Article: RUSSIA: AVTOVAZ SMOOTHS PRICING SYSTEM.(carmaker price decreases )(Brief Article)

Article: Russia's self-isolation.(Brief Article)
The Economist (US);  November 27, 1999 ;     700+ words ...If Russia wants to be a European power, it should play by Europe's rules DOES Russia have a future in Europe? A country of Russia's sheer size, beset with problems on such a scale, from its rusting nuclear warheads to its fissile politics ...

Article: Russia's world.(Russian foreign relations)(Brief ...
The Economist (US);  May 9, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... works does it take to make a foreign policy for Russia? If the measure of Russia's influence abroad were the number of ways it ... as satisfying as being a shaper of world events. Russia is miffed at what it sees as its second-class ...

Article: Russia and Kosovo--A toothless growl.(Brief ...
The Economist (US);  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... clout FOR all NATO's scepticism about Russia's capability and sincerity, Moscow ... Talbott, the Clinton administration's top Russia hand, who admitted that things were difficult ... making up the numbers. Hospitality aside, Russia's performance so far-in the bulky ...

Article: A Russia to do business with?(Brief Article)
The Economist (US);  March 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... four weeks hopes to change from being Russia's acting president to being its elected ... plenty of business to be done. Despite Russia's recent self-isolation over its war ... s priorities are right: to restore Russia's economy and to root out corruption ...

Article: Russia's Chechen folly.(Brief Article)
The Economist (US);  October 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... breakaway Chechnya: this logic is madness. Russia should have learnt from its first war ... mould a new policy towards the whole of Russia's former empire. It is a utopian suggestion ... doubt. But the strong-arm tactics that Russia has espoused towards its former vassals ...

Article: Russia and America try to make up.(Brief ...
The Economist (US);  July 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ...MOSCOW The visit of Russia's prime minister to Washington may ... hope that western money can turn round Russia's economy any time soon A SHORT agenda ... to Washington this week, his first as Russia's prime minister, which coincided ...

Article: EU/RUSSIA: SOFT-PEDALLING TOWARDS ...
European Report;  February 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... is likely to be the new leadership of Russia. So the General Affairs Council genuflected ... implementation of the EU Common Strategy with Russia, and by listening to the Commission ... a stable long-term relationship with Russia on the basis of common values and shared ...