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Volume 1 Issue 149

December 17, 2004

• AFTER UKRAINE DEBACLE, KREMLIN STRATEGISTS WARN OF SERIOUS RIFT WITH THE WEST
• WAS NALCHIK ATTACK THE HANDIWORK OF JAMAAT "YARMUK"?
• LITHUANIA'S NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT: COMPOSITION, LEADERS, PROGRAM
• YUSHCHENKO VICTORY TO SPEED UP UKRAINE'S DEMOCRATIZATION AND EUROPEANIZATION
• MOSCOW BLASTS MOLDOVA'S CALL FOR HELP

Volume 1 Issue 148

December 16, 2004

• WAS YUSHCHENKO POISONED?
• RUSSIA OPTS FOR PACIFIC ROUTE, BUT HELPING CHINA SAVE FACE
• KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS DIVERSE SECURITY PARTNERS
• OSCE "REFORM" -- OR A NEW LEASE ON LIFE?

Volume 1 Issue 147

December 15, 2004

• NEW GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE STABILITY, CONSISTENCY
• KARZAI PLANS TO ABOLISH CONFLICT-LADEN PLANNING MINISTRY
• NAZARBAYEV HIJACKS OPPOSITION PLANS FOR ELECTING GOVERNORS
• KREMLIN LOSES LAST POPULAR ELECTIONS FOR RUSSIAN GOVERNORS

Volume 1 Issue 146

December 14, 2004

• RUSSIA PROVES OSCE'S IRRELEVANCE ON MOLDOVA AT YEAR-END MEETING
• RUSSIAN INTERIOR TROOPS EXPAND SECURITY ROLE
• PUTIN IN TURKEY: THE UNENDING QUEST FOR MULTIPOLARITY
• RUSSIA EXPLOITS THE OSCE TO PRESSURE GEORGIA

Volume 1 Issue 145

December 13, 2004

• RUSSIAN ANALYSTS PONDER ORANGE REVOLUTION'S IMPLICATIONS FOR KREMLIN DOMINANCE IN CIS
• "ORANGE REVOLUTION" EXPOSES EU's DEFICIENT UKRAINE POLICY
• RUSSIA OFFICIALLY REPUDIATES TROOP-WITHDRAWAL OBLIGATIONS ON MOLDOVA AND GEORGIA
• MEDIA SPECULATION RISES ABOUT GEORGIAN MINISTERIAL CHANGES

Volume 1 Issue 144

December 10, 2004

• CHECHNYA: FROM YELTSIN'S MISTAKE TO PUTIN'S FAILURE
• POLAND PLAYS STRATEGIC ROLE IN UKRAINE'S "ORANGE REVOLUTION"
• MOSCOW VETOES UKRAINIAN DEMOCRACY IN THE OSCE
• OPPOSITION WITHDRAWS FROM AZERBAIJANI MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, TAKES NOTE OF UKRAINE DEVELOPMENTS

Volume 1 Issue 143

December 9, 2004

• MOSCOW SCUTTLES OSCE YEAR-END CONFERENCE
• KARIMOV PLAYS SECURITY CARD IN ADVANCE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE SPARKS RIOTING IN FERGANA VALLEY
• KALMYK LEADERS AND BELIEVERS BUOYED BY VISIT FROM DALAI LAMA

Volume 1 Issue 142

December 8, 2004

• CHECHNYA: LAND OF A THOUSAND SAFE HOUSES
• GREED, GAZPROM, AND GREF: THE MAKING OF A SUPER-MONOPOLY
• PRO-KUCHMA CAMP CONTINUES TO DISINTEGRATE
• BELARUS: THE RETURN OF SHEIMAN

Volume 1 Issue 141

December 7, 2004

• IN SEARCH OF TRILATERAL POWER, PUTIN GOES EAST
• RUSSIA AND INDIA EXPLORE COOPERATION IN CENTRAL ASIA
• KAZAKHSTAN PAYS HIGH PRICE FOR COURTING FOREIGN COMPANIES
• IN SEARCH OF TRILATERAL POWER, PUTIN GOES EAST
• CHANGE OF GUARD PROCEEDING APACE ON THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER

Volume 1 Issue 140

December 6, 2004

• MOSCOW ENFORCES BLOCKADE OF ABKHAZIA, INVALIDATES BAGAPSH'S ELECTION
• UKRAINE WITHOUT A CABINET
• UKRAINE RE-SCHEDULES PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF, BUT HAS YUSHCHENKO SETTLED FOR A SMALLER PRIZE?
• KARZAI MUST WALK A FINE LINE IN FORMING NEW CABINET

Volume 1 Issue 139

December 3, 2004

• MOLDOVA DECRIES "RUSSIAN OCCUPATION," DRAWS MIXED WESTERN RESPONSE
• YANUKOVYCH-GATE UNFOLDS AFTER UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS
• YAVLINSKY: KREMLIN MUST STOP TRYING TO "SPLIT" UKRAINE
• PUTIN TO CANCEL JAPAN TRIP?

Volume 1 Issue 138

December 2, 2004

• RUSSIA BLOCKADING ABKHAZIA TO OVERTURN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
• RUSSIA'S SECURITY INFLUENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA INCREASES AS UKRAINE CRISIS UNFOLDS
• KAZAKHSTAN'S OPPOSITION TAKING NOTES ON YUSHCHENKO'S STRATEGY
• AZERBAIJAN TAKES KARABAKH CASE TO THE UN: A STEP BACK OR FORWARD?

Volume 1 Issue 137

December 1, 2004

• WILL TYHYPKO REPLACE YANUKOVYCH?
• SECURITY FORCES BEGIN TO DEFECT TO VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO
• NEEDING A SCAPEGOAT FOR FIASCO IN UKRAINE, MOSCOW SLAMS OSCE
• LATVIA'S NEW GOVERNING COALITION: BROAD-BASED, RIGHT LEANING, LATVIAN

Volume 1 Issue 136

November 30, 2004

• DID ALMATY BOMBERS DELIBERATELY TARGET OTAN OFFICES?
• RUSSIAN INTERIOR TROOPS PRIORITIZE CHECHNYA
• ABKHAZ OPPOSITION CANDIDATE INCHES TOWARD PRESIDENTIAL POWER
• RUSSIANS NOT JOINING NATO OPERATION ACTIVE ENDEAVOR

Volume 1 Issue 135

November 29, 2004

• VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH LOSES CONTROL IN KYIV, RETREATS TO DONETSK
• UKRAINIAN TELEVISION STOPS LYING
• UKRAINE ELECTION CRISIS: A MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR RUSSIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE WEST
• MOLDOVA: THE KREMLIN 'S NEXT TARGET AFTER UKRAINE?

Volume 1 Issue 134

November 24, 2004

• INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DENOUNCES MASS ELECTION FRAUD IN UKRAINE AS CIS UPHOLDS OFFICIAL RESULTS
• PROTESTORS VACATE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN CHERKESSK
• A TALE OF TWO INDEXES: SHIFTS IN INVESTMENT ACTIVITY SLOWS RUSSIAN GROWTH
• UZBEK-TAJIK TRANSIT DISPUTE THREATENS REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Volume 1 Issue 133

November 23, 2004

• KREMLIN RECOGNIZES YANUKOVYCH AS UKRAINE'S NEW PRESIDENT
• UNITED STATES COMMITTED TO LONG-TERM MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR KAZAKHSTAN
• KAZAKHSTAN'S FINANCIAL REFORMS YIELDING RESULTS, BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE
• KARIMOV, NIYAZOV HOLD MINI-SUMMIT ON COOPERATION EFFORTS

Volume 1 Issue 132

November 22, 2004

• TRICKERY MARS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF
• PUTIN'S "WONDER" MISSILES: BLUFF, THREAT, OR PEP TALK?
• RUSSIAN POLICYMAKERS, ANALYSTS CONSIDER RUSSIA-U.S. RELATIONS DURING PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM
• LUKASHENKA TOUTS BELARUSIAN PATH TO THE FUTURE

Volume 1 Issue 131

November 19, 2004

• ONE YUKOS EXEC PUT ON WANTED LIST AS ANOTHER IS ARRESTED
• TATARSTAN TRYING TO RESIST PUTIN'S CENTRALIZATION EFFORTS
• WHAT NOW FOR LEONID KUCHMA?
• MOSCOW'S STRATEGY ON TURKMEN GAS IS STRATEGY TOWARD EUROPE

Volume 1 Issue 130

November 18, 2004

• ABKHAZIA'S COUNCIL OF ELDERS CONVENES TO ADDRESS CURRENT CRISIS
• KAZAKHSTAN FACES POTENT MIX OF EXTREMISM, NATIONALISM, AND TERRORISM
• DEMOGRAPHICS, BORDERS COMPLICATE ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS IN CENTRAL ASIA
• AMERICAN TAXPAYERS MAY PAY FOR TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER SECURITY

Volume 1 Issue 129

November 17, 2004

• RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES RESOLUTION TO NORTHERN TERRITORIES DISPUTE
• RUSSIA AND INDIA: A STRONG PARTNERSHIP OR WANING FRIENDSHIP?
• RUSSIA REPUDIATES ISTANBUL COMMITMENTS IN JCG MEETINGS
• UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SCRAMBLE TO COLLECT MORE SUPPORT AHEAD OF RUN-OFF

Volume 1 Issue 128

November 16, 2004

• KAZAKH SECURITY SERVICES TRUMPET VICTORY OVER "AL-QAEDA MEMBERS"
• GENERAL BALUYEVSKY BUILDING TRUST WITH NATO
• TAJIK BORDER GUARDS TAKING OVER THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER
• KAZAKHSTAN-INDIA RELATIONS: PARTNERS OR DISTANT FRIENDS?

Volume 1 Issue 127

November 15, 2004

• STANDOFF CONTINUES IN ABKHAZ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
• PUTIN MOBILIZING UKRAINE'S RUSSIAN VOTE FOR YANUKOVYCH
• PUTIN RETURNS TO UKRAINE UNDER VEIL OF SECRECY
• YANUKOVYCH HAS MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE ON HIS SIDE

Volume 1 Issue 126

November 12, 2004

• MOSCOW POLICYMAKERS COMPLAIN ABOUT LACK OF TRUST BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EU
• ILLARIONOV SAYS YUKOS AFFAIR IS POLITICAL
• GAZPROM OR SHAH-DENIZ: GEORGIA'S CHOICE OF STRATEGIC PARTNERS
• DEEP CONTRADICTIONS CLOUD YANUKOVYCH'S FOREIGN POLICY

Volume 1 Issue 125

November 11, 2004

• MILITARY DETENTE, POLITICAL DEADLOCK IN SOUTH OSSETIA
• GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AMNESTY
• RISKY POLITICAL EXPERIMENT WITH POPULISTS IN LITHUANIA
• KYRGYZ INTELLIGENCE ASSESS COUNTER-TERRORIST PRIORITIES

Volume 1 Issue 124

November 10, 2004

• CRISIS IN KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIA TURNS INTO MASS UPRISING
• THE BERLIN WALL AND RUSSIA'S VERTICAL POWER STRUCTURE
• POST-ELECTION BLUES IN THE YANUKOVYCH CAMP
• COMMENTARY: NDI, IRI BETTING ON THE WRONG MOLDOVAN HORSE?

Volume 1 Issue 123

November 9, 2004

• MERCHANTS PROTEST NEW BANKING LAWS IN UZBEKISTAN
• PUTIN STRENGTHENS SECURITY FORCES IN CHECHNYA FROM ABOVE
• GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH SOUTH OSSETIAN LEADER
• RUSSIA TURNS UP THE PRESSURE ON ABKHAZIA
• GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL DETAILS EXTENT OF ILLEGAL DRUGS IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 1 Issue 122

November 8, 2004

• NATO LEADER VISITS THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
• INCREASING CHARGES OF VOTE-RIGGING DURING OCTOBER 17 VOTE IN BELARUS
• PUTIN AND BERLUSCONI: AN ODD FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH'S BEST FRIENDS
• UKRAINE: MIXED REACTIONS TO BUSH'S RE-ELECTION

Volume 1 Issue 121

November 5, 2004

• ELECTIONS IN U.S. AND UKRAINE PROMPT RUSSIAN ANALYSTS TO CONSIDER CIS PROSPECTS
• MOSCOW PROPOSES JOINT OPERATION OF SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILROAD
• PUTIN SETS NEW GOALS FOR RUSSIA'S NATIONAL IDENTITY
• WHY YANUKOVYCH LOST ROUND ONE AND WHY HE WILL LOSE IN ROUND TWO

Volume 1 Issue 120

November 4, 2004

• MOSCOW DEFYING OSCE ON THE DEMOCRACY FRONT
• CENTRAL ASIA CAUTIOUS ABOUT WESTERN MILITARY AND STRATEGIC INTERESTS
• TURKMENISTAN'S NEUTRALITY AND RUSSIA'S NEW SOUTHERN POLICY
• OSCE'S YEAR-END CONFERENCE SET TO CONDONE RUSSIA'S FORCES IN MOLDOVA

Volume 1 Issue 119

November 3, 2004

• YUSHCHENKO WINS FIRST ROUND OF UKRAINE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
• UKRAINIAN TV JOURNALISTS PROTEST CENSORSHIP
• KAZAKHSTAN EXTRADITES SUSPECTED ISLAMIC MILITANT TO UZBEKISTAN
• DAGESTAN: FIGHTING CLANS AND ADVANCING ISLAMISTS

Volume 1 Issue 118

November 2, 2004

• RUSSIA'S POLITICAL ELITES WANT BUSH RE-ELECTED
• RUSSIA LAUNCHES NEW SUBMARINE, BOOSTING NAVY'S IMAGE
• KAZAKHSTAN AND TATARSTAN UPGRADE BILATERAL BUSINESS CONTACTS
• WHY SHOULD LITHUANIA'S CONSERVATIVES THWART A VALUE-BASED GOVERNMENT?

Volume 1 Issue 117

November 1, 2004

• PROSECUTOR GENERAL: LET'S TAKE TERRORISTS' RELATIVES HOSTAGE
• WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY?
• NEW DEVELOPMENTS ROCK SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA
• COMMENTARY: RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND THE OSCE PREPARE FOR 2004 YEAR-END CONFERENCE
• COMMENTARY: RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND THE OSCE PREPARE FOR 2004 YEAR-END CONFERENCE

Volume 1 Issue 116

October 29, 2004

• KREMLIN VIEWS UKRAINE AS BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST
• WHO LOST UKRAINE? WESTERN POLICY HAS BEEN CONFUSED, MISUNDERSTOOD, AND UNCOORDINATED
• POLL INDICATES WEAK RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR MANY DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS
• DEMILITARIZATION, DECRIMINALIZATION, DEMOCRATIZATION: A MOLDOVAN STRATEGY FOR POST-SOVIET CONFLICT SETTLEMENT (Part 2 of 2)

Volume 1 Issue 115

October 28, 2004

• KAZAKHSTAN'S FUTURE COUNTER-TERRORIST AGENDA
• KAZAKHSTAN PLANS TO BECOME MAJOR FINANCIAL HUB
• MOSCOW RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR TEHRAN
• DEMILITARIZATION, DECRIMINALIZATION, DEMOCRATIZATION: A MOLDOVAN STRATEGY FOR POST-SOVIET CONFLICT SETTLEMENT (Part 1 of 2)

Volume 1 Issue 114

October 27, 2004

• RUSSIAN MEDIA MULLS GROWING ETHNIC INTOLERANCE
• ANGRY RELATIVES AND PARLIAMENTARIANS CALL FOR BATDYEV'S RESIGNATION
• TENSION BUILDS AS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ENTERS HOMESTRETCH
• MOSCOW AND RIYADH: DO OIL, RELIGION, AND ANTI-TERRORISM MIX?

Volume 1 Issue 113

October 26, 2004

• WAY CLEARED FOR VALUE-BASED GOVERNMENT IN LITHUANIA
• THE DESTRUCTION OF YUKOS AND PUTIN'S ESTRANGEMENT FROM THE WEST
• RUSSIAN ARMY ABUSE: DENIALS AND RHETORIC
• ETHNIC POLICY IN KAZAKHSTAN FEEDS NATIONALISM

Volume 1 Issue 112

October 25, 2004

• MOSCOW LIBERALS HOLD DEMONSTRATION
• DOES MOSCOW REALLY WANT LUKASHENKA TO BE PRESIDENT-FOR-LIFE?
• CORRUPTION COMPROMISES GEORGIAN ARMED FORCES
• NATO LEADER MAKES HISTORIC VISIT TO CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 1 Issue 111

October 22, 2004

• KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIA HIT BY CRIMINAL VIOLENCE
• POLICYMAKERS, ANALYSTS DEBATE THE PROSPECTS OF A RUSSIAN-U.S. PARTNERSHIP
• FRONT RUNNERS BATTLE IT OUT IN UKRAINE'S LAST PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
• COMMENTARY: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT PUSHING MOLDOVA BACK INTO RUSSIA'S ARMS

Volume 1 Issue 110

October 21, 2004

• WITH KARZAI LEADING, TALIBAN STUMBLES OVER INTERNAL DISSENT
• PUTIN ASSERTS THAT TERRORISTS SEEK BUSH'S ELECTORAL DEFEAT
• RUSSIAN MILITARY REFORM: REDUCTION AND RESTRUCTURING, AGAIN
• BALTIC ANCHORS TO THE BLACK SEA

Volume 1 Issue 109

October 20, 2004

• BELARUS REFERENDUM RESULTS DISPUTED
• BORODIN PREDICTS A REFERENDUM TO EXTEND PUTIN'S TERM
• UKRAINIAN LEADERS CRACK DOWN ON YOUTH GROUPS AHEAD OF ELECTION
• RUSSIA TAKING OVER TAJIKISTAN'S MAIN ECONOMIC ENTITIES

Volume 1 Issue 108

October 19, 2004

• KAZAKHSTAN PARLIAMENTARY LEADER RESIGNS IN PROTEST
• ASTANA OFFERS CLUMSY EXPLANATIONS FOR BANNING "TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS"
• REMOVAL OF UK AMBASSADOR IN UZBEKISTAN RAISES QUESTIONS OVER WAR ON TERROR
• RUSSIAN ARMY BASE IN TAJIKISTAN LEGALIZED; BORDER TROOPS TO WITHDRAW

Volume 1 Issue 107

October 18, 2004

• BESLAN'S TRAGIC END: SPONTANEOUS OR PLANNED?
• UZBEK NATIONAL MURDERED IN MOSCOW SUBURBS
• SERGEI IVANOV MISUSES NATO FORUM
• STILL NO WINNER IN ABKHAZ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Volume 1 Issue 106

October 15, 2004

• SKINHEADS STRIKE AGAIN IN ST. PETERSBURG
• MOSCOW CRITICIZES, PRO-WESTERN OPPOSITION WELCOMES VORONIN'S STANCE
• FRAUD FEARED IN UKRAINIAN DIASPORA VOTING
• GEORGIAN MEDIA MOGUL FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS

Volume 1 Issue 105

October 14, 2004

• ROGOZIN PREDICTS THERE WILL SOON BE ONLY 30 REGIONS
• LITHUANIA'S TRADITIONAL PARTIES WITHSTAND POPULIST CHALLENGE FOR NOW
• MOSCOW REASSERTING SECURITY COOPERATION IN CENTRAL ASIA
• KAZAKH GAS ATTRACTS RUSSIAN, CHINESE INTEREST

Volume 1 Issue 104

October 13, 2004

• BESLAN: NORTH OSSETIANS BLAME MOSCOW MORE THAN THEIR INGUSH NEIGHBORS
• WILL RUSSIA AGAIN BE PERCEIVED AS EUROPE'S MIRROR IMAGE?
• GEORGIA CHALLENGES THE KREMLIN'S WORLDVIEW
• UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES TARGET STUDENT AND YOUTH ELECTION-MONITORING GROUPS

Volume 1 Issue 103

October 12, 2004

• PUTIN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION USED TO INFLUENCE UKRAINE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
• RUSSIA'S VISION FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICEMEN FALTERS
• RUSSIAN COMPANIES PROPOSE DEBT-EQUITY SWAPS IN CENTRAL ASIA
• KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS BALTIC ROUTE TO EUROPE

Volume 1 Issue 102

October 8, 2004

• LEGISLATION ENDING MAYORAL ELECTIONS REPORTEDLY IN THE WORKS
• LARGE-SCALE ANTI-AMERICAN CAMPAIGN PLANNED IN UKRAINE
• IS LUKASHENKA'S POLITICAL FUTURE IN JEOPARDY?
• RUSSIA'S ATTEMPT TO EXPORT "MANAGED DEMOCRACY" TO ABKHAZIA BACKFIRES

Volume 1 Issue 101

October 7, 2004

• ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON KARZAI LOYALISTS POINT TO HIS UNPOPULARITY
• WHO ATTACKED BESLAN? PROFILING THE TERRORIST GROUP
• UNITED STATES AND KYRGYZSTAN SIGN LONG-TERM MILITARY COOPERATION DEAL
• IRANIAN TRADE MINISTER GETS MORAL BOOST IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 1 Issue 100

October 6, 2004

• RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE OF RUSSIAN PUBLIC OPINION
• TWO SOUTHERN FAILURES: THE SECOND CHECHEN WAR AND THE "DEAL OF THE CENTURY"
• FAKE LETTER FROM YUSHCHENKO'S DOCTOR QUESTIONS POISONING CLAIM
• RUSSIA'S MILITARY PRESENCE IN TAJIKISTAN TO BE LEGALIZED AND DILUTED

Volume 1 Issue 99

October 5, 2004

• ABKHAZ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ALREADY SPARKING PROTESTS
• MOSCOW WANTS BALTIC STATES TO COMPENSATE OCCUPATION COSTS
• RUSSIAN MILITARY FACES ANTI-TERRORIST CHALLENGES
• CHINESE PIPE DREAMS COME TRUE IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 1 Issue 98

October 4, 2004

• FEW TURN OUT TO COMMEMORATE "OCTOBER EVENTS"
• GROWING RIFT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST UNDERMINES COOPERATION IN THE WAR ON TERROR
• RUSSIAN FILM ON SAAKASHVILI TESTS GEORGIAN DEMOCRACY
• LITHUANIAN LABOR PARTY'S DILEMMA: COOPTATION OR CONFRONTATION

Volume 1 Issue 97

October 1, 2004

• THE KREMLIN DETAILS ITS ENEMIES LIST
• SAVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: FROM WHAT?
• ARE THERE CHECHEN TERRORISTS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS?
• TURKMENISTAN CONSIDERING DIVERSIFICATION OF GAS TRANSPORT AND PROCESSING

Volume 1 Issue 96

September 30, 2004

• POPULIST THIRD WAVE IN LITHUANIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS INCREASINGLY DENOUNCE OPPOSITION AS "EXTREMISTS" AND "TERRORISTS"
• KAZAKHSTAN TIGHTENS BORDER CONTROL
• TWO PRESIDENTS DEPEND ON AFGHANISTAN BALLOT

Volume 1 Issue 95

September 29, 2004

• AUSHEV AND OTHERS WARN OF POSSIBLE OSSETIAN-INGUSH CONFLICT
• UKRAINIAN ELECTION: KREMLIN AGITPROP AT WORK
• ABKHAZIA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE ENTERS FINAL LAP
• COMMENTARY: CLEAN BREAK OVERDUE IN SOUTH OSSETIA

Volume 1 Issue 94

September 28, 2004

• MOSCOW CONVENIENTLY FORGETS CHECHNYA
• WEST TURNING DEAF EAR TO MOLDOVA'S APPEALS
• UZBEKISTAN'S SEARCH FOR IMPROVED SECURITY
• MIXED REACTION TO KAZAKHSTAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Volume 1 Issue 93

September 27, 2004

• ROMAN TSEPOV, R.I.P.
• FALSIFICATION OF ELECTIONS ALREADY UNDERWAY IN UKRAINE
• LUKASHENKA OUTLINES HIS CAMPAIGN ISSUES
• COMMENTARY: OSCE PRESSURED BY RUSSIAN-LED "REFORM" CAMPAIGN

Volume 1 Issue 92

September 24, 2004

• POLL SHOWS ALMOST HALF OPPOSE APPOINTING RUSSIAN GOVERNORS
• RUSSIANIZATION OF UKRAINIAN SECURITY POLICY
• GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT AND MEDIA DEBATE CONTROVERSIAL BILLS
• SEARCH FOR AL-QAEDA REMNANTS MAY FURTHER ALIENATE LOCALS ON AFGHAN BORDER

Volume 1 Issue 91

September 23, 2004

• FAILED STATE NO MORE: GEORGIA'S PRESIDENT ADDRESSES JAMESTOWN EVENT
• IS RUSSIA READY TO RECOGNIZE SECESSIONIST STATELETS WITHIN THE CIS?
• GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
• RUSSIA AND STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM IN UKRAINE (Part 2)

Volume 1 Issue 90

September 22, 2004

• North Ossetian Police Charged With Negligence
• Tbilisi Sends Interior Troops To Prove Pankisi Is Terrorist Free
• Tajikistan Diversifies Its Security Assistance
• Russia And State-sponsored Terrorism In Ukraine (part 1)
• Whew
• somewhere
• Missing in Istanbul: NATO Almost Bypassed the Black Sea-South Caucasus Region

Volume 1 Issue 89

September 21, 2004

• Belarus: Key Candidates Barred From Election Campaign
• Ossetians Blame Ingush And Authorities For Beslan
• Bishkek Looks Towards China To Strengthen Counter-terrorism
• China Not Giving Up On Russian Oil And Gas

Volume 1 Issue 88

September 20, 2004

• Russian Authorities Mull Tougher Residence Requirements
• Caucasians Attacked On Moscow's Metro
• Kremlin Still Lacks A Clear-cut Strategy For The Cis
• Political Goals Driving Kazakh-slavic Integration
• Was There A Second Attempt On Yushchenko's Life?

Volume 1 Issue 87

September 17, 2004

• Gorbachev And Yeltsin Assess Putin's Perestroika
• Cis Summit Pins Hope On Greater Security
• Moldovan President Wants Out Of Russia's Orbit
• Putin's New Course: Maximizing Control And Sacrificing Efficiency
• Credibility Of Afghan Presidential Elections Already In Doubt

Volume 1 Issue 86

September 16, 2004

• U.s. Officials Give Conflicting Assessments Of Pankisi Effort
• Putin's Latest Moves Invoke Russian Tradition, Not Western Standards
• Unraveling Russia's Strategy For Its War On Terror
• Yushchenko Continues To Lead In Ukrainian Presidential Elections

Volume 1 Issue 85

September 15, 2004

• Putin Merges Gazprom And Rosneft
• Azerbaijan's Nato Aspirations Suffer A Self-inflicted Setback
• Tbilisi Weighs Response To Abkhazia's Latest Shift Toward Moscow
• Karzai Fires Herat Warlord Ismail Khan

Volume 1 Issue 84

September 14, 2004

• Russian Preventive Strikes -- Options And Capabilities
• As Russia Seeks Revenge, Tbilisi Is Likely To Find Itself On The Front Line
• Questions Raised Over Alleged Kazakh Hostage Takers
• Kazakhstan Moves Closer To Updating Its Controversial Media Law

Volume 1 Issue 83

September 13, 2004

• North Ossetian President Bargaining With Kremlin And His Own People
• Ex-north Ossetian Law-enforcer Describes Endemic Corruption
• Ukraine's Pro-presidential Parliamentary Majority Disintegrates
• Lukashenka Announces Controversial Referendum

Volume 1 Issue 82

September 10, 2004

• Some Post-beslan Commentary Says All Is Fair In War
• Debates Within Russian Political Class Show Moscow's Suspicions Of The West
• Marynich Faces New Charges In Belarus
• Ukraine's New Nationalism And The Controversial Danube Canal
• Commentary: Illegitimate Peacekeeping -- A Sphere-of-influence Tool

Volume 1 Issue 81

September 9, 2004

• Russia Mulls Rules For Its Version Of War On Terror
• Nazarbaev Warns Of Threats To Political Stability
• Stratfor Report Suggests Democratic Revolution Possible In Ukraine
• Commentary: From Geneva To Sochi To Dead End In Abkhazia

Volume 1 Issue 80

September 8, 2004

• Ingush Ex-cop Reportedly Among Hostage-takers
• Moscow Seeks To Control Spin On The Beslan Tragedy
• Russia Hints At Georgian Complicity In North Ossetian Attack
• Commentary: The View From Sukhumi

Volume 1 Issue 79

September 7, 2004

• Observers Say Terror Attacks Eroding Putin's Legitimacy
• After Beslan Debacle, Russian Pundits Debate How To Prevent Destabilization Of Caucasus
• Beslan Tragedy Reveals Flaws In Russian Security Operations
• Putin Links Beslan To Global War On Terror

Volume 1 Issue 78

September 3, 2004

• Security Forces Storm School In North Ossetia. . .
• . . . While Politkovskaya Is Reportedly Poisoned
• Russian Government Fighting With Itself
• Kazakhstan's Rough Road To Wto Accession
• Commentary: Osce Not Coping In South Ossetia

Volume 1 Issue 77

September 2, 2004

• North Ossetia Crisis Complicated By Child Hostages
• Tbilisi Denies Impending Changes Within Georgian Power Ministries
• Is Washington Sending Mixed Signals To Ukraine?
• Commentary: The View From Tskhinvali

Volume 1 Issue 76

September 1, 2004

• Breaking News: North Ossetian School Taken Hostage
• Bomb Goes Off Near Moscow Metro Station
• The European Troika Meets In Sochi
• Japan Seeks Improved Relations With Russia
• "Steppe Eagle" Promises Closer UK-Kazakh Military Relations

Volume 1 Issue 75

August 31, 2004

• Karimov Responds To Terrorism In Uzbekistan
• Kazakh-Uzbek Security Cooperation At Am Impasse After Tashkent Blasts
• Moscow Gives Muted Response To U.S. Troop Redeployment
• Saakashvili Sacks Army Chief Of Staff
• Moldovan President Says No More Negotiations With "totalitarian" Tiraspol

Volume 1 Issue 74

August 30, 2004

• Two Blasts Claim Victims In Afghanistan
• Alkhanov Wins Chechen Presidency
• FSB Says Terrorism Caused Airliners' Crash
• McCain Seeks End To Lukashenka Regime
• Ukraine Celebrates Its Last Independence Day Under Kuchma

Volume 1 Issue 73

August 13, 2004

• Georgia Prepares For Resumption Of Large-scale Armed Conflict In Ossetia
• Ukraine's Interior Ministry Shadowing Presidential Candidates
• U.S. State Department Comments On Yukos
• Baku Seeks To Break Karabakh Deadlock
• Kazakhstan Set To Increase Grain Exports

Volume 1 Issue 72

August 12, 2004

• Who Will Detonate The South Ossetian Powder Keg?
• Khasavyurt Mayor Challenges Dagestani Leader
• Television Coverage Highly Biased In Ukraine Election Campaign
• Kazakhstan Strives To Explore Space With Russia's Help

Volume 1 Issue 71

August 11, 2004

• FSB Claims Foreigners Funding Plan To Disrupt Chechnya Vote
• Prime Minister Yanukovych And Media Freedom
• Russia Strengthens Its Airbase In Kyrgyzstan
• Kazakhstan's Military Reform Creeps Forward

Volume 1 Issue 70

August 10, 2004

• Kremlin Policies In South Ossetian Conflict Under Fire
• Historic Russia-NATO Naval Maneuvers
• Election Campaign In Abkhazia Marches To Anti-georgian Tune
• Russian Pipeline Projects Shifting To Favor Tokyo Over Beijing
• Disarming Afghanistan's Warlords: Programs, Problems, Possibilities

Volume 1 Issue 69

August 9, 2004

• Persian Gulf Investors Make A Bid For Yukos
• The Sad State Of Vladivostok
• Belarusian Authorities Close Private University
• Twenty-six Candidates Compete To Be Ukraine's Next President, Four Of Them Seriously
• Authorities In Karachaevo-Cherkessia Fear Union Of Basaev And Local Islamic Separatists

Volume 1 Issue 68

August 6, 2004

• Latest Yukos Stay Of Execution Is Rescinded
• Georgia Trying To Uphold Inviolability Of Its Borders
• Washington Vague On U.S. Basing Plans In Central Asia
• Half Of Kyiv's Leading Parties Reject Yanukovych
• Afghanistan's Drug Problem Requires An International Solution

Volume 1 Issue 67

August 5, 2004

• Anti-terrorist Exercises Underway In Central Asia
• Uzbekistan Conspicuously Absent From Central Asian Security Sumimit
• Uzbekistan's Secret Services Already Pursue Suspects Into Kyrgyzstan, Will They Try To Enter Kazakhstan, Too?
• Abizaid Visit Highlights Kazakh Role In Iraq
• Latvia: Why Not The Best Candidate?

Volume 1 Issue 66

August 4, 2004

• Welfare Reform Bill Breezes Through The State Duma
• Russia Rejects Wider OSCE Role In South Ossetia
• Moscow Breaches Sochi Agreement On Abkhazia
• Moscow Stresses Geopolitics Of Ukrainian Presidential Race
• Yushchenko Finally Gets Tough On Nationalists
• Is Ukraine Selling Arms Under Moscow's Directive?

Volume 1 Issue 65

August 3, 2004

• Russian Military Plagued By Falling Conscript Standards
• Who Are Lukashenka's Rivals For President?
• Western Diplomacy Unmoved By "Linguistic Cleansing" In Trans-Dniester
• Rising Abuse Of State-Administrative Resources In Ukrainian Elections
• Kazakhstan Prepares For Controversial Parliamentary Elections

Volume 1 Issue 64

August 2, 2004

• Popular Frustration With Karimov Fuels Terrorist Attacks In Uzbekistan
• Dagestan's Officials And Police Await Assassination
• Maskhadov Vows To Step Up Attacks
• Is The BTC Oil Pipeline Part Of A Political Game?
• Without Kazakhstani Oil, Odessa-Brody Becomes Brody-Odessa
• New Gas Trader To Boost Turkmenistan-Ukraine Transit

Volume 1 Issue 63

July 30, 2004

• Qatar Court Rejects Jailed Russian Agents' Appeal
• Russian Officials Fear Caucasus Attacks Could Spread Westward
• Videotape Shows Basaev And Maskhadov Displaying Seized Ingush Weapons
• Ukraine Rephrases Nato Goal
• Moscow Leading Campaign To Reorient Osce Activities
• Commentary: How To Turn Moldovans Into A Minority In Their Land

Volume 1 Issue 62

July 29, 2004

• South Ossetian Leader Warns Georgia From Moscow
• Georgian Media Shackled After Rose Revolution
• Moskovsky Komsomolets Publishes "insider" Account Of Hut Activities
• What Do Ukrainians Really Think Of Yanukovych?

Volume 1 Issue 61

July 28, 2004

• Karzai Names His Running Mates, With A Surprising Omission
• Moscow Leading Campaign To Reorient Osce Activities
• Independent Journalist Killed In Kazakhstan
• Top Kremlin Official Becomes Rosneft's Board Chairman

Volume 1 Issue 60

July 27, 2004

• In Sudan, Russia Chooses Money Over Humanitarianism
• Putin Urges Shift In Russia's Cis Policies
• Pro-kuchma Parties Compete For Rural Vote
• Kremlin Unarmed As Chechen Rebels Strengthen

Volume 1 Issue 59

July 26, 2004

• Belarus Prepares For Lukashenka's Third Term
• Linguistic Corruption Clouds Political Negotiations On Trans-dniester
• Foreign Consortium Offers To Cover Yukos Debt
• Presidential Candidates Question Afghan Election Law

Volume 1 Issue 58

July 23, 2004

• Yukos Could Go Belly Up By Mid-august
• Abkhaz Opposition Names Presidential Candidate
• South Ossetia -- An Issue Between Tbilisi And Moscow
• Governor In Western Kazakhstan Fired Due To Public Pressure
• Nato In Afghanistan: Nation-builder And Election Monitor?

Volume 1 Issue 57

July 22, 2004

• Will The Hague Tribunal Indict Abkhaz Separatists For Genocide?
• Washington Pushes Karimov Closer To Moscow
• Russo-japanese Relations Improving
• Commentary: Policy Recommendations For A Political Solution In Georgia's Region Of South Ossetia

Volume 1 Issue 56

July 21, 2004

• Justice Ministry Says It Will Sell Yukos' Main Production Unit
• Baluyevsky: New Chief Of The Russian General Staff
• Ukrainian Interior Minister Calls His Agency The "armed Organ Of The Authorities"
• Kazakhstan: Between Pan-turkism And Globalization

Volume 1 Issue 55

July 20, 2004

• Putin Fires Chief Of General Staff Kvashnin
• Ukraine's Multi-vector Energy Policy
• Last Moldovan Schools Under Threat In Trans-dniester
• Commentary: Checkpoint At The End Of The Tunnel

Volume 1 Issue 54

July 19, 2004

• Tashkent Largely Silent On Cut In U.s. Aid
• Former Party-of-power Divided Over Supporting Yanukovych
• Putin Urges Russian Diplomats To Be More Active In The Post-soviet States
• Commentators Continue To Discuss The Klebnikov Murder

Volume 1 Issue 53

July 16, 2004

• Fsb Restructuring More Modest Than Expected
• Pipeline Pirouette In Northeast Asia
• Sergei Lavrov Goes To Korea
• Saakashvili Makes Advances Toward Ngos, Names Ombudsman

Volume 1 Issue 52

July 15, 2004

• Oecd, World Bank Evaluate Russian Economy
• A Decade Of Kuchma: Success Or Degredation?
• Government Programs To Increase Kazakh Population Yields Results
• Political And Economic Relations Between Afganistan And Pakistan Improve And Expand

Volume 1 Issue 51

July 14, 2004

• Russian Media Mull Significance Of Klebnikov Murder
• Commentary: A Possible Link Between The Klebnikov And Shchekochikin Murders?
• South Ossetia: Tensions Subside But Uncertainty Lingers
• South Ossetia: Inside The Conflict Zone

Volume 1 Issue 50

July 13, 2004

• Is A Free Election Possible In Ukraine?
• Georgian Opposition Declines To Take Advantage Of Ossetia Crisis
• Kazakhstan's Western Military Cooperation Sparks Tensions With Russia
• The Specter Of Russian Extreme Nationalism Haunts Kazakhstan

Volume 1 Issue 49

July 12, 2004

• Paul Klebnikov's Murder: Cui Bono?
• Kvashnin's Future Hangs In The Balance Ñagain
• Eu-ukrainian Relations Hampered By Clash Of Civilizations
• Afghanistan Postpones Elections For All The Wrong Reasons

Volume 1 Issue 48

July 9, 2004

• Dmitry Rogozin Becomes Rodina's Sole Leader
• Bankers Beware
• Turkmenistan: Banker Claims Government Has Own Drug Ring
• Trade Between Afghanistan And Iran Reaches Record Levels

Volume 1 Issue 47

July 8, 2004

• Will Contradictions Undermine Viktor Yanukovych's Election Campaign?
• Brinkmanship Increases Between Tbilisi And Tskhinvali, But How Will Moscow Respond?
• Hizb-ut-tahrir Members Get Prison Terms In Kazakhstan

Volume 1 Issue 46

July 7, 2004

• Maskhadov Calls For Talks; Zyazikov Says He's Game
• Professionalizing The Russian Airborne Forces: Will It Help In Chechnya?
• Opposition Divided Ahead Of Ukrainian Presidential Elections
• Nato Fails To Provide Security In Afghanistan, While U.s.-led Coalition Forces Cluster On Pakistan's Border

Volume 1 Issue 45

July 6, 2004

• Crisis Week For Yukos
• Russia Mulls Strategy To Stall Nato's Push Into Post-soviet Eurasia
• Nato Summit Takes Stock Of Ukraine's Performance
• Novaya Gazeta Remembers Yuri Shchekochikhin
• Registered Voters And Women Targeted In Afghanistan

Volume 1 Issue 44

July 2, 2004

• Baltic States Are Welcomed Into Nato, But Russia Still Looms In The Background
• Rumsfeld In Moldova, Voronin At Nato, Demand Russian Withdrawal
• Business Influence And Russian Foreign Policy
• Yukos Hit With Another Whopping Tax Bill
• Russia Continues To Turn A Blind Eye Toward Iran's Nuclear Program

Volume 1 Issue 43

July 1, 2004

• Russia At The Nato Summit: Cooperative Rhetoric, Zero-sum Practice
• Ukraine Turns Down Early Membership Prospecyt In Nato
• Saakashvili Appoints His Closest Confidants To Head Georgia's Law-enforcement Agencies
• China's Relations With Kazakhstan Are Warming, But To What End?

Volume 1 Issue 42

June 30, 2004

• Nato Summit's Uncertain Message To Black Sea-south Caucasus Region
• Newspaper Doubts Ingushetia Raid Organizer Was Killed
• Lavrov Rules Out Helping Iraq Establish An Army
• U.s. Offers Diverse Programs To Rebuild Afghanistan
• Russia's Latest Census Report Populations Gains -- Or Losses

Volume 1 Issue 41

June 29, 2004

• "russkaya Respublika": We Sentenced Nikolai Girenko To Death
• Russian And Ukrainian Authorities Resort To Inter-ethnic Violence To Block Yushchenko
• Uzbekistan Agrees To Remove Minefields Along Its Border With Kyrgyzstan
• More Threats To Press Freedom In Kazakhstan

Volume 1 Issue 40

June 28, 2004

• Ivanov's Victory Over Kvashinin May Open Pandora's Box
• Viktor Yushchenko Lines Up High-profile Election Team
• Has Moscow Lost Control Of The North Caucasus?
• Road-building Given Top Priority In Usaid-financed Projects In Afghanistan

Volume 1 Issue 39

June 25, 2004

• Observers Wonder How Ingushetia Gunmen Went Undetected
• Infighting Plagues Abkhaz Separatist Camp
• Unresolved Gongadze Murder May Be Issue In Ukrainian Elections
• Strategic Pipeline Accord Masks Tension In Other Areas

Volume 1 Issue 38

June 24, 2004

• Russia's Eastern Offensive: Eurasianism Versus Atlanticism
• East Versus West In Lithuania
• Saakashvili Strengthens Control Over Ajaria
• Unrest In South Waziristan Tied To Wider Islamic Agenda

Volume 1 Issue 37

June 23, 2004

• Eyewitnesses Say Ingushetia Attackers Were Mostly Locals
• Osce In Moldova: Showing The Flag For What It's Worth
• Russia Signs Strategic Partnership With Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan Looks Toward Russia
• The Fall Of Ghor: An Omnious Development For Karzai

Volume 1 Issue 36

June 22, 2004

• Russia Turning Back The Clock On Georgian Policy
• Russia Launches Large-scale Military Exercises
• Kazakhs Disillusioned With Post-soviet Development
• Death Of Tribal Leader Reveals Tribal Borderland May Be Sanctuary For Taliban, Al-qaeda Remnants

Volume 1 Issue 35

June 21, 2004

• Putin Backs Bush On Saddam And Terrorism
• Quo Vadis Lithuania?
• Russians Run Censorship Of Ukrainian Media
• Georgian Defense System Still Faces Problems

Volume 1 Issue 34

June 18, 2004

• Putin: We Are Not Trying To Bankrupt Yukos
• Andropov's Legacy In Putin's Foreign Policy
• Russian Military Bases In Georgia: No Negotiations, New Complications
• Kazakhstan's Air Defense Deal With Uk Signals Shift
• Afghan Opium Production Goes Unchallenged

Volume 1 Issue 33

June 17, 2004

• Sco Summit In Tashkent: Breakthrough In Practical Cooperation
• Putin's Eurasian Opec For Gas Beginning To Emerge
• Pankisi Emerges As A Litmus Test In Georgia-russian Relations
• Oligarch's Privatize Ukraine Before Elections

Volume 1 Issue 32

June 16, 2004

• Party Of Power Mulls The Merits Of Nationalization
• Russian Military Manning System Reveals Flawed Reforms
• Baltic States' Political Landscape And European Elections
• Pakistan's Second Miltary Foray Into Waziristan Repeats Past Mistakes

Volume 1 Issue 31

June 15, 2004

• Russian Move In South Ossetia Raises New Questions On Putin's Policy
• Russia And The North Korean Nuclear Negotiations
• Protests Greet Government Plan To Reform Social Benefits
• Putin's Presidential Address: Before And After

Volume 1 Issue 30

June 14, 2004

• Russia Backs U.s. On Iraq Resolution -- But Little Else
• Trans-dniester Offers Military Assistance To South Ossetia, Abkhazia
• Dissident Oligarchs Under Attack In U.s. And Ukraine
• Russia's Anti-terrorist Agenda In Tajikistan
• New Violence And Lack Of Funds Impacts Afghan Elections

Volume 1 Issue 29

June 11, 2004

• Defendants In Kholodov Murder Case Again Found Not Guilty
• Fishy Dealings Common At Russian Fisheries Agency
• Poland Lobbies Eu Membership For Ukraine
• Kazakhstan Advances Proposals On Caspian Legal Status
• Kyrgyzstan As Consumer Of Security Assistance

Volume 1 Issue 28

June 10, 2004

• Putin-lukashenka Detente Releases Russian Gas To Belarus
• Corporate Governance In Russia: Keep Hoping
• Kremlin Launches Military Exercises In Russian Far East
• Reshuffle In Georgia "force" Agencies

Volume 1 Issue 27

June 9, 2004

• Putin To Boycott Nato Summit
• Qatar May Execute Russian Agents
• Russian Corruption Spurs Fear Of Bank Crisis
• With Mixed Reactions Karelia Remembers Andropov
• Insurgency Rages In Afghanistan

Volume 1 Issue 26

June 8, 2004

• Georgia Intensifies Pressure On South Ossetia
• Is Russia Paying Attention To Baku-ceyhan?
• Russian Leftists Launch European Party
• Russia's Use Of Contract Soldiers Shows Mixed Results In Chechnya
• Karzai Facing Competition In Presidential Contest

Volume 1 Issue 25

June 7, 2004

• Samara And Stavropol Bombs: Chechen "terrorism" Or Russian Business Disputes?
• Putin Begins State Visit To Mexico
• Russian Troops To Prolong Stay In Tajikistan
• Tension Over South Ossetia Triggers Policy Debate In Moscow
• Ukrainian Opposition Candidate Targeted By "skinheads"

Volume 1 Issue 24

June 4, 2004

• Russian Politics: Routine Maintenance For Managed Democracy
• Russian Strategists Debate Kremlin Policies On Cis Integration
• Moldovan President Delivers Secret Draft On Externally Guaranteed "neutrality"
• Karimov Moves Closer To Russian Fold

Volume 1 Issue 23

June 3, 2004

• Russian Tycoons Swoop Down On Georgia
• New Accusations Of Proliferation Against Ukraine
• Georgian Ngos Protest Prison Abuse
• Insurgency Intensifies In Afghanistan

Volume 1 Issue 22

June 2, 2004

• Yukos Hit By Perfect Storm
• Questions On Western Policies Overshadow Central Asian Summit
• Georgia Mulls Closer Economic Ties To Russia
• Turkmenbashi Reverses Stand On Portraits
• Moscow Warns Tbilisi

Volume 1 Issue 21

June 1, 2004

• Russian Military Blinks Before Georgia In South Ossetia
• Is Putin Out To Destroy Civil Society In Russia?
• Yanukovych Tries To Clean Up His Image
• Editorial: The Liberal Revolution That Produced Slaves

Volume 1 Issue 20

May 28, 2004

• Lavrov And Gil-robles Differ Over Chechnya
• Moldova's Drift Toward Russia
• Uzbek-Kazakh Border Delineation Nearing Resolution
• Taliban Clashes With U.s. Troops Becoming More Frequent

Volume 1 Issue 19

May 27, 2004

• Putin Summons The Nation, Sort Of
• Prosecution Amidst On-going Crisis In Russia's Navy
• Georgia Offers Political Settlements
• Imu Regrouping Into New Movement
• Afghan Warlords Reluctant To Disarm

Volume 1 Issue 18

May 26, 2004

• Crooked Traffic Cops Busted For Car Theft
• Moscow Hitmen Prefer Car Bombs
• Lithuania: Requiem For A Stuntman
• Ngos And Civil Society Under Attack In Ukraine
• South Ossetian Elections Follow Moscow's Script

Volume 1 Issue 17

May 25, 2004

• Former U.S. President Bush Visits Ukraine
• Change Expected In Abkhazia
• Ajaria Before Elections
• Taliban Intensify Activity In Pashtun Provinces

Volume 1 Issue 16

May 24, 2004

• Poll Discloses Rampant Police Abuse
• Putin Moves To Back Kyoto Protocol
• Zhdanoka Candidacy Polarizes Latvian Election
• The Istanbul Summit And Nato's Two Flank Struggle Over Cfe
• Editorial: Why Russia Will Not Dominate The Post-soviet Space

Volume 1 Issue 15

May 21, 2004

• Interior Minister Paints Gloomy Picture In Chechnya
• Giant Oilfield In Kazakhstan Delivering To Novorossiisk
• Ukraine Faces Setback In Transit Of Kazakh Oil
• Scandals Plague Saakashvili's Party
• Hizb Ut-tahrir Trial Highlights Increased Activity In Northern Tajikistan
• Kazbat Deployment In Iraq Faces Uncertainty

Volume 1 Issue 14

May 20, 2004

• Ukrainian Parliament Debates Future Of Its Troops In Iraq
• Russian Society: A Brake On Reform?
• Gazprom Eyes Takeover Of Beltransgaz
• Dushanbe Maneuvers With Moscow Over Basing Question

Volume 1 Issue 13

May 19, 2004

• At Least 11 Russian Troops Die In Chechnya Over 24-hour Period
• Committee 2008 Announces Plans For A Democratic Coalition
• Russian Government Hopes To Jump Start Housing Market
• Georgian Troops Introduced In Tsalka
• Council Of Europe Stumbles Over Ajaria
• Kazakhstan Inks Oil Pipeline Agreement With China

Volume 1 Issue 12

May 18, 2004

• Ukraine's Euro-atlantic Integration At Dead End
• The Scent Of Revolution Drifts To South Ossetia
• Tajikistan Expands Effort To Take Over Protection Of Its Borders
• Kazakh President To Seek Another Term

Volume 1 Issue 11

May 17, 2004

• Kidnapped Russians Shown On Al-jazeera
• Saratov Governor Focus Of Criminal Probe
• Right Time For Georgia To Press For Early Withdrawal Of Russian Forces
• Turkmenistan Pushes For New Offshore Oil Development

Volume 1 Issue 10

May 14, 2004

• Chechnya: Sorting Out The Policy Options
• Russia's Oil Boom: Blessing Or Burden?
• Hopes Fade For Quick Release Of Russians Kidnapped In Iraq
• U.S. Congress Expresses Strong Support For Free Elections In Ukraine
• Russian-Uzbek Rapprochement Evidenced In Defense Chief's Visit

Volume 1 Issue 9

May 13, 2004

• Moscow Gatherings Debate Russian-u.s. Ties
• Russian Response To Proliferation Treaty Will Say Much About Policy
• Parliament Vote Reflects Ukrainian Political Crisis
• Questions Raised About Defending The Tajik-afghan Border

Volume 1 Issue 8

May 12, 2004

• Putin Makes Whirlwind Tour Of Chechnya
• Media Freedoms In Ukraine And The Cis: A Gloomy Picture
• Wiley Tribesman Thwart U.s. Hunt For Al-qaeda
• Uzbek Foreign Policy: Looking To Moscow?

Volume 1 Issue 7

May 11, 2004

• Killings In Grozny Rock Kremlin's Chechnya Policy
• On The Road In Russia
• Poll Numbers Show Yanukovych Closing The Gap
• Kuchma Regime Using "skinheads" Against Opposition

Volume 1 Issue 6

May 10, 2004

• Akhmad Kadyrov Is Assassinated
• U.S. Resolution Highlights Standoff Over Iran
• Washington Turning Screws On Ukraine Ahead Of Election
• Tactics Of Counter Narcotics In Afghanistan Examined

Volume 1 Issue 5

May 7, 2004

• Abashidze Falls, Power Shifts In The South Caucasus
• Deception Masks Ukrainian Foreign Policy Objectives
• Prosecutors Raid Yukos One More Time
• Court Reverses Major Power Plant Privatization
• Afghanistan: Choosing Among The Warlords

Volume 1 Issue 4

May 6, 2004

• U.S. Treatment Of Iraq Prisoners Under Fire
• A Shift In U.S. Strategy In Afghanistan? (part II)
• Dirty Election Tactics In Ukraine
• The Eu Expansion: Economic Implications For Russia
• Title of the test article

Volume 1 Issue 3

May 5, 2004

• A Shift In U.s. Strategy In Afghanistan? (part I)
• Afghans Get Financial But Few Security Commitments
• Wide Scale Arrests Follow Attacks In Uzbekistan
• Un Veto Sparks Debate On Russian Policy Aims
• Group Claims 25,000 Russian Soldiers Have Died In Chechnya

Volume 1 Issue 2

May 4, 2004

• Ajarian Crisis Threatens To Escalate
• Ramzan Kadyrov: Maskhadov Is Surrounded And Wounded
• Rahmonov Appears To Back Border Forces Transfer
• Russia's Top Bankruptcy Expert Gunned Down
• Youth Group Wants To Extend President's Term

Volume 1 Issue 1

May 3, 2004

• The Eu's Enlargement; Russia Plays Bridesmaid
• Russians Condemn Latvia For Convicting Wwii-era Partisan
• Pressure Grows To Pull Ukraine's Troops Out Of Iraq
• Unknown Group Draws Attention Of Tajik Authorities