January 16, 2003 - International Herald Tribune: Russians have every right to feel insulted about being treated like a Third World country
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January 16, 2003 - International Herald Tribune: Russians have every right to feel insulted about being treated like a Third World country
Russians have every right to feel insulted about being treated like a Third World country
Read and comment on this letter to the editor of the Internation Herald Tribune that the Russians have every right to feel insulted about being treated like a Third World country after having enjoyed 50 years as the second most powerful nation in the world at:
Regarding the report "Climate for foreigners in Russia turns chilly" (Jan. 16):*
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Regarding the report "Climate for foreigners in Russia turns chilly" (Jan. 16):
What is truly shocking about the revelations in this article is not the current Russian action, but the fact that the Russians put up with such unbridled interference for so long.
I can only imagine how the United States would have reacted if some Russian labor activist, paid by the Soviet government, had been advising the United States air controllers before they went on strike during the Reagan administration. Irene Stevenson should never have been let into Russia in the first place.
As for the Peace Corps, the Russians have every right to feel insulted about being treated like a Third World country after having enjoyed 50 years as the second most powerful nation in the world. The peace corps is a charitable organization that should go not only where people are in need of charity but where they are willing to accept it. If the Russians do not want to become permanently dependent on handouts, more power to them.
Eric Fox, Paris
Background on the Peace Corps in Russia
Read more background on the Peace Corps in Russia at:
Special Report: From Russia with Love 1 January 2003
Analysis and Discussion of PC Expulsion from Russia
In response to "Foreigners Wonder Who Will Be Next" 17 January 2003
New Wariness in Russia Toward Help From West 16 January 2003
Russian-US ties strained over Peace Corps 15 January 2003
End of Peace Corps an Opportunity Lost 15 January 2003
Russian Actions against Peace Corps make Foreigners Wonder Who Will Be Next 13 January 2003
A Russian looks at the Peace Corps and the Federal Security Service 8 January 2003
PCVs leaving Russia with regret
Peace Corps Volunteers leaving Russia with regret 14 January 2003
PC out of Russia in 90 days
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PC Rep won't waste words on spying charges
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Peace Corps responds to Russian suggestions of intelligence gathering 3 January 2003
Peace Corps disappointed with Russian decision
Exclusive: Peace Corps disappointed with Russian decision 27 December 2002
Moscow to abandon Peace Corps agreement
New York Times: Russia bars future U.S. Peace Corps workers 28 December 2002
Pravda: Moscow informs Washington of intention to abandon Peace Corps agreement 27 December 2002
Associated Press: Russia Rejects U.S. Peace Corps 27 December 2002
US Ready to Remove Peace Corps From Russia
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Russian Spy claims "groundless" says US
Russian claims about Peace Corps volunteers "groundless" says US Embassy 16 December 2002
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Update: KGB Chief says PCVs involved in suspicious activities 15 December 2002
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KGB refuses visas to religious workers
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What RPCVs say about the situation
Exclusive: Read the advice RPCVs gave the Peace Corps in August 18 August 2002
Russia is cooling to the Peace Corps
Time Magazine says Russia "Cooling To the Corps" 23 August 2002
Radio Free Europe makes the Case for the Peace Corps in Russia 18 August 2002
Secretary of State Powell makes no progress on Peace Corps visas with Russian foreign minister 14 August 2002
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The real losers in this situation are the students who won't have foreign teachers and who won't have the opportunity to learn about another culture and to learn English, even if it was American English. Without this exposure their lives will be more limited.
