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Founded in 1980, Pamyat (meaning "memory") was originally connected to the USSR Ministry of Aviation Industry, but is now independent of the government. The group's grassroots agitation against Jews is replacing state-run actions of the same kind...
...January a band of some 50 Pamyat supporters disrupted a meeting of liberal writers in Moscow, waving anti-Semitic banners and shouting racist slogans. One hooligan warned the crowd, "We have come this time with a megaphone -- but next time with a gun." On a video clip shown on state-run television, a protester shouted, "Neither the KGB nor the party can help you now. We will be masters of the country, and you, bastards, should take off for Israel...
With the Big Mak, kartofel-fries and a koktel priced at about 5.5 rubles, or twice the cost of a meal in a state-run cafeteria, McDonald's must pitch its fare to higher-income patrons. Even so, one thing about the new McDonald's may be familiar to the Soviets: long lines...
...shops in the major oil refining center were closed, no morning newspapers were published and Azerbaijan's state-run television was off the air, said Sivinch Abdullayeva, an editor, at Azerinform, the republic's official news agency...
...point, the government seemed intent on depicting a mood of impending breakdown, as if trying to ensure its survival by convincing people that only the present leaders could keep blood from flowing in the streets. In a statement issued through the state-run ADN news agency last Wednesday, the government reported "growing indications of stormings of facilities and installations of the National People's Army." But no mention was made of where the assaults took place. In a separate appeal, from the army, generals warned that they would not permit disturbances at military installations and called on soldiers to fulfull...