Russia's spheres of interest, not influence

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 3-22

  Trenin, Dmitri ^a  

^a Moscow Center ^*  (Russian Federation)

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EID: 70450170842     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: 15309177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01636600903231089     Document Type: Article

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11. This was a culmination of a series of attacks, which included bombings in Moscow, mid-air bombings of two passenger planes, and a terrorist attack on Nalchik, the capital of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, also in the North Caucasus.
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