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Over half a century into the prank war, Crimson President Michael Maccoby '54 and Managing Editor George S. Abrams '54 upped the ante by presenting the bird to a member of the United Nations Russian delegation. They asked that the Ibis be placed on a spire on Moscow University, making it one of the most famous college pranks in history...
Still, the report cites the Russian scandal as highlighting "the unforeseeable risks inherent in a worldwide enterprise such as HIID...
...Russian change of guard has mixed forecast for democracy...
Like the much-over-hyped Y2K crisis, Boris N. Yeltsin stepped down from the Russian presidency on the last day of 1999 not with a bang, but with a whimper. In a tearful address, Yeltsin apologized to the Russian people for the continued hardships of everyday life across the country, despite his repeated promises to cure Russia's woes. Yeltsin's parting words were a far cry from his defiant stance against a communist coup in August 1991, when he memorably leapt on a tank. While this time Yeltsin stole the New Year's thunder, he did the mature thing...
...popularity of the Chechnya campaign has made Putin the hot favorite in presidential elections scheduled for March, but the specter of mounting Russian casualties in a Caucasian quagmire could eat away at his support. Still, suspending the assault - out of a sudden concern for the city's civilian population after six weeks of indiscriminate bombing - doesn't necessarily eliminate the risk. Russian generals have already conceded that Chechen forces are actively harassing their troops deep inside areas over which Moscow has ostensibly established control. Which means that right now there's no politically safe way forward - or back...