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...possible to change this regime through democratic means. There can be no change without force, pressure.' BORIS BEREZOVSKY, exiled Russian billionaire, claiming that he was funding an attempt to oust Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has called for Britain to strip the tycoon of his refugee status there and to extradite him to Russia
Lowellians attempting to nap yesterday afternoon were treated to the sounds of five undergraduate klappermeisters honing their bell ringing skills. High above in the belltower, students pressed footpedals as others pulled at an intricate web of ropes above. Their teachers included none other than the bell ringer of the Kremlin, Igor Konovalov, and Hierodeacon Roman Ogryzkov, chief bell ringer of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. The Russian musical duo is teaching three master classes to the five undergraduate members of the Lowell House Society of Russian Bell Ringers. Their visit is the result of a long saga centered...
...critics imply. I suspect that nearly all undergraduates, if you were to ask them, would profess a sincere faith in American ideals. It’s just that no one would really ever think to ask. Nationalism is something we study, not practice. We transcend it. This is no Kremlin on the Charles; it is merely Davos on the Charles...
...Cabinet buildings. But instead of orange, the dominant colors are the blue and white of Yanukovych's Party of the Regions. Defenders of the Orange Revolution are being mustered up as well, but under a divided leadership. Russian TV stations are sinisterly prophesying "the coming massive bloodshed in Ukraine." Kremlin leaders have no love for Yushchenko and his erstwhile ally Yuliya Tymoshenko; and it believes bloody clashes in Kiev would only serve to undermine further Yushchenko's hold on power...
...real emotional outbursts come with the former Soviet states, many of whom are sidling up to NATO or the E.U. Among the weapons wielded: troop deployments, trade embargoes and immigration quotas. Late last year Russia hiked gas and oil prices to Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine, all countries resisting the Kremlin's political embrace. With former satellites like Azerbaijan planning oil pipelines that bypass Russia, expect more hurt feelings--and more rough play...