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February 9, 2005: Index: PCOL Exclusive: Departure from Russia Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 3:05 pm [5]
February 27, 2001: Headlines: COS - Russia: Pravda: 120 US Volunteers started working in Russia last year Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:50 pm [1]
November 22, 2000: Headlines: COS - Russia: Country Directors - Russia: Lecture: "Up to My Neck in Alligators: Experiences of an American Mayor" by Tim Douglas, Peace Corps Country Director Russia Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:49 pm [1]
November 30, 2002: Headlines: COS - Russia: Music: Country Directors - Russia: Kulshan Chorus: Kulshan Chorus Music and Life in Russia Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:48 pm [1]
March 27, 2001: Headlines: COS - Russia: Orchestra: Music: IWU: Through Erica Joncich's experience with the Peace Corps, she forged a relationship with the Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra, where she plays the violin Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:47 pm [1]
February 19, 2003: Headlines: COS - Russia: PCVs in the Field - Russia: Personal Web Site: Steven Brown, PCV Russia VIII Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:46 pm [1]
November 27, 1991: Headlines: COS - Colombia: COS - Dominican Republic: COS - Russia: Intelligence Issues:: Congressional Record: CIA Defector Edward Lee Howard Now Unguarded in Russia Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 1:31 pm [1]
January 6, 2005: Headlines: COS - Russia: Community Development: Hawaii Business magazine: Russia RPCV Olin Lagon brings high tech jobs to the homesteads in Hawaii Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 9:59 am [1]
November 3, 2004: Headlines: COS - Russia: Marriage: Tulsa World: Brett Morrison was a two-year Peace Corps volunteer in Russia, where he met Russian-born Zina while teaching an American conversation class. The two married in 2000 and are expecting their first child Monday, November 29, 2004 - 3:51 am [1]
November 17, 2004: Headlines: COS - Russia: Exchange: The Moscow Times: U.S.-Russian Group Fills Gap Left by Peace Corps Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 2:51 pm [4]
October 27, 2004: Headlines: COS - Russia: Novosti: Russians' opinion of Democrats - possibly erroneous and simplistic - is based on the assumption that the Democrats want to infiltrate all political and social structures of foreign countries. Some see the roots of this missionary zeal in J.F.K and his Peace Corps, while others say its history began long before that. Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 2:33 pm [1]
October 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Russia: Free Speech: Putin ru: Richard Holbrooke says "By silencing the press and closing non-governmental organisations, he has moved to shut down independent critics. Western contact with Russian society has been limited - the Peace Corps was expelled, the representative of the American Federa tion of Labour (AFL-CIO) in Moscow was declared persona non grata" Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 12:48 am [1]
August 9, 2004: Headlines: COS - Russia: Obituaries: East Valley Tribune: Russia RPCV Dave Musante writes own obituary Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 2:20 pm [1]
July 12, 2004: Headlines: COS - Russia: Service: Orphans: Older Volunteers: Saint Petersburg Times: A recent Peace Corps volunteer, Marge Pease, 79, was moved by both the great need of the orphanages she visited and the gratitude of the orphans in Russia Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 12:03 am [2]
June 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Russia: Intelligence Issues: Middle East North Africa Financial Network: Sharon Tennison says Putin was at odds with the Peace Corps for good reasons; some of them were going well beyond their scope Monday, June 28, 2004 - 10:28 am [1]
July 7, 2001: Headlines: COS - Russia: PCVs in the Field - Russia: Personal Web Site: Russia 1996 - 1998 by Heather Brooks, RPCV Monday, May 31, 2004 - 1:40 pm [1]
April 25, 2004: Headlines: COS - Russia: Obituaries: The Hawk Eye: Dave Musante and his wife, Janet McNeill, joined the first group of U.S. Peace Corps volunteers to serve in Russia Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 1:27 pm [1]
April 22, 2004: Headlines: COS - Costa Rica: COS - Russia: The Moscow Times: Marty Bell, currently head of the Moscow mission of the AIDS Foundation East-West, joined the U.S. Peace Corps right after graduating from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1978 and was sent to Costa Rica and put his industrial engineering and operations degree to use by restructuring a bakery and making it profitable Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 11:58 pm [2]
April 8, 2005 - The Moscow Times: RPCV Steven Brown oversees production of tortillas, nacho chips, salsas and other foods for Mexican restaurants in Russia Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 12:05 pm [2]
February 20, 2004 - State Department: Remarks on the Occasion of George Kennan’s Centenary Birthday by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Monday, February 23, 2004 - 6:05 pm [1]
January 18, 2004 - University of Vermont: Logan was a volunteer in the village of Lazo in Russia Far East from 1997 to 1998 Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 3:30 pm [1]
November 1, 2002 - Rocky Mountain News: Russia RPCV John Maslanik is candidate in Democratic Primary for Colorado's 5th District Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 5:12 pm [1]
November 26, 2003 - The Moscow Times: New School Promotes Concept of Volunteerism in Russia Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 11:04 am [1]
December 30, 2002 - Norlos: Bellyaches: Peace Corps? We don’t need no stinking Peace Corps Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 10:59 am [1]
January 4, 2003 - American Bulgarian: "the Russkies have gone and kicked out 30 Peace Corps volunteers on suspicion of espionage" Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 10:58 am [1]
January 21, 2003 - St. Petersburg Times: RPCV Kevin Kaye on the Peace Corps departure from Russia Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 10:52 am [1]
January 21, 2003 - St. Petersburg Times: William Smith on the Peace Corps departure from Russia Friday, November 28, 2003 - 9:17 am [2]
August 13, 2002 - Krugnov.ru: The Peace Corps in Russia: Spies and Schizophrenics Monday, October 06, 2003 - 12:04 pm [1]
July 24, 2002 - Pravda: Russian and American special services did not make arrangements related to Edward Lee Howard's case Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 3:28 pm [1]
June 22, 2003 - Stanford Magazine: Finding My Inner Russian by RPCV Sarah Cameron Sunday, June 22, 2003 - 12:35 pm [1]
December 1, 1995 - Synapse: Crime in Russia: Bitter fruit of capitalism and democracy by Peace Corps Volunteer Tim Goodwin Saturday, June 21, 2003 - 4:43 pm [1]
June 11, 2003 - The Advertiser Tribune: Rob Cobb taught English as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Russia's "Silicon Valley" Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 9:00 am [1]
May 26, 2003 - St. Lawrence University: Tasha Hacker - To Russia, With Love Monday, May 26, 2003 - 4:00 pm [1]
Life as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Russia Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 12:52 pm [3]
Peace Corps in limbo: For the first time since the U.S. Peace Corps began sending volunteers to Russia in 1992, there will not be an incoming group this year. Saturday, July 07, 2001 - 6:12 pm [1]
What is to be done? Ronald Pope's comments about the Peace Corps program in Vladimir. Friday, June 22, 2007 - 6:31 am [2]
A Response to "What is to be done? " Saturday, July 07, 2001 - 6:10 pm [1]
Peace Corps finally makes its presence felt around Russia - The Russia Journal Saturday, July 07, 2001 - 6:02 pm [1]
Swearing in new volunteers in Russia in November 2000 Saturday, July 07, 2001 - 6:01 pm [1]
Could it be? Stories from an RPCV in Russia Saturday, July 07, 2001 - 5:58 pm [1]
The Russophile: 101 ways you know that you have been in Russia too long Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 12:48 pm [7]
The PCV Network for active Peace Corps volunteers in Russia and Western Europe Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 1:29 pm [2]
The Life and Times of a Peace Corps Volunteer in Yaroslavl, Russia Monday, April 03, 2006 - 12:33 am [4]
US Embassy Description of Peace Corps of Programs in Russia Saturday, July 07, 2001 - 5:46 pm [1]
Peace Corps Description of Programs in Russia Saturday, July 07, 2001 - 5:45 pm [1]
BELLY BUTTON WINDOW PEOPLE: Peace Corps Volunteers in Western Russia Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 7:53 am [3]
General Accounting Office Report on the Peace Corps in Eastern Europe Saturday, July 07, 2001 - 6:06 pm [1]
Welcome to Rusus.com, our story of life in Russia. We use this site to document everyday life in Russia, as seen by two U.S. Peace Corps volunteers. Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 3:24 pm [6]
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2006.09.12: September 12, 2006: Headlines: COS - Russia: City Government: Bellingham Herald: Former Russia Country Director Tim Douglas is interim Mayor of Bellingham Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 9:18 am [1]
2006.07.25: July 25, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tunisia: Journalism: Humor: COS - Russia: Seattle Times: Tunisia RPCV Al Kamen asks: Could Putin be culprit in Bush open-mic gaffe? Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 6:43 pm [1]
2001.04.12: April 12, 2001: Headlines: COS - Russia: COS - Turkmenistan: Computers: Internet: Software Industry: Internet News: Turkmenistan RPCV Ryan Haley writes: Esther Dyson, one of the digital industry's sharpest minds, knows that Russian society is filled with corrupt, well-connected oligarchs. But she still thinks it's a good place for U.S. investors to back software and technology companies. Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 4:53 pm [1]
February 3, 2006: Headlines: COS - Russia: Poetry: The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.: Russia RPCV Michelle Kaskovich writes poetry about travels Monday, February 27, 2006 - 7:12 pm [1]
December 1, 2005: Headlines: COS - Morocco: Writing - Morocco: COS - Russia: The Atlantic: Jeffrey Tayler writes How the former world chess champion Garry Kasparov hopes to unseat President Vladimir Putin Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:22 pm [1]
November 23, 2005: Headlines: COS - Russia: Intelligence Issues: New York Times: Russia moves to impose greater government control over charities and other non-governmental organizations Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 11:34 pm [1]
July 29, 2005: Headlines: COS - Russia: Intelligence Issues: Financial Express.bd, Bangladesh: Nikolai Patrushev, head of the Federal Security Service, the successor to the KGB told the Russian parliament in May that the UK and US and other foreign secret services were trying to bring about revolutions in Russia and other former Soviet countries, using NGOs as cover. Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 10:08 pm [1]
July 2, 2005: Headlines: COS - Russia: Blogs - Russia: Personal Web Site: Anam Cara was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Russia Sunday, July 03, 2005 - 12:24 pm [1]
February 3, 1998: Headlines: COS - Russia: Agriculture: Michigan State: Former Representative Bob Bender (RPCV Russia) to Serve in Key Position in Michigan Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 3:25 pm [1]
July 7, 2001: Headlines: COS - Russia: PCVs in the Field - Russia: Personal Web Site: [Excerpt0] Russia 1996 - 1998 by Heather Brooks, RPCV Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 7:09 pm [1]
October 1, 1999: Headlines: COS - Kyrgyzstan: COS - Russia: Context: Re-Educating Bloc-Heads Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 10:09 pm [1]
January 14, 2005: Headlines: COS - Russia: COS - Ukraine: Chamber of Commerce: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal: Ukraine RPCV Paul Hinshaw heads communications at chamber in Russia Sunday, February 27, 2005 - 5:08 pm [1]
February 7, 2005: Headlines: COS - Russia: Conservation: Rivers: Nevada City Union: Russia RPCV Jason Rainey is new executive director for The South Yuba River Citizens League Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 1:47 pm [1]