Dudaev's Death Spells More Violence in Chechnya By Maria Eismont President of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Djohar Dudaev was killed on the night of April 21st as a result of a federal air strike. An official announcement to that effect was made by... MORE

LUKoil: Russia's Trojan Horse in the Near Abroad? By Rossen Vassilev On March 15, Russia's Communist-dominated State Duma voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for the restoration of the old Soviet Union. But Moscow has for quite some time been pushing hard for... MORE

The Fortnight in Review Chechen president Djohar Dudaev was killed by a Russian helicopter-launched rocket April 22 while he was making a satellite telephone call to a potential mediator. The rocket also administered the coup de grace to Yeltsin's peace plan, originally announced March 31.... MORE

The Muslims in Russia's Presidential Elections By Aleksei Malashenko Fanil Akhmadiyev, the leader of the Islamic Democratic Party, is one of the dozens of candidates in this year's presidential elections. Neither Mr. Akhmadiyev or his associates have much of a chance of winning, but the... MORE

Russia's Dangerous Ambitions in the Caucasus By Stanislav Lunev The course of recent events in Russia shows that the Caucasus will be increasingly significant for Russian policy, most of all, for Russian military policy. There could be a new development at any moment in the... MORE

The Communists as Defenders of the Russian Bureaucratic Tradition By Maryanne Ozernoy Introduction Russian politics presents a puzzle. Why does "Russian Capital,"(1) those commercial banks, financial and industrial companies that invest in Russia, see a Communist regime as the guarantor of stability for their assets?... MORE

Below the Surface of Russian Politics: The Struggle for State Subsidies By Mikhail Gershaft Boris Yeltsin is fighting for a second term as president by appropriating the positions of his opponents. The national-Communist opposition thirsted to replace individual figures in the leadership, and Boris Yeltsin... MORE

Is There a Future for the U.S.-Russia "Special Relationship"? By Sergei Oznobishchev Not very long ago, in early 1992, while addressing the world community from the UN Security Council's podium, Russian president Boris Yeltsin appraised Russia's relations with the West as cooperative, friendly and even... MORE

The Fortnight in Review Russia's presidential elections, now only two months away, dominated the Russian political scene and also played a role in international affairs, including the G-7's prestigious nuclear security summit taking place this weekend in Moscow. Russia's war in Chechnya showed no sign... MORE

The Seeds of Fascism in Russia By Vasily Andreev A fascist movement has existed in Russia in various forms for approximately ten years. This year, the "brown plague" began to spread to Moscow State University, which is renowned for its liberal traditions. On January 30,... MORE