Word: russia
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Last semester, after six years at the Journal, she took a sabbatical and came to Harvard as an IOP fellow. In addition to teaching a seminar, she prepared for a trip to Russia later in 1983. From her journey there in 1979, House knows that since reporters are not allowed to see ministers, it is very difficult for a journalist to get information worth writing about unless he knows exactly whom to ask. House is particularly interested in learning about Soviet economic issues through Harvard's Russian Research Center. With this background knowledge, she hopes to write a five-part...
...where he had a rare interview with Yuri Andropov, then head of the KGB. Chatting over dinner in fluent English, Andropov pressed Hambleton to enter Canadian politics. "It was a great honor," Hambleton told British authorities. "I got the feeling he wanted me to exert influence on behalf of Russia, rather than spy." In 1979 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police finally raided his house, finding NATO documents and spying paraphernalia, including a high-speed code receiver. But after questioning, Hambleton was released on the grounds that his spying did not directly affect Canadian security. That decision led Hambleton mistakenly...
Prior to the death of Leonid Brezhnev, a fairly strong consensus had emerged among Kremlinologists that Yuri Andropov would be the next Soviet Premier. Now Soviet experts are speculating on what Andropov's assumption of power means for Russia and for the rest of the world. The Crimson this week interviewed three Soviet specialists from Harvard's Russian Research Center on their views of this post-Brezhnev era. The participants were Assistant Professor of Government Mark R. Beissinger, David E. Powell, a Russian Research Center associate who recently wrote a book entitled Anti-Religious Propaganda in the Soviet Union...
Crimson: Do you think Andropov will take greater advantage of the disgruntlement illustrated by the Peace Movement in Western Europe with the United States and turn it around to act in Russia's favor...
Crimson: There are over 100 different nationalities which exist in the Soviet Union today. Despite efforts by Russia's leader to squelch this ethnicity, these national groups continue to be viable forces and are increasingly becoming the cause of intro-Soviet instability. Do you see Andropov adopting any significantly new plan to deal with these various nationalities...