BTW Louis, I'm curious -- just exactly what articles have you read about contemporary Russia? I want to have names of articles, authors, and sources of publication, preferably that do not refer to nonexistent Putin family members? No fair randomly finding something on Lexis-Nexis. I want ot have a list within a half an hour. If you have actually been following the issues, this should be no problem for you. I am curious, for one, as to why you have, wuithin the last few months, asseted the following demonstrable falsehoods, never with data to back them up:
1. The Bolsheviks considered the Chechens to have the right to secede. In fact, they disarmed the entire Chechen population in 1925. 2. Russia sent troops to Chechnys without provocation. In fact, they were sent there after mujaheedin invaded Dagestan from Chechnya, twice. 3. Terrorist bombings began in Russia after troops entered Chechnya, not before. Again, this is factually incorrect. 4. The Chechen slave trade was not connected to the Chechen government. In fact, the Chechen government permitted a slave market on Grozny's main square. 5. Stalin was not popular. In fact, Stalin was adored as a near-God, as any competent biography of the man says, and has been written about many times. I am waiting for your list of scholarly sources. ===== Nu, zayats, pogodi! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
