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...territorial integrity. Russian leaders have also remarked that Crimea, a part of Ukraine, should once again be joined to Russia. Similarly, Russian pressure on Moldova led to the effective partition of that small former Soviet republic. Moscow is also continuing to try to economically isolate central Asian neighbors like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. And the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been the object of various threats from Russia, including economic sanctions and disruptive cyberwarfare...
Whether at home or in exile, Solzhenitsyn was disciplined and unwavering. As a young man he had served a term of internal exile in Kazakhstan; deprived of writing supplies and the freedom to use them, he composed in his head, committing entire plays to memory. In Vermont, where he lived from 1976 to 1994, he kept a rigorous schedule. Bearing witness to millions of terrorized voices does not indulge writer's block, nor allow for vacations. It was a family affair. His wife Natalya, a gracious, fearless woman, made it her priority to ensure that he could work undisturbed...
Solzhenitsyn was eventually transferred from the camp to a prison with research facilities, and then in 1950 - when he would no longer cooperate with the government's research efforts - to a harsher camp in Kazakhstan. There he began to write on stray scraps of paper. Once he memorized what he had written, he would destroy the scraps...
...Israel. I hate the military business, and I don't do it in other countries.'' By all accounts that is the truth. Other Israeli firms are opening offices in China now, and Eisenberg is moving on, putting together major deals in India and the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. For Eisenberg, the wheeling and dealing never stop. Like many self-made men, he puts others off with his intense focus. ''He's a very tough man,'' says another ex-employee , ''very demanding, very aggressive.'' Eisenberg has no hobbies, doesn't go to the theater, doesn't have leisurely dinners with...
...expansive, luscious quality. In a tantalizing way, she seems to represent the past and the future: her round face and small, full mouth recall a silent-film heroine's docility, yet her bold attack is as fresh and fearless as tomorrow. She was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, deep in Central Asia. Both of her parents were dancers. At ballet school in Leningrad, her talents were spotted early. Says Vinogradov: ''I saw she had unique possibilities. She feels the movement very profoundly, and she is very beautiful on stage.'' In the stratified Soviet system, he has brought her along relatively...