RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 28, Part I, 9 February 2001
DEPUTIES, ANALYSTS CRITICIZE CIA ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIA. State Duma Deputy Chairman (Yabloko) Vladimir Lukin on 8 February took issue with a report by U.S. CIA director George Tenet about Russia and Russian-American relations. Lukin said that Tenet's statement is "of a political rather than an analytical nature" and that the two countries do not have the strongly opposed interests Tenet suggested. Duma Defense Committee Deputy Chairman (Yabloko) Aleksei Arbatov said that if the U.S. wants stability in the world, a strong Russia "is in the interests of the United States." And Russian political analysts, including the United States and Canada Institute's Sergei Robov said that Tenet's statement contains "nothing new" but rather reflects a continuing Cold War approach to relations. PG
Copyright (c) 2001. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. http://www.rferl.org
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