Article: RUSSIA: YAVLINSKY CRITICIZES 'QUASI-DEMOCRACY,' MEDIA POLICY.(Brief Article)

Article: Putin Laments Death of the Soviet Union
AP Online;  February 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... President Vladimir Putin used a campaign ... demise of the Soviet Union a "national ... Soviet empire. Putin, a former agent ... aspects of the Soviet Union in the past but ... Soviet republics _ Putin said: "The Soviet Union (was) a very ...

Article: Putin begins historic visit to Israel, enemy of old ...
AP Worldstream;  April 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... waiting to greet Putin. The Soviet Union had supported ... Israel. As the Soviet Union was collapsing ... Sharansky and Putin have no plans ... immigrated from the Soviet Union in 1980, called ... is a desire of Putin's, to determine ...

Article: Putin begins re-election campaign by lamenting end of ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 13, 2004 ;     522 words ... ... President Vladimir Putin used a campaign ... the demise of the Soviet Union was a "national ... Soviet empire. Putin, a former agent ... praised aspects of the Soviet Union in the past but ... The breakup of the Soviet Union is a national tragedy ... republics gained," ...

Article: Soviet Union contributed to victory over Nazism: ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  May 7, 2005 ;     502 words ... ... Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday said the Red Army of the erstwhile Soviet Union made a decisive contribution ... Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Putin earlier refused to apologise ... Germany's invasion of Soviet Union. The resolution of the ...

Article: Putin Vows to Repay Debts of Former Soviet ...
Xinhua News Agency;  January 7, 2001 ;     427 words ... ... the debts of the former Soviet Union," said Russian President Vladimir Putin Sunday when seeing off ... are debts of the former Soviet Union," he emphasized. Neither ... to repay those debts, Putin said. Schroeder, who ...

Article: The Honorable Jack Matlock, Former U.S. Ambassador to ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 19, 2006 ;     688 words ... ... ambassador to the Soviet Union, special assistant ... Discussing "Living in Putin's Russia" WHEN ... ambassador to the Soviet Union, will deliver an exclusive ... as ambassador to the Soviet Union, special assistant ...

Article: Putin: Collapse of the Soviet Union was ...
Belfast Telegraph;  April 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Georgia and Kyrgyzstan. But Mr Putin said the Kremlin would react ... of the national anthem. Mr Putin, standing beneath an enormous ... so on. But there is another Putin - the one who heads the government ... speech* "The collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geo-political ...