Johnson's Russia List [list two] 5 May 1997 djohnson@cdi.org [Note from David Johnson: 1. From Salon: Doug Fine, Uzbed Low Tech. 2. Washington Post: Ferdinand Protzman, Steppes Off the Deep End. Photographers Expose the New Post-Soviet Russia. 3. Los Angeles Times: James Baker, Political Cooperation, Not Guns,=20 the Key to a New, Successful NATO. 4. Section on Russia from The 1997 Index of Economic Freedom (Published by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal). 5. Rossiyskiye Vesti: Chernomyrdin Remarks on Tax Code Cited.] ********* #1 >From Salon http://www.salonmagazine.com If you're big on telephones and such, the nations of Central Asia aren't for you. But if you have an iron stomach, a steel will and a bottle of Cipro, you'll be rewarded with [878 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=683064&hilit=ART+SATELLITE> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&523503 Score: 78 Subject: Re: "You're all idiots," Satellite Choice tells its readers