainian leaders equate... MORE