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In the next 43 pages, journalists from 10 'new' countries describe their nations' costly struggles. Even Mikhail Gorbachev, 'architect of perestroika,' 'godfather of glasnost,' and 'hope of the West,' could [...]

For a few days in early October 1993, Russia teetered at the brink of civil war. Blood was spilled and hundreds of people were hurt in Moscow, most of them [...]

From the very beginning of its emergence as a state in the aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there has been something special about Kazakhstan: it has been [...]

After changing the flags at the White House, the Supreme Soviet stopped its democratic activities and turned back to the old regime. Many Russian intellectuals are nostalgic for the first […]

The economic conditions in Moscow, Russia reflect the present status of the country as a whole. Even as social services remain poor and inadequate, the growing 'economic space' in the city has produced a new breed of individuals who experiment with a number of free trade ideas.

Kazakhs and Russians are getting along--so far. Why has Kazakhstan escaped the conflicts that have occurred in so many other former Soviet republics? It seems paradoxical that in the face [...]

It is truly amazing that ten years have passed since the global vocabulary was enriched with two new words: glasnost and perestroika. From the historical perspective, though, ten years is [...]

When a Russian television anchorman finished his sad report on the murder of Russian Public Television Executive Director Vladislav Listyev, he looked into the camera and said: 'Who is the [...]

Comments that ten years has passed since Mikhail Gorbachev declared a new era in the Communist Party in Russia. Remembrance of the journeys of Gorbachev in the West; Promise of Boris Yeltsin to remove special privileges; Corruption in the Party.