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Volume 3 Issue 21

December 19, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• RUSSIA'S NEW IDENTITY DOCUMENT CREATES AN UPROAR IN TATARSTAN
• RUSSIA REMAINS IN THE GRIP OF A "SOCIAL EARTHQUAKE," ACCORDING TO A LEADING PUBLIC OPINION SPECIALIST
• A LEADER OF KAZAKHSTAN'S OPPOSITION SAYS THE OPPOSITION HAS MUCH TO GAIN, EVEN IF IT LOSES THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Volume 3 Issue 20

December 5, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• GROZNY IS LOBBYING FOR A CAUCASUS COMMON MARKET, HOPING THE PROFIT MOTIVE WILL FORCE THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE CHECHNYA'S INDEPENDENCE
• THE RE-LEGALIZATION OF ARMENIA'S DASHNAK PARTY ON THE CARDS
• THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS TO THE MOSCOW CITY DUMA: WHY THEY MATTER AND HOW THEY DIFFER FROM PREVIOUS ELECTIONS
• THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS IS GROWING IN RUSSIA

Volume 3 Issue 19

November 21, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• GEORGIA: A CONFLICT MAY BE BREWING BETWEEN TBILISI AND AJARIA, SEEN UNTIL NOW AS GEORGIA'S MOST PEACEFUL REGION
• UKRAINE: WITH HIS COMBINATION OF ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND POLITICAL DEMOCRACY, PAVLO LAZARENKO DESERVES CLOSE ATTENTION
• RUSSIA: HOW DEEPLY IS DEMOCRACY ROOTED?

Volume 3 Issue 18

November 7, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• THE NEW POLITICAL SITUATION IN RUSSIA'S REGIONS: THE VIEW FROM SARATOV
• MOSCOW TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON KAZAN
• NAGORNO-KARABAKH: IMMINENT BREAKTHROUGH OR YET ANOTHER STALEMATE?

Volume 3 Issue 17

October 24, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• DAGESTAN ON THE BRINK OF WAR: MOSCOW AND GROZNY FIGHT FOR INFLUENCE IN THE REPUBLIC
• UKRAINE'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
• KAZAKHSTAN WANTS TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN ITS ENERGY SECTOR BUT TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF MOSCOW

Volume 3 Issue 16

October 10, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• THE IMPENDING CONFLICT BETWEEN "LEFT-WING" AND "PROGRESSIVE" PATRIOTS IN RUSSIA
• LANGUAGE AND SOVEREIGNTY: THE POLITICS OF SWITCHING TO THE LATIN ALPHABET IN TATARSTAN
• WHO WILL DEFEND RUSSIA'S WORKERS IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES?

Volume 3 Issue 15

September 26, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• WESTERN AND UKRAINIAN LEADERS MADE A STRATEGIC MISTAKE BY NOT TREATING UKRAINE AS A SERIOUS CANDIDATE FOR NATO ADMISSION
• RUSSIA'S NEW YOUNG LEADERS AREN'T NECESSARILY BETTER THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT
• MOSCOW'S 850TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVITIES: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL OR FEAST IN THE MIDST OF FAMINE?

Volume 3 Issue 14

September 12, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• WHAT ROLE DOES UKRAINE'S NEW PRIME MINISTER PLAY IN PRESIDENT'S KUCHMA'S GAME PLAN?
• A BELARUSAN SCHOLAR ARGUES THAT ONLY THE COUNTRY'S FLEDGLING DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT CAN SAVE BELARUS FROM DICTATORSHIP
• CHANGES MAY BE ON THE WAY FOR THE RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES

Volume 3 Issue 13

August 29, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• RUSSIA'S NEW BALTIC POLICY: SIX YEARS AFTER LOSING ITS MAJOR OUTLETS TO THE BALTIC SEA, RUSSIA IS DETERMINED TO RE-ESTABLISH ITS PRESENCE THERE
• THE INGUSH-OSSETIAN CRISIS: A CONCESSION BY THE KREMLIN TO EITHER OF THE SQUABBLING REPUBLICS THREATENS TO DESTABILIZE THE SITUATION IN THE OTHER
• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE'S FUEL COMPLEX: COPING WITH THE LEGACY OF SOVIET PLANNING

Volume 3 Issue 12

July 25, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• SHOULD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PLAY A ROLE?
• MOSCOW AND DJOHAR-GALA HAVE SIGNED A LONG-AWAITED OIL TRANSPORT AGREEMENT, BUT FORMIDABLE OBSTACLES REMAIN
• A LOCAL LEADER DESCRIBES THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN NOVGOROD OBLAST AND EXPLAINS THE REASONS FOR THE REGION'S STABILITY
• MILITARY REFORM WAS BEING DEBATED WELL BEFORE PRESIDENT YELTSIN ANNOUNCED HIS RECENT DECREES

Volume 3 Issue 11

July 11, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY: THE VIEW FROM THE LEFT
• THE TAJIK GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION HAVE SIGNED A PEACE TREATY, BUT THE "THIRD FORCE" COULD PREVENT IT FROM BEING IMPLEMENTED
• A LEADING RUSSIAN ECONOMIST WARNS THAT THE KREMLIN'S PROPOSED HOUSING REFORMS COULD PROVOKE STRONG POPULAR RESISTANCE

Volume 3 Issue 10

June 27, 1997

• ONE OF MOSCOW'S LEADING SECURITY EXPERTS EXAMINES THE RUSSIA-NATO FOUNDING ACT AND CONSIDERS HOW THE TWO SIDES CAN COOPERATE IN FUTURE
• ABKHAZIA SEEMS SET TO BECOME A "SECOND CHECHNYA" FOR BOTH RUSSIA AND GEORGIA, PRISM'S CORRESPONDENT REPORTS FROM THE REGION
• CORRUPTION IS AN ENDEMIC FEATURE OF FEDERAL TRANSFERS TO RUSSIA'S REGIONS
• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW

Volume 3 Issue 9

June 13, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• RUSSIA'S POST-SOVIET IDEOLOGISTS ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY A NEW SET OF COMMON VALUES
• THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE OPPOSITION HAVE BOTH TRIED TO CO-OPT THE COSSACK REVIVAL
• POLLS SHOW THAT MANY UKRAINIANS ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN UKRAINE

Volume 3 Issue 8

May 30, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• RUSSIAN ORGANIZED CRIME SPREADS BEYOND RUSSIA'S BORDERS, SQUEEZING OUT THE LOCAL COMPETITION
• RUSSIA'S SVR: THE LEANER, IF NOT MEANER, SUCCESSOR TO THE KGB'S FIRST DIRECTORATE

Volume 3 Issue 7

May 16, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• RUSSIA'S SURPRISINGLY RESILIENT MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
• ARE THE COSSACKS A REAL FORCE IN RUSSIAN POLITICS TODAY?

Volume 3 Issue 6

May 2, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• "LUKASHISM" HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD BEYOND BELARUS
• SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE THE KEY TO CHANGING THE "BELARUSAN CONSTANT"
• UKRAINE'S CAUTIOUS MOVEMENT TOWARDS NATO

Volume 3 Issue 5

April 18, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• CHECHNYA: THE WAR IS OVER, BUT THE SITUATION REMAINS COMPLEX
• PROFILE OF BORIS NEMTSOV: RUSSIA'S NEWEST FIRST DEPUTY PREMIER
• RUSSIA'S GANGSTERS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN BLURRING DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG, LAW AND CRIME

Volume 3 Issue 3

March 21, 1997

• THE FORTNIGHT IN REVIEW
• RUSSIA IS STILL UNABLE TO REACH A CONSENSUS ON MILITARY REFORM
• UKRAINE ADOPTS A WIDE-RANGING MILITARY REFORM PROGRAM

Volume 3 Issue 2

February 1, 1997

• NATO'S MOVE EAST: A CRISIS IN THE MAKING
• NATO EXPANSION: NO REAL THREAT
• THE YELTSIN ERA: SUCCESSES AND PARADOXES
• DESPAIR IN THE RUSSIAN PROVINCES
• ELECTIONS AND THE RUSSIAN SECRET SERVICES
• HOW THE SHUTTLE TRADERS SAVE RUSSIA
• UKRAINE AND NATO EXPANSION

Volume 3 Issue 1

January 1, 1997

• THE TALIBAN THREAT TO CENTRAL ASIA
• IS RUSSIA UP TO COOPERATION IN SPACE?
• A RUSSIAN WHO FIGHTS FOR THE RULE OF LAW
• NATIONALIST CURRENTS IN BELARUS
• ELECTIONS IN BLOCKADED ABKHAZIA
• THE PREDATIONS OF THE RED DIRECTORS (PART 3)