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				International Affairs  Regional Political Affairs  Russia   Document Name    Date   Document Type  18 to Watch in '18: Damian Murphy   Mar. 5, 2018 Legislative Analysis 2000 Legislative Summary: Russian Aid   2000 Legislative Analysis 2012 Legislative Summary: Normalization of Russia Trade   Jan. 14, 2013 Legislative Analysis 2018 Legislative Preview: Russia   Jan. 8, 2018 Legislative Analysis 2020 Legislative Preview: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act   Jan. 13, 2020 Legislative Analysis 2020 Legislative Preview: Russia   Jan. 13, 2020 Legislative Analysis A Harder Red Line   Feb. 24, 2014 Legislative Analysis Address of General Secretary M. Gorbachev to the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union   Feb. 25, 1986 Primary Source Address on Ditente by Nobel Laureate Exiled Russian Novelist A. Solzhenitsyn   Jun. 30, 1975 Primary Source Agreement Between United States and Soviet Union on Emigration of Soviet Jews   Oct. 18, 1974 Primary Source Agreement by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus to Form a Commonwealth of Independent States; Resignation of Soviet President M. Gorbachev; Remarks by President George Bush   Dec. 8, 1991 Primary Source America Still Tops Russia in Defense Spending by Tenfold   May 23, 2016 Legislative Analysis Announcement by FBI Director Louis J. Freeh on the Arrest of Senior FBI Agent Robert Philip Hanssen for Espionage   Feb. 20, 2001 Primary Source Announcement of the Death of Soviet Leader L.I. Brezhnev, Statement by the CPSU Central Committee, and Eulogy by Y.V. Andropov   Nov. 10, 1982 Primary Source As Turkish Leader Courts Russia, U.S. Prepares to Cut Ties   May 20, 2019 Legislative Analysis Biden's Usual Warm Relations With Russia Chills Out Over Chicken Crusade   May 25, 2002 Legislative Analysis Caution Is the Watchword on Hill As Putin Takes Charge in Russia     Legislative Analysis Chill With Russia Brings Nuclear Insecurity   Nov. 2, 2015 Legislative Analysis Chilled Relations In a Warmer Arctic   Apr. 20, 2009 Legislative Analysis Close Encounters: Risking an Accidental War   Nov. 9, 2015 Legislative Analysis Companies Balk on Sanctions   May 26, 2014 Legislative Analysis Conventional Forces Treaty Amendment, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Conventional Forces Treaty, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Dealing With the "New" Russia     CQ Researcher Declaration of Respect to Former Prime Minister I. Nagy and All Other Victims of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising in Defiance of the Soviet Union Issued by the Government of Hungary   Jun. 14, 1989 Primary Source Democrats Reluctantly Join in Senate's Approval of Treaty on Nuclear Arms Reduction   Mar. 8, 2003 Legislative Analysis Disinformation Continues to Pose a Serious Threat to U.S. Security   Jun. 24, 2019 Legislative Analysis Documents from the 28th Communist Party Congress: Soviet Leader M. Gorbachev Urging Adoption of Reforms, B. Yeltsin Arguing Against, Gorbachev Defending Policies   Jul. 2, 1990 Primary Source Excerpts from Russian President Putin's Speeches on Beslan School Hostage Crisis   Sep. 4, 2004 - Sep. 13, 2004 Primary Source Failed Soviet Coup Attempt: Excerpts from Russian President B. Yeltsin Announcing Coup Had Collapsed; from Soviet President M. Gorbachev Describing His Captivity; Yeltsin's Eulogy for Men Who Died in Confrontation   Aug. 19, 1991 Primary Source Few Guidebooks for Responding to Military Confrontations   Nov. 9, 2015 Legislative Analysis Final Dance: Bush, Putin Set Stage for Successors   Apr. 14, 2008 Legislative Analysis General Secretary L. Brezhnev at 25th Party Congress   Feb. 24, 1976 Primary Source Georgian, Russian, and U.S. Officials on the Conflict in South Ossetia   Aug. 7, 2008 Primary Source Glassboro Conference, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis Guns or Butter for Ukraine?   Nov. 16, 2015 Legislative Analysis Hearings on Treaty With Russia Highlight Senators' Concerns Over Removal of Nuclear Arms   Jul. 20, 2002 Legislative Analysis International Collaboration on Settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh Region   Oct. 29, 2010 Primary Source International Leaders Announce Sanctions against Russia   Jul. 30, 2014 Primary Source International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO v. Allied International Inc. (456 U.S. 212): Brief Summary     Case Summary Jacksonville Bulk Terminals Inc. v. International Longshoremen's Association (457 U.S. 702): Brief Summary   Jun. 24, 1982 Case Summary Korean Airliner Downing, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Last Address of President R. Reagan to the Nation   Jan. 11, 1989 Primary Source Medvedev on His Inauguration as President of Russia   May 7, 2008 Primary Source Moscow Subway Attacked by Suicide Bombers   Mar. 29, 2010 Primary Source National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization, 1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis News Conference Held Jointly by President George Bush and Soviet President M.S. Gorbachev at the Conclusion of Their Meeting on Malta; News Conference of President Bush at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium   Dec. 3, 1989 Primary Source News Conference of President George Bush Proposing Cuts in American and Soviet Troop Strength, Conventional Combat Aircraft, Tanks, and Artillery in Europe   May 29, 1989 Primary Source News Conference of Presidents B. Yeltsin and B. Clinton on Russian Economic Crisis, Moscow, Russia   Sep. 2, 1998 Primary Source News Conference with Secretary of Defense W.S. Cohen on the U.S. Offer of Assistance in Rescuing the Stranded Russian Submarine, Kursk   Aug. 18, 2000 Primary Source Nobel Laureate A. Sakharov's "Letter to My Foreign Colleagues" Announcing Hunger Strike; S Res 246 Adopted by Senate   Oct. 9, 1981 Primary Source October and Perestroika: The Revolution Continues. Speech of Soviet General Secretary M.S. Gorbachev on the 70th Anniversary of the 1917 Revolution   Nov. 2, 1987 Primary Source Official Statement on Soviet Responsibility for Murder of Thousands of Captured Polish Military Officers (Katyn Massacre) in 1940   Apr. 13, 1990 Primary Source On the Agrarian Policy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the Present Conditions: Report of General Secretary M.S. Gorbachev to the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee   Mar. 15, 1989 Primary Source Preliminary Report to the Congress on Forced Labor in the USSR: Report of the U.S. State Department   Nov. 4, 1982 Primary Source Preparation for the 2014 Olympic Games; Terrorist Attacks Raise Concerns   Nov. 28, 2013 Primary Source President J. Carter's Remarks Deploring Soviet Exile of Nobel Laureate A. Sakharov; Sakharov's Statement Describing his Arrest and Exile   Jan. 22, 1980 Primary Source President J. Carter's Speeches on U.S. Policy Toward Soviet Union   Mar. 17, 1978 Primary Source Press Briefings on the Defection of M. Shostakovich, Conductor of the Soviet Symphony Orchestra   Apr. 15, 1981 Primary Source Project Truth: U.S. Effort to Counter Soviet Propaganda   Oct. 15, 1981 Primary Source Proposal of Soviet General Secretary M. Gorbachev to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, Broadcast on Soviet Television and Distributed by the Soviet News Agency Tass   Jan. 15, 1986 Primary Source Putin on His Reelection as President of Russia   Mar. 8, 2012 Primary Source Putin's Victory in Russia Revives Push for Action On Nuclear Arms Control     Legislative Analysis Race for the Arctic   Aug. 1, 2008 CQ Global Researcher Rapprochement With Russia: A New Mood Hits Congress   Nov. 10, 2001 Legislative Analysis Reagan-Gorbachev Meetings, 1985-1986 Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Red Alert: Russia Looms Large as a Security Threat   May 23, 2016 Legislative Analysis Relations With Russia: Punishment or Perestroika?   Dec. 6, 2003 Legislative Analysis Remarks on Soviet Election and Perestroika by the Soviet Newspaper Pravda; Communist Officials; and President George Bush   Mar. 26, 1989 Primary Source Reorganization and the Party's Personnel Policy: Speech of Soviet General Secretary M.S. Gorbachev Delivered to a Meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union   Jan. 27, 1987 Primary Source Report by Soviet General Secretary M.S. Gorbachev to the Nineteenth All-Union Party Conference, Moscow   Jun. 28, 1988 Primary Source Report of the Central Committee to the 26th Party Congress and Statements Delivered by L. Brezhnev, General Secretary   Feb. 23, 1981 Primary Source Report of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on U.S.-Russian Space Cooperation   May 15, 1995 Primary Source Report of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA): "Proliferation and the Former Soviet Union"   Sep. 24, 1994 Primary Source Resignation of Soviet Foreign Minister E. Shevardnadze; Response of Soviet President M. Gorbachev   Dec. 20, 1990 Primary Source Resurgent Russia   Feb. 7, 2014 CQ Researcher Russia and the White House: A Strained Partnership   Apr. 17, 2006 Legislative Analysis Russia Longs to Graduate At the Top of Trade Class   Aug. 10, 2009 Legislative Analysis Russia Report: Dangerous Liaisons   Jul. 16, 2018 Legislative Analysis Russia Report: Just Minutes to Avert Nuclear Devastation   Jul. 16, 2018 Legislative Analysis Russia Report: Senators Push for Refocus on NATO   Jul. 16, 2018 Legislative Analysis Russia Report: The Kremlin Heats Up the Arctic   Jul. 16, 2018 Legislative Analysis Russia Report: Timeline of a Superpower Relationship   Jul. 16, 2018 Legislative Analysis Russia Report: Unpunished for Meddling, Moscow Gears Up Again   Jul. 16, 2018 Legislative Analysis Russia Sanctions, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Russia Sanctions, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 Legislative Analysis Russia's Arctic Grab   Sep. 29, 2014 Legislative Analysis Russian Duma OKs START II; U.S. Hopes for Better Odds For Anti-Missile Negotiations     Legislative Analysis Russian President B. Yeltsin Announces Decision to Dissolve Parliament, Hold Elections for New Legislature, Provoking Crisis   Sep. 22, 1993 Primary Source Russian President B. Yeltsin's 1994 Address to the New Russian Parliament, Appeal for "New Political Style" to Move Russia Forward   Feb. 24, 1994 Primary Source Russian President on the State of Russia's Economy   Dec. 18, 2014 Primary Source Russian President Putin on World Affairs and Russian Politics   Feb. 10, 2007 Primary Source Russian President Valdimir Putin's State of the Nation Address, 2003   May 16, 2003 Primary Source Russian President Valdimir Putin's State of the Nation Address   Apr. 3, 2001 Primary Source Russian Voters Elect State Duma Amid Fraud Allegations   Dec. 5, 2011 Primary Source Sanctions on Russia for Aiding Iran in Arms Development, 1999 Legislative Chronology   1999 Legislative Analysis Senate Select Committee Report: "An Assessment of the Aldrich H. Ames Espionage Case and Its Implications for US Intelligence"   Nov. 1, 1994 Primary Source Separatist Movements   Jun. 1, 2008 CQ Global Researcher Soviet Acquisition of Militarily Significant Western Technology, Report of the U.S. Defense Department   Sep. 18, 1985 Primary Source Soviet Cellist M. Rostropovich on Artistic Freedom   Mar. 9, 1975 Primary Source Soviet General Secretary L. Brezhnev's Speech Outlining Changes in Soviet Constitution and USSR Leadership   Oct. 4, 1977 Primary Source Soviet President M. Gorbachev on Plans for Restructuring the Soviet Union   Aug. 26, 1991 Primary Source Soviet President M. Gorbachev's Resignation as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union   Aug. 24, 1991 Primary Source Speech by Communist Party General Secretary, M. Gorbachev at the Funeral of General Secretary K.U. Chernenko   Mar. 13, 1985 Primary Source Speech by Former Soviet President M. Gorbachev at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, Hailing the End of the Cold War   May 6, 1992 Primary Source Speech by President R. Reagan Proposing Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START), Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois   May 9, 1982 Primary Source Speech by Soviet General Secretary M.S. Gorbachev on the Role of Military Force and Ideology in World Affairs, Delivered to the UN General Assembly, New York City   Dec. 7, 1988 Primary Source Speech by Soviet General Secretary Y.V. Andropov Outlining Soviet Arms Control Proposals   Dec. 21, 1982 Primary Source Speech by Vladimir Putin on His Inauguration as President of the Russian Federation   May 7, 2000 Primary Source Speech of President R. Reagan on Defense Policy   Mar. 23, 1983 Primary Source Speech of President R. Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals, Orlando, FL   Mar. 8, 1983 Primary Source Speech of Secretary of State W. Christopher on Expansion of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Cooperation Between NATO and Russia   Sep. 6, 1996 Primary Source Speech of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State S. Talbott on President B. Yeltsin's Victory in Russian Elections to the U.S.-Russia Business Council   Jul. 11, 1996 Primary Source Speech to Congress by President R. Reagan on Nuclear Arms Control and the MX Missile   Nov. 22, 1982 Primary Source State of the Nation Speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Russian Parliament   Apr. 25, 2005 Primary Source Statement by G.F. Kennan, Architect of the Policy of Containment, to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Breakdown in the System of Power in Russia   Apr. 4, 1989 Primary Source Statement of A.B. Shcharansky on Arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Jerusalem, Israel, Following His Release from Internal Exile in the Soviet Union   Feb. 11, 1986 Primary Source Statement of Russian President Boris Yeltsin on State of the Russian Nation, 1995   Feb. 16, 1995 Primary Source Statement of the Soviet Government Newspaper Izvestia and News Conference with N. Daniloff, Following His Arrest on Espionage Charges   Sep. 8, 1986 Primary Source Statement of the Soviet Union on the Chernobyl Atomic Power Plant Disaster and U.S. Government Translation of the Soviet Report to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria   Apr. 28, 1986 Primary Source Statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Response to the Hostage Crisis at a Moscow Theater   Oct. 28, 2002 Primary Source Statements by the Baltic Nationalist Movements of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and by the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party on the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and Containing Demands for Independence   Aug. 23, 1989 Primary Source Statements of President R. Reagan, Secretary of State G.P. Shultz on the Downing of a Korean Airliner by the Soviet Union   Sep. 1, 1983 Primary Source States Suspicious of Feds' Interest in Securing Voting Systems   Oct. 16, 2017 Legislative Analysis Tass Announcement of the Death of Soviet Leader Y. Andropov, Speeches by President R. Reagan and Communist Party General Secretary, K. Chernenko   Feb. 10, 1984 Primary Source Testimony of Soviet Marshal S.F. Akhromeyev Before the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee   Jul. 21, 1989 Primary Source The Making of an Arms Race   May 23, 2016 Legislative Analysis The Monthly Planet: A Game of Russian Reset   Apr. 11, 2009 Legislative Analysis Throwing Fire on Russian Oil   Sep. 15, 2014 Legislative Analysis To Russia, With Limited Love   Mar. 19, 2012 Legislative Analysis Trial of Soviet Dissidents, 1978 Legislative Chronology   1978 Legislative Analysis U.S. and Soviet Agriculture: The Shifting Balance of Power. Report of the Worldwatch Institute and Statements by President R. Reagan   Oct. 2, 1982 Primary Source U.S. Intelligence Playing Catch-Up on Russia   May 23, 2016 Legislative Analysis U.S., Russia May Warm to Nuclear Arms Cuts   Feb. 25, 2013 Legislative Analysis U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control Treaty Signed by U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin   May 24, 2002 Primary Source U.S.-Russian Relations   May 22, 1998 CQ Researcher U.S.-Soviet Consular Treaty, 1965 Legislative Chronology   1965 Legislative Analysis U.S.-Soviet Consular Treaty, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis U.S.-Soviet Ditente, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis U.S.-Soviet Relations, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis U.S.-Soviet Relations, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 - 1990 Legislative Analysis U.S.-Soviet Summit Meetings, 1945-1991   1945 - 1991 Facts & Figures Unfinished Business: Next President Will Inherit Complicated Relationship With Russia   Oct. 13, 2008 Legislative Analysis Unrest in Kyrgyzstan   Apr. 8, 2010 Primary Source Vice President and Russian Foreign Minister on U.S.-Russian Relations   May 4, 2006 Primary Source White House and Kremlin Want End to Cold War Trade Law   Oct. 26, 2002 Legislative Analysis Wildfires Impact Russia   Jul. 30, 2010 Primary Source
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