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2000-2001 (1998-99)

 

2001 December Peres Pays Official Visit to Kyiv (Pravda.Ru, December 26) Putin Addresses Moscow Synod (BBC Monitoring, December 13) Russian Wariness (Christian Science Monitor, December 10) Former FSU Leaders on Collapse of USSR (RFE/RL, December 10) Estonia: Economic Success Story (Moscow Times, December 10) New Russian-NATO Partnership (New York Times, December 7) New Russian-NATO Partnership (NY Times, December 7) Book Review: Stalin's Post-War Pogroms (Washington Jewish Week, December 6) "NATO and Russia Say Yes" (Economist, December 5) "Putin Is Dictating, But Not By the Law" (Baltimore Sun, December 5) Russian Jewry's Network of Activities (JTA, December 4) New Russian Party (Moscow Times, December 3) "On the Judo Mat with Putin" (Washington Post, December 2) Hoagland: "On the Judo Mat with Putin" (Washington Post, December 2) "Social Activists Size Up Putin" (Washington Post, December 2)

November Seiple Testimony on Religious Freedom (November 27) U.S. Russia Rapport in Caspian? (Moscow Times, November 27) Bush Confident on Religious Freedom (Jerusalem Post, November 25) Philadelphia Campaign Recounted (Jewish Exponent, November 22) Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions (White House, November 21) P>Putin's Meeting with Jewish Leadership (Jerusalem Post, November 15) Russia, NATO Reinvent Relationship (Washington Post, November 15) Berger: "Putin's Reality Trip" (Washington Post, November 15) Bush Seeks Graduation for Russia (JTA, November 14) Bush-Putin Press Briefing (White House, November 13) Jackson-Vanik and Russia (White House, November 13) Following 9-11, Jewish Refugees Stalled in Europe (The Jewish Telegraph, November 13) Ukraine's Last Nuclear Warhead Destroyed (The Russia Journal, November 13) Expectations of Accord at Summit (Washington Post, November 10) "Putin's Bold Steps. . ." (Washington Post, November 10) ". . .The Resistance at Home" (Washington Post, November 10) "Suddenly Such Good Neighbors" (Economist, November 8) Putin's Rule: For Good or Ill? (New York Times, November 6) Jackson-Vanik Considered (JTA, November 6) White House Supports Ending Jackson-Vanik (Moscow Times, November 2) Shevardnadze Fires Government (Washington Post, November 2) Evolution of Religious Freedom (State Department, November 1) UJC Resolution on FSU (UJC General Assembly, November 2001)

October                                                               Back to Top Azerbaijan: Senate Supports Waiver of Section 907 (October 29) Alliance With U.S. Reveals Uzbek Rights Abuses (New York Times, October 30) Caucasus Conflicts Eclipsed by Afghanistan (RFE/RL, October 26) Cohen: Putin Squeezes Out Yeltsin (Heritage Foundation, October 25) Worries for Jews in Central Asia (JTA, October 24) "Redrawing the Caucasus" (EurasiaNet, October 23) "Bush and Putin Agree to Agree" (New York Times, October 22) "The Kremlin and Civil Society" (Moscow Times, October 22) Accord on Terrorism: Excerpts (New York Times, October 22) Optimism on Defense Cooperation (New York Times, October 19) Increased Western Support for Baltics NATO Accession (RFE/RL, October 19) Interview: Ambassador Vershbow (Moscow Times, October 12) The U.S. Courts Central Asia (New York Times, October 10) Uzbekistan Ties Regional Role to U.S. Alliance (Washington Post, October 9) Russia: A New Round of Communism (Russia Journal, October 8) Nunn: New Security Framework (Washington Post, October 8) Hoagland: Seizing the Moment (Washington Post, October 7) Alliance Presents Challenges (New York Times, October 5) Israel Supplying U.S. With Central Asia Intelligence (Jerusalem Post, October 5) Plane En Route from Israel Crashes in Russia (CNN.com, October 4) CSCE: U.S. Statements at Human Dimension Meetings (CSCE, October 1) Compromising for Allies in Central Asia (Washington Post, October 1)

September Bush Nominates Ambassador for Religious Freedom (U.S.C.I.R.F., September 27) Anti-Semitic Incidents Mark Moscow Holiday Season (September 24) Estonia Elects Ex-Communist President (CNN.com, September 21) Pope to Visit Armenia and Kazakhstan (September 21) "To Free the Way for the U.S., or Not?" (New York Times, September 21) Russian Politicians Assess U.S. Tragedy (RFE/RL, September 20) "Will Russia Join the War of the West?"  (Washington Post, September 19)  Communism Revives in Russia (Washington Post, September 18) Russia Takes Stand, Wavers (NY Times, September 16) Restoration Grants for European Synagogues (JTA, September 10) Belarusian Election Denounced (NY Times, September 10) OSCE: Preliminary Belarus Election Summary (OSCE, September 10) Sympathy for Sharon in Russia (JTA, September 9) Sharon Visit to Moscow (New York Times, September 6) Russian Policy Toward the Mideast (Jerusalem Center, September 2001) World Conference Against Racism (August-September)

August "Ukraine's 10-Year Independence" (Washington Times, August 31) "In Hegemony, Putin Has a Target" (IHT, August 30) Kazan School To Reopen (August 23) A Decade of Ukrainian Independence (Reuters, August 23) Russia: A Decade Since Coup (Washington Post, August 20) Belarusian Opposition Unites (August 15) Henry Kissinger on the "New Russia" (Washington Post, August 14) Hearings on Central Asia (August 13) "Russia in NATO?" (Washington Post, August 12) Activist Sues Church Over "Protocols" (August 10) Kazakhstan Celebration (August 10) Belarus Election Update (August 10) Washington Federation Mission to Ukraine (August 9) Belarus: Prospects Dim for Democratic Elections (CSCE, August 9) Senate Salutes HIAS (August 3) 98 Senators' Letter to President Putin (August 3) Rep. Gephardt: U.S. and Europe (Carnegie, August 2)

July                                                                      Back to Top Pastor Banned in Belarus (Keston News Service, July 30) Foreign Aid Workers Targeted (U.S. News, July 30) Diehl: "Putin's Choice of Ages" (Washington Post, July 23) New Senate Subcommittee On Central Asia (Roll Call, July 23) Salvation Army Threatened in Russia (CNN, July 22) Jewish Education Highlighted (JTA, July 18) Ariel Cohen: Russia-China Treaty (Heritage, July 18) Hoagland: Iraq Issue Looms (Washington Post, July 15) Armenia-Azerbaijan: "Dangerous Road To Peace" (Washington Post, July 15) "Russia's Caspian Power Grab" (Washington Times, July 11) Jewish Genealogy Conference (JTA, July 11) President Bush at Ellis Island (July 10) Russian Athletes Prepare for Maccabiah Games (JTA, July 9) "Quiet Contacts" (Near East Report, July 9) Book Review: "Blood Red" (Washington Post, July 8) Riga Hosts Reunion of Latvian World Jewry (Forward, July 6) Jewish Community Center to be Opened in Siberia (July 5) Russian Democracy & U.S. Foreign Policy (Brookings, July) "Russian Democracy: Good for the Jews" (JUF News, July)

June Russia: Draft Religious Policy Revised (Keston, June 27) In Kyiv, Pope Addresses Holocaust (June 24) Georgia-Russia Relations (CSIS, June 23) Duma Rejects Foreign Media Bill (Moscow Times, June 22) Zhirinovsky Retracts Statements (FEOR, June 22) Messianic Jews in Ukraine (Moscow Times, June 22) Goble: "Fighting Over the Past" (RFE/RL, June 22) Lithuania: Possible Expansion on "Recognized Faiths" (Keston, June 22) Russian Anti-Semitism Rising (RFE/RL, June 21) Powell Testifies on European Security (June 20) Lithuanian PM Resigns (BBC, June 20) U.S. Not Filling Refugee Slots (June 20) Sen. Helms on U.S. Security Interests in Europe (June 20) Sen. Biden on Non-Proliferation (Carnegie, June 18) Sen. Lugar on U.S.-Russian Strategic Relationship (Carnegie, June 18) "Wither Russia?" (PBS Think Tank, June 16) Tighter Grip Under Putin (New York Times, June 14) HIAS Awards Émigré Scholarships (June 14) Putin on NGOs (strana.ru, June 12) Reports Look at FSU (June 8) Russia - Ten Years After: Conference (Carnegie. June 7-8) Troubling Trends: Human Rights in Russia (CSCE, June 5) Focus on Caucasus Jews (JTA, June 5) New Rules Could Delay Immigrants (JTA, June 4) Estonia: "Rising Out Of Soviet Gloom" (National Post, June 1)

May Russian Jewish Congress Visits DC (May 31) NCSJ Issues Country Reports (May 30) Moscow Letter from Mark Levin (May 30) Kuchma Appoints New Premier (Washington Post, May 23) Chubais on Russian Economics & Politics (Carnegie, May 22) Lubavitch Countering "Messianic Jews" in Russia (JTA, May 21) Choral Synagogue Restored (Moscow Times, May 16) Russian Visas To Be Available On Arrival (Moscow Times, May 16) Investment Schemes Target Immigrants (New York Times, May 15) Jim Hoagland: Bush-Putin Summit (Washington Post, May 14) Excavations Reveal Central Asian Past (New York Times, May 13) A Red Boomlet in the CIS (Jamestown Foundation Monitor, May 9) U.S. Removed from UN Human Rights Commission (Washington Post, May 8) U.S. Off Human Rights Body (Washington Post, May 8) Russia's NTV Takeover: Precedent for FSU? (Moscow Times, May 7) Hadassah Gains UN Status (Jerusalem Post, May 6) Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty - 50th Anniversary (May 3) HIAS Testifies on Refugee Protection Before U.S. Senate (May 3) Fiona Hill: Caucasus and Central Asia (Brookings, May 2001)

April                                                                     Back to Top Duma Restricts Media (Russia Journal, April 26) Rabbi Lazar Denounces Zhirinovsky (Reuters, April 24) NCSJ Board of Governors Meeting (April 23) Soviet Archives Reveal Jewish History (JTA, April 23) Spain Finds for Goussinsky (Moscow Times, April 19) U.S. Statement on Russian Media (State Department, April 18) Project Unites U.S., Ukrainian Jewish Students (JTA, April 17) Moscow Dispatch: "Station Break" (The New Republic, April 16) Russian Jews Fear Crackdown (JTA, April 16) NewsHour Coverage: "Kremlin vs. NTV" (April 16) Jim Hoagland: "Shevardnadze's Balancing Act" (Washington Post, April 12) Jewish Heritage Week Proclaimed (White House, April 9) Jackson Diehl: "Cold War Chills in Ukraine" (Washington Post, April 2) Betsy Gidwitz: Jewish Life In Ukraine Part I Part II (Jerusalem Center, April) Avineri: Israel-Russia Relations (Carnegie, April) Goussinsky File

March UJA-Federation of NY Visits Russia (March 24-28) U.S. Toughens Russia Policy (New York Times, March 24) US-Russia Spy Scandals (Washington Post, March 23) Karabakh Talks in Key West (State Dept., March 22) Putin: Arms Deal with Iran (Russia Today, March 22) Putin Replaces Rabbi (Moscow Times, March 22) Putin's Propaganda Chief (Gazeta.RU, March 20) Aliyah Declines as Conditions Improve (JTA, March 19) Texas-Moscow Advocacy Exchange (March 11-18) Rabbi Lazar on Matzos vs. Anti-Semitism (New York Times, March 17) AJCommittee "Hoops and Dreams" (Washington Post, March 15) "Muddle In Moscow" (Economist, March 15) Caspian "Great Game" Steps Up (Reuters, March 15) "Make Russia a Better Neighbor" (New York Times, March 14) Gazprom Media Chief Faces U.S. Scrutiny (Moscow Times, March 14) Bush Seeks 14% Increase for State Dept. (Washington Post, March 13) Reports of Russian Nukes in Kaliningrad (Associated Press, March 12) CIA's Tenet on Declassified Cold War Documents (March 8) Putin May Dissolve Duma, Call New Elections (Washington Post, March 6) NCSJ Report: Putin, Bush, and Russian Jewry (March 6) New RJC Leader to Heal Rifts (March 2) "Bush Cautions Kuchma on Human Rights" (Moscow Times, March 2) Goussinsky Resigns RJC Post (Moscow Times, March 2)

February NCSJ Joins Conference of Presidents in Israel (Feb. 26) Communists Sweep Moldova Election (CNN, Feb. 26) "Powell, Ivanov Ready to Play Ball" (Moscow Times, Feb. 26) Fried Named to NSC Europe & Eurasia Post (Feb. 22) Kremlin Interference with Jewish Leadership (February 21) Signs of Progress on Nagorno-Karabakh (NY Times, Feb. 20) RFE/RL Expanding Moldovan Broadcasts (Feb. 19) Lithuania Seeking Broader Role (Los Angeles Times, February 19) Lithuania Convicts War Criminal - First for FSU (LA Times, Feb. 15) Congressional Trip to FSU (Feb. 14) "Putin on a Pedestal"  (Washington Post, February 12) Russian Textbooks Neglect Jewish Role (JTA, Feb. 7) Russia Reacts to Israeli Elections (Russia Journal, February 7) "Russian Society Faces Human Rights Emergency" (RFE/RL, February 7) N.Y. Federation Focusing on FSU (The Jewish Week, February 2) Profile of Harold Paul Luks (Washington Jewish Week, February 1) 2000 State Department Human Rights Reports

January                                                               Back to Top Radio Free Europe Seminar on Domestic Violence (January 26) Domestic Violence Awareness (Washington Jewish Week, January 25) Katsav Visits Russia, Ukraine (Jerusalem Post, January 24) Kosher Food in the Kremlin (New York Times, January 24) Putin to Eliminate Most Political Parties (Washington Post, January 24) "Moscow, Misreading Bush"  (Washington Post, January 23) Putin and U.S.-Russian Relations (Heritage Foundation, January 18) Kondratenko To Sit on Russian Federation Council(RFE/RL, January 16) Human Rights in Post-Soviet Era (International Herald Tribune, January 12) NCSJ Report: Russian Jews Face New Challenges (January 12) Assisting Needy Russian Jews (Washington Jewish Week, January 6) David Duke Makes Russian Inroads (Los Angeles Times, January 6) Community Centers Changing FSU (JTA, January 2) Sen. Lieberman on Russia (January 2) Sestanovich: US Relations with Russia, NIS (January)

2000 December Putin Celebrates Chanukah (JTA, December 24) Community Leader Attacked in Moscow (December 23) David Duke Publishing in Russia (BBC, December 17) Pickering on Russian-American Relations (December 16) Jewish Revival in Belarus (Jerusalem Post, December 13)  High-Placed Anti-Semitism? (Ha'aretz, Dec. 13) "Putin's Old Friends" (NY TIMES, Dec. 13) Jewish Revival in Belarus (Jerusalem Post, Dec. 13) NCSJ Elects New Leaders (December 5) Updated Emigration Statistics (December 5) Holocaust Education in Ukraine (Dec. 7) Hoagland: "Putin's Touchy Timing" (WP, Dec. 7) Holocaust Education in Ukraine (December 7) "Armenia and the Middle East" (Middle East Review of International Affairs, Dec. 2000) Sestanovich: "Where Does Russia Belong?" (National Interest, Winter 2000) Zissels Book Addresses Past, Future of Ukrainian Jewry (Jewish Meridian, Dec. 2000) "Agenda for Renewal: U.S.-Russian Relations" (Carnegie, December 2000) "Armenia & the Middle East" (M.E.Rev.of International Affairs, December 2000) "The Perestroika Miracle" (Reform Judaism, Fall 2000)

November Uncovering Armenia's Jewish Past (Nov. 20) New Synagogue Opens in Chelyabinsk (JTA, Nov. 13) Report on ARZA/World Union Mission to Moscow & Minsk (November 9) Russians Anticipate U.S. Vote (Nov. 4-8) Lessons From Scoop Jackson (Heritage, Nov. 2) Brzezinski: "Living With Russia" (National Interest, Fall 2000)

October Poster Campaign Launched in Moscow (Segodna, Oct. 30) U.S. Congress Responds to Moscow Synagogue Raid (Oct. 27) OSCE Human Dimension Meeting (Warsaw, Oct. 17-27) Successor to Russian National Unity (RFE/RL Oct. 18) "It's the World, Stupid" (NY TIMES, Oct. 16)  "Memoirs of a Revolutionist" (WP Book World, Oct. 15)  "New Threat to Religious Minorities?" (RFE/RL, Oct. 11) Synagogue Fire in Tashkent (Oct. 9) RJC Carrying Judaism Across Russia (JTA, Oct. 5) U.S. Senate Hearing on Iranian Weapons Programs and Russia (Oct. 5) International Forum on Looted Cultural Assets (Vilnius, Oct. 3-5) U.S.-Russian Agreement on Wartime Archives (Vilnius, Oct. 4) U.S. Statement on Intolerance and Anti-Semitism in Russia (Oct. 3) Domestic Violence Project press conference (Oct. 3) "Image and Reality in Russia"  (Washington Post, Oct. 2) U.S. Ambassador Collins Hosts Ryazan Roundtable (Oct 2000)

September President Clinton's Message (Sept. 29) Religious Freedom Roundtable (Sept. 29) Jewish New Year 5761 (Sept. 29) Albright Testimony (U.S. House of Representatives, Sept. 27) Decade of Freedom Reception (Sept. 20) "135 Days of Putin" (Carnegie Endowment, Sept. 19) Celebrations in Russia and Ukraine (Sept. 18-19) Sunday School Attacked in Ryazan (Sept. 17) Update on Russia-NATO Relations (Sept. 12) "Dateline Moscow" (Heritage Foundation, Sept. 11) Putin on "Larry King Live" (CNN, Sept. 8) Senate Confirms New Ambassadors (Sept. 8) Senate Hearing on Religious Freedom Report (Sept. 7) Clinton-Putin Meeting (Sept. 6) Gessen: Moscow Dispatch (The New Republic, Sept. 6) "Putin's Sea of Troubles" (Economist, Aug. 26-Sept. 1)

August Saratov Rightists Unite (RFE/RL, Aug. 30) Local RNE Suspended (RFE/RL, Aug. 30)  Jackson-Vanik Amendment 25th Anniversary (Aug. 28) Putin Criticizes Media (Observer, Aug. 27) NCSJ at Schusterman Hillel Leaders Assembly (Aug. 24) "Dick Cheney and the 'Great Game'" (Washington Post, Aug. 23) Graham Allison: "Russia's Tragedy - And Ours" (Aug. 23) Paul Saunders on Future of Russia's Democracy (State Department, Aug. 22) Foreign Media Reaction to Kursk Disaster (Aug. 18) Rep. Smith on Russian Jewry (Jewish Exponent, Aug. 3) NCSJ at National Party Conventions (July-Aug.)

July GOUSSINSKY CHARGES DROPPED        Moscow Times Article (July 28)       AP Report (July 27)      CNN Coverage (July 27)       Washington Post Online (July 27) Press Freedom in Russia (Freedom Forum, July 27) Senator Leahy: "Why Foreign Aid?" (July 27) Dick Cheney and the Jewish Community (JTA, July 25) Leon Fuerth on Russia's Future & U.S. Policy (July 25) Chechen Orphans to Israel (Jerusalem Post, July 21) Helsinki Commission Religious Liberty Report (July 19) 25th Anniversary of Helsinki Final Act (OSCE, July 19) Brzezinski on Russia and Post-Divided Europe (July 19) U.S. Interests in Central Asia (RFE/RL, July 18) Putin Delivers State of the Nation speech (AP, July 8) NCSJ Ukraine trip (Washington Jewish Week, July 6) Russian Jewry Today (JTA, July 6) Holocaust Remembered in Latvia (AP, July 6) Updated Emigration Statistics Holocaust Memorial Defaced in Latvia (AP, July 3) Nazi Trial Suspended in Lithuania (AP, July 3) Assessing Putin's Agenda (Leon Aron, July AEI)

June Challenges facing Russian Jewry (JTA, June 29) President Vladimir Putin's "Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation" (June 28) Warsaw  Declaration on democracy, rights (June 27) Confirmation Hearing: New ambassadors to                Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan (June 21) Foreign Policy Prospects for Presidential Candidates        George W. Bush (June 22 AEI Panel)               Al Gore (June 14 AEI Panel) Community Services visit to Ukraine (June 5-19) Senator Raises Belarus Concerns (June 6) Congressional Press Conference on Goussinsky Arrest Russian Jewish Leader Arrested President Clinton Visits Russia and Ukraine  Arrest of Vladimir Goussinsky: Goussinsky Interview (Jerusalem Post, June 26) The Fallout (TIME Europe, June 26) Jim Hoagland commentary (Washington Post, June 25) The Charges (Moscow Times, June 23) Russian Press Reaction - Review and Analysis (June 21) Whom to Blame? (Moscow Times, June 20) U.S. House Passes Resolution (June 19) National Press Club Statement (June 19) Goussinsky profile (JTA, June 19) Safire Commentary (New York Times, June 19) Goussinsky Interview (Newsweek, June 18) Nina Krushcheva Commentary (Ha'aretz, June 18) Goussinsky Released (June 16) PBS NewsHour (June 16) Action Alert (June 15) Congress Responds     - Resolutions     - Press Conference    - Statements     - Letter U.S. business leaders postpone Russia visit (June 15) Economist Intelligence Unit (June 14) American Jewish Letter to President Putin (June 14) Russian Jewish Leader Arrested (updated June 15)

May Jewish Community Conference in Yalta  Senate Hearing on International Religious Freedom Foreign Aid Forum ORT Press Conference Community Reception for visiting Ukrainian Prime Minister Belarus Court Decision

April Borovichi Jewish community attacked again Roundtable on Religious Freedom in Russia Board of Governors Meeting Senate Hearing: "The Legacy of Hate"

March Jewish perspectives on Vladimir Putin NCSJ Lauds Congressional Letters to Vladimir Putin Election Eve: NCSJ Condemns Anti-Semitic TV Attack New Name: NCSJ Belarus Court Favors Anti-Semitic Book Waffen SS March in Latvia (Associated Press) MORRIS B. ABRAM (1918-2000) NCSJ Welcomes Russian Response to U.S. Congress

February Condoleezza Rice on Promoting the National Interest (Jan-Feb 2000) Paula Dobriansky on Russia's Foreign Policy (Jan-Feb 2000) Year-End Report: Review of 1999, Anticipating 2000 and Beyond.

January Duma Election Results, includes final breakdown of Duma parties and seats Memorandum: Latest Developments in Russia Aliyah Increased in 1999 (see Press Release) Russian President Boris Yeltsin resigned early Friday, December 31, 1999, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin became Acting President until Presidential elections now scheduled for March 26, 2000.

1998 & 1999