Word: russianness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hard to fight an enemy that doesn't fight back. If Russia moves to seize their capital, Grozny, Chechen fighters are likely to simply retreat into the hills rather than fight to the end. That pattern was established Friday, when Russian troops advanced into Chechnya's second city, Gudermes, only to find its Chechen defenders already gone. "Chechen sources say most of their fighters are retreating into the mountains and drawing Russia into the cities as winter sets in," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "They see it as a trap, because winter will hamper the Russian attack helicopters...
...biggest "bad thing" to happen to HIID in recent years was the messy, public unraveling of its Russian program...
...early 1990s, the Institute advised the Russian government on its transition to a capitalist economy. Economics Professor Andre Shleifer '82 oversaw the project, which was paid for by a $57 million grant from...
...Shleifer and another HIID consultant, Jonathan Hay, were accused of using their positions for personal gain and investing in Russian securities while advising the Russian government...
...What is Chechnya's capital, currently under siege by Russian troops...