The Fortnight in Review The summer sun has only heated up Moscow's political battles over the past month, as rival camps in the Russian government continued to launch broadsides at one another over the now infamous privatization of the Russian telecoms giant Svyazinvest. Meanwhile, the... MORE

The Fortnight in Review In a vote of confidence by the West in Ukraine's continuing political development, NATO this month concluded an historic and broad-ranging political agreement with Kyiv. The signing of the partnership agreement came as Ukraine hosted a series of military exercises with... MORE

The Fortnight in Review In a vote of confidence by the West in Ukraine's continuing political development, NATO this month concluded an historic and broad-ranging political agreement with Kyiv. The signing of the partnership agreement came as Ukraine hosted a series of military exercises with... MORE

The Fortnight in Review The past fortnight witnessed Russia's triumphant reformist government celebrate its first "100 days" in office. President Boris Yeltsin, meanwhile, traveled to the G-7 summit in Denver in an attempt to integrate Russia further into the developed world's economy and to win... MORE

The Fortnight in Review Russian Government on the Offensive The administration of Russian president Boris Yeltsin launched a simultaneous attack against two of its most stubborn opponents over the past fortnight: the Communist-dominated parliament and Russia's headstrong regional leaders. The Kremlin's newfound assertiveness seemed to... MORE

The Fortnight in Review Russia signed two important agreements during the past two weeks: a historic political agreement with the NATO alliance, and a charter of union with neighboring Belarus. Springtime in Paris: the Russia-NATO founding act In a ceremony that its participants hailed as... MORE

The Fortnight in Review Three documents, accorded vastly differing levels of coverage in the Western press and reflecting equally divergent levels of Russian foreign policy, won the Kremlin's consent over the past fortnight. One, the long-awaited political agreement between Russia and NATO, will shape --... MORE

The Fortnight in Review Three documents, accorded vastly differing levels of coverage in the Western press and reflecting equally divergent levels of Russian foreign policy, won the Kremlin's consent over the past fortnight. One, the long-awaited political agreement between Russia and NATO, will shape --... MORE

The Fortnight in Review The long-building tension in Ukraine between the politically possible and the economically necessary intensified over the past fortnight, as efforts to reinvigorate economic reform were stymied by a myriad of political interests. In Russia the situation was somewhat different. The installation... MORE

The Fortnight in Review THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW As U.S. president Bill Clinton and Russian president Boris Yeltsin prepared to meet in Helsinki, Russia launched yet another barrage of criticism of NATO's enlargement plans. Ukraine, meanwhile, was strengthening its links with NATO. In Moscow, President... MORE