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Volume 8 Issue 106

May 31, 2002

• EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT IN MOSCOW.
• NEMTSOV SHARPLY CRITIQUES PUTINISM.
• UKRAINE EMBARKS ON NATO COURSE.

Volume 8 Issue 105

May 30, 2002

• SUMMIT AGREEMENT OPENS WAY TO NATO-RUSSIA COOPERATION.
• ANDREI VAVILOV GETS A FEDERATION COUNCIL SEAT.
• NATO'S BALTIC ENLARGEMENT UNAFFECTED BY THE PUTIN SUMMITS.
• UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER.

Volume 8 Issue 104

May 29, 2002

• RUSSIA GETS ONE MORE FEDERAL STRUCTURE.
• KURGANSK OBLAST SLATED FOR OUTSIDE MANAGEMENT.
• NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL: ANY ROLE IN POST-SOVIET EURASIA?
• COMMUNIST CONFERENCE: A SHOW OF UKRAINIAN UNITY.

Volume 8 Issue 103

May 28, 2002

• BUSH AND PUTIN MEET IN MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG.
• MOSKOVSKIE NOVOSTI: WASHINGTON PLANS A CAUCASUS STABILIZATION FUND.
• BASAEV GIVES INTERVIEW TO A RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY.
• "NEAR ABROAD," R.I.P.

Volume 8 Issue 102

May 24, 2002

• BUSH ARRIVES IN MOSCOW FOR LONG AWAITED SUMMIT TALKS. U.S.
• KRASNOYARSK GOVERNOR'S RACE OFFICIALLY BEGINS.
• UKRAINE SEEKS CLOSER RELATIONS WITH NATO AS TOP PRIORITY.

Volume 8 Issue 101

May 23, 2002

• NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS MOSCOW.
• TROSHEV SAYS HE'S "COMPLETELY SURE" BASAEV WAS KILLED.
• RUSSIAN TROOPS NOT BUDGING FROM MOLDOVA'S TRANSDNIESTER REGION.

Volume 8 Issue 100

May 22, 2002

• INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD DIES IN APPARENT CONTRACT KILLING.
• ALIEV IN IRAN.
• SUSPECT IN JOURNALIST MURDER CASE ACQUITTED.

Volume 8 Issue 99

May 21, 2002

• IRAQI DELEGATION VISITS MOSCOW.
• FSB MAN WINS SMOLENSK GOVERNORSHIP.
• KRASNOYARSK LEGISLATURE FAILS TO BACK MERGER REFERENDUM.
• CHECHEN REBEL DEADLINE PASSES, CAPTURED PILOTS' FATE UNKNOWN.
• MOSCOW PREVAILS ON KYRGYZSTAN TO SAY NYET TO BALTIC SOLDIERS.
• BALTIC PREPARATIONS FOR NATO PROCEEDING APACE.

Volume 8 Issue 98

May 20, 2002

• SQUABBLE OVER CHICKEN IMPORTS CONTINUES.
• UFA COURT VOIDS SUKHANOV'S ELECTION AS SLAVNEFT HEAD.
• KASYANOV THINKS CRIMINAL PROBES HARM THE ECONOMY.
• NATO TO UPGRADE FRAMEWORK OF RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE.

Volume 8 Issue 97

May 17, 2002

• IRAN NEXT UP ON RUSSIAN-U.S. AGENDA?
• ATTEMPT MADE ON SMOLENSK VICE GOVERNOR'S LIFE.
• PUTIN WIDENS KADYROV'S POWERS.
• "PRIVATIZATION" IN BELARUS.
• UKRAINE'S PRO-GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY FORCE LOOKS SHAKY.

Volume 8 Issue 96

May 16, 2002

• KRASNOYARSK WILL PICK LEBED'S SUCCESSOR ON SEPTEMBER 8.
• A CLOSE-UP GLIMPSE OF EAEC'S WARTS.
• EAEC GAINS TWO OBSERVER COUNTRIES.

Volume 8 Issue 94

May 15, 2002

• SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENTS SAY STRATEGIC ARMS TALKS YIELD TREATY AGREEMENT.
• KUDRIN: RUSSIAN GROWTH REMAINS AMONG THE WORLD'S HIGHEST.
• KHATTAB'S ALLEGED ASSASSIN REPORTEDLY EXECUTED.
• KAZAKHSTAN AND RUSSIA TO SHARE NORTHERN CASPIAN OFFSHORE OILFIELDS.

Volume 8 Issue 95

May 15, 2002

• PATH CLEARED FOR NEW ERA OF COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND WEST.
• MEMORIAL DENOUNCES ABUSES BY RUSSIAN FORCES IN CHECHNYA.
• FROM CIS COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY TO COLLECTIVE SECURITY ORGANIZATION?

Volume 8 Issue 93

May 13, 2002

• OFFICIALS SAY RAPANI KHALILOV MASTERMINDED MAY 9 BOMBING.
• DID THE FSB THWART A "WAHHABI UNDERGROUND"?
• LATVIA AMENDS ELECTORAL LEGISLATION TO DROP LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES.
• OPPOSITION MAJORITY FOR RADA?
• WHOSE CANDIDATE WILL HRACH BE?

Volume 8 Issue 92

May 10, 2002

• NEW NATO-RUSSIA COOPERATION COUNCIL STILL UP IN THE AIR.
• DEATH TOLL FROM KASPIISK BLAST CLIMBS.
• CHECHENPRESS DENOUNCES KASPIISK BOMBING, KAVKAZ.ORG DOESN'T.
• CLOCK TICKING FAST ON OSCE IN RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED TRANSDNIESTER.

Volume 8 Issue 91

May 9, 2002

• LARGE EXPLOSION ROCKS DAGESTANI CITY.
• NEW IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OF NATO AND EU.

Volume 8 Issue 90

May 8, 2002

• RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC RETRENCHMENT CONTINUES.
• ALEKSANDR USS MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED ALEKSANDR LEBED.
• SERGEI KATANANDOV WINS KARELIAN ELECTION.
• RUSSIA PLAYS ARBITER IN CASPIAN SUMMIT'S AFTERMATH.
• TURKMENISTAN GOES IT ALONE.

Volume 8 Issue 89

May 7, 2002

• RUSSIA-JAPAN TALKS: GOING NOWHERE FAST?
• PUTIN WANTS NEW GDP PROJECTIONS, ASAP.
• UN CALLS RUSSIA AN "ENGINE OF GROWTH" FOR THE CIS.

Volume 8 Issue 88

May 6, 2002

• RUSSIA FINDS ROLE IN NEW MIDDLE EAST PEACE EFFORT.
• DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS THERE'S NO PROOF BASAEV IS DEAD.
• POLITICAL ARMISTICE TAKING HOLD IN MOLDOVA.

Volume 8 Issue 87

May 3, 2002

• FEDERAL SIDE CLAIMS IT KILLED THREE OF MASKHADOV'S COMMANDERS.
• HRACH LOSES CRIMEA.
• HIGH-PLACED UKRAINIANS SHUFFLED.
• GEORGIA'S UNWELCOME GUESTS.
• GEORGIA'S WELCOME GUESTS.

Volume 8 Issue 86

May 2, 2002

• MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON CLAIM PROGRESS IN ARMS TALKS.
• POLITICAL PARTIES RALLY FOR MAY DAY.
• BALTIC STATES PLAN MILITARY SPECIALIZATION IN NATO FRAMEWORK.
• GERMANY FOR SPEEDING UP BALTIC ENLARGEMENT OF NATO.

Volume 8 Issue 85

May 1, 2002

• INDIAN-RUSSIAN DEFENSE COOPERATION GETS A BOOST.
• KVASHNIN CLAIMS BASAEV, LIKE KHATTAB, HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.
• RUMSFELD IN CENTRAL ASIA.

Volume 8 Issue 84

April 30, 2002

• IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER IN MOSCOW.
• KREMLIN-BACKED ZYAZIKOV SCORES "SURPRISE" WIN IN INGUSHETIA.
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES BAR CATHOLIC BISHOP FROM RUSSIA.
• PUTIN REACHING FOR MILITARY INSTRUMENTS OF CASPIAN POLICY.

Volume 8 Issue 83

April 29, 2002

• ALEKSANDR LEBED DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH.
• STATE TELEVISION SHOWS FOOTAGE OF KHATTAB'S BODY.
• MOSCOW DIFFERS WITH KYIV'S EUROPEAN CHOICE.
• FOUR FACTIONS UNITE FOR CHANGES?

Volume 8 Issue 82

April 26, 2002

• STILL SOME SKIRMISHING IN RUSSIAN-U.S. "CHICKEN WAR?"
• FSB OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES KHATTAB'S DEATH...
• ...CHECHNYA'S INTERIOR MINISTRY EXPRESSES DOUBT.
• MOSCOW GRUMBLES AT U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN.

Volume 8 Issue 81

April 25, 2002

• RUSSIAN-U.S. ARMS TALKS AGAIN COME UP SHORT.
• RUSLAN AUSHEV RESIGNS FROM FEDERATION COUNCIL.
• POTEBENKO RESIGNS.

Volume 8 Issue 80

April 24, 2002

• PUTIN TAKES FULL CREDIT FOR ANTITERRORISM EFFORT IN CENTRAL ASIA...
• CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS GIVE WASHINGTON FULL CREDIT.
• MOSCOW SET TO BOOST INDIAN-RUSSIAN ARMS COOPERATION?

Volume 8 Issue 79

April 23, 2002

• PROSECUTORS SEARCH NENETSK ADMINISTRATION OFFICES.
• ROSTOV COSSACKS WANT TO EXPEL NONCITIZENS FROM OBLAST.
• NO DISQUALIFICATION FOR HRACH.
• MOLDOVA'S COMMUNISTS GAINING POLITICAL SUPPORT AGAINST MILITANT OPPOSITION.
• RUSSIA STAGES "CIS COLLECTIVE" ANTITERRORISM EXERCISES IN CENTRAL ASIA.

Volume 8 Issue 78

April 22, 2002

• SEEKING AN ALTERNATIVE TO RUSSIA'S MILITARY DRAFT.
• SECURITY FORCES CARRY OUT A LARGE "ZACHISTKA" IN CHECHEN CAPITAL.

Volume 8 Issue 77

April 19, 2002

• PUTIN CALLS FOR MILITARY REFORM.
• PUTIN WANTS TO REFORM THE STATE APPARATUS.
• MOSCOW BRACES FOR HITLER'S BIRTHDAY.
• WILL KUCHMA BE IMPEACHED OVER ARMS TRADE?
• COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEDIATES POLITICAL ARMISTICE IN MOLDOVA.

Volume 8 Issue 76

April 18, 2002

• MOSCOW AND NEW DELHI TALK ARMS, ANTITERROR WAR.
• CHECHEN PROTESTERS DEMAND RUSSIAN TROOP WITHDRAWAL.
• POLITKOVSKAYA: KREMLIN SEEKS TO CREATE A "VAINAKH REPUBLIC."
• PUTIN MAKES OFFERS THAT LUKASHENKA CAN'T REFUSE.

Volume 8 Issue 75

April 17, 2002

• KODORI INCIDENT ASSESSED.

Volume 8 Issue 74

April 16, 2002

• RUSSIA TO IMPOSE NEW RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. POULTRY EXPORTS?
• INCUMBENT GOVERNORS WIN IN LIPETSK AND PENZENSK OBLASTS.
• DUMA APPROVES CHANGES IN REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS.
• GEORGIA FOILS RUSSIAN MILITARY INCURSION.

Volume 8 Issue 73

April 15, 2002

• APPROVAL MAY BE CLOSE FOR NEW RUSSIA-NATO COUNCIL.
• ITALIAN LEADER BRINGS RUSSIA AND NATO TOGETHER.
• SERGEI STEPASHIN CALLS FOR RESCINDING RADIO LIBERTY'S LICENSE.
• CHISINAU CHILDREN'S CRUSADE PLODS ON.

Volume 8 Issue 72

April 12, 2002

• ONE MORE GO AROUND ON ARMS, TRADE DISPUTES.
• KHATTAB KILLED, CLAIMS AN UNNAMED FSB OFFICIAL.
• CHECHEN OFFICIAL: MORE THAN NINETY CHECHEN CHILDREN HAVE DISAPPEARED.
• ARMENIA ADJUSTING REGIONAL POLICIES.

Volume 8 Issue 71

April 11, 2002

• MOSCOW CLAIMS TO HAVE UNCOVERED U.S. SPY OPERATION.
• SPECIAL FORCES COMPLAIN ABOUT CHECHNYA SERVICE CONDITIONS.
• POLICE RAID HQ OF DISQUALIFIED INGUSHETIAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL.
• RUSSIA'S POLITICAL EXPORT TO UKRAINE: ANTI-WESTERN CORRUPT AUTHORITARIANISM.

Volume 8 Issue 70

April 10, 2002

• PUTIN ANTICIPATES ARMS AGREEMENT WITH UNITED STATES, BUT SUGGESTS DIFFICULTIES REMAIN.
• KREMLIN CONCERNED OVER U.S. NUCLEAR POLICY REVIEW.
• COURT UPHOLDS BUT LIMITS PRESIDENT'S RIGHT TO FIRE GOVERNORS.
• KUCHMA BLESSES PRO-GOVERNMENT MAJORITY IN RADA.

Volume 8 Issue 69

April 9, 2002

• AUSHEV CRONY LEADS THE PACK IN INGUSHETIA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
• KRASNOYARSK KRAI AND TAIMYR TO FORM A COALITION GOVERNMENT.
• TURKMENBASHI'S PURGE WIDENS AND DEEPENS.
• WHO WILL FORM RADA MAJORITY?

Volume 8 Issue 68

April 8, 2002

• IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WINDS UP MOSCOW VISIT.
• PUTIN MEETS THE PRESS...
• ...AND SAYS HE DOESN'T MIND INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM OVER CHECHNYA.
• U.S. TO PROVIDE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA.
• U.S.-AZERBAIJAN PROGRAM LAUNCHED.

Volume 8 Issue 67

April 5, 2002

• RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS GET AN EARFUL IN BAGHDAD.
• OFFICIALS DENOUNCE RADIO LIBERTY'S BROADCASTS TO THE CAUCASUS.
• MOSCOW ALL-OUT FOR MOLDOVA'S COMMUNISTS.

Volume 8 Issue 66

April 4, 2002

• RUSSIA DEFENDS COOPERATION WITH IRAN.
• KPRF VOWS TO MOUNT "STIFF OPPOSITION" TO POWERS-THAT-BE.
• DUMA'S COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER PROPOSAL TO BAN KPRF.
• HRACH CLINGS TO POWER IN CRIMEA.

Volume 8 Issue 65

April 3, 2002

• PLAYING CHICKEN WITH TRADE.
• "CAUCASUS FOUR" LIMPING ON ONE LEG.
• NEW UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT ELECTED.

Volume 8 Issue 64

April 2, 2002

• KRASNOYARSK LEGISLATURE PASSES LEBED'S PLAN FOR TERRITORIAL MERGER.
• KOKH WITHDRAWS HIS FEDERATION COUNCIL CANDIDACY.
• RUSSIA SAYS NO TO AMERICAN GREEN BERETS IN GEORGIA.
• MURDER MARS UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS.

Volume 8 Issue 63

April 1, 2002

• NEW SANCTIONS PROPOSAL ON IRAQ GETS A BOOST.
• MOLTENSKOI ISSUES NEW GUIDELINES FOR "ZACHISTKI."
• NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA DEPUTY EDITOR CALLED IN FOR QUESTIONING.
• CAN EUROPE'S SOLE COMMUNIST REGIME BE FORCED TO ABDICATE?

Volume 8 Issue 62

March 28, 2002

• RUSSIA CONTINUES NUCLEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN; PONDERING DEAL WITH PYONGYANG?
• MEDIA-SOCIUM WINS TV-6 LICENSE.
• PARIS COLLOQUIUM ON CHECHNYA ANGERS KREMLIN.
• MOLDOVAN OPPOSITION PARTY CAPITALIZES ON A LEADER'S DISAPPEARANCE.

Volume 8 Issue 61

March 27, 2002

• MOSCOW LOOKS TO ARAB SUMMIT, ADDRESSES MIDDLE EAST CRISIS.
• VILNIUS TEN SUMMIT PRESAGES "BIG BANG" ENLARGEMENT OF NATO.
• ROW OVER UKRAINIAN SS VETERANS.

Volume 8 Issue 60

March 26, 2002

• JAPANESE SET TO CHARGE FORMER RUSSIAN ENVOY FOR SPYING.
• TYVA'S EX-PRESIDENT BECOMES CHAIRMAN OF ITS GOVERNMENT.
• PUTIN PAYS A VISIT TO KRASNOYARSK KRAI.

Volume 8 Issue 59

March 25, 2002

• NEW CHALLENGES TO INDIAN-RUSSIAN DEFENSE TIES.
• DUMA'S CENTRIST FACTIONS TAKE AIM AT ITS SPEAKER.
• WILL KOMPROMAT WORK AGAINST YUSHCHENKO?
• IS UKRAINIAN ELECTION TO BE TRUSTED?

Volume 8 Issue 58

March 22, 2002

• RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT FACES JAIL TERM FOR DEADLY AUTO ACCIDENT.
• KHARRAZI'S MOSCOW VISIT SAID TO BE RESCHEDULED.
• BABITSKY SHARES HIS CURRENT VIEWS ON CHECHEN WAR.
• TURKMENBASHI REVEALS PERVASIVE CRIMINALITY IN POWER STRUCTURES.

Volume 8 Issue 57

March 21, 2002

• YULY RYBAKOV SAYS HE HAS RECEIVED DEATH THREATS.
• KREMLIN, IZVESTIA QUESTION NEW YORK TIMES STORY ON CHECHNYA.
• BLACK SEA'S RELEVANCE TO NATO'S ENLARGEMENT AGENDA.
• HOW CLEAN IS THE ELECTION IN UKRAINE?
• POLLSTERS' LAST WORD.

Volume 8 Issue 56

March 20, 2002

• RUSSIAN-JAPANESE TALKS SUFFER SETBACK...
• ...JAPANESE POLITICAL WOES COMPLICATE MOSCOW TIES.
• KREMLIN COOPTING UKRAINE'S COMMUNISTS IN AN ANTI-YUSHCHENKO FRONT.
• KUCHMA--A CIS INTEGRATOR?

Volume 8 Issue 55

March 19, 2002

• WILL REGIONAL GOVERNORS BE PRESIDENTIALLY APPOINTED?
• WHO OWNS NORILSK?
• AMERICA AND UZBEKISTAN SEAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.

Volume 8 Issue 54

March 18, 2002

• KARZAI MEETS WITH PUTIN, OTHER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS.
• PUTIN MOVES GERASHCHENKO OUT OF THE CENTRAL BANK...
• ...AND MOVES HIS OWN MAN IN.
• MOLDOVAN-ROMANIAN RELATIONS SINK TO THEIR LOWEST POINT.

Volume 7 Issue 53

March 15, 2002

• RUSSIAN DEFENSE CHIEF HOLDS TALKS IN WASHINGTON.
• CONSTITUTIONAL COURT GIVES JUDGES POWER OVER ARREST WARRANTS.
• WHERE WOULD "NATO AT 20" LEAVE UKRAINE?
• CLOUDS GATHERING OVER MARCHUK.

Volume 8 Issue 52

March 14, 2002

• ROSNEFT CHIEF MENTIONED AS REPLACEMENT FOR GAZPROM HEAD.
• PUTIN VISITS IZVESTIA ON ITS 85TH BIRTHDAY.
• TROUBLE BREWING IN MOLDOVA'S GAGAUZ AUTONOMY.
• TURKMENBASHI SHAKING UP HIS SECURITY AGENCIES.

Volume 8 Issue 51

March 13, 2002

• FEDERATION COUNCIL SPEAKER ROILS RUSSIA'S TIES WITH PALESTINIANS.
• GAZPROM ALLEGEDLY DODGED TAXES TO THE TUNE OF US$1 BILLION.
• AUSHEV CALLS FOR A QUICK RESOLUTION TO CHECHEN CONFLICT.
• TRANS-AFGHAN PIPELINE PROJECT FOR TURKMEN GAS BACK ON THE TABLE.

Volume 8 Issue 50

March 12, 2002

• RUN UP TO RUSSIAN-U.S. SUMMIT GETTING ROCKIER?
• "UNITED RUSSIA" PROVES ANYTHING BUT.
• KOKH'S APPOINTMENT CHALLENGED.

Volume 8 Issue 49

March 11, 2002

• CUSTOMS SEIZES TAPES OF BEREZOVSKY'S FILM ABOUT 1999 BOMBINGS.
• DEMOCRATS CALL RUSSIA A "MANAGED DEMOCRACY".
• A CORNERED VORONIN SEEKS SALVATION IN MOSCOW.
• KUCHMA ACCUSED.
• UKRSPETSEKSPORT DIRECTOR KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT.

Volume 8 Issue 48

March 8, 2002

• RUSSIA SAID TO BE SHIFTING TOWARD U.S. POSITION ON IRAQ.
• CARLA DEL PONTE MEETS WITH AKHMED ZAKAEV...
• ...AND IS DENOUNCED BY LEADING DUMA MEMBERS.
• IS RUSSIA REAPPRAISING ITS POLICY TOWARD GEORGIA?
• WILL CRIMEAN ELECTION BE DISRUPTED?

Volume 8 Issue 47

March 7, 2002

• TRADE RECRIMINATIONS ROIL RUSSIAN-U.S. TIES.
• BERNARD BERTOSSA DECLARES PAVEL BORODIN GUILTY.
• JAVAKHETI--ANOTHER PROBLEM AREA IN GEORGIA?
• REARGUARD MANEUVERS AGAINST U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN.

Volume 8 Issue 46

March 6, 2002

• MOSCOW SAID TO WANT MORE IN TALKS WITH NATO.
• BEREZOVSKY MAKES PUBLIC HIS CHARGES OF FSB TERRORISM.
• PROSECUTORS: BEREZOVSKY MAY HAVE ORDERED GENNADY SHPIGUN'S KIDNAPPING.
• MOLDOVA UPDATE.

Volume 8 Issue 45

March 5, 2002

• PAPER SAYS RUSSIAN DEFENSE CHIEF IN TROUBLE.
• TATARSTAN AMENDS ITS CONSTITUTION.
• LENINGRAD APPOINTS VETERAN LOBBYIST AS ITS SENATOR.
• PUTIN ACCEPTS U.S. MILITARY ENTRY IN GEORGIA.

Volume 8 Issue 44

March 4, 2002

• PRIMAKOV WILL REPORTEDLY BATTLE OLIGARCHS FOR TV-6.
• CIS SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES IN EURASIA.

Volume 8 Issue 43

March 1, 2002

• RUSSIAN DEFENSE REFORM DEBATE BACK IN SPOTLIGHT.
• BEREZOVSKY PROMISES TO TELL ALL ON MARCH 5.
• RFE/RL POSTPONES CHECHEN-LANGUAGE BROADCASTS.
• COVER-UP SEEN IN ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARD'S MURDER.
• ELECTION STAND-OFF IN CRIMEA.

Volume 8 Issue 42

February 28, 2002

• RUSSIA MULLS OFFER OF LIMITED ROLE IN NATO AFFAIRS.
• EKHO MOSKVY'S DEPARTING EDITOR WINS NEW BROADCAST LICENSES.
• U.S. SPECIAL TROOPS TO DEPLOY TO GEORGIA.

Volume 8 Issue 41

February 27, 2002

• KLEBANOV TO FOCUS ON ARMS SECTOR AND PROCUREMENT PROBLEMS.
• SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING FOCUSES ON CHECHNYA.
• ILYASOV SAYS REFUGEES BEING RETURNED TO DJOHAR.
• MOSCOW SHOWS PROPRIETARY ATTITUDE TOWARD MOLDOVA.

Volume 8 Issue 40

February 26, 2002

• FRESH THREAT TO BILATERAL TREATIES.
• LIPETSK RIVALS DECLARE A TRUCE.
• GEORGIA'S SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY COMMITS SUICIDE.

Volume 8 Issue 39

February 25, 2002

• KASYANOV REDISTRIBUTES CABINET'S RESPONSIBILITIES.
• THE KURSK INVESTIGATION: ISSUES AND RAMIFICATIONS.
• IS THE MOLDOVAN CHILDREN'S CRUSADE MATURING?
• KINAKH DOES NOT WANT TO GO.
• UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT AND KYIV'S MAYOR DUKE IT OUT.

Volume 8 Issue 30

February 22, 2002

• RUSSIAN MILITARY LEADERSHIP ON THE DEFENSIVE.
• BEREZOVSKY HINTS PUTIN ORDERED 1999 TERRORIST BOMBINGS.
• KGB WELFARE--THE LEAST AMONG RUSSIAN DEMANDS ON ESTONIA.
• MOLDOVA ROUNDUP.

Volume 8 Issue 37

February 21, 2002

• ARMS CUT ACCORD MAY NOT BE READY FOR RUSSIAN-U.S. SUMMIT.
• FSB SAYS POLITKOVSKAYA TRIED TO MANIPULATE SOROS FOUNDATION.
• TOP COPS SAY THEY KNOW WHO KILLED STAROVOITOVA AND LISTIEV.

Volume 8 Issue 36

February 20, 2002

• POSTPONEMENT HINTS AT IRANIAN-RUSSIAN TENSIONS.
• KAZANTSEV: MERGE CHECHNYA'S CIVILIAN AND MILITARY ADMINISTRATIONS.
• NEWSPAPER EDITOR AND HIS FAMILY PUT UNDER PROTECTION.
• RUSSIA REVERTS TO SOVIET PARADIGM VIS-A-VIS MOLDOVA.

Volume 8 Issue 35

February 19, 2002

• RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ACCUSES VATICAN OF TRYING TO POACH ITS FLOCK.
• THE MEDIA IN THE PROVINCES.
• TURKMENBASHI REACHES THE PROPHET'S AGE.
• NEW PARTY OF POWER: FACT OR CAMPAIGNING PLOY?

Volume 8 Issue 34

February 18, 2002

• CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER IN MOSCOW.
• RUSSIA AND CANADA LOOK TO BOOST TRADE.
• ILYASOV: NO ELECTIONS IN CHECHNYA IN THE "FORESEEABLE FUTURE."
• TWENTY-TWO CANDIDATES REGISTERED FOR INGUSHETIA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
• ANTI-COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATIONS IN MOLDOVA HAMPERED BY NARROW FOCUS.
• A CHANCE FOR GEORGIA IN PANKISI.

Volume 8 Issue 33

February 15, 2002

• RUSSIAN SUPREME COURT REBUFFS DEFENSE MINISTRY ON SECRETS.
• NEWSPAPER: STAROVOITOVA MURDER SUSPECTS WILL SOON BE EXTRADITED.
• GAS BYPASS PIPELINE PROJECT AFFECTS KYIV-MOSCOW RELATIONS.

Volume 8 Issue 32

February 14, 2002

• PUTIN WALKS CAREFUL LINE ON U.S. ANTITERROR POLICY.
• TO MAKE A POINT, SPS URGES DEATH PENALTY FOR ANTIPRESIDENTIAL "OUTRAGES."
• A SECOND BOMBING TARGETS NORTH OSSETIA'S INTERIOR MINISTER.
• GERMANY ENDORSES BALTIC STATES FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP.

Volume 8 Issue 31

February 13, 2002

• JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER DEMANDS RETURN OF DISPUTED ISLANDS.
• GANTAMIROV NAMED CHECHNYA'S PRESS AND INFORMATION MINISTER.
• POLITKOVSKAYA SAYS SHE FLED CHECHNYA FOR HER OWN SAFETY.
• SHEVARDNADZE'S ERODING POLITICAL BASE AFFECTS RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
• KUCHMA FACES TAPE SCANDAL AGAIN.

Volume 8 Issue 29

February 11, 2002

• POLITKOVSKAYA WARNED SHE MAY LOSE CHECHNYA ACCREDITATION.
• PUTIN SAYS CRIME IS RUNNING RAMPANT.
• COVER-UP EXPOSED IN ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD TRIAL.
• COMMUNISTS, ISLAMISTS OPPOSE U.S. DEPLOYMENT IN KYRGYZSTAN.
• UKRAINIAN CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY.
• LAZARENKO DEEP IN TROUBLE AGAIN.

Volume 8 Issue 28

February 8, 2002

• SECURITY ISSUES DIVIDE, UNITE RUSSIA AND UNITED STATES.
• ANOTHER CHOPPER CRASHES IN CHECHNYA.
• OSCE SILENT AS RUSSIAN MILITARY STAYS PUT IN GEORGIA.
• WESTERN FORCE DEPLOYMENTS IN KYRGYZSTAN MOVING AHEAD.

Volume 8 Issue 27

February 7, 2002

• FSB SAYS IT WILL BRING APARTMENT BUILDING BOMBERS TO JUSTICE.
• AUTUMN 1999 TERRORIST BOMBINGS HAVE A MURKY HISTORY.
• COMMUNIST POLITICAL VENDETTAS IN MOLDOVA.
• FREE MEDIA AT RISK IN UKRAINE?

Volume 8 Issue 26

February 6, 2002

• IRAQI MINISTER GETS NO SATISFACTION IN MOSCOW.
• RUSSIAN HELICOPTER GUNSHIP GOES MISSING IN CHECHNYA.
• LIBERALS PROTEST TV-6'S CLOSURE.
• TBILISI, MOSCOW TO REPATRIATE CHECHEN REFUGEES FROM PANKISI.

Volume 8 Issue 25

February 5, 2002

• RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN TOKYO...
• ...LITTLE OR NO PROGRESS ON ISLANDS DISPUTE.
• ALL CHANGE IN THE RUSSIAN SENATE...
• ...AND IN KRASNOYARSK REGION.
• UN MAKES AN OFFER THAT SHEVARDNADZE CAN'T REFUSE.

Volume 8 Issue 24

February 4, 2002

• SERGEI IVANOV ACCUSES WEST OF DOUBLE STANDARD ON CHECHNYA.
• PRO-KREMLIN WEBSITE CLAIMS MASKHADOV IS TIED TO AL-QAIDA.
• CENTRAL ASIANS STEPPING ONTO INTERNATIONAL STAGE.
• TYMOSHENKO INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT.

Volume 8 Issue 23

February 1, 2002

• MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON STYMIED IN ARMS TALKS.
• INTERIOR MINISTRY DENIES PLANS TO CONTROL INTERNET.
• BEREZOVSKY SAYS THERE'S NO WAY HE'LL BE EXTRADITED.
• NOW IT'S OFFICIAL: MOSCOW WANTS TO KEEP ITS TROOPS IN MOLDOVA.

Volume 8 Issue 22

January 31, 2002

• PUTIN ORDERS FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A NATIONAL SPORTS CHANNEL.
• ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBER MURDERED.
• TURKMENISTAN IN A SELF-INFLICTED BIND AS GAS EXPORTER.
• ALIEV MEETS PUTIN IN MOSCOW.

Volume 8 Issue 21

January 30, 2002

• RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXTOLS U.S.-RUSSIA ANTITERROR ALLIANCE.
• NEW CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST BEREZOVSKY.
• FREE-RIDING ON POPULAR NAMES.
• WILL TAPE MAN RUN IN ELECTIONS?

Volume 8 Issue 20

January 29, 2002

• RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY FACES ENERGY CUTOFFS.
• PUTIN'S LEGISLATION CHALLENGED.
• TERROR TURNS THE TABLES.
• GEORGIA RE-ESTABLISHING CONTROL IN PANKISI GORGE.

Volume 8 Issue 19

January 28, 2002

• IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER COMES TO RUSSIA.
• MOSCOW'S ATTEMPTS TO PLAY MEDIATOR MAY SEE CHANGE.
• RUSSIAN HELICOPTER APPARENTLY DOWNED BY CHECHEN REBELS.
• YASTRZHEMBSKY SAYS RADIO LIBERTY COULD BE SHUT DOWN IN RUSSIA.
• UZBEK PRESIDENT PROLONGS TERM OF OFFICE IN TIGHTLY CONTROLLED REFERENDUM.

Volume 8 Issue 18

January 25, 2002

• FSB CHIEF ACCUSES BEREZOVSKY OF FINANCING CHECHEN REBELS.
• U.S. PAPER GETS VIDEOTAPE LINKING KHATTAB AND BIN LADEN.
• BALTIC STATES CONFIRM POTENTIAL AS SECURITY CONTRIBUTORS.
• TENSIONS IN ABKHAZIA SPILLING OVER IN TBILISI.
• A GOVERNMENT ON VACATION?

Volume 8 Issue 17

January 24, 2002

• PASKO SAYS WILL FIGHT TREASON CHARGES.
• RUSSIAN POLITICOS REACT TO TV-6'S SHUTDOWN.
• MAKHACHKALA'S DEPUTY MAYOR AND HIS WIFE ARE MURDERED.
• PUTIN PROPOSES OPEC-TYPE ASSOCIATION FOR CASPIAN GAS EXPORT.

Volume 8 Issue 16

January 23, 2002

• NO BIG CHANGES PLANNED IN SIZE OF RUSSIAN ARMS BUDGET.
• FOCUS ON TRANSDNIESTER.
• REVIVAL OF AGRICULTURE BOOSTS CAUCASUS ECONOMIES.
• GEORGIAN ECONOMY PRESENTS MIXED PICTURE.

Volume 8 Issue 15

January 22, 2002

• TV-6 TAKEN OFF THE AIR.
• ELECTION UNREST ROCKS NORTH CAUCASUS' QUIETEST REGION.
• AUSHEV MOVES UPSTAIRS.
• UZBEK AUTHORITIES RELEASE TWO PROMINENT CRITICS.
• TAJIK DRUG TRADE THRIVING IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN AND TAJIKISTAN.

Volume 8 Issue 14

January 21, 2002

• RUSSIAN-POLISH TALKS PRODUCE FEW CONCRETE RESULTS.
• SEVEN RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN DIE IN DAGESTAN TERROR BOMBING.
• UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC BOOM CONTINUES.
• KUCHMA SIGNS 2002 BUDGET THAT SHOULD PLEASE CREDITORS.

Volume 8 Issue 13

January 18, 2002

• OFFICERS IMPLICATED IN CHECHNYA FRIENDLY-FIRE INCIDENT GO ON TRIAL.
• WHO'S FOR UNITED UKRAINE?
• YUSHCHENKO NAMES HIS CANDIDATES.
• RUSSIAN "PEACEKEEPING" IN TRANSDNIESTER AND ELSEWHERE.
• MORE REFORMIST CENTRAL ASIAN STATES HAVE GREAT 2001.
• CIS EXPORT PERFORMANCE FAILS TO EXCITE IN FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 2001.

Volume 8 Issue 12

January 17, 2002

• DISAGREEMENTS REMAIN AFTER RUSSIAN-U.S. ARMS TALKS...
• ...RUSSIA SETS BROAD SECURITY GOALS.
• YASTRZHEMBSKY SAYS TALKS WITH MASKHADOV STILL POSSIBLE.
• PUTIN DEFENDS RUSSIA'S ACTIONS IN CHECHNYA.
• MOSCOW'S FRIENDS IN THE BALTICS AND BELARUS.

Volume 8 Issue 11

January 16, 2002

• BRAZILIAN DELEGATION VISITS MOSCOW...
• ...DEEPEN MILITARY TIES...
• PUTIN AND CARDOSO DISCUSS SHARED INTERNATIONAL VIEWS.
• TV-6'S JOURNALISTS DUMP BEREZOVSKY.
• MASKHADOV DENOUNCES RIVAL REBEL LEADERS.
• U.S. MILITARY SETTLING IN NEAR BISHKEK.

Volume 8 Issue 10

January 15, 2002

• RUSSIAN SPY TRIAL DRAWS EVER MORE ATTENTION.
• WASHINGTON EXPRESSES MISGIVINGS.
• NEW SPEAKER TRAILS ANOTHER TRIAL BALLOON.
• END-GAME IN YAKUTIA.
• STRAINS IN TURKMEN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS.

Volume 8 Issue 9

January 14, 2002

• OBSERVERS REACT TO COURT DECISION UPHOLDING TV-6'S LIQUIDATION.
• BEREZOVSKY SUGGESTS TV-6 WILL APPEAL.
• VORONIN RULES OUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH SMIRNOV'S "GANG."
• ANOTHER UKRAINIAN AUDIOTAPE SCANDAL.
• WHO TRADED IN ARMS?

Volume 7 Issue 8

January 11, 2002

• STRATEGIC ARMS CUTS LEAD TO NEW CLASH BETWEEN MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON.
• HIGH ARBITRATION COURT RULES THAT TV-6 MUST BE LIQUIDATED.
• TURKEY SAYS IT WILL HELP CATCH MOVLADI UDUGOV.
• LUKASHENKA ARRESTING AND PROSECUTING ECONOMIC MANAGERS.
• RUSSIAN GDP LIKELY TO HAVE EXCEEDED 5 PERCENT IN 2001.
• INVESTORS AND CONSUMERS BEGIN TO IMPORT AGAIN.

Volume 8 Issue 8

January 11, 2002

• STRATEGIC ARMS CUTS LEAD TO NEW CLASH BETWEEN MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON.
• HIGH ARBITRATION COURT RULES THAT TV-6 MUST BE LIQUIDATED.
• TURKEY SAYS IT WILL HELP CATCH MOVLADI UDUGOV.
• LUKASHENKA ARRESTING AND PROSECUTING ECONOMIC MANAGERS.
• RUSSIAN GDP LIKELY TO HAVE EXCEEDED 5 PERCENT IN 2001.
• INVESTORS AND CONSUMERS BEGIN TO IMPORT AGAIN.

Volume 8 Issue 7

January 10, 2002

• LOW-KEY RUSSIAN-CHINESE TALKS IN SHANGHAI.
• RUSSIA TO BUILD TWO MORE DESTROYERS FOR CHINA.
• PROSECUTORS DETAIN EXECUTIVES OF GAZPROM AFFILIATE.
• PEACEKEEPING FARCE IN ABKHAZIA: HOW MUCH LONGER?
• UIGHUR "INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS" SENTENCED IN BISHKEK.

Volume 8 Issue 6

January 9, 2002

• NUCLEAR TESTING REPORTS DRAW QUIET REACTION FROM MOSCOW.
• SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION: A NEW LEASE ON LIFE?
• FIGHTING BREAKS OUT AGAIN IN ARGUN.
• OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS DETAINED IN KABARDINO-BALKARIA.
• DUMA PASSES FEDERAL BUDGET FOR 2002.

Volume 8 Issue 5

January 8, 2002

• AUSHEV'S SURPRISE RESIGNATION PUZZLES AS MUCH AS IT SHOCKS.
• LEFT WING WINS REGIONAL VICTORY.
• GOVERNMENT CRISIS IN ESTONIA.
• POLITICAL REALIGNMENTS ALSO IN LITHUANIA AND LATVIA.
• DID MARCHUK TRADE IN ARMS?
• PROSECUTOR GENERAL ON COMMUNIST ELECTORAL LIST.

Volume 8 Issue 4

January 7, 2002

• ARBITRATION COURT JUDGE SAYS TV-6 SHOULD BE LIQUIDATED.
• ANTITERRORISM TRIALS IN AZERBAIJAN.
• AMNESTY IN AZERBAIJAN POLITICALLY CONTROVERSIAL.
• LOW MILITARY PAY STILL AN ISSUE IN RUSSIA.

Volume 8 Issue 3

January 4, 2002

• MOSCOW AND HAVANA MARK END OF LOURDES SPY STATION.
• AKSENENKO REMOVED AS RAILWAYS MINISTER.
• ARMENIAN ENTERPRISES TO BE HANDED OVER TO RUSSIA FOR DEBT.

Volume 8 Issue 2

January 3, 2002

• PUTIN, BLAIR EXTOL IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND WEST.
• CHECHNYA FIGHTING ESCALATES AMID CHARGES AND COUNTERCHARGES.
• PUTIN FISHING FOR TROUBLE IN THE BALTIC STATES.
• COMMUNISTS WIN IN COURT.
• UKRAINE GETS NEW FINANCE MINISTER.

Volume 8 Issue 1

January 2, 2002

• RUSSIAN DEFENSE EXPERTS BACK IN JAIL ON SPY CHARGES.
• COURT OVERTURNS DECISION ORDERING TV-6'S LIQUIDATION.
• CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES WILLING TO HOST MORE WESTERN FORCES.