Russia
Peter Kellner / May 20, 1996
Peter Kellner examines the reasons why the pollsters so badly underestimated the Tory vote in the 1992 election and asks whether it could happen again.
Ernest Gellner / May 20, 1996
The late Ernest Gellner, a life-long anti-communist, deplored the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Here he explains his regrets-for those in the east who have had their moral universe shattered,...
Philip Gordon / April 20, 1996
The end of the cold war has left Nato with a diminished role. Will extending Nato to central Europe help revitalise the organisation and stabilise the new democracies? Or will it unnecessarily...
Lesley Chamberlain / February 20, 1996
Contemporary Russian literature is suffering an identity crisis. Lesley Chamberlain describes how post-Soviet writers are struggling to escape the legacy of both 20th century repression and 19th...
Rachel Polonsky / February 20, 1996
You must have heard. There's been a terrible scandal..." The librarian's breast was heaving fast. "It would have been simple if you had come before, but now..." Her whisper subsided in a long Russian...
Robert Haupt / January 20, 1996
Ulyanovsk is a sleepy town on the Volga, but for over half a century it was a bustling shrine dedicated to its most famous son-Lenin. Robert Haupt took a river boat to the town in search of what...
Thomas Graham / January 20, 1996
A US diplomat caused an uproar when his analysis of Russia's political clans was published in a Moscow newspaper
Artyom Troitsky / December 20, 1995
Banned under communism, Playboy magazine became a legend among Russians. Artyom Troitsky, rock critic turned editor-in-chief, tells how the new Russian Playboy is shaping up
Bruce Clark / November 20, 1995
The next few months could see the emergence of a new and altogether less predictable Russia. Forthcoming Duma and presidential elections will see gains for nationalistic, anti-western politicians....
Andrew Cowley / October 20, 1995
Russia is in the midst of a demographic crisis. Life expectancy for men is falling precipitately and is now below the level it reached under Stalin. Andrew Cowley examines the reasons