Introduction : why Russia matters and how -- Russia's historical roots -- Russia's new political system and succession … policies -- Challenges of demography and health -- Are Russians moving backwards? -- Russia as a post-imperial power -- Summing … up the balance sheet : implications for US policy toward Russia -- Fact sheet on Russia, 2000-2008 …

countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe including Turkey, together with Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and …

We test the extent to which growth in the 11 CIS countries (excluding Russia) was associated with developments in … Russia, overall, as well as through the trade, financial and remittance channels over the last decade or so. The results … point to the continued existence of economic links between the CIS countries and Russia, though these links may have altered …