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 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 7 Issue 235

December 21, 2001

• MORE SUCCESS FOR MOSCOW IN PEDDLING ARMS ABROAD?
• ILLARIONOV ISSUES ANOTHER DIRE WARNING.
• MEMORIAL ACCUSES RUSSIAN FORCES IN CHECHNYA OF MURDER AND MAYHEM.
• OSCE MISSIONS DECLARE COMPLETE VICTORY IN ESTONIA AND LATVIA.

Volume 7 Issue 234

December 20, 2001

• MOSCOW EXHIBITS CONCERNS OVER COOPERATION WITH NATO.
• PUTIN CHAIRS STATE COUNCIL MEETING ON SMALL BUSINESS.
• SHTYROV REINSTATED AS A YAKUTIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
• BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE PROJECT MOVING CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

Volume 7 Issue 233

December 19, 2001

• MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON TO LAUNCH TALKS ON STRATEGIC ARMS CUTS.
• OFFICIALS ADMIT ABUSES OCCURRED DURING "ZACHISTKA" IN ARGUN.
• MOSCOW HOSTS SECESSIONIST CONCLAVE.
• RUSSIAN CITIZEN BECOMES SOUTH OSSETIAN PRESIDENT.

Volume 7 Issue 232

December 18, 2001

• TAJIKISTAN IN THE BALANCE.
• "DON'T CARES" WIN IN PRIMORYE.
• CHUVASH OPPOSITION SHOOTS ITSELF IN THE FOOT.
• YUSHCHENKO'S BLOC FORMALIZED.
• MEDVEDCHUK OUSTED FROM DEPUTY SPEAKER'S POST.
• UKRAINIAN PARTY OF REGIONS HAS NEW LEADER.

Volume 7 Issue 231

December 17, 2001

• PUTIN TAKES HIGH ROAD OVER ABM PACT WITHDRAWAL.
• RUMSFELD IN SOUTH CAUCASUS.
• BEREZOVSKY SAYS HE'LL GIVE MAJORITY TV-6 STAKE TO ITS JOURNALISTS.

Volume 7 Issue 230

December 14, 2001

• GERMAN FRIENDSHIP PART OF BROADER RUSSIAN STRATEGY?
• BATTLE IN ARGUN ENTERS ITS THIRD DAY.
• KVASHNIN CALLS REPORTS THAT KHATTAB WAS WOUNDED "RUMORS."
• PUTIN RULES OUT EXTENDING PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
• TURKISH-ARMENIAN RECONCILIATION COMMISSION GOES OUT OF EXISTENCE.

Volume 7 Issue 229

December 13, 2001

• REBELS ATTACK FEDERAL FORCES IN ARGUN.
• RUSSIA IS REPAIRING ITS IMAGE IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS.
• RUSSIA CONFIDENT OF MANAGEABLE FISCAL SITUATION DESPITE LOWER OIL PRICES.
• NIKOLAEV DROPS HIS BID TO BE REELECTED YAKUTIA'S PRESIDENT.
• TRANSDNIESTER AT TEN: SOVIET CONTINUITY IN ACTION.

Volume 7 Issue 228

December 12, 2001

• RUSSIA RETURNS STEALTHILY TO AFGHANISTAN.
• MOSCOW MAYOR FACES CHALLENGE TO HIS PRESTIGE.
• EUROPE'S RUNNING SORE: TRANSDNIESTER AT TEN.
• AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMY PUSHING AHEAD...
• ...BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN.

Volume 7 Issue 227

December 11, 2001

• POWELL IN KAZAKHSTAN. U.S.
• POWELL IN UZBEKISTAN.
• WESTERN FORCES TO BE BASED IN KYRGYZSTAN.
• RUSSIA-NATO COOPERATION ON A SLOWER TRACK...
• ...ANSWERS NO EASIER IN ARMS CONTROL TALKS. U.S.
• DUMA WILL CONSIDER SPS-SPONSORED DEATH PENALTY BAN NEXT MONTH.

Volume 7 Issue 226

December 10, 2001

• SERGEI MIRONOV BACKS EXTENDING THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
• KAZANTSEV BRIEFS CHECHEN OFFICIALS ON HIS MEETING WITH ZAKAEV.
• RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS.
• NEW DONETSK MEN IN GOVERNMENT.
• KYIV MAYOR CAMPAIGNING.
• TALLINN'S FISCAL POLICY: NEAR- OR FAR-SIGHTED?

Volume 7 Issue 225

December 7, 2001

• WESTERN FORCES ARRIVING IN TAJIKISTAN.
• PROPOSED RUSSIA-NATO COUNCIL UNDER FIRE.
• PUTIN INTENSIFIES PRESSURES ON GEORGIA.
• NEWSPAPER: KREMLIN PLANS TO EXTEND PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
• ANOTHER PRIMORSKY CANDIDATE ATTACKED.

Volume 7 Issue 224

December 6, 2001

• RUSSIAN FLEET CONTINUES TO SAIL IN ROUGH WATERS.
• SERGEI MIRONOV REPLACES YEGOR STROEV AS FEDERATION COUNCIL SPEAKER.
• PUTIN MEETS WITH SMALL BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.
• UZBEKISTAN FACING UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS OVER TREATMENT OF POLITICAL OPPONENTS.

Volume 7 Issue 222

December 4, 2001

• KURSK DISASTER SEEN AS REASON FOR NAVAL DISMISSALS.
• YAKUTIA: THE BATTLE FOR THE PRESIDENCY GOES ON.
• ANOTHER SETBACK FOR SKURATOV.
• BIG CIS ECONOMIES FINALLY SHOW THEIR STUFF.
• SLOW CIS REFORMERS BEGIN TO HURT.

Volume 7 Issue 221

December 3, 2001

• MILITARY AGAIN VOICES DISSATISFACTION WITH PUTIN DEFENSE POLICIES.
• CONTRACT KILLINGS REMAIN A REGULAR OCCURRENCE IN MOSCOW...
• ...AS WELL AS IN THE REGIONS.
• THE CIS AT TEN.
• CONCESSION TIME FOR KUCHMA.
• PUTIN HONORS LUKASHENKA AS UNION STATE PARTNER. "

Volume 7 Issue 220

November 30, 2001

• UNITED STATES WARNS MOSCOW OVER MOVE INTO KABUL.
• TRIAL OF SALMAN RADUEV CONTINUES IN MAKHACHKALA.
• KREMLIN SAYS BOMBING OF GEORGIA JUSTIFIED BUT PREMATURE.

Volume 7 Issue 219

November 29, 2001

• MEDIA FOCUS ON A BEHIND-THE-SCENES KREMLIN POWER STRUGGLE.
• TEXAS BARBECUE OVER, PUTIN GRILLS GEORGIA.
• KUCHMA'S MOUTHPIECE HAS NEW BOSS.
• PREMIER JOINS PRESIDENTIAL BLOC.

Volume 7 Issue 218

November 28, 2001

• RUSSIA-NATO TALKS: IN VETO VERITAS?
• COURT DECISION ALL BUT SEALS TV-6'S FATE.
• FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHECHNYA BEGINS IN STRASBOURG.
• CRISIS IN UKRAINIAN-MOLDOVAN RELATIONS.

Volume 7 Issue 217

November 27, 2001

• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION?
• RUSSIA AND U.S. STAY DEADLOCKED ON "SMART SANCTIONS" PLAN.
• DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.
• YELTSIN-ERA INVESTIGATOR ATTEMPTS A COMEBACK.

Volume 7 Issue 216

November 26, 2001

• WHERE IS KHATTAB, IN AFGHANISTAN OR CHECHNYA?
• PUTIN SIGNALS STAFFING CHANGE IN RUSSIAN MILITARY.
• PUTIN, VORONIN MEET IN THE KREMLIN.

Volume 7 Issue 215

November 21, 2001

• CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS TAKING STOCK OF REGIONAL SITUATION.
• AFGHAN VETS ALLEGEDLY BEING RECRUITED FOR ANTITERROR WAR.
• NADEZHDIN AMENDMENT AGAIN GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT.
• LEBED TRIES TO GET CONTROL OF KRASNOYARSK LEGISLATURE.
• RUSSIA COMPLETES REMOVAL OF CFE-LIMITED WEAPONRY FROM MOLDOVA.

Volume 7 Issue 214

November 20, 2001

• GHOSTS OF RAMADANS PAST.
• LONDON SEEKS TO GIVE NATO-RUSSIA COOPERATION A BOOST.
• KAZANTSEV LAYS OUT A TOUGH NEGOTIATING POSITION.
• OPTIMISTS AND NAYSAYERS HOLD FORTH ON CHECHNYA NEGOTIATIONS.

Volume 7 Issue 213

November 19, 2001

• RUSSIAN REACTOR COMPONENT EN ROUTE TO IRAN.
• KAZANTSEV AND ZAKAEV MEET IN MOSCOW.
• MONEY TO BURN IN THE BALTICS.
• A BETTER DAY FOR LITHUANIA'S COWS AND SPUDS?
• PRESIDENTIAL BLOC HAS NEW LEADER.

Volume 7 Issue 212

November 16, 2001

• SUMMIT TALKS LEAVE SOME RUSSIAN GENERALS GRUMBLING.
• AFGHANISTAN'S NORTHERN ALLIANCE REPORTEDLY CAPTURES CHECHENS.
• NATO ALLIES JOIN AMERICA IN FOXHOLE.
• TRIAL OF RADUEV GETS UNDERWAY IN MAKHACHKALA.
• LITHUANIA TO CHOOSE WESTERN STRATEGIC INVESTOR FOR GAS SECTOR PRIVATIZATION.

Volume 7 Issue 211

November 15, 2001

• PUTIN-BUSH AGREE TO ARMS CUTS; DISSONANCE SHOWS ON SOME OTHER ISSUES.
• STEPASHIN ACCUSES KASYANOV OF IGNORING MISAPPROPRIATIONS.
• WILL TEXAS SUMMIT LIFT TENGIZ-NOVOROSSIISK PIPELINE LOGJAM?
• MOLDOVA STRUGGLES TO AVOID DEFAULT ON FOREIGN DEBT.

Volume 7 Issue 210

November 14, 2001

• PUTIN MEETS WITH HIGH COMMAND ON EVE OF TALKS WITH BUSH.
• KAVKAZ.ORG CLAIMS PUTIN SEEKS A TAME CHECHEN INDEPENDENCE LEADER.
• UKRAINE HAS NEW DEFENSE MINISTER.
• RUKH STABBED IN THE BACK.

Volume 7 Issue 209

November 13, 2001

• FOUR GROUPS WILL COOPERATE IN MOSCOW CITY DUMA ELECTION.
• AUDIT CHAMBER HINTS NIKOLAEV IGNORED ALROSA FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETIES.
• RUSSIA TAKES PROACTIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING EXTERNAL DEBT...
• ...WHILE TRADE AND CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUSES CONTINUE TO NARROW.
• BURJANADZE ELECTED AS PARLIAMENTARY CHAIRWOMAN.
• CAN SHEVARDNADZE COOPT AJARIA'S LEADER ABASHIDZE?

Volume 7 Issue 208

November 12, 2001

• PUTIN: ISLAMIC FIGHTERS ARE LEAVING CHECHNYA FOR AFGHANISTAN.
• AMERICAN BASE PLANNED, NATO EXERCISE HELD IN AZERBAIJAN.
• AMERICAN FORCES TO USE BASES IN KAZAKHSTAN.
• MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS CONTINUE AS MANEUVERING PRECEDES SUMMIT TALKS.
• RUSSIA TIED WITH BANGLADESH AND ROMANIA IN ECONOMIC FREEDOM RATINGS.

Volume 7 Issue 207

November 9, 2001

• TERROR WAR THE FOCUS IN INDIAN-RUSSIAN SUMMIT TALKS.
• RUSSIAN AND CHECHEN SIDES STILL FAR APART ON TALKS.
• CHECHEN REBELS DENY AIDING TALIBAN AND AL-QAIDA.
• BALT'S NATO CANDIDACY ADVANCING POLITICALLY AND MILITARILY.
• GERMANY HAS BUDGED.
• NO UNITY AMONG UKRAINIAN REDS.

Volume 7 Issue 206

November 8, 2001

• COMMUNISTS, PRO-PUTIN YOUTH HOLD NOVEMBER 7 DEMONSTRATIONS.
• MOST RUSSIANS STILL SEE NOVEMBER 7 AS REVOLUTION DAY.
• CONSUMPTION AND INVESTMENT BOOSTED RUSSIAN SECOND-QUARTER GDP...
• ...GROWTH CONTINUES IN THIRD QUARTER.
• WHAT KIND OF STABILITY IN GEORGIA?
• KAZAKH GDP GROWTH UP 14 PERCENT IN 2001.
• KAZAKH FINANCIAL SECTOR POSTS GOOD FIRST HALF RESULTS.

Volume 7 Issue 205

November 7, 2001

• MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS INTENSIFY AS SUMMIT LOOMS.
• LONG-TIME PUTIN ASSOCIATE WILL HEAD FINANCIAL MONITORING COMMITTEE.
• UZBEKISTAN DEVALUES SOM, CONTROLS REMAIN.

Volume 7 Issue 204

November 6, 2001

• TAJIKISTAN AGREES TO AMERICAN MILITARY PRESENCE.
• WILL MATVIENKO BE THE NEXT FEDERATION COUNCIL SPEAKER?
• YAKUTIA'S NIKOLAEV CONTINUES FIGHT FOR A THIRD TERM.
• ELECTION LAW SIGNED.
• MASS MEDIA A SECURITY THREAT?

Volume 7 Issue 203

November 5, 2001

• SCHROEDER VISITS MOSCOW; VAJPAYEE AWAITED THIS WEEK.
• LATEST ATTEMPT ON MAKHACHKALA MAYOR'S LIFE CAUSES POLITICAL SCANDAL.
• GEORGIA'S GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER RESIGN.
• TURKMENISTAN'S NEUTRALITY AT VARIANCE WITH U.S. POLICY.
• SHIKHMURADOV TURNS AGAINST HIS FORMER MASTER.

Volume 7 Issue 202

November 2, 2001

• RUSSIAN-U.S. TALKS ON SEVERAL FRONTS.
• DUMA PARTIALLY REVOKES GOLOVLYOV'S IMMUNITY.
• DZHABRAIL KHACHILAEV ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DOUBLE MURDER.
• LAND CODE PASSED.
• FORMER SECURITY CHIEF REPLACES OLIGARCH AS PARTY LEADER.

Volume 7 Issue 201

November 1, 2001

• RUSSIA'S DEFENSE ENTERPRISES FACE BIG CHANGES.
• SERGEI SHOIGU'S ILLNESS MAY BE POLITICAL.
• TAJIKISTAN PLAYS IT CAUTIOUSLY IN THE AFGHAN WAR.

Volume 7 Issue 200

October 31, 2001

• CHINESE LEADER-IN-WAITING VISITS MOSCOW.
• TRIAL OF ALLEGED APARTMENT BOMBERS NEARLY AT AN END.
• SKINHEADS ATTACK ASIANS AT A MOSCOW MARKET.
• NO CONTEST IN OREL ELECTION.
• RUSSIAN AIR RAIDS ON GEORGIA ESCALATE.

Volume 7 Issue 199

October 30, 2001

• PRUSAK CALLS FOR AN END TO DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
• PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE ASKS DUMA TO LIFT GOLOVLYOV'S IMMUNITY.
• MOSCOW KEEPS ONE FOOT AT GUDAUTA.
• FUGITIVES IN RUSSIA AND IRAN IMPLICATED IN ANTI-ALIEV COUP PLAN.
• AMERICAN-UZBEK RELATIONSHIP GROWING STRONGER:

Volume 7 Issue 198

October 29, 2001

• ASSESSING PUTIN'S MEETING WITH MILITARY COMMAND.
• ELECTORAL STANDOFF IN SAKHA (YAKUTIA).
• THE AMERICAN CONNECTION MIGHT CONSOLIDATE GUUAM.

Volume 7 Issue 197

October 26, 2001

• FRENCH, ITALIAN LEADERS HOLD TALKS WITH KREMLIN.
• SPECIAL SERVICES CLAIM CHECHEN REBELS ARE PLANNING TERRORIST ATTACKS.
• UKRAINE ADMITS TO DOWNING RUSSIAN AIRLINER.
• TYMOSHENKO STRUGGLES AGAINST THE ODDS.

Volume 7 Issue 196

October 25, 2001

• RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE LEADERS HOLD TALKS IN SHANGHAI.
• KAZANTSEV AND ZAKAEV SET TO MEET IN MOSCOW...
• ...WHILE GENERALS AND PRO-MOSCOW CHECHENS EXPRESS MISGIVINGS.
• FIGHTING IN ABKHAZIA UNDERSCORES RUSSIA'S MULISHNESS.

Volume 7 Issue 195

October 24, 2001

• MISSILE DEFENSE BREAKTHROUGH IN PUTIN-BUSH TALKS?
• STROEV LOOKS CERTAIN TO BE RE-ELECTED.
• A THREE-SIDED RACE IN SAKHA.
• INTERNATIONAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE ABKHAZIA PROBLEM.

Volume 7 Issue 194

October 23, 2001

• WARRANT ISSUED FOR BORIS BEREZOVSKY...
• ...WHILE CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST HIS ERSTWHILE PROTEGE AKSENENKO.
• FIGHTING IN ABKHAZIA--SMOKESCREEN FOR A POLITICAL AGENDA.
• RENEWED INTEREST IN TRANSCASPIAN GAS PIPELINE PROJECT.

Volume 7 Issue 193

October 19, 2001

• BASE CLOSINGS GET ATTENTION ON EVE OF SHANGHAI TALKS.
• KADYROV PULLS THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER IL'YASOV.
• UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN TO START ON JANUARY 1.
• NEW FACES IN OUR UKRAINE.

Volume 7 Issue 192

October 18, 2001

• RUSSIA TO ABANDON BASES IN CUBA AND VIETNAM.
• NOVAYA GAZETA JOURNALIST THREATENED FOR CHECHNYA REPORTING.
• MORE TATAR RADICALS VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN.
• RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC REVIVAL CONTINUES, DEFYING GLOBAL TRENDS.
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES MANAGE TO REDUCE INFLATION.

Volume 7 Issue 191

October 17, 2001

• RUSSIAN MINISTER HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL TALKS IN NEW DELHI.
• REBELS CARRY OUT RAIDS IN STARYE ATAGI, VEDENO, ACHKOI-MARTAN.
• MEDIA WAR IN UDMURTIA.
• KYRGYZSTAN MAY GET NEW IMF CREDIT...
• ...TAKES STEPS TO ATTRACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

Volume 7 Issue 190

October 16, 2001

• MISSILE DEFENSE RE-EMERGES BRIEFLY FROM SHADOW OF ANTITERROR WAR.
• RUSSIAN SOCIETY SPLIT OVER AFGHAN CAMPAIGN.
• PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION APPROACHING IN YAKUTIA.

Volume 7 Issue 189

October 15, 2001

• LOST RUSSIAN SUBMARINE READY TO BE DOCKED.
• YASTRZHEMBSKY THROWS COLD WATER ON PROSPECTS FOR CHECHNYA TALKS.
• INTERIOR AND FINANCE MINISTRIES AT ODDS OVER MONEYLAUNDERING AGENCY.
• UKRAINE'S NEWEST ELECTORAL BLOC STILL WITHOUT A LEADER.

Volume 7 Issue 188

October 12, 2001

• TATARSTAN RADICALS OFFER TO FIGHT FOR THE TALIBAN.
• USES OF TERRORISM IN POST-SOVIET SPACE.
• SECOND FRONT IN GEORGIA--A STAGE-SETTER FOR RUSSIAN INTERVENTION.
• UKRAINIAN MISSILE DOWNS RUSSIAN JET.

Volume 7 Issue 187

October 11, 2001

• YASTRZHEMBSKY DETAILS ALLEGED CHECHEN LINKS TO BIN LADEN.
• FEDERATION COUNCIL PASSES LAND CODE.
• RUSSIAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS: MIXED SIGNALS FROM TOKYO.

Volume 7 Issue 186

October 10, 2001

• RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES MORE FRIENDLY U.S. POLICIES.
• RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY AFTER SEPTEMBER 11.
• HAVE CHECHEN REBELS JOINED GEORGIANS TO FIGHT THE ABKHAZIANS?
• VILNIUS TEN SUMMIT STRENGTHENS COMMITMENT TO NATO'S ENLARGEMENT.
• GEORGIAN ECONOMY RECOVERING FROM LAST YEAR'S DROUGHT...
• ...AS SHADOW HANGS OVER GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT FINANCES.

Volume 7 Issue 185

October 9, 2001

• PUTIN OFFERS BACKING FOR U.S.-BRITISH AIR STRIKES.
• RUSSIAN POLITICOS REACT TO STRIKES AGAINST THE TALIBAN.
• BASAEV DECLARES SUPPORT FOR THE TALIBAN.
• RUMSFELD VISIT OPENS WAY FOR AMERICAN PRESENCE IN UZBEKISTAN.
• U.S. AND JAPAN SWAY TAJIKISTAN TO SUPPORT ANTITERRORIST OPERATIONS.

Volume 7 Issue 184

October 8, 2001

• MOSCOW CONTINUES TO BACK ANTITERROR CAMPAIGN.
• CHECHEN REBELS RAID ACHKOI-MARTAN.
• BUCHAREST AND CHISINAU CANNOT AFFORD A QUARREL.
• BELARUSAN ECONOMY CONTINUES TO EXPAND, BUT FUTURE GROWTH IS UNCERTAIN.

Volume 7 Issue 183

October 5, 2001

• RUSSIAN-EU TALKS BOOST COOPERATION.
• EXIT PRIMAKOV, ENTER TRUBNIKOV.
• ELECTION LAW VETOED AGAIN.
• TYMOSHENKO PROPOSES TO YUSHCHENKO.

Volume 7 Issue 182

October 4, 2001

• RUSSIAN-IRANIAN ARMS DEALINGS GET A BOOST.
• MOSCOW SEEKS TIGHTER CONTROL OVER CIS COUNTRIES' INTELLIGENCE SERVICES.
• THREE PRESSURE POINTS ON GEORGIA.

Volume 7 Issue 181

October 3, 2001

• UZBEKISTAN SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SECURITY GUARANTEES.
• MOSCOW READY TO RAISE KURSK, RISKS DECRIED.
• YASTRZHEMBSKY CONFIRMS CONTACTS WITH MASKHADOV'S EMISSARIES.
• SERIOUS CRIME SOARS IN RUSSIA.
• AGREEMENTS ON SHAH-DENIZ GAS TRANSIT SIGNED.

Volume 7 Issue 180

October 2, 2001

• ANTITERRORISM WAR DOMINATES GERMAN-RUSSIAN TALKS.
• OLD PARTY, NEW LEADER.
• ELECTION IN ROSTOV.
• GONGADZE MYSTERY REMAINS UNSOLVED.

Volume 7 Issue 179

October 1, 2001

• ANTITERROR DRIVE HIGHLIGHTED IN RUSSIAN-U.S. NATO TALKS.
• WHAT IS MOSCOW'S PRICE FOR COOPERATION?
• REBELS ATTACK MORE CHECHEN TOWNS.
• TALKS BETWEEN KREMLIN AND CHECHEN REBELS MAY START NEXT MONTH.
• CIS ANTITERRORISM CENTER: EMPTY BEHIND THE FACADE.
• MOSCOW WINS ONE, LOSES ONE AT CIS PRIME MINISTERS' MEETING.

Volume 7 Issue 178

September 28, 2001

• NEW POLL SUGGESTS RUSSIANS DO NOT SUPPORT U.S. RETRIBUTION.
• PUTIN'S DEADLINE FOR CHECHEN REBELS EXPIRES.
• POST-SEPTEMBER 11 SITUATION FAVORS BALTIC PROSPECTS FOR NATO.
• DEATH PENALTY BACK IN UKRAINE?
• YUSHCHENKO EYEING CENTER.

Volume 7 Issue 177

September 27, 2001

• RUSSIAN-IRANIAN ARMS TALKS RESCHEDULED.
• DEADLINE FOR CHECHEN REBELS EXPIRES TODAY.
• WESTERN LEADERS RE-EVALUATE THEIR STANCE ON CHECHEN WAR.
• WHAT, IF ANY, IS TAJIKISTAN'S OPINION?
• ANOTHER VIOLENT DEATH IN YEREVAN.

Volume 7 Issue 176

September 26, 2001

• ECONOMIC REFORM MOMENTUM IN RUSSIA REMAINS STRONG.
• PROPOSED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE SEEN AS IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD.
• FEDERAL BUDGET STILL IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
• INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS INCREASE UNCERTAINTY FOR RUSSIA'S BUDGET AND ECONOMY.
• PUTIN GIVES CHECHEN REBELS THREE DAYS TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS.
• WASHINGTON CONTINUES TO CALL FOR NEGOTIATIONS TO END CHECHEN WAR.
• CIS COUNTRIES DEFINE POLICIES IN EXPECTATION OF ANTITERRORIST OPERATIONS.

Volume 7 Issue 175

September 25, 2001

• PUTIN OFFERS LIMITED ASSISTANCE TO U.S.-LED ANTITERRORISM COALITION.
• TATARSTAN: BATTLE OVER LANGUAGE REFORM.
• LEBED STRIKES A BLOW FOR REGIONAL INDEPENDENCE.
• ESTONIA'S NEW PRESIDENT PROFILED.
• IGOR GIORGADZE ON RUSSIAN STATE TELEVISION.

Volume 7 Issue 174

September 24, 2001

• RUSSIA AND CHINA BOOST TRADE...
• ...SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON MISSILE DEFENSE.
• RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S.-LED ANTITERRORISM CAMPAIGN GROWS.
• ZHIRINOVSKY BLAMES U.S. OIL COMPANIES, CIA FOR SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS.
• AMERICAN FORCES LANDING IN CENTRAL ASIA.

Volume 7 Issue 173

September 21, 2001

• TENTATIVE START TO RUSSIAN-U.S. COOPERATION IN ANTITERRORISM DRIVE.
• MOSCOW THREATENS ANTI-CHECHEN INTERVENTION IN GEORGIA.
• UKRAINE'S NEW-OLD ELECTION LAW.
• A YEAR WITHOUT GONGADZE.

Volume 7 Issue 172

September 20, 2001

• EX-SOVIET GENERALS DOUBT AMERICA CAN PREVAIL IN AFGHANISTAN.
• SECURITY HEIGHTENED THROUGHOUT CHECHNYA.
• PUTIN'S VISIT TO ARMENIA ASSESSED IN YEREVAN.
• KAZAKH EXPORT GROWTH SLOWS SHARPLY IN 2001.
• FIRST-HALF ROUNDUP FOR FERGHANA VALLEY ECONOMIES.

Volume 7 Issue 171

September 19, 2001

• U.S. PUSHES MISSILE DEFENSE AND PROLIFERATION ISSUES IN MOSCOW TALKS.
• RUSSIA'S REGIONS REACT TO U.S. BOMBINGS.
• PRIMAKOV BEING KICKED UPSTAIRS?
• PUTIN IN ARMENIA.

Volume 7 Issue 170

September 18, 2001

• RUSSIA STRUGGLES TO DEFINE TERRORISM POLICY.
• CHECHEN REBELS DOWN A RUSSIAN MILITARY HELICOPTER.
• FSB AND CHECHEN REBELS CONTINUE TO SPIN U.S. TERRORIST ATTACKS.
• RUSSIA SAYS NYET, OTHERS SAY YES TO AMERICA.

Volume 7 Issue 169

September 17, 2001

• KUALA LUMPUR DOWNPLAYS REPORTS OF QUICK MILITARY FIGHTER DEAL.
• RUSSIA'S FOREIGN TRADE AND CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUSES NARROWING.
• LARGE CHECHEN REBEL FORCE REPORTEDLY ATTACKS GUDERMES.
• RUSSIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO LINK CHECHEN REBELS WITH BIN LADEN.
• BALTS ALIGN WITH UNITED STATES AND NATO.

Volume 7 Issue 168

September 14, 2001

• RUSSIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO MULL OVER SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS.
• WHITHER THE BELARUSAN DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION?
• WILL RUKH REUNITE?
• KYIV MAYOR TO PARLIAMENT?
• UKRAINE'S NEWEST CAMPAIGN TACTIC.

Volume 7 Issue 167

September 13, 2001

• TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES COULD TIGHTEN RUSSIAN-U.S. TIES.
• BASAEV EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER U.S. TERRORIST ATTACKS.
• NEMTSOV REJECTS NEGOTIATIONS TO END CHECHEN CONFLICT.
• WILL MOLDOVA MANAGE TO BOOST FOREIGN INVESTMENT THIS YEAR?
• EUROPEAN UNION-UKRAINE SUMMIT.

Volume 7 Issue 166

September 12, 2001

• RUSSIA EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH U.S. IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM.
• PUTIN EXPRESSES SYMPATHY, CALLS FOR UNITY AGAINST TERRORISM.
• ANOTHER ARMENIAN OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED.
• DEATH IN DUSHANBE ON THE STATE'S ANNIVERSARY.

Volume 7 Issue 165

September 11, 2001

• LIPETSK TV JOURNALISTS DEFY TAKEOVER OF THEIR STATION.
• MOSCOW PUTS FORWARD ALTERNATIVE SERVICE PLAN.
• LAZARENKO--SCAPEGOAT?
• YUSHCHENKO'S CONUNDRUM.
• VOICES OF THE OPPOSITION.

Volume 7 Issue 164

September 10, 2001

• RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PUBLISHES BOOK.
• PUTIN PRAISES KABARDINO-BALKARIA MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT.
• PUTIN TALKS TOUGH ON CHECHNYA TALKS BUT DOESN'T RULE THEM OUT.
• MOSCOW ALL-OUT FOR LUKASHENKA.

Volume 7 Issue 163

September 7, 2001

• ISRAELI AND U.S. GOVERNMENTS CRITICIZE MOSCOW FOR TECHNOLOGY LEAKS TO IRAN.
• DORENKO PRAISES FORMER ENEMIES LUZHKOV AND PUTIN.
• CHECHENS "CELEBRATE" TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SELF-PROCLAIMED INDEPENDENCE.
• VORONIN IN THE KREMLIN AGAIN.

Volume 7 Issue 162

September 6, 2001

• PUTIN WINDS UP HIGH-PROFILE VISIT TO FINLAND.
• FOUR VYAKHIREV ALLIES IN GAZPROM'S MANAGEMENT REPLACED.
• REFORM OF GAZPROM SHARES' MARKET: LESS THAN SWEEPING?
• PUTIN SOFTENS TONE ON BALTIC QUEST FOR NATO.
• ARMENIA'S ROAD TO DAMASCUS AND MOSCOW.

Volume 7 Issue 161

September 5, 2001

• QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT SIZE OF RUSSIAN ARMY; IMPACT OF DEFENSE CUTS.
• KPRF CANDIDATE REFUSED REGISTRATION IN ROSTOV GOVERNOR'S RACE.
• TRANSPORT SECTOR GROWTH SLOWING IN BALTIC STATES...
• ...AS RUSSIA AIMS TO REDIRECT ITS TRADE.
• MOSCOW THE LIKELY WINNER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN BELARUS.

Volume 7 Issue 160

September 4, 2001

• SHARON VISIT PUTS IRANIAN-RUSSIAN ARMS TALKS ON ICE.
• STRONG CONSUMER DEMAND PROPELLING RUSSIA'S INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY...
• ...WHILE STRONG INVESTMENT DEMAND HELPS BOOST OUTPUT OF CAPITAL GOODS.
• BOMB EXPLODES IN CHECHNYA'S PRO-MOSCOW GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS.
• PRESIDENTIAL AIDE WANTS TO OUTLAW QUOTING CHECHEN REBELS.
• POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF AZERBAIJAN-GEORGIA GAS TRANSIT PROJECT.

Volume 7 Issue 159

August 31, 2001

• GAZPROM CEO REPORTEDLY OPPOSES GOVERNMENT-PROPOSED REFORM.
• STROITRANSGAZ CLEARED OF WRONGDOING IN DEALS WITH GAZPROM.
• JOINT MILITARY PREPARATIONS UNDER NATO AEGIS.
• BELARUS HOLDS LARGEST POST-SOVIET MILITARY EXERCISE.
• KUCHMA SETS TONE FOR PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN.
• ANOTHER PARTY FOR AZAROV?

Volume 7 Issue 158

August 30, 2001

• NO END TO SPY CASE AGAINST RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT.
• MORE RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN KILLED IN CHECHEN REBEL BOMB ATTACKS.
• REBEL FORCES CLAIM THEY SEIZED VEDENO.
• WEIRD SCENARIO FOR "COMBAT COMMONWEALTH" EXERCISE.
• LATVIAN BANKS LESS CAUTIOUS AS INDICATORS IMPROVE.

Volume 7 Issue 157

August 29, 2001

• RUSSIA STEPS UP ARMS EXPORT EFFORTS.
• NOVAYA GAZETA EXCERPTS AN ANTI-FSB EXPOSE.
• DID FSB BOMB PASSAGEWAY BENEATH PUSHKIN SQUARE?
• TURKISH, AMERICAN VISITS IN WAKE OF CASPIAN INCIDENTS.
• DIALOGUE IRANIAN-STYLE. U.S.
• POVERTY DESPITE OIL RESERVES.

Volume 7 Issue 156

August 28, 2001

• WHITHER RUSSIA'S ELITE AIRBORNE FORCES?
• RUSSIA'S "GREY BELT" TAKES SHAPE.
• SAMARA GOES DOWN IN THE PECKING ORDER.
• IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM.
• BOOMING KAZAKH ECONOMY LIFTS BUDGET REVENUES, LIVING STANDARDS.

Volume 7 Issue 155

August 27, 2001

• RUSSIAN-U.S. ARMS TALKS BOG DOWN.
• NEWSWEEK DETAILS PUTIN'S ALLEGED ORGANIZED CRIME TIES...
• ...BUT DROPS GERMAN GREF'S NAME FROM ALLEGATIONS.
• PRICE-SETTING AGENCY ESTABLISHED.
• RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES DRAFT BUDGET FOR 2002.
• NEW DEMOCRACIES FOR BOLDER ENLARGEMENT OF NATO.

Volume 7 Issue 154

August 10, 2001

• JAKARTA EXPRESSES INTEREST IN RUSSIAN MILITARY PLANES.
• NOVOSIBIRSK DEPUTY MAYOR MURDERED.
• FROM MOSCOW TO VLADIVOSTOK, CONTRACT KILLINGS ARE COMMON.
• LAGGING GROWTH COULD CAUSE FISCAL DIFFICULTIES IN BELARUS...
• ...AS POSSIBILITY OF STATE INTERVENTION INCREASES.
• ROW OVER UKRAINIAN REACTORS.
• INTERNATIONAL FUNDING FOR UKRAINE STILL POSSIBLE THIS YEAR.

Volume 7 Issue 153

August 9, 2001

• MOSCOW KEEPS MUM ON REPORTED NORTH KOREAN ARMS DEAL.
• TOKYO OBJECTS TO EXTENDED FISHING RIGHTS OFF DISPUTED ISLANDS.
• GRYZLOV RESTRUCTURES ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME UNITS.
• CHISINAU-TIRASPOL NEGOTIATIONS LEADING NOWHERE.
• MILITARY FORCE CUTS, FORCE INTEGRATION PROPOSED.

Volume 7 Issue 152

August 8, 2001

• WASHINGTON PRAISES RUSSIAN-NORTH KOREAN TALKS.
• WILL KOREAN RAILWAY PROJECT BOOST RECONCILIATION TALKS?
• FEARED CHECHEN REBEL OFFENSIVE FAILS TO MATERIALIZE.
• RUSSIAN MILITARY BEGINS LIQUIDATING HEAVY WEAPONRY IN TRANSDNIESTER.
• BROKEN PROMISES BEHIND, LOOMING HURDLES AHEAD.
• MOLDOVA PUTS BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR IMF MISSION VISIT.

Volume 7 Issue 151

August 7, 2001

• RUSSIAN AND NORTH KOREAN LEADERS HOLD TALKS IN MOSCOW.
• NIZHEGOROD GOVERNOR SURRENDERS KPRF MEMBERSHIP.
• NAZDRATENKO OUSTED FROM FEDERATION COUNCIL?
• THE HYDROCARBON STAKE IN AZERBAIJAN'S SOUTHERN OFFSHORE SECTOR.
• INVESTMENT IN KYRGYZSTAN'S OIL INDUSTRY MAY HAVE JUST BECOME ENTICING.
• WAR OF NERVES IN KYRGYZSTAN?

Volume 7 Issue 150

August 6, 2001

• RUSSIA WILL PROBABLY GET OFF MONEY LAUNDERING BLACKLIST.
• MOSCOW HOPES FOR WTO MEMBERSHIP BY 2002 OR 2003.
• ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC NEWS FROM RUSSIA.
• RUSSIAN CONSUMER PRICE DEVELOPMENTS IN JULY CONFIRM A POSITIVE TREND.
• RUSSIAN TRADE SURPLUS NARROWING.
• WILLIAMS-YUKOS OIL SUPPLY AGREEMENT APPROVED AND WRITTEN INTO LAW.

Volume 7 Issue 149

August 3, 2001

• KEEPING RUSSIA'S NAVY AFLOAT.
• GDP AND INFLATION FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2001 EXCEED FORECASTS.
• SUMMIT IN SOCHI.
• COLLECTIVE SECURITY ELUSIVE.
• SUBGROUPS CONDITIONALLY LEGITIMIZED, GUUAM CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED.

Volume 7 Issue 148

August 2, 2001

• KREMLIN STRUGGLES TO REVITALIZE MILITARY INDUSTRIES.
• SERGEI IVANOV TALKS TOUGH ON CHECHNYA.
• BUS HIJACKING JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG SERIES.
• MOLDOVA MAKES DEEP CUTS IN ITS WEAK MILITARY.
• ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SAYS NO TO "RECONCILIATION" WITH TURKEY.

Volume 7 Issue 147

August 1, 2001

• PRUSAK RUMORED TO BE IN LINE FOR KASYANOV'S JOB.
• NEW RESTRICTIONS ON PRESS COVERING CHECHNYA GO INTO EFFECT.
• UKRAINE TO PARTICIPATE IN EUROPEAN DEFENSE FORCES.
• NATO EXERCISE HELD, MORE PLANNED.
• UKRAINE'S MINISTRIES GAIN STATE SECRETARIES.
• ARMENIAN ECONOMY IN NEED OF BOOST.

Volume 7 Issue 146

July 31, 2001

• MIXED SIGNALS FROM MOSCOW OVER RUSSIAN-U.S. TALKS.
• "HE SAID, SHE SAID": BREAKTHROUGH OR NOT?
• MOSCOW SEEKING TO INTERNATIONALIZE ARMS TALKS?
• COMMUNIST VICTORIOUS IN FORMER KREMLIN STRONGHOLD.
• INCUMBENT WELL PLACED IN IRKUTSK.
• AFTERMATH AND IMPLICATIONS OF IRAN'S USE OF FORCE.

Volume 7 Issue 145

July 30, 2001

• NO ONE YET DETAINED FOR ZACHISTKI ABUSES.
• FSB CLAIMS IT FOILED ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON KADYROV'S LIFE.
• FRANCE FOR THE BALTS IN NATO.
• INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF BALTIC CANDIDACIES.
• HIGHER PRICES FOR HAPPY MEALS IN ESTONIA.
• "SLAVIC BAZAAR" IN BELARUS.
• CLASH IN BATKEN: OPENING SHOT IN ANOTHER INSURGENCY?

Volume 7 Issue 144

July 27, 2001

• TURKEY TAKES STAND AGAINST RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WASTE IMPORTS.
• SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES KALININGRAD.
• PUTIN REPORTEDLY DENIES NEGOTIATING WITH CHECHEN REBELS.
• BLOC OF FOUR?
• CRIMEAN PREMIER SACKED.

Volume 7 Issue 143

July 26, 2001

• TALKS BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND NORTH KOREA LEADERS SAID TO BE SET FOR EARLY AUGUST.
• SECURITY COUNCIL SET TO DISCUSS FATE OF KALININGRAD.
• A ROGUE STATE'S CONDUCT IN THE CASPIAN.
• MOSCOW BEEFING UP ITS NAVAL MUSCLE.

Volume 7 Issue 142

July 25, 2001

• RUSSIAN-U.S. ARMS STATEMENT ROILS RUSSIAN MEDIA.
• ACCUSED IN AEROFLOT CASE ALLEGEDLY EMBEZZLED US$40 MILLION.
• "DICTATORSHIP OF THE LAW" AGAIN IGNORES BEREZOVSKY.
• IRAN SHOWS THE FLAG IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS.
• CORDIAL DISCUSSIONS IN YEREVAN.
• FUTILE DISCUSSIONS IN TBILISI.
• TENSE DISCUSSIONS IN BAKU.

Volume 7 Issue 141

July 24, 2001

• RECOVERY EFFORT TO LIFT LOST RUSSIAN SUBMARINE UNDERWAY...
• ...BUT DETAILS OF OPERATION TO BE KEPT SECRET.
• TUG-OF-WAR OVER BILATERAL TREATIES.
• UPPER HOUSE REJECTS ATTEMPT TO CURB GOVERNORS' TERMS IN OFFICE.
• LUKASHENKA STAGING A FAKE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

Volume 7 Issue 140

July 23, 2001

• AUTHORITIES ARREST SIX SOLDIERS FOR ABUSES IN WESTERN CHECHNYA.
• FIELD COMMANDERS REAFFIRM ALLEGIANCE TO MASKHADOV.
• PERSPECTIVE ON LITHUANIA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER.
• OIL PIPELINE TO OPEN IN AUGUST.
• EXCHANGE RATE STABILITY PULLS DOWN KAZAKH INFLATION.

Volume 7 Issue 139

July 20, 2001

• STAGE SET FOR G-7 SUMMIT, BUSH-PUTIN TALKS.
• ARE THE RUSSIANS READY TO DEAL?
• LITHUANIA HAS A NEW GOVERNMENT.
• TWO FLASHPOINTS IN GEORGIA.

Volume 7 Issue 138

July 19, 2001

• PUTIN MEETS THE PRESS...
• ...ANGRILY DEFENDS HIS CHECHEN POLICY.
• UKRAINE OFFERS LITTLE PROTECTION TO JOURNALISTS.

Volume 7 Issue 137

July 18, 2001

• MOSCOW AND BEIJING INK FRIENDSHIP TREATY.
• DID CHUBAIS LAUNDER MONEY THROUGH THE BANK OF NEW YORK?
• LIBERAL ECONOMIST WILL GET 9.5 PERCENT OF RADIO EKHO MOSKVY.
• ARMENIAN-TURKISH CONCILIATION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED.
• CIVIL ORDER STILL A DISTANT PROSPECT IN TAJIKISTAN.

Volume 7 Issue 136

July 17, 2001

• KREMLIN CONTINUES SHAKE-UP OF MILITARY LEADERSHIP...
• SIGNIFICANCE OF LATEST DEFENSE MINISTRY DISMISSALS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS.
• PROTEST VOTE IN NIZHEGOROD OBLAST.
• GOVERNORS GO THEIR OWN WAY.
• POLICE AND JUDICIAL ABUSES TRIGGER INTERNATIONAL INTERCESSION.

Volume 7 Issue 135

July 16, 2001

• MOSCOW LINES BEHIND WASHINGTON AT ARMS CONFERENCE.
• DUMA PASSES LAND CODE IN A SECOND READING.
• DUMA COMPLETES ITS LEGISLATIVE FRENZY.
• MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT GOES TO THE KREMLIN.
• THE TROUBLED BACKDROP.
• JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE HAS POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

Volume 7 Issue 134

July 13, 2001

• FRIENDSHIP TREATY TO HIGHLIGHT RUSSIAN-CHINESE SUMMIT TALKS.
• SUPREME COURT AGAIN BACKS FSB ON ANONYMOUS ACCUSATIONS.
• BUDANOV TRANSFERRED TO MOSCOW FOR PSYCHIATRIC TESTING.
• GETTING READY FOR NATO'S ENLARGEMENT.
• DRUGS AND LABOR: BASIC TAJIK EXPORTS.

Volume 7 Issue 133

July 12, 2001

• KREMLIN MOVES RUSSIA CLOSER TO IMPORTING NUCLEAR WASTES FROM ABROAD.
• ALFRED KOKH OFFERS RADIO EKHO MOSKVY SHARES TO BORIS NEMTSOV.
• COMMANDER OF FORCES IN CHECHNYA ADMITS "LARGE-SCALE CRIMES".
• POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF AN OIL SUPPLY AGREEMENT.

Volume 7 Issue 132

July 11, 2001

• DIPLOMATIC JOCKEYING PRECEDES RUSSIAN-U.S. TALKS, NEXT PUTIN-BUSH MEETING.
• RUSSIA READY TO DEAL ON MISSILE DEFENSE?
• TEN GOVERNORS WIN RIGHT TO A THIRD TERM.
• FOUR REGIONS OPT OUT OF POWER-SHARING AGREEMENTS.
• PRIMORYE STILL FAR FROM POLITICALLY STABLE.
• STALEMATE OVER GUDAUTA.

Volume 7 Issue 131

July 10, 2001

• INTERPOL CHIEF SAYS THE CASE AGAINST GUSINSKY IS POLITICAL...
• ...WHILE PROSECUTORS IMPOUND MEDIA-MOST PROPERTY.
• ROGUE STATELETS SEEK ATTENTION.
• NATO LEADER IN UKRAINE.
• NATO-UKRAINE MILITARY EXERCISES IN FULL SWING.
• HIZB UT TAHRIR SUPPORTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN UZBEKISTAN.

Volume 7 Issue 130

July 9, 2001

• MOSCOW AND TOKYO CLASH OVER SOUTH KOREAN FISHING DEAL.
• EBRD AND WORLD BANK CHIEFS PRAISE PUTINOMICS.
• CHECHEN "CLEANSING" OPERATIONS DISPLACE THOUSANDS.

Volume 7 Issue 129

July 6, 2001

• MOSCOW NIXES BRITISH-U.S. "SMART SANCTIONS" PLAN.
• GUSINSKY'S MEDIA-MOST NOW IN GAZPROM'S HANDS.
• KAZANTSEV NOW SAYS TALKS WITH MASKHADOV ARE POSSIBLE.
• OPERATION "THUNDERBOLT" FAILS.

Volume 7 Issue 128

July 5, 2001

• PUTIN-CHIRAC TALK IN MOSCOW...
• ...AMBIVALENT RESULTS?
• LICENSING REFORM MEASURE IS IN DANGER.
• FEDERAL FORCES RESPOND TO REBEL ATTACKS WITH PUNITIVE "CLEANSING" OPERATIONS.
• THE "VILNIUS TEN" JOINTLY PROMOTE NATO'S ENLARGEMENT.

Volume 7 Issue 127

July 3, 2001

• RUSSIA A STEP CLOSER TO ACCEPTING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL FROM ABROAD.
• PUTIN TACKLES THE BILATERAL TREATIES.
• BATTLE BEGINS IN IRKUTSK.
• RUSSIAN MILITARY HANDS OVER VAZIANI BASE TO GEORGIA.

Volume 7 Issue 126

July 2, 2001

• ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR BADRI PATARKATSISHVILI...
• ...WHO CLAIMS HE IS A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION.
• GOVERNMENT CRISIS IN LITHUANIA.
• UKRAINE'S 2001 PRIVATIZATION TARGETS AT RISK.
• POPE JOHN PAUL VISITS UKRAINE.

Volume 7 Issue 125

June 29, 2001

• JAILED U.S. STUDENT FACES NEW ACCUSATIONS IN RUSSIA.
• RUSSIAN OFFICIALS PROMISE TO "DECAPITATE" CHECHEN REBEL LEADERSHIP.
• RUSSIAN REGIMENT STAYING PUT IN GUDAUTA.
• RUSSIAN NAVAL STRENGTH DISCRETIONARY AND STILL GROWING.

Volume 7 Issue 124

June 28, 2001

• MOSCOW BLOCKS IRAQ RESOLUTION, OFFERS OWN DRAFT.
• KUDRIN AND LIGACHEV DISAGREE OVER SIZE OF THE BUREAUCRACY.
• AUDIT CHAMBER DESCRIBES LAVISH SPENDING BY RAILWAYS MINISTRY.
• CORRUPTION WATCHDOG RANKS RUSSIA WITH ECUADOR AND PAKISTAN.
• BOUNCING OFF THE BOTTOM: ECONOMIC RECOVERIES IN THE CIS.
• ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE?

Volume 7 Issue 123

June 27, 2001

• PACE OF RUSSIAN ARMY PERSONNEL CUTS TO PICK UP.
• RUSSIAN FORCES KILL REBEL FIELD COMMANDER ARBI BARAEV...
• ...WHOSE DEATH COULD CLEAR THE WAY FOR POLITICAL SETTLEMENT.
• RUSSIA'S POPULATION DECLINES ARE NOT SO BAD, YET...
• ...BUT POPULATION TRENDS IN OTHER CIS COUNTRIES ARE WORSE.

Volume 7 Issue 122

June 26, 2001

• END-GAME IN PRIMORSKY KRAI?
• GRASSROOTS SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
• MAJOR NATO EXERCISE SUCCESSFULLY HELD IN GEORGIA.
• KYRGYZSTAN DIVERSIFYING SECURITY RELATIONSHIPS.
• HEAVY FIGHTING BREAKS OUT NEAR DUSHANBE.

Volume 7 Issue 121

June 25, 2001

• ACCUSED RUSSIAN SCIENTIST IS HOSPITALIZED.
• DIVIDED DEMOCRATS HOLD A "DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE...
• ...THAT UNDERSCORES THEIR AMBIVALENCE TOWARD PUTIN.
• COMING SOON: SHOCK THERAPY, PART II?
• ...REFORMS WOULD PUT RUSSIA'S RICKETY FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
• KREMLIN'S DRAFT LABOR, LAND CODES ARE ALREADY DRAWING FIRE.

Volume 7 Issue 120

June 22, 2001

• RUSSIAN-U.S. SPY ROW BACK IN THE NEWS.
• RUSSIA AGAIN ON MONEY LAUNDERING BLACK LIST...
• ...WHILE DUMA DEBATES AN ANTI-MONEYLAUNDERING BILL.
• SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED.
• SCO PROGRAM AND STRUCTURE OUTLINED.
• SIX COUNTRIES, SIX AGENDAS.

Volume 7 Issue 119

June 21, 2001

• PUTIN WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE DEPLOYMENT.
• DUMA PASSES SECOND READING OF REVISED CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL CODE.
• CAR BOMBINGS HIT CHECHEN CITIES.
• MAZEIKIAI CONCLUDES SUPPLY DEAL WITH LUKOIL COMPETITOR YUKOS.
• NEW UKRAINIAN CABINET FORMED.

Volume 7 Issue 118

June 20, 2001

• RUSSIAN PRESS REACT TO BUSH-PUTIN SUMMIT.
• PRIMORSKY KRAI BEATS THE RECORDS.
• PUTIN HOISTED WITH HIS OWN PETARD?
• NATO ENLARGERS CAPTURE THE MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL HEIGHTS.
• FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BLACK SEA.
• PUTIN TRIES THE ETHNIC CARD.

Volume 7 Issue 117

June 18, 2001

• PUTIN AND BUSH HIT IT OFF IN SLOVENIA.
• DUMA READY FOR A SECOND READING OF CHANGES TO CRIMINAL CODE.
• AEROFLOT CASE EXTENDED, BUT MENTION OF BEREZOVSKY DROPPED.

Volume 7 Issue 116

June 15, 2001

• RUSSIAN AND U.S. PRESIDENTS GIRD FOR FIRST SUMMIT MEETING.
• RUSSIAN MEDIA CLAIM MASKHADOV'S FOES ARE PLOTTING TO UNSEAT HIM.
• KOVALEV: KREMLIN IS COLLUDING WITH CHECHEN REBELS. "
• LITTLE PROGRESS ON ECONOMIC FRONT OF RUSSIA-BELARUS UNION.
• WORLD BANK AND IMF EXTEND LOANS TO ARMENIA.
• ACCELERATION IN MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR AZERI OIL PROJECTS.

Volume 7 Issue 114

June 13, 2001

• RUSSIAN AND U.S. DEFENSE CHIEFS TALK MISSILE DEFENSE.
• PUTIN DECORATES YELTSIN ON RUSSIAN "INDEPENDENCE DAY"...
• ...AS CHECHEN REBELS ATTACK A RUSSIAN APC.
• UZBEK MILITARY REFORM, ANTI-INSURGENCY TRAINING UNDERWAY.
• GROWTH TRENDS IN NORTHERN AFGHAN-TAJIK DRUG TRADE.
• KAZAKHSTAN'S ECONOMIC BOOM CONTINUES IN 2001.

Volume 7 Issue 113

June 12, 2001

• RACE FOR GOVERNOR OF NIZHEGOROD GETS UNDERWAY.
• SHAIMIEV PLAYS THE NATIONALIST CARD AGAIN.
• GUUAM INSTITUTIONALIZED.
• FIVE COUNTRIES, FIVE SETS OF COMPLEMENTARY INTERESTS.
• NEW ELECTION LAW IN UKRAINE.

Volume 7 Issue 112

June 11, 2001

• RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS APPROVE NUCLEAR WASTE IMPORT LEGISLATION.
• TRETYAKOV REMOVED AS NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA'S EDITOR.
• TRETYAKOV'S TEN YEARS: EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE GAINED AND LOST.
• LATVIA'S NATURALIZATION PROCEDURES EASED FURTHER.
• BALTS PARTICIPATE IN NATO-LED EXERCISES.

Volume 7 Issue 111

June 8, 2001

• SLOW PROGRESS IN BUILDING RUSSIAN-VIETNAMESE PARTNERSHIP?
• DUMA PASSES IN FIRST READING LEGISLATION SIMPLIFYING BUSINESS LICENSING.
• THINGS WILL ONLY GET WORSE FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES.
• KADYROV PREDICTS MASS RESIGNATIONS FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION.
• FORCES OF OLD PUSH FOR SLAVIC-ORTHODOX UNITY.

Volume 7 Issue 110

June 7, 2001

• MINISTER'S VISIT BOOSTS INDIAN-RUSSIAN TIES.
• MOSCOW AND NEW DELHI INCH CLOSER ON MISSILE DEFENSE?
• TROSHEV CALLS FOR PUBLIC HANGINGS OF CHECHEN REBELS.
• THREE CHECHEN OFFICIALS QUIT AFTER COLLEAGUE IS MURDERED.

Volume 7 Issue 109

June 6, 2001

• LOOKING EAST AND WEST, MOSCOW RENEWS CRITICISM OF U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS.
• SOROS DENOUNCES CONTROLS ON SCIENTISTS' FOREIGN CONTACTS.
• PRIMORSKY KRAI HIT AGAIN BY POWER OUTAGES.
• TWO RED FLASHPOINTS IN THE WESTERN CIS.
• KUCHMA REFORMS THE GOVERNMENT.

Volume 7 Issue 108

June 5, 2001

• MIXED SIGNALS ON IRAQ.
• KREMLIN'S PROBLEMS NOT OVER IN PRIMORYE.
• GUBERNATORIAL THIRD-TERM STORY STILL BEING TOLD.
• THE "CAUCASUS FOUR" MARK TIME.
• CIS ANTITERRORISM CENTER NOT OPERATIONAL.

Volume 7 Issue 107

June 4, 2001

• BEREZOVSKY PLEDGES MONEY TO OPPOSITION DEMOCRATS.
• BEREZOVSKY TELLS NTV THAT PUTIN WILL SOON BE OUT.
• PUTIN'S STAMP ON THE CIS SUMMIT.
• CUSTOMS UNION BURIED, EURASIAN COMMUNITY NOT QUITE BORN.
• LATVIAN BANKS COME OUT FROM THEIR SHELLS...
• ...BENEFITING HOUSEHOLDS AS WELL AS COMPANIES.

Volume 7 Issue 106

June 1, 2001

• MOSCOW PREPS FOR VISIT BY KEY INDIAN MINISTER.
• NATO'S BALTIC ENLARGEMENT GAINING POLITICAL SUPPORT.
• UKRAINE SETTLES ON A NEW GOVERNMENT.
• DESPITE POLITICAL INSTABILITY, UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATES...
• ...WHILE DISMISSED YUSHCHENKO GOVERNMENT HELD THE FORT OF MACROECONOMIC STABILITY.

Volume 7 Issue 105

May 31, 2001

• RUSSIAN-U.S. MANEUVERING OVER MISSILE DEFENSE HEATS UP.
• POWELL AND IVANOV CONFER IN HUNGARY.
• CHECHEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
• MORE MURDER VICTIMS DISCOVERED IN CHECHEN CAPITAL.
• HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CALL FOR NEGOTIATIONS TO END CHECHEN CONFLICT.
• COLLECTIVE SECURITY SUMMIT: AFTERMATH AND IMPLICATIONS.

Volume 7 Issue 104

May 30, 2001

• SURPRISE RESULT IN PRIMORSKY KRAI.
• NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
• DISMAL LIVING CONDITIONS TRIGGER MILITARY MUTINY.
• COLLECTIVE "ANTITERRORISM" TROOPS FOR CENTRAL ASIA.
• WESTERN AND CAUCASUS DIRECTIONS ALSO COVERED.

Volume 7 Issue 103

May 29, 2001

• RUSSIA CHANGES GEARS IN CONTRACTING OUT KURSK SALVAGE OPERATION.
• SIBNEFT REPORTEDLY THE TARGET OF NEW CRIMINAL CHARGES.
• VOLOSHIN, VAVILOV REPORTEDLY TARGETED IN NEW FRAUD PROBE.
• HIZB UT TAHRIR UPSTAGING UZBEK ISLAMIC MOVEMENT.

Volume 7 Issue 102

May 25, 2001

• SECRETIVE RUSSIAN-SYRIAN ARMS TALKS IN MOSCOW.
• DUMA PASSES LAW ON PARTIES IN A SECOND READING...
• ...YABLOKO-UNITY-OVR BACK IT, SPS OPPOSES IT, AS DOES KPRF (SORT OF).
• TERRORISM AND ANTITERRORISM IN THE CIS.
• KINAKH: THE NEXT UKRAINIAN PREMIER?

Volume 7 Issue 101

May 24, 2001

• RUSSIAN-U.S. SUMMIT LOOMS, TENSIONS LINGER.
• MOSCOW TABLES SURPRISE DRAFT RESOLUTION ON IRAQ.
• PUTIN SUPPORTS LIMITS ON FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
• WILL RUSSIAN ALUMINUM FINANCE STATE'S NEW SIBERIAN TV CHANNEL?
• TURKMENISTAN'S LEADING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT--FUDGE...
• ...PROSPECTS FOR REFORM UNCERTAIN.

Volume 7 Issue 100

May 23, 2001

• MOSCOW RELEASES ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR 2001.
• MIXED MESSAGES ON MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES...
• ...AND ON STRUCTURAL REFORM.
• KOMPROMAT CAMPAIGN SUGGESTS VYAKHIREV'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
• CIS ECONOMIES ENJOY FIRST YEAR OF STRONG GROWTH IN 2000...
• ...AS CIS TRADE REBOUNDS AS WELL.
• CIS DEFENSE MINISTERS' COUNCIL FAILS TO CLEAR MOSCOW'S REORGANIZATION PROPOSALS.

Volume 7 Issue 99

May 22, 2001

• EU-RUSSIAN SUMMIT IN MOSCOW.
• DUMA CHANGES ITS MIND.
• ELECTION ENTERS FINAL PHASE.
• REGRESS IN THE TRANSDNIESTER CONFLICT SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
• FOUR DOCUMENTS SHOW DEEPENING DEADLOCK.

Volume 7 Issue 98

May 21, 2001

• MOSCOW SIGNALS DISSATISFACTION WITH BRITISH INITIATIVE ON IRAQ...
• ...WASHINGTON TALKS FAIL TO RESOLVE RUSSIAN-U.S. DIFFERENCES.
• RUSSIA'S DEMOCRATIC CHOICE AND DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA DISBAND.
• MAY 21 MARKS SAKHAROV'S 80TH BIRTHDAY.
• BUMPY RUSSIAN ROUTE FOR KAZAKHSTANI OIL.
• TENGIZ RESERVES REAPPRAISED DRAMATICALLY UPWARD.

Volume 7 Issue 97

May 18, 2001

• BORODIN FLIES TO GENEVA FOR QUESTIONING BUT REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
• OBSERVERS MULL THE RECORD OF THE SEVEN PRESIDENTIAL ENVOYS.
• ESTONIA'S FISCAL POLICY: HOW RESPONSIBLE?
• IMF TO DELAY LOAN DISBURSEMENT TO GEORGIA.
• RUSSIA CLINGS TOOTH AND NAIL TO GUDAUTA BASE.
• ...WOULD TALK BIG MONEY OVER BATUMI AND AKHALKALAKI.

Volume 7 Issue 96

May 17, 2001

• RUSSIAN-U.S. TIES ON THE EVE OF WASHINGTON TALKS.
• MOSCOW'S AIMS STILL UNCLEAR.
• FSB CHIEF: WE COULD NAB BASAEV AND KHATTAB, BUT THE PRICE WOULD BE TOO HIGH.
• TROSHEV REINSTATED AS COMMANDER OF THE FORCES IN CHECHNYA.
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SAYS RUSSIAN FORCES KILLED THOSE FOUND IN MASS GRAVE.
• UKRAINE, TURKMENISTAN SIGN LANDMARK AGREEMENT ON GAS SUPPLIES.

Volume 7 Issue 95

May 16, 2001

• MERCURIAL VENEZUELAN LEADER IN RUSSIA FOR TALKS...
• ...FIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS SIGNED.
• KREMLIN PROPERTY DEPARTMENT WANTS TO BUY TWO JACUZZIS FOR US$5.5 MILLION...
• ...CONTINUING A TRADITION OF SUSPICIOUS OVERPAYMENTS.
• OTHER UD PROJECTS INCLUDE RENOVATING A PALACE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
• KYIV PONDERS SIGNIFICANCE OF CHERNOMYRDIN'S APPOINTMENT.

Volume 7 Issue 94

May 15, 2001

• NEW DISAGREEMENTS IN MOSCOW AND TOKYO OVER KURIL ISLANDS ROW.
• KREMLIN DENIES PLANS TO CLOSE DOWN RADIO LIBERTY'S MOSCOW BUREAU.
• TENSIONS INCREASE IN PRIMORSKY KRAI AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES.
• RUSSIAN BUDGET HOLDS UP WELL DESPITE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN.
• SPENDING GROWTH UNDER CONTROL, MORE MONEY TO SERVICE FOREIGN DEBTS.
• RUSSIA'S BUDGET REMAINS IN THE BLACK, FOREIGN DEBT FALLS.

Volume 7 Issue 93

May 14, 2001

• RUSSIAN MILITARY PAY ISSUES: MUTTERINGS IN THE RANKS.
• KREMLIN THREATENS TO CLOSE RADIO LIBERTY'S MOSCOW BUREAU.
• SAVIK SHUSTER'S REMOVAL COMES IN FOR CRITICISM.
• NATO ASPIRANTS' CONFERENCE--A MILESTONE TO THE PUBLIC DEBATE.
• TRANSDNIESTER SPETZNAZ TROOPS STOP MOLDOVA'S PRESIDENT.

Volume 7 Issue 92

May 11, 2001

• PROSECUTORS SEARCH RADIO EKHO MOSKVY'S OFFICES.
• GUSINSKY'S LAWYERS GIVEN ACCESS TO MATERIALS IN NEW CASE AGAINST HIM.
• PUTIN HINTS AT ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES IN CHECHNYA.
• LUKOIL HOPES TO SEIZE LITHUANIA'S OIL SECTOR.
• LUKASHENKA KICKS OFF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WITH A BIG BANG.
• NATO-UKRAINE RELATIONS: AN INTERIM BALANCE SHEET.

Volume 7 Issue 91

May 10, 2001

• CHANGES CONTINUE ATOP RUSSIA'S MILITARY HIERARCHY.
• GROUND FORCES COMMAND STRENGTHENED.
• CHECHNYA SWEARS IN NEW POLICEMEN AS GANTAMIROV FUELS CONTROVERSY.
• FSB CLAIMS SUCCESS IN ARGUN OPERATION.
• ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SETS UNFULFILLABLE TERMS TO PEACE SETTLEMENT.
• GUUAM SUMMIT BACK ON TRACK, INSTITUTIONALIZATION UNCERTAIN.

Volume 7 Issue 90

May 9, 2001

• RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WINDS UP VISIT TO LIBYA.
• RUSSIAN POWER MINISTERS DISCUSS CHECHNYA IN ESSENTUKI.
• FEDERAL FORCES BATTLE CHECHEN REBELS IN ARGUN.
• A RED BOOMLET IN THE CIS.
• REFERENDUM IDEA SPLITS UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION.

Volume 7 Issue 89

May 8, 2001

• RUSSIA AND INDIA DISCUSS MISSILE DEFENSE AND U.S. TIES.
• SHAKING THE DICE IN ASIA.
• ABRAMOVICH "STRUCTURES" REPORTEDLY BUY A QUARTER OF AEROFLOT.
• PRESS REACTS TO PRO-PUTIN YOUTH DEMONSTRATION.
• WILL MOLDOVA'S NEW GOVERNMENT KEEP RELATIONS WITH THE IMF ON TRACK?
• WILL A NEW GAS FIELD REVIVE UZBEKISTAN'S ENERGY SECTOR?

Volume 7 Issue 88

May 7, 2001

• ARE MORE CABINET CHANGES IN THE OFFING?
• GAZPROM FORMALLY WINS CONTROLLING STAKE IN NTV.
• FOREIGN MINISTRY ATTACKS U.S. FOR NOT ARRESTING GUSINSKY.
• CREDITORS GIVE RUSSIA ANOTHER BREAK ON FOREIGN DEBT.
• IN RUSSIA, THE PRIVATE CREDITORS ARE TAKING A BATH.
• INSECURE UZBEKISTAN SEEKS RUSSIAN PROTECTION.
• COSTLY PROTECTION.
• HIGH TIME TO REASSESS KYRGYZSTAN'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION.

Volume 7 Issue 87

May 4, 2001

• U.S. STUDENT SENTENCED TO THREE-YEAR JAIL TERM.
• SWISS PROSECUTORS SUMMON BORODIN FOR QUESTIONING.
• RUSSIAN TROOPS WREAK HAVOC IN GROZNY MARKET.
• CRACKS IN THE RULING ESTABLISHMENT OF BELARUS.

Volume 7 Issue 86

May 3, 2001

• U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS ELICIT MIXED SIGNALS FROM MOSCOW.
• WATCHDOG GROUPS DENOUNCE PUTIN ON PRESS FREEDOM DAY.
• "COMPLEMENTARITY" NOT HONORED IN PRACTICE.

Volume 7 Issue 85

May 2, 2001

• RUSSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS GET A BOOST.
• LUZHKOV AND GORBACHEV MARCH TOGETHER ON MAY DAY.
• BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORIES IN CHECHEN FIGHTING.
• BLESS THE RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS, DAMN THE UNIPOLAR WORLD ORDER.
• STRONG EXPORT GROWTH HELPS GEORGIA AVOID ECONOMIC DISASTER IN 2000.

Volume 7 Issue 84

May 1, 2001

• JAPAN MAY PUSH HARDER FOR RETURN OF FOUR DISPUTED ISLANDS.
• GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION GETS UNDERWAY IN NIZHEGOROD...
• ...THE CHALLENGERS WEIGH IN.
• CIS MILITARY COMPONENT--A RUSSIAN PRIORITY.
• ESTONIA REMAINS FAR FROM NORDIC STANDARDS OF LIVING.

Volume 7 Issue 83

April 30, 2001

• KREMLIN DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL REFORM?
• ...IS OPPOSITION TO IT COALESCING?
• CAN YAVLINSKY BE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR UNITED LIBERALS?
• INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS U.S. INTERPOL BRANCH SHOULD HELP DETAIN GUSINSKY.
• THE GHOSTS OF SOVIET PAST COME ALIVE IN CHISINAU.
• LENINIST RHETORIC--WINDOW DRESSING FOR PUTINISM?

Volume 7 Issue 82

April 27, 2001

• DOES NEW BILL BOTH VIOLATE PRESS FREEDOM AND PUT OFF FOREIGN INVESTORS?
• PROSECUTORS SEARCH APARTMENT OF NOVAYA GAZETA DEPUTY GENERAL DIRECTOR.
• BOMB IN GUDERMES POLICE STATION KILLS FIVE.
• NINE COUNTRIES' INTELLIGENCE SERVICES HOLD "ANTITERRORISM" EXERCISE.
• CIS ANTITERRORISM CENTER: WEAK BARK, NO BITE.
• RADA DITCHES YUSHCHENKO.

Volume 7 Issue 81

April 26, 2001

• RUSSIAN ARMS SALES: THE PUSH IS ON.
• ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA'S REGIONS.
• MOLDOVA'S NEW GOVERNMENT: REDDER AND MORE EASTERN.
• UZBEKISTAN'S ECONOMY IN 2000: STEADY AS SHE GOES?...
• ...OR CENTRAL ASIA'S LAGGARD?

Volume 7 Issue 80

April 25, 2001

• RUSSIA: AN HONEST BROKER IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
• PRO-CHECHEN GUNMEN SEIZE AND RELEASE HOSTAGES IN ISTANBUL.
• RUSSIAN MILITARY AND CHECHEN REBELS ACCUSE ONE ANOTHER OF TARGETING CIVILIANS.
• LANDMARK PRIVATIZATION PROJECT FAILS IN ARMENIA...
• ...PLAGUED BY POLITICAL OVERTONES.

Volume 7 Issue 79

April 24, 2001

• RUSSIAN-NORTH KOREAN SUMMIT IS POSTPONED.
• FATHERLAND AND UNITY MOVE AHEAD WITH MERGER.
• PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE CHARGES GUSINSKY WITH MONEY LAUNDERING.
• PRIMAKOV'S GAME IN MOLDOVA.

Volume 7 Issue 78

April 23, 2001

• SCIENTIST CHARGED WITH PASSING INFORMATION TO CHINA...
• ...SPECIFICS OF ALLEGATIONS UNCERTAIN.
• NEW LICENSING LAW HITS STRONG BUREAUCRATIC RESISTANCE.
• GOVERNMENT REPORTEDLY POISED TO REVIVE "AUTHORIZED BANKS".
• BALTOSKEPTICISM GRADUALLY RECEDING IN NATO.
• RESIDUAL POLITICAL OBJECTIONS CHALLENGED.

Volume 7 Issue 77

April 20, 2001

• OBSERVERS REACT TO UNITY/FATHERLAND-ALL RUSSIA MERGER PLANS...
• ...AS DUMA'S FOUR PRO-KREMLIN FACTIONS MOVE TOWARD COALITION.
• MOLDOVA: CONSENTING VICTIM TO RUSSIAN MILITARY OCCUPATION?
• BLACKMAIL TACTICS IN TRANSDNIESTER.
• DRIFTING INTO MOSCOW'S ORBIT.
• YUSHCHENKO FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL.

Volume 7 Issue 76

April 19, 2001

• MINATOM WINS A VICTORY IN THE STATE DUMA.
• SPAIN REFUSES TO EXTRADITE GUSINSKY.
• TV-6 MAY WIND UP IN THE HANDS OF LUKOIL.

Volume 7 Issue 75

April 18, 2001

• RUSSIAN DEFENSE SHUFFLE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
• MORE CHANGES LIKELY TO FOLLOW.
• SEGODNYA CLOSED DOWN WHILE ITOGI'S STAFF IS REPLACED.
• YABLOKO DECLARES SOLIDARITY WITH MEDIA-MOST'S EMBATTLED JOURNALISTS.
• WILL MOLDOVA'S COMMUNISTS JOIN THE RUSSIA-BELARUS UNION?

Volume 7 Issue 74

April 17, 2001

• SENIOR IRAQI OFFICIAL EXPECTED IN MOSCOW THIS WEEK...
• ...TALKS EXPECTED TO EASE ANY BAGHDAD-MOSCOW TENSIONS.
• GUBERNATORIAL RACE WIDENS IN PRIMORSKY KRAI.
• ...NATIONAL MEDIA TAKES INTEREST IN PRIMORYE CONTEST.
• AS NTV IS TAKEN OVER, PUTIN TRAVELS TO CHECHNYA.
• RUSSIAN IMPORT RESTRICTIONS PAVE WAY FOR TAKEOVERS OF UKRAINIAN STEEL PLANTS.

Volume 7 Issue 73

April 16, 2001

• RUSSIAN-GERMAN SUMMIT PRODUCES FEW RESULTS.
• GAZPROM-APPOINTED MANAGERS TAKE OVER NTV.
• POLITICIANS REACT TO NTV TAKEOVER.
• PROGRESS IN GEORGIA'S MILITARY RELATIONS WITH NATO COUNTRIES.
• MOLDOVA'S COMMUNISTS TAKING CHARGE.

Volume 7 Issue 72

April 12, 2001

• MOSCOW DENIES ALLEGATIONS THAT KURSK WAS CARRYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
• ONE WITNESS IN BUDANOV TRIAL REPORTEDLY INTIMIDATED.
• ANOTHER MASS GRAVE DISCOVERED IN CHECHNYA.
• TO THE FINLAND STATION: A ROAD TO NOWHERE.

Volume 7 Issue 71

April 11, 2001

• MOSCOW LOOKS AT U.S.-CHINESE SPY PLANE ROW.
• BIG BUSINESS VERSUS LOCAL INTERESTS.
• SOUTHERN SHIELD EXERCISE HELD IN MOSCOW THIS YEAR.
• AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE EMBRACES EX-USSR'S OUTER PERIMETER.
• NEW REFERENDUM FOR UKRAINE?

Volume 7 Issue 70

April 10, 2001

• PAVEL BORODIN, NOW IN JAIL IN GENEVA, SEEKS BAIL.
• PUTIN URGES NTV JOURNALISTS TO TAKE THEIR COMPLAINTS TO COURT.
• JOURNALISTS CONTINUE TO RESIST TAKEOVER.
• MOLDOVA'S "RED" LEGISLATURE.
• IS KAZAKHSTAN MANAGING TO AVOID "DUTCH DISEASE"?
• KAZAKH STOCK MARKET DISAPPOINTS, BUT WILL BOND ISSUES CONTINUE TO BOOM?

Volume 7 Issue 69

April 9, 2001

• WILL RESHUFFLE IN MOSCOW AFFECT TIES WITH TEHRAN, WASHINGTON?
• KOKH HINTS THAT GAZPROM-MEDIA WILL USE FORCE AGAINST NTV.
• THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF NTV.
• TURNER CONTRIBUTES HIS TEN BITS TO THE CONTROVERSY.
• ARMENIA: PRECIOUS METALS AND BRANDY VS CORRUPTION, TAXES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
• IMF LEAVES TASHKENT, WARNS OF UZBEKISTAN'S INCREASING ISOLATION.

Volume 7 Issue 68

April 6, 2001

• RUSSIAN ARMS DEALING PRACTICES CALLED INTO QUESTION.
• DIFFICULTIES IN RUSSIAN-INDIAN NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE.
• NTV JOURNALISTS, GAZPROM-MEDIA FORM NEGOTIATING COMMISSION.
• NTV REGULAR BROADCASTING RESUMES, BUT SITUATION STILL TENSE.
• BABITSKY SAYS EUROPE SHOULD GRANT CHECHENS POLITICAL ASYLUM.
• BELARUS-RUSSIA UNION AT FIVE...
• ...POINTS OF CONTENTION BETWEEN MINSK AND MOSCOW.

Volume 7 Issue 67

April 5, 2001

• PUTIN EMPHASIZES EUROPEAN OVER U.S. TIES.
• TURNER SAYS HE'S REACHED A DEAL WITH GUSINSKY.
• COMMUNIST PRESIDENT VORONIN TAKES OVER.

Volume 7 Issue 66

April 4, 2001

• MOSCOW FLOATS IRAQ INITIATIVE.
• GAZPROM TAKES OVER NTV.
• TESTING RUSSIAN INTENTIONS IN THE BALTICS.

Volume 7 Issue 65

April 3, 2001

• RUSSIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL REORGANIZATION LOOMS.
• RIGHTS GROUPS CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL PROBE OF CHECHNYA ABUSES.
• ADAMKUS IN MOSCOW.
• KUCHMA CHOOSES APPEASEMENT?

Volume 7 Issue 64

April 2, 2001

• MORE SPY PROBLEMS FOR RUSSIA, BULGARIA AND BRITAIN RESPOND.
• NTV'S BATTLE WITH GAZPROM AND THE KREMLIN REACHES A DECISIVE PHASE.
• BABAIAN AND ACCOMPLICES SENTENCED.
• MOSCOW UNVEILS AND PUSHES "COLLECTIVE SECURITY FORCES" PLAN.

Volume 7 Issue 63

March 30, 2001

• NEW RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SPRINGS INTO ACTION.
• IS GUSINSKY SET TO GAIN HIS FREEDOM BUT LOSE HIS TV COMPANY?
• MOSCOW OFFICIALS SCOWL ON THE EVE OF ADAMKUS VISIT.
• BIG-TIME BUSINESS IN THE TAJIK DRUG BUSINESS.

Volume 7 Issue 62

March 29, 2001

• RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF NAMED TO HEAD DEFENSE MINISTRY.
• PUTIN RESHUFFLES POWER MINISTERS.
• RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS WEIGH IN ON ATOMIC ENERGY MINISTRY.
• TENGIZ-NOVOROSSIISK PIPELINE INAUGURATED.

Volume 7 Issue 61

March 28, 2001

• PREDICTIONS OF RECESSION VS POSITIVE INDICATORS.
• RUSSIAN-JAPANESE SUMMIT MEETING: MARCHING IN PLACE?
• ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF PUTIN'S ELECTION, POLLS SHOW A SOMEWHAT TARNISHED IMAGE.
• TAX CHIEF MOVES INTO POLITICS.

Volume 7 Issue 60

March 27, 2001

• RUSSIA'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BOGS DOWN.
• TATARSTAN'S PRESIDENT WINS LANDSLIDE THIRD TERM.
• WHERE IS MOLDOVA'S DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION?
• MOSCOW SEEKING TO RETAIN BASES IN GEORGIA PAST THE WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE.

Volume 7 Issue 59

March 26, 2001

• PUTIN CONFERS WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS AT EU SUMMIT.
• NEWSPAPER, WEBSITE DETAIL CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS AGAINST VOLOSHIN.
• TERRORIST BOMBINGS KILL TWENTY-THREE IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
• NEWSPAPERS LAY INTO SECURITY AGENCIES FOR FAILING TO PREVENT BOMBINGS.
• KYRGYZSTAN: ANATOMY OF A POPULAR FRONT.

Volume 7 Issue 58

March 23, 2001

• SPY ROW PUTS NEW PRESSURE ON RUSSIAN-U.S. TIES.
• NUMBER OF RUSSIANS SUPPORTING CENSORSHIP GROWS.
• PAVEL BORODIN'S EXTRADITION LOOKS INCREASINGLY LIKELY.
• FOREIGN INVESTORS HAVE NOT ABANDONED UZBEKISTAN'S AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR, YET.
• KAZAKH BANKING SECTOR ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT IN A STRONG ECONOMY.

Volume 7 Issue 57

March 22, 2001

• RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS MULL ALTERNATIVE MILITARY SERVICE LEGISLATION.
• WILL CHUBAIS SURVIVE YET ANOTHER ROUND OF RUMORS ABOUT HIS WANING POWERS?
• POLICE ARREST SUSPECTS IN DJOHAR MURDERS.
• PRUNSKIENE TAKES A DEEP FALL.

Volume 7 Issue 56

March 21, 2001

• ETHNIC RUSSIANS REPORTEDLY MURDERED IN CHECHNYA'S CAPITAL.
• RUSSIAN OFFICIALS DECRY BIASED REPORTING ON CHECHNYA.
• MOLDOVA'S PRESIDENT BOWS OUT.
• A SURPRISE BUMPER YEAR FOR BELARUSAN AGRICULTURE.

Volume 7 Issue 55

March 20, 2001

• KHATAMI VISIT SIGNALS WARMER RUSSIAN-IRANIAN TIES.
• BUT KHATAMI VISIT RAISES FLAGS IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD.
• FEDERATION COUNCIL: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM.
• WESTERN AND UKRAINIAN ROLE GROWING IN GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ NEGOTIATIONS.

Volume 7 Issue 54

March 18, 2001

• RUSSIAN MEDIA REACTS TO HIJACKING DRAMA.
• RUSSIAN PROSECUTORS MAY BE POISED TO WIN GUSINSKY'S EXTRADITION.
• UKRAINIAN FOREIGN POLICY REGAINING ITS BEARINGS.
• CHICKEN GAME?

Volume 7 Issue 52

March 15, 2001

• JAPANESE-RUSSIAN SUMMIT IN DOUBT.
• UNITY DEPUTY BASHIR KODZOEV SHOT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN MOSCOW.
• BEREZOVSKY REPORTEDLY ACQUIRES CONTROLLING SHARES IN TV-6 AND KOMMERSANT.
• AZERBAIJAN, TURKEY SEAL AGREEMENTS ON SHAH-DENIZ GAS.

Volume 7 Issue 51

March 14, 2001

• IS MOSCOW SHIFTING EMPHASIS IN OPPOSITION TO U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS?
• FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTRIES SPEAK IN ONE VOICE.
• POOR SHOWING IN DUMA, NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE FAILS.
• WILL BEREZOVSKY SOON BE BACK IN RUSSIA, SCOT-FREE?
• VIOLENCE IN KYIV.

Volume 7 Issue 50

March 13, 2001

• UNITY SET TO DECIDE ITS POSITION ON NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE.
• AZERBAIJAN HANDS OVER TWO CHECHEN REBEL FIELD COMMANDERS.
• NATO BREAKING NEW GROUND IN ARMENIA.
• SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE IN MOLDOVA.

Volume 7 Issue 49

March 12, 2001

• TEHRAN COMPLAINS ABOUT NUCLEAR PROJECT, IRANIAN PRESIDENT IN MOSCOW.
• GOVERNORS WATCH FROM SIDELINES AS DUMA BATTLE HEATS UP.
• WHY WOULD RUSSIA BEEF UP TROOPS IN TAJIKISTAN?
• KULOV CONVICTION UPHELD.

Volume 7 Issue 48

March 9, 2001

• OBSERVERS AGAIN AWAIT CHANGES ATOP RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY.
• SEVERAL LEADING CANDIDATES FOR A VACATED DEFENSE MINISTRY POST.
• TALKS BETWEEN GUSINSKY AND TURNER-LED INVESTMENT CONSORTIUM "PROGRESSING."
• BROOKLYN COURT WILL HEAR BORODIN BAIL REQUEST TODAY.
• MOSCOW'S STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY IN MOLDOVA.

Volume 7 Issue 47

March 8, 2001

• MOSCOW LOOKS TO BOOST TIES WITH NIGERIA.
• STATE DUMA WILL CONSIDER NO-CONFIDENCE MEASURE ON MARCH 14.
• IMPASSE IN PARIS.

Volume 7 Issue 46

March 7, 2001

• KREMLIN INTENSIFYING PUSH TO PROMOTE RUSSIAN ARMS SALES?
• DETAILS OF ARMS-FOR-DEBT DEAL REMAIN SKETCHY.
• FSB FREES HOSTAGE IN CHECHNYA WHILE BUDANOV TRIAL IS POSTPONED.
• MEMORIAL SAYS MASS GRAVE HOLDS VICTIMS OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS.
• PUTIN CALLS CHECHEN CAMPAIGN A FIGHT AGAINST "EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM."
• RUSSIAN AND COMMUNIST INTENTIONS IN MOLDOVA.

Volume 7 Issue 45

March 6, 2001

• BATTLE FOR STRATEGIC RUSSIAN REGION GETS UNDERWAY.
• KUCHMA DISPERSES PROTEST.
• KAZAKHSTAN: NATIONAL BANK PREDICTS SOLID GROWTH IN 2001...
• ...WITHOUT IMF OR WORLD BANK LENDING.
• AZERBAIJAN'S PUBLIC FINANCES UNDER CONTROL.

Volume 7 Issue 44

March 5, 2001

• VISIT TO VIETNAM PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR PUTIN.
• RUSSIAN PROSECUTORS ISSUE INTERNATIONAL ARREST ORDER FOR BORODIN'S MAIN ACCUSER.
• MINSK TRIES AGAIN TO GET IMF TO COUGH UP MONEY.
• MOLDOVA'S COMMUNISTS TRIUMPH IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.

Volume 7 Issue 43

March 2, 2001

• QUESTIONS RAISED BY RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN SUMMIT.
• MURDER TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY FOR RUSSIAN TANK COMMANDER.
• MASKHADOV CLAIMS TO CONTROL REBEL ACTIONS, AGAIN CALLS FOR NEGOTIATIONS.
• OLIGARCHS VS YUSHCHENKO.
• ESTONIA HIT BY HIGH-TECH SLOWDOWN.
• ESTONIAN UNEMPLOYMENT IS RISING, BUT DON'T BLAME ELCOTEQ.
• INDUSTRY AND EXPORTS WILL SURVIVE.

Volume 7 Issue 42

March 1, 2001

• PUTIN APPEARS TO WIN ONE IN SEOUL.
• LESIN'S DEMARCHE UNDERSCORES STATE'S RENEWED PROPAGANDA EFFORTS.
• YASTRZHEMBSKY MAY BECOME KREMLIN'S NEW INFORMATION TSAR.

Volume 7 Issue 41

February 28, 2001

• HINTS AT NEW RUSSIAN-U.S. SPY SCANDAL RAISES FRESH HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS.
• NEWSPAPER PREDICTS KASYANOV WILL BE REPLACED BY A FAMILIAR FACE...
• ...WHILE ANOTHER PREDICTS HE WILL BE REPLACED BY A TYCOON.

Volume 7 Issue 40

February 27, 2001

• MOSCOW TO TIGHTEN ARMS EXPORT CONTROLS, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN.
• PUTIN INTRODUCES LAW BARRING GOVERNORS WHO HAVE LEFT OFFICE FROM RUNNING AGAIN.
• A NEW GROUP SET UP IN THE FEDERATION COUNCIL.
• REGIONAL DATA DEPICT BROAD RUSSIAN ECONOMIC EXPANSION.
• SOUTHERN DISTRICT REMAINS RUSSIA'S POOREST, AND ITS FASTEST GROWING.
• THE FAR EAST: RUSSIA'S UNFOLDING ECONOMIC DISASTER?

Volume 7 Issue 39

February 26, 2001

• NAZDRATENKO NAMED HEAD OF STATE FISHERIES COMMITTEE.
• CHECHEN REBELS CARRY OUT ATTACKS ON DEPORTATION ANNIVERSARY.
• REPORTER RETURNS TO MOSCOW AFTER DETENTION IN CHECHNYA.
• PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN MOLDOVA.

Volume 7 Issue 38

February 23, 2001

• NATO GETS SHORT END OF THE STICK IN MOSCOW.
• ILLARIONOV WARNS ON THE ECONOMY AS DUMA PASSES AMENDMENTS TO 2001 BUDGET.
• MILITARY RELEASES REPORTER DETAINED IN CHECHNYA.
• MILITARY OFFICIALS IN CHECHNYA DISCUSS HANDING REINS TO CIVILIANS.

Volume 7 Issue 37

February 22, 2001

• MOSCOW UNVEILS MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN FOR EUROPE.
• MORE OF MEDIA-MOST'S CREDITORS ARE CALLING IN THEIR DEBTS.
• SECURITY FORCES DETAIN JOURNALIST CRITICAL OF CHECHEN WAR.
• AUTHORITIES TIGHTEN SECURITY IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 23 ANNIVERSARY.
• THREE NONARGUMENTS AGAINST NATO'S BALTIC ENLARGEMENT. NATO'

Volume 7 Issue 36

February 21, 2001

• RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS FLAIL AT NUCLEAR WASTE IMPORT BILL.
• CHECHEN REBELS AMBUSH INTERIOR MINISTRY COLUMN.
• KHRISTENKO OUTLINES SPENDING PLANS FOR CHECHEN RECONSTRUCTION.
• IMF RELEASES FUNDS FOR MOLDOVA.
• TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CURRENCY STILL VULNERABLE.
• MOSCOW AND DUSHANBE LOOK FOR TERRORISTS IN THE WRONG PLACE.

Volume 7 Issue 35

February 20, 2001

• MOSCOW DENOUNCES U.S.-BRITISH AIR RAIDS ON IRAQ.
• KREMLIN-REGIONAL DRAW.
• MOSCOW'S CASPIAN CLAIM BUILT ON SHIFTING SANDS.
• JAVAKHETI NEED NOT BE TURNED INTO ANOTHER "HOT SPOT".

Volume 7 Issue 34

February 19, 2001

• INDIA, RUSSIA SIGN ANOTHER MAJOR DEFENSE DEAL.
• GUSINSKY SAYS HE'LL SELL NTV, BUT ONLY TO INDEPENDENT INVESTORS.
• GUUAM'S GROWTH PAINS.

Volume 7 Issue 33

February 16, 2001

• MISSILE DEFENSE ISSUES GENERATE ANGRY RUSSIAN-U.S. EXCHANGES.
• BEREZOVSKY, GAZPROM AND TED TURNER MANEUVER FOR STAKES IN GUSINSKY'S HOLDING.
• PUTIN IN UKRAINE.

Volume 7 Issue 32

February 15, 2001

• RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE LEADERS TO MEET, TOKYO PROTESTS RUSSIAN AIR INTRUSION.
• ARBITRATION COURT POSTPONES HEARING DISPUTE OVER NTV STAKE.
• AUDIT UNDERSCORES THE AUTHORITIES' DOUBLE STANDARD VIS-A-VIS MEDIA.
• AFTERMATH AND IMPLICATIONS OF PUTIN'S VISIT TO UKRAINE.
• TYMOSHENKO ARRESTED.

Volume 7 Issue 31

February 14, 2001

• DRUNK-DRIVING INCIDENT REMAINS IRRITANT IN RUSSIAN-CANADIAN TIES.
• GOVERNORS UNDER THREAT.
• REVOLT IN SARATOV OBLAST.
• BELARUS PEGS ITS RUBLE TO RUSSIAN.
• ARMENIAN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE FAVORABLE.
• NEEDED INTERNATIONAL LENDING FOR ARMENIA LIKELY TO RESUME.

Volume 7 Issue 30

February 13, 2001

• MOSCOW STILL WOOING THE "ROGUE STATES."
• RFE/RL ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR CHECHEN-LANGUAGE BROADCASTS.
• INCIPIENT THAW IN RUSSIA-LATVIA RELATIONS.
• GEORGIA MILITARY UPDATE.

Volume 7 Issue 29

February 12, 2001

• PUTIN APPEARS TO GAIN LITTLE GROUND IN VISIT TO AUSTRIA.
• IS UKRAINE LIKELY TO MISS ANOTHER TRANCHE OF IMF FINANCING?
• IS KUCHMA STRONG ENOUGH?
• SECURITY CHIEF FIRED.

Volume 7 Issue 28

February 9, 2001

• PUTIN SAID TO BE BEHIND NEW EFFORT TO DESTROY CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
• ACCUSED CHECHEN WAR CRIMINAL BECOMES RUSSIAN MEDIA HERO.
• FREED AID WORKER GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW.
• OSCE'S NEW CHAIRMANSHIP TO SUPPORT ENDANGERED COUNTRIES.
• INFLATION RATES RISE IN BALTICS, BUT REMAIN MODEST.
• ANTIDRUG CAMPAIGN IN TAJIKISTAN: MUCH TALK, VERY MUCH CORRUPTION, LITTLE ACTION.

Volume 7 Issue 27

February 8, 2001

• TREASON TRIAL OF RUSSIAN DEFENSE ANALYST SET TO RESUME.
• BEREZOVSKY PROMISES MORE THAN US$300 MILLION TO HELP LONG-TIME RIVAL.
• IS BEREZOVSKY'S LATEST DEMARCHE AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE OVER NTV?
• GAZPROM ASKS MEDIA-MOST SHAREHOLDERS TO JOIN FORCES AGAINST GUSINSKY.
• TURKMENISTAN HITS THE GAS IN 2000.

Volume 7 Issue 26

February 7, 2001

• RUSSIA STILL DEADLOCKED ON DEFENSE REFORM?
• IS KONSTANTIN TOLSTOSHEIN JUST KEEPING NAZDRATENKO'S SEAT WARM?
• UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS CLARIFY MILITARY RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND NATO.

Volume 7 Issue 25

February 6, 2001

• NEWS OF DEFECTOR EMBARRASSES MOSCOW.
• FSB CLAIMS KENNETH GLUCK WAS FREED IN A "SPECIAL OPERATION."
• REPORT CLAIMS YELTSIN OFFICIALS AND RUSSIAN MAFIOSI HELD 317 MEETINGS IN THE US.
• BALTIC PROGRESS ON THE ROAD TO NATO.

Volume 7 Issue 24

February 5, 2001

• HEADS START ROLLING IN PRIMORSKY KRAI ENERGY CRISIS.
• RUSSIA SAYS IT WILL PAY ITS DEBT.
• PAYING ITS DEBTS: AN ECONOMIC PLUS, BUT A POLITICAL MINUS?
• DEZINFORMATSIYA IN MUNICH.

Volume 7 Issue 23

February 2, 2001

• NO SMOOTH START TO RUSSIAN-U.S. RELATIONS.
• KHAPSIROKOV'S APPOINTMENT: ANOTHER SIGN OF PUTIN'S LINGERING "FAMILY" TIES?
• PATRUSHEV SAYS 1,500 HARDCORE CHECHEN GUERRILLAS REMAIN.
• INTERNATIONAL HELSINKI FEDERATION CRITICIZES KREMLIN POLICIES ON CIS COUNTRIES.

Volume 7 Issue 22

February 1, 2001

• GERMAN DEFENSE CHIEF HOLDS TALKS IN MOSCOW.
• IS PUTIN PREPARING TO AX HIS CABINET AND CHIEF OF STAFF?
• KALINKIN'S TIME WITH CHECHEN REBELS: AN FSB-ORGANIZED PROPAGANDA TALE?
• GEORGIA-TURKEY ENTENTE.

Volume 7 Issue 21

January 31, 2001

• RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS HUSTLED HOME AFTER OTTAWA CAR ACCIDENTS.
• ISRAELI PRESIDENT MAKES OFFICIAL VISIT TO MOSCOW.
• SHAIMIEV GETS HIS WAY.
• DRUG TRADE ENGULFS TAJIKISTAN, SPILLS INTO RUSSIA.

Volume 7 Issue 20

January 30, 2001

• KREMLIN PLANS TO EXTEND PUTIN'S TERM AND ADD A VICE PRESIDENT.
• PUTIN MEETS WITH NTV JOURNALISTS.
• NEW POLITICS, OLD POLITICS, MURKY POLITICS.
• LUKASHENKA'S RAGE.

Volume 7 Issue 19

January 29, 2001

• PUTIN: RUSSIA SEEKS A PLACE IN FAST CHANGING WORLD.
• EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS RESTORE RUSSIA'S VOTING RIGHTS.
• SUSPECT DETAINED IN GLUCK KIDNAPPING.
• COALITION GOVERNMENT FOR UKRAINE?
• POPE JOHN PAUL II TO PAY HISTORIC VISIT TO UKRAINE.

Volume 7 Issue 18

January 26, 2001

• RUSSIAN MILITARY REFORM MOVING FORWARD?
• WILL THE PARIS CLUB "ACCELERATE" RUSSIA'S DEBT?
• IS RUSSIA FACING AN INDEFINITE STAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL WILDERNESS?
• GROWTH IN RUSSIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY SLOWS IN 2000.
• SIBERIAN ALUMINUM GROUP ACQUIRES STAKE IN GAZ AUTO PRODUCER.

Volume 7 Issue 17

January 25, 2001

• RUSSIA TO BUILD SECOND NUCLEAR REACTOR IN IRAN.
• THE HEAD OF STATE MEETS THE OLIGARCHS...
• ...WHILE ONE LEADING OLIGARCH IS UNINVITED FROM DAVOS.
• INVESTIGATORS AGAIN RAID MEDIA-MOST.
• LDPR, UNITY AND PEOPLE'S DEPUTY OFFER AMENDMENTS TO PRESS LAW.
• GAZPROM, LUKOIL TESTING LITHUANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT.

Volume 7 Issue 16

January 24, 2001

• SHAIMIEV SETS A DEADLINE FOR RUSSIAN DUMA.
• KASHAGAN OILFIELD KEY TO EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF CASPIAN OIL.
• MOSCOW CENSURES GUUAM.
• RUSSIAN-POLICED TAJIKISTAN IS EURASIA'S MAIN DRUG ROUTE.

Volume 7 Issue 15

January 23, 2001

• NAVAL MISSION REFLECTS RUSSIAN AMBITIONS FOR FLEET.
• PACE WILL TAKE UP CHECHNYA ON JANUARY 25.
• PUTIN SIGNS DECREE EMPOWERING KADYROV.
• INTERIOR MINISTRY SUGGESTS KHATTAB IS HOLDING AMERICAN AID WORKER.
• KUCHMA FIRES TYMOSHENKO.
• MOSCOW WANTS CLOSER MILITARY TIES WITH UKRAINE.

Volume 7 Issue 14

January 22, 2001

• RUSSIAN-JAPANESE TALKS REPORTEDLY ENDED IN ACRIMONY.
• RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HOLD EMERGENCY CONGRESS IN MOSCOW.
• POLITICAL ELITE CONTINUES TO MULL THE BORODIN ARREST.
• RUSSIA AND THE PARIS CLUB: TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT.
• WAS MOSCOW EXPECTING ANOTHER FREE RIDE IN 2001?

Volume 7 Issue 13

January 19, 2001

• KREMLIN STEPPING BACK FROM DEFENSE REFORM PLANS?
• BORODIN IN A BROOKLYN JAIL.
• AUSHEV AND DZASOKHOV DISCUSS OSSETIAN-INGUSHETIAN CONFLICT.
• BALTIC BARRICADES: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT.
• ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATES IN AZERBAIJAN.

Volume 7 Issue 12

January 18, 2001

• PAVEL BORODIN ARRESTED AT NEW YORK'S KENNEDY AIRPORT.
• RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OFFICIALLY PROTESTS BORODIN'S ARREST.
• RUSSIA AND FRANCE LOOK TO BOOST BILATERAL TIES.
• LUKASHENKA, PUTIN LOOK AT THE STATE OF THEIR UNION.

Volume 7 Issue 11

January 17, 2001

• MOSCOW AND TOKYO CONTINUE TO WRANGLE OVER ISLANDS ISSUE.
• MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS?
• TYMOSHENKO FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES.
• ARMENIA UNPERTURBED BY PUTIN'S WOOING OF AZERBAIJAN.

Volume 7 Issue 10

January 16, 2001

• MOSCOW JUMPS INTO FRAY OVER DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS.
• GLUCK KIDNAPPING TAKEN UP BY PUTIN, KADYROV, AUSHEV AND LORD JUDD.
• UNEASY AFTERMATH OF PUTIN'S AZERBAIJAN VISIT.
• ROMANIA REOPENS INTERSTATE TREATY WITH MOLDOVA FOR RENEGOTIATION.

Volume 7 Issue 9

January 12, 2001

• PUTIN ADDRESSES A CONFERENCE OF RUSSIAN PROSECUTORS.
• ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN RETURNS TO TAJIK SANCTUARY.
• KAZAKHSTAN ENDS THE YEAR IN HIGH-GROWTH MODE.
• STRONG GROWTH HELPS KAZAKH FINANCES.

Volume 7 Issue 7

January 10, 2001

• PUTIN REPLACES THE HEAD OF THE ST. PETERSBURG FSB.
• HAS NAZDRATENKO MET HIS MATCH?
• KYIV REDOUBLES EFFORTS TOWARD ECCLESIASTICAL INDEPENDENCE FROM MOSCOW.

Volume 7 Issue 6

January 9, 2001

• RUSSIAN DUMA UPS DEFENSE BUDGET.
• ARCTIC TEMPERATURE WREAKS HAVOC IN SIBERIA.
• TED TURNER HINTS HE MAY INVEST IN GUSINSKY'S NTV.
• CENTRAL ASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY UNOFFICIALLY LAID TO REST.
• TAJIKISTAN FINGERED AS SOURCE OF TROUBLE.

Volume 7 Issue 5

January 8, 2001

• HOLIDAY MEETING FOR GERMAN AND RUSSIAN LEADERS.
• CHECHEN REBELS CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT BOMBINGS AND AMBUSHES.
• MOSCOW'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO ESTONIA IN A FIGHTING MOOD.

Volume 7 Issue 4

January 5, 2001

• MAJOR INDIAN-RUSSIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT DEAL.
• THE KREMLIN'S NEW WEAPON.
• MOSCOW HOLDS OUT MILITARY STICKS AND CARROTS TO AZERBAIJAN.

Volume 7 Issue 3

January 4, 2001

• PUTIN SEEKS "PRAGMATIC" FOREIGN POLICY LINE.
• ENERGY CRISIS WORSENS IN PRIMORSKY KRAI.
• MOSCOW IMPOSING ONEROUS TERMS ON TURKMEN GAS EXPORTS.

Volume 7 Issue 2

January 3, 2001

• NO END TO "SPY MANIA" IN RUSSIA.
• ORT OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF CONTRABAND AND EVADING CUSTOMS TARIFFS.
• CHECHEN REBELS HIT RUSSIAN TARGETS AND PLANT BOMBS.
• MOSCOW SEEKS OPEN-ENDED RETENTION OF MILITARY BASES IN GEORGIA.

Volume 7 Issue 1

January 2, 2001

• RUSSIAN DEFENSE CHIEF VISITS TEHRAN FOR HIGH-LEVEL TALKS.
• RUSSIA'S NEW ANTHEM RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR.
• MOLDOVA HAS A LAMEDUCK PRESIDENT AND A DISSOLVED PARLIAMENT.