By Volodymyr Zviglyanich Ukrainian national identity has not had a happy history. In Marxist-Leninist philosophy and social studies in the USSR and in Ukraine there was no place for research into questions of national self-identification, national characteristics, national ways of running the economy and the... MORE

By Mansur Khasanov The 20th century is passing into the annals of history--a century which has seen the collapse of colonial empires, the triumph of national liberation movements, and the creation of new independent states. In this sense, it can be termed the century of... MORE

By Andrei Piontkovsky It looks as though Russia's political class has finally found that eternally elusive unifying Russian idea: anti-Americanism. The United States has halted grant payments to three Russian institutes and announced that it may elect not to use Russian missile carriers, evoking a... MORE

Another unseemly round of political infighting erupted in Russia over the past fortnight as the contest between the country's president and prime minister increased in intensity. One victim of that inglorious battle was CIS Executive Secretary Boris Berezovsky. His abrupt dismissal by President Boris Yeltsin... MORE

By Elena Dikun Russian President Boris Yeltsin's latest illness came as no shock. It is no secret that the head of state has been very unwell for some time, and that he spends most of his time at his country residences or the Central Clinical... MORE

seems close to its first success in a desperate effort to reenter the

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Cooperation in Europe, January 15, 1999 The end of the Soviet Union did not bring an end to human rights abuses in

By Igor Rotar UZBEKISTAN'S "GLOBE" In the main square of the Uzbek capital Tashkent is an unusual monument known to locals as the "globe of Uzbekistan." On the pedestal is a stone sphere which shows the contours of just one country--Uzbekistan--which seems to cover almost... MORE

By Andrei Piontkovsky Of all my fellow journalists, the one I least want to take issue with is the brilliant Yulia Kalinina, who publishes her thoughts in "Moskovsky komsomolets" every Saturday. Kalinina is intelligent and talented, with a nice sense of irony and impeccable moral... MORE