Russia through Western-colored glasses

The Boston Globe;  April 26, 1999 ;   Lynnley Browning, Globe Staff;   787 words ...RUSSIA UNDER WESTERN EYES From the Bronze Horseman to the Lenin...University Press, 514 pp., $35 For centuries, observers of Russia have fallen into two grand camps: those who view the vast...to the West. Observers from the first camp subdivide on Russia's Soviet experiment. Moscow's seven decades of ...

Question time for Russia Orlando Figes commends this attempt to make sense...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  June 17, 2001 ;   ORLANDO FIGES;   787 words ...Russia and the RussiansA History by Geoffrey Hosking Allen Lane/Penguin Press, pounds 25, 696 pp pounds 22 (99p p&p) 0870 155 7222 WHAT ARE WE to make of Russia - now that it is no longer the Soviet Union? Is it an ally or a country...

A benign growth; Russia's Muslims.(Muslims make up 10-15% of Russians)

The Economist (US);  April 7, 2007 ;     787 words ...Russia's fastest-growing religious group is its Muslims. But they...much like their counterparts in other countries MUSLIMS in Russia--or at least the politically active among them--are rejoicing...concerns was dramatically resolved. The story concerned a Russian who had adopted Islam, prefixing his Slavic ...

Why "Globalization" Didn't Rescue Russia.

Policy Review;  February 1, 2001 ;   SAUNDERS, PAUL J.;   787 words ...RUSSIA HAS NOT LIVED up to its hype. After nine years of independence...assistance -- not to mention voluminous foreign advice -- Russia is far from having met the expectations of a bright future...communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union. Rather, Russia remains a poor, semi-authoritarian country -- a ...

Roundup: Russia, Europe enter new era of relations after EUenlargement

Xinhua News Agency;  April 30, 2004 ;     787 words ...Roundup: Russia, Europe enter new era of relations after EU enlargement MOSCOW...Union (EU) on May 1 that has aroused serious concerns from Russia is leading the development of Russia-EU relations into a new era, which is set to encounter numerous...

Is Russia different? (prospects for democracy and free enterprise)

The Economist (US);  June 15, 1996 ;     787 words ...RUSSIA is a special world ... a special type of civilisation. It is hostile in its soul to...These remarks obviously tell you a lot about the writer: Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of Russia's Communist Party. Do they also tell you anything useful about Russia? Is it a special type of civilisation ? And does ...

Russia still holds power over republics

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 19, 2001 ;   JUDITH INGRAM;   787 words ...Russia still holds power over republics Investments, energy, entertainment...home only on weekends at best because their jobs are in Russia and their homes are far away in Ukraine. When the Soviet...NATO's door, and their citizens, too, turned away from Russia -- enrolling their children in English and ...

Shaping up for the club; Russia and the WTO.(In a rush to join the...

The Economist (US);  November 24, 2001 ;     615 words ...Russia wants to join the WTO, but bending the rules for it would be self-defeating JOINING...Trade Organisation (WTO), the body that sets the rules for international trade, as Russia steps up the pressure for a speedy admission. The question is how far Russia still sees its application as a political issue, ...

Russia's future, minus the absolutes

The Boston Globe;  March 26, 1994 ;   Paul Quinn-Judge, Globe Staff;   749 words ...RUSSIA 2010 And What It Means for the World By Daniel Yergin and...of this excellent book, is still very much in place in Russia today. This simple, some would say obvious, truth is something...policymakers prefer not to deal with when they discuss Russia these days. They prefer absolutes -- Boris Yeltsin ...

NATO officials visit Moscow to re-establish ties.(World)(Russia)

The Washington Times;  February 17, 2000 ;   Sands, David R.;   642 words ...Russia and the NATO alliance took a first cautious step yesterday toward thawing a relationship in a deep...ar's war in Kosovo. A NATO delegation, headed by Secretary-General George Robertson, met with acting Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior Russian diplomatic and defense officials in Moscow ...

Why Investors Aren't Rushing to Russia; Though One of the World's Largest...

The Washington Post;  October 29, 1994 ;   Andrei Sitov;   787 words ...Russia may yet prove to be a real-life El Dorado of opportunity...issue of all may be uncertainty over the future of the Russian market reform drive. "For such former communist countries...the Washington-based Closed End Country Fund Report. "In Russia, it's the problem of who will be in power in a couple ...

Russia will not cut oil and gas production, Putin says

The Independent - London;  September 17, 2007 ;   MARY DEJEVSKY;   746 words ...Russia has no intention of cutting its production of oil and gas...country's dependence on energy exports, maintaining that the Russian economy was proportionately less reliant on exports of...years ago. Mr Putin was answering questions from foreign Russia-watchers at his summer residence near the southern ...

Western Envoys Wary of Russia's Entry Into NATO

The Washington Post;  June 25, 1994 ;   Daniel Williams;   787 words ...As Russia enrolled in a military partnership with...Anyone who sees "the face of an enemy in Russia," he said, "suffers not a political problem...Soviet army, plus even older conflicts over Russia's efforts to influence Europe. In any event...

Russia reaches out. (foreign policy)

The Economist (US);  February 26, 1994 ;     787 words ...RUSSIA'S intervention in Bosnia dramatises a wider shift in its...their weapons came from NATO's ultimatum to bomb them, Russia's involvement sent new signals to the outside world. NATO threatened air strikes; Russia opposed them; there were none. The West was prepared to...

Russia's Efforts in the Iraq Crisis Don't Tip Foreign Policy Balance;...

The Washington Post;  November 21, 1997 ;   Daniel Williams;   787 words ...Russia's successful mediation in the Iraq arms inspection crisis...necessity to avoid conflict with the United States. Because Russian complaints about the dominant role of the United States in the world form the background music for Russian policy, an impression has been created of growing hostility...