post-Soviet

The trial has shed light on the murky deals that allowed a select group of post-Soviet businessmen to acquire some of Russia's choicest industrial assets during the country's chaotic shift to capitalism.

Russian Tycoon Testifies to a Loan From Witness Guy Chazan 2011

In the public square, 200 Jewish libraries containing more than a million Jewish books complement the Jewish Studies courses at more than 100 universities in the post-Soviet region.

A Miraculous Post-Soviet Religious Revival Steven Schwager 2011

The journey is taking White City—a British former NATO staffer on vocals and bass, a Swedish aid worker on drums and an Australian photographer on guitar—from stately theaters to street gigs in ancient Muslim cities to the occasional post-Soviet strip stage.

White City Rocks, Rolls from Almaty to Lahore Maria Abi-Habib 2011

I expected the usual post-Soviet mogul, either slick or troglodyte, or both, and obviously a man.

The Rise and Fall of Yulia Tymoshenko Matthew Kaminski 2011

The quest for Jewish knowledge and community life, pa Ruski, is tangible among people grappling with the challenges of post-Soviet societies.

A Miraculous Post-Soviet Religious Revival Steven Schwager 2011

Cargo 200 — the title is Soviet-army code for dead soldiers being shipped home from the front — is meant to be not a period piece but a window onto the origins of the iniquities of the post-Soviet era.

From Russia, With Self-Loathing 2009

Eastern ally Russia has offered around $1 billion in support this year from a fund it runs with other post-Soviet nations but is pressuring Minsk to sell key state assets, which Moscow has long coveted.

Belarus Jails Rivals to Leader James Marson 2011

Desperate inventions of post-Soviet Russia - Boing Boing

Boing Boing 2009

They do this every morning in the town of Astara, which dates back 6,000 years and today sits on the border between the post-Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Tijuana of the Caspian 2009

It might seem unlikely that such an alluring public figure emerged from this drab post-Soviet industrial breadbasket think Nebraska mixed with Detroit.

The Rise and Fall of Yulia Tymoshenko Matthew Kaminski 2011