by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jan 20, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis The US State Department recently issued a travel advisory to American citizens planning to attend the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia in February and March. Often the media ignores or fails to publish the Department’s Travel...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Mar 12, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Throughout the Gorbachev years and before, the Soviet Union’s five Central Asian Republics (otherwise known as the -stans) were the strongest supporters of the Soviet Union. When the collapse came, they were also the least prepared for...