Mikhail Gorbachev: The New Russia

price liberalization

price rises

rapid

world market

see also oil prices

Primakov, Yevgeny

private enterprise

expected to play major role

privatization

absolutely everything

considered iniquitous

education

Gorbachev apartment

growth of

healthcare

indiscriminate

inefficient

‘popular’

pushed through

‘ridiculous’

state’s supreme power

swift

voucher scheme

Yeltsin’s unheard-of stunt

Privolnoye

MG in (2005)

problem of poverty

democracy fails to address

Prokhanov, Alexander

Prosecution Service

Prosecutor-General’s Office

see also Skuratov

protectionism

Public Anti-Crisis Initiative

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich

anti-terrorist coalition cooperation

beginning of post-Soviet history with

election issues

meeting between G. W. Bush and

first priority for

knowledgeable as deputy mayor of St Petersburg

MG meeting at Kremlin (2001)

named by Yeltsin as his successor

Obama’s long conversation with

open letter from MG to Obama and

overtures towards the United States

Petersburg Dialogue

popularity of

presidential immunity for Yeltsin by special decree signed by

setting up all sorts of fronts

specifically Russian kind of political expertise and willpower

speeches quoting conservative Russian philosophers

support for

talk on television after Bolotnaya Square

tone adopted in speeches by

Valdai Club speech (2013)

Putina, Lyudmila

Qian Qichen

Rabochaya Tribuna (newspaper)

Rachmaninov, Sergey

Raisa Gorbachev Children’s Institute of Transplantology and Haematology

Rakowski, Mieczyslaw

Ramos-Horta, José

Rau, Johannes

Raushenbakh, Boris Viktorovich

Reagan, Nancy

Reagan, Ronald

MG meeting with (1992)

Presidential Library

recession

Red Cross see International Red Cross

referendums

law on

Reflections on the Past and Future (MG)

religious fanaticism

Repubblica (Italian newspaper)

Revenko, Grigoriy

Reykjavik Summit (1986)

RIA Novosti (news agency)

MG’s relationship with

Rice, Condoleezza

rights see civil rights; human rights

Rio de Janeiro see Earth Summit

Ritter, Mark Steven

road to democracy

country that had advanced along

obstacles on

Rocard, Michel

Rodina, Yelena

Rokossovsky, Konstantin

Roman law

Romania

Romashin, Anatoly

Rome

Romney, Mitt

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta

MG accused of forming anti-Yeltsin alliance

Rostov-on-Don

see also Volgodonsk

Rotblat, Sir Joseph

Rozov, Viktor

RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)

Law on Privatization of the Housing Stock

Rudnev, Valeriy

rule of law

construction of state living under

establishment of

impossible Without impartial courts, without justice

introduced step at a time

more equitable international order based on

people demanding return to

strengthening of

Rumyantsev, Oleg

RUSDP (Russian United Social Democratic Party)

Russia’s Choice Party

Russian Academy of Sciences

Corresponding Members

Far East Branch

Institute of Socio-Political Research

Solzhenitsyn’s funeral service

Russian Communist Workers Party

Russian Federation

Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between EU and

Audit Department of Finance Ministry

Constitution of

Financial Academy

‘freeing’ of prices

guarantees of immunity for the president

honest elections

leaders opt for disintegration

no assistance/interest from ambassadors to MG

path to normal state governance

prevention of attempts by MG to leave

simplified procedure for registering political parties

unitary act which encompasses all educational institutions in

Yeltsin’s decrees

see also Communist Party; Constitutional Court; RSFSR; Supreme Soviet

Russian language status

Russian Orthodox Church

Russian PEN Centre

Russian Security Council

Russian Union of Journalists

Russkii Almaz (Astafiev)

Rutskoy, Alexander

Ryazan

Voters Club

Ryzhkov, Vladimir

Ryzhov, Yury

Saakashvili, Mikheil

Saarland

Sachs, Jeffrey

Saddam Hussein

Sadovnichy, Viktor

Sakharov, Andrey Dmitrievich

salaries

average

improving

overdue

restricting money supply by failing to pay

tiny

unpaid for months

wretchedly low

see also wages

Samara

MG meeting the voters

San Francisco

Saraskina, Lyudmila

Saratov

Sarkisyan, Pavel

savings

effectively expropriated

lost

rendered worthless

Scandinavian countries

see also Denmark; Norway; Sweden

Schaumburg Palace

Schmidt, Helmut

Schröder, Gerhard

Schwab, Klaus

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

science

abandoned

advancing

funds allocated by the state for

Islamic culture and

need to empower professionals in

significant support for

Scorpions, The

Scowcroft, Brent

SDPR (Social Democratic Party of Russia)

secret police

see also FSB

Seine, River

Serbia

see also Belgrade

Serebryakova, Zoya

Sevastopol

Shadurskaya, Yelena Georgievna

Shakhnazarov, Georgiy

Shakhrai, Sergey

Shanghai

Shatalin, Stanislav

Shatrov, Mikhail

Shchekino Method

Shchelkov

Shchelkovo

Shevardnadze, Eduard

Shevchuk, Yury

Sheynis, Viktor

Shikotan Island

shock therapy

compliments on

failure of

intelligentsia largely in favour of

perpetrators of

unacceptability of

shortages

complaints about

elimination of

global

terrible

Shultz, George

Shushkevich, Stanislav

Shuvalov, Igor

Siberia

Yenisey River

Siege of Leningrad (1941–4)

Simonov, Alexey

Sinyavsky, Andrey

Sisakyan, Alexey

Sixth World Water Forum (Marseille 2012)

Skuratov, Yury

Slavin, Boris

Slawutzkaja, Mirra

Slovakia

small- and medium-sized businesses

assisting

encouragement of

enormous hurdles faced by

flourishing of

relations should be developed through

supporting

Smena (magazine)

Smolensky, Alexander

Soares, Mário

Sobchak, Anatoly

social democracy

high priorities for

international

need for party professing the ideals of

outstanding thinkers within

Russia needs

values of

Social Democratic parties

British

German

Russian see

Islamic doctrines strongly advocate

pointed questions asked about

Social Science Institute see CPSU (Central Committee)

social stratification

acute

worsening

social welfare

ensuring the necessary level of safeguards

fundamental provision undermined

safety net

unsatisfactory

socialism

collapse of system that was called

critical thinking about

democratic

dogmatic understanding imposed

Lenin’s comments on

MG’s understanding and rethinking of

national

Perestroika as process of renewing