Word: alexei
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...expert in Soviet-era prison tactics sees a familiar pattern in the assault on Khodorkovsky. Alexei Kondaurov, a retired KGB major-general, a former official of Khodorkovsky's oil company, Yukos, and current member of the Russian legislature, recalls how other convicts, often mentally unstable, were recruited as agents and placed around a target prisoner. They don't need orders to assault a prisoner singled out by the administration for harsh treatment, Kondaurov says. "They just do it to seek lenience and rewards...
Guarding the goalmouth against the streaking Alexei Kovalev, Welch tapped at the puck in the crease and slipped it past his own keeper, rather than out to the corner boards he’d been eyeing...
...Canadians. In Olympic history, Canada's record against Russia (and the former Soviet Union) is one win and six losses. The Russians don't seem intimidated. "I hear the same thing over and over again--even the Russian people in the stands saying we're no good," says forward Alexei Kovalev. "We don't care about Canada and the other teams. Every team can be a surprise here. You never know what to expect...
...merriest Christmas in years for Yelena Bonner, wife of Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov. Bonner, who was permitted to leave the U.S.S.R. last month for treatment of heart and eye trouble, gathered around the tree with her mother Ruf, son Alexei, daughter Tatiana, their spouses and her three grandchildren. At the celebration in Newton, Mass., where the families live, there were special gifts brought from the homeland, including fine black caviar and vodka. But the day was tempered with sadness. In two months, Bonner must return to Gorky, where Sakharov remains in "internal exile." While her agreement with Soviet authorities prevents...
...cultural exchanges--so everyone hopes--will become routine. American audiences will doubtless give standing ovations to major Soviet troupes. "The Bolshoi Ballet will sell out as long as the world turns," says Niefeld. Cognoscenti hope that future visits will also bring such top performers as Pianist Sviatoslav Richter, Saxophonist Alexei Kozlov, Mezzo-Soprano Elena Obraztsova, and even Pianist Vladimir Feltsman, whose career was halted by Soviet authorities in 1979 when he applied for permission to emigrate to Israel...