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...conceivable measure, Duranty’s reporting in 1931 was an utter failure. “It reads like Pravda and Izvestiya in English,” historian Mark von Hagen tells me, citing two of the leading Kremlin press organs of the time. Von Hagen, Professor of Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian History at Columbia, was commissioned by the Times this summer to conduct an independent study of Duranty’s 1931 coverage of the Soviet Union...
...ministers' attention. "Look over here and listen to me when I speak," he snapped. "If this is not interesting ... " He jerked his head toward the door, suggesting that the top officials gathered for this Security Council meeting should leave. It's not quite the calm, authoritative image the Russian President likes to project, but these days Putin often seems rattled. In an appearance on Russian TV last week, he warned of "clan struggles" that could plague the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, after its crucial elections on Dec. 7. Putin's nervousness is strange, because his popularity...
...Those not in hospital turned up the next day, ostensibly for another drink." Roman Popav, Russian prosecutor, who charged a liquor-store manager with manslaughter for hosting a vodka-drinking contest in which the winner died and five others ended up in intensive care
...tale of two tycoons, and it tells you everything about the state of Russia today. Earlier this year, Roman Abramovich, the Russian oil magnate and Governor of the desolate Arctic region of Chukotka, was worth an estimated $5.7 billion - second only to Yukos oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky's $8 billion. Both men leapt from rags to riches in the giddy, shady privatization era of the early 1990s - and their companies agreed to merge last April - but their lives have since diverged. Khodorkovsky, 40, is now in jail, charged with embezzlement and tax evasion in what many call a politically motivated...
...estranged provinces, heightening fears of a breakup of the country. Shevardnadze, meanwhile, rejected pleas - by his own advisers and the U.S. State Department - to resolve the crisis through negotiations. Yet he finally caved in on Sunday afternoon after Saakashvili gave him an ultimatum to go at talks mediated by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. The key factor was when the army withdrew its support from the veteran president. Georgia's constitution says new elections must be held within 45 days. In the meantime Burdzhanadze will serve as acting president...