The Putin Administration's Policies Toward Non-Russian Regions of the Russian Federation: Congressional Hearing Examines how the Putin Administration's policies toward one-fifth of its citizens that is ethnically non-Russian differs or, in some respects, resembles pre-1991 Soviet nationalities policies. Witnesses: Dr. Marjorie M. Balzer, research prof. and coordinator of Social, Ethnic, and Regional Issues, Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES), Georgetown Univ.; Dr. John B. Dunlop, senior fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford Univ.; Paul A. Goble, dir., Communications Dept., Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Jesse Helms, U.S. Senator from N. Carolina; and Dr. Steven Solnick, assoc. prof. of Political Science, Columbia Univ. |
