What Russia wants: Moscow is not bent on world domination, just regional influence.
RUSSIA'S MILITARY intervention in Georgia has provoked a storm of negative reactions in the United States and Europe. To most Americans--and apparently to spluttering Bush administration officials--Moscow's actions came as an unpleasant surprise. Pundits and policy experts immediately began to speculate about the Kremlin's motives in Georgia and beyond....

Classroom use of the art print: Viktor Ivanov (Russian; b.1924). The Afternoon Snack, c. 1966. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THINGS TO LEARN Viktor Ivanov was born in Moscow in 1924, five years after the Russian revolution, which gave birth to the Soviet Union. After completing art school, Ivanov created propaganda posters during the end of World War II, and also during the...

Tehran Backs Russia In Caucasus; US Is Closer To Iran Blockade.
Visiting Russia, Iran's Foreign Minister Manushehr Mottaki on Sept. 13 backed Moscow's moves on Georgia and threats to other peripheral states which used to be part of the former Soviet Union (FSU). He said the US missile shield planned to be installed in East Europe was part of an...

Dr. Lubov Blinder, 70.
WORCESTER Dr. Lubov (Boguslavsky) Blinder, 70, of 35 Lancelot Drive, Paxton, died at Rose Monahan Hospice Home on Thursday, October 2nd. She leaves her husband of 49 years, Dr. Boris Blinder; a son, Dimtry Blinder of Brighton; a granddaughter, Veronica Blinder and her cousin, Bella Spivak of...

Dr. Lubov Blinder, 70.
WORCESTER Dr. Lubov (Boguslavsky) Blinder, 70, of 35 Lancelot Drive, Paxton, died at Rose Monahan Hospice Home on Thursday, October 2nd. She leaves her husband of 49 years, Dr. Boris Blinder; a son, Dimtry Blinder of Brighton; a granddaughter, Veronica Blinder and her cousin, Bella Spivak of...

Power Grab at Norilsk Nickel Likely if Deripaska Goes Broke, Global Insight Reports.
MOSCOW, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Russia's richest man is having money troubles, and the country's largest nickel producer could change hands as a result. Forecasting firm Global Insight reports that Oleg Deripaska is running out of time and money to pay back the USD 4.5 billion he borrowed from...

16th Annual HBA Expo set for NYC this month.
Sept. 9-11: 16th Annual HBA Global Expo, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. More info: www.hbaexpo.com Sept. 10: Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors (ICMAD) Membership Outreach Breakfast, New York, NY. More info: www.icmad.org Sept. 15-16: Third International Conference on Applied Hair Science, Princeton,...

Humic Substances: 14-20 September 2008, Moscow to St. Petersburg, Russia.
This conference is the 14th International Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS-14) and will be held on 14-19 September 2008 in Russia aboard a ship traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The satellite exhibition, "Humic Materials--Resources for the 21st Century," will be part of the conference. ...

From peasant to patriarch; account of the birth, uprising, and life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
9780739115794 From peasant to patriarch; account of the birth, uprising, and life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Shusherin, Ioann. Trans. by Kevin Kain and Katia Levintova. Lexington Books 2007 203 pages $60.00...

Greetings from the International/Intercultural committee!
The International/Intercultural committee has been very busy with two main projects: the 2008 World Conference in Russia and plans to increase the number of international members. The World Conference, scheduled for June 1821, 2008, in Moscow, Russia, is shaping up to be an excellent event. Presenters have...