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Once at Oxford, Weiss plans to study for a masters of philosophy in international relations, specializing in post-Soviet Russia...
...also likely to assure Russia, China and France that their oil interests in Iraq would be safe after any regime change. RUSSIA population implosion Russia's space agency added census forms to the package it sent two cosmonauts on an orbiting space station. The country's first post-Soviet census began in remote areas last week and will continue until Oct. 16. The results are expected to confirm Russian demographers' projections of a steady decline in the country's population owing to ill health, mass poverty and an aging population. U.S. Counting Blessings In Lili's Wake Half a million...
Afghanistan is more than just Kabul. The same cast of characters that ravaged Afghanistan in the post-Soviet, pre-Taliban days are still holding the guns. If the international community does not develop an effective strategy for dealing with these characters, then do not be surprised if Afghanistan lapses back into anarchy...
Moscow is a city of extremes - gaudy and sedate, sleazy and refined, the sort of place where you can spend $50 to get into a striptease club or $6 for the best seats at a concert in the Conservatory. The brashness of post-Soviet Moscow, combined with venal officials and long immigration lines at the airport, put off many first-time visitors. Don't let them. Moscow is one of the most unusual and atmospheric cities you will ever visit. You just need to get under its skin...
...prodigy. At 9 he was the chess champion of his native Kalmykia, a tiny, impoverished Russian republic populated by the descendants of Genghis Khan. But his talents went beyond pushing pawns. In his 20s he made millions running a string of banks in the early wildcat years of post-Soviet Russian capitalism. At the tender age of 31 the dapper Ilyumzhinov (he has a fondness for white capes and vintage Rolls-Royces) was elected President of Kalmykia. His regime has been dogged by allegations ranging from electoral irregularities and embezzlement of federal funds (an investigation has been launched...