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Articles tagged "russia"NewsSoviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn diesby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][4.Aug.08] :. MOSCOW - For the Western world, Alexander Solzhenitsyn peeled back the layers of secrecy that obscured the Soviet system’s inhumanity to a people relegated by Josef Stalin to the role of cogs...  Books ReviewThe Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget byby Lara Killian[7.Jul.08] :. This guide will help you pinch your pennies along the journey so you can splash out when it counts.  Music ReviewPerunika Trio: Introducing Perunika Trioby Deanne Sole[17.Apr.08] :. Not all of the songs work around the drone and the whip, but it's these yips and yelps that have lingered; the intense sound of high-pitched and precise female explosions.  Books ReviewDeath of a Dissident by Alex Goldfarb, Marina Litvinenko, Marina Litvinenkoby Carlin Romano [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][6.Aug.07] :. Absorbing both these books resembles downing one's skulduggery straight, on an empty stomach, without any "sweeteners." NewsNew form of warfare: Estonia is under ‘cyber attack’by Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][29.May.07] :. MOSCOW - After Estonia relocated a Soviet war memorial out of downtown Tallinn last month, furious Russians rioted in the Estonian capital, tried to attack Estonia’s ambassador in Moscow, and... NewsRussia turns up heat on dissidentsby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][13.May.07] :. ARKHANGELSK, Russia—Few in Russia would consider Alexander Donskoi a serious contender to take over the Kremlin in 2008. Few even know who he is. His political life amounts to two years as... The state of the (former Soviet) Unionby Marco Ursi[9.May.07] :. Almost two decades after the official end of the Cold War, Russia remains a major subject of scrutiny for the Western press. While this journalistic presence invariably means scary and strange things... Putin’s address leaves philosophy asideby Dmitry Shusharin [RIA Novosti (MCT)][30.Apr.07] :. MOSCOW—There are different ways of commenting on President Vladimir Putin’s state-of-the-nation address to Russia’s Federal Assembly. The easiest method is to follow the text and... Russian virtuoso cellist Rostropovich dies at 80by RIA Novosti (MCT)[27.Apr.07] :. MOSCOW—World-famous cellist-conductor and rights advocate Mstislav Rostropovich died Friday at the age of 80, his press spokeswoman said. The musician was taken to a Moscow oncology center... Russia’s first president Boris Yeltsin dies at 76by RIA Novosti [(MCT)][23.Apr.07] :. MOSCOW - Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first democratically elected leader (1991-1999), has died at the age of 76 of cardiac arrest. Yeltsin was born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in 1931 and... Kasparov arrested as police break up Dissenters’ March in Moscowby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][16.Apr.07] :. MOSCOW - Waves of truncheon-wielding police swiftly broke up a march protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government Saturday, arresting Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion and... |
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