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...interview with TIME editors to be published Monday,Russian President Boris Yeltsinsignals that he hashigh hopes for the May 9-10 Moscow summit with President Clinton, although many have already written the meeting off as pro forma. "The very fact that the President is coming for the 50th anniversary of our common victory (V-E Day) is eloquent proof of the profound changes that have taken place in Russian-American relations in a relatively short time -- just four years," Yeltsin said. "Having done away with confrontation, we have given our people a chance to live for the first time without...
Oddly, the Siberian tiger -- a critically endangered subspecies -- may have the best chance of survival, but only if poaching is controlled. "The Amur tiger has 800 miles of unbroken habitat to move through," says Howard Quigley, who is co-director of the Siberian Tiger Project, a Russian-American conservation effort, "but unless poaching is stopped, there will be no tigers to move through it." The Tiger Trust and the World Wildlife Fund offered vehicles, training and supplemental pay for Russian wildlife rangers, but the killing of tigers continued as those proposals languished for months on the desks of bureaucrats...
...they stood in Boston's historic Faneuil Hall and, tears streaming down their cheeks, were sworn in as citizens of the United States. "This is the most important day of my life," said Yuri later, as he and his family celebrated at home with Blackman (the menu: their typical Russian-American fare of pizza with borsch). "I feel like I have acquired wings," said Tanya. "It's incredible how many things you can do in this country when you set your mind...
...Most Russians see the Clinton visit as having little impact on their lives. They believe all they have got out of improved relations with Washington has been a lot of empty promises of help. "I don't think anyone expects too much from America now," explains Alexander Konovalov of Moscow's Institute for the U.S.A. and Canada. "The romantic period in Russian-American relations is over...
...that my warm and good relationship with George Bush will not prevent our relations from being even better," said the President of Russia in a phone call on Nov. 5. "The political boldness and firm rejection of old dogmas and stereotypes that you stand for match the principles of Russian-American relations...