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Although quantum cascade lasers are already used to study carbon dioxide concentrations, the new chip with the allows researchers to monitor many different gases at the same time, said research associate Mikhail A. Belkin...
Shadings of difference have come to light between Medvedev and Putin. In 2003, Medvedev was less than gushing in his approval of the arrest of oil billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky. This was when Putin's hunting down of the post-communist business "oligarchs" was in full spate. Medvedev has also frequently railed against corruption in Russian public life. He has made a point of saying repeatedly that the country badly needs to protect newly emerging small businesses. His career is apparently devoid of any postings in the Federal Security Service (FSB, the successor to the KGB), whereas several Kremlin leaders, including...
...visit to Harvard yesterday, former Soviet premier Mikhail S. Gorbachev defended the legitimacy of Russia’s Dec. 2 elections, called for sweeping multilateral action to eliminate nuclear weapons, and criticized U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold...
Today, it is Harvard’s pleasure to welcome to campus Mikhail Gorbachev, who courageously led the Soviet Union out of communism when very few believed it was possible. For his undisputed contribution to ending the Cold War, Gorbachev remains a source of hope and inspiration. Unfortunately, the transition to democracy that he initiated in Russia is far from complete. The parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, which cemented the power of the autocratic Russian President Vladimir Puttin, were nothing but a tragic comedy. Putin’s party won the election?...
...Tchaikovsky and E.T.A. Hoffmann fix. Get your hands on a copy of the 1977 American Ballet Theater production of “The Nutcracker.” It remains the most popular “Nutcracker” film in history, it is available at Lamont, and it stars Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Russian heartthrob best known by our generation as Carrie’s sixth-season love interest on “Sex and the City.” So mix up a strong peppermint (Schnapps) hot cocoa, settle into your comfy futon, and prepare for a trip to 19th...