A SPANISH VARIANT FOR RUSSIAN POLITICS?

Utro Rossii(no. 34) cited the director of the Russian Institute of ContemporaryPolitics A. Mekhanik as arguing that the rising tide of crimein Russia and the anger of ethnic Russians living in former Sovietrepublics may combine to bring about a "Spanish" variantfor Russian development. The paper noted that it was Spanish generalFrancisco Franco who used military groups in Spanish coloniesas his base for seizing power in Spain itself.

Russia’s Muslims Seek Expanded Contacts With Co- ReligionistsAbroad.