Palme, Olof
Panikin, Alexander
Pankin, Alexey
Panorama (Italian weekly)
Panteley see Gopkalo
Parfenov, Leonid
Paris
MG and RG on Seine boat trip
see also Charter of Paris
Party of Social Democracy
Passau
path of democracy
danger that Russia might turn aside from
example to all countries following
more straightforward
Patrushev, Nikolai
Pavlov, Valentin
Pavlovsky, Gleb
Peace with Water conference (Brussels 2009)
pensions
arrears of
backlog of
increased
meagre
millions of people not paid for months
minimum level of
monetization and
non-payment of
restricting money supply by failing to pay
Peres, Shimon
Perestroika
abandonment of
achievements of
assessment of
beginning of
twentieth anniversary of
blamed for hours of queuing and empty shelves
businesses started during
China-USSR relations and
crucial legacy of
defending
disruption of
exhibition of
foreign policy of
free thinking during
furious resistance to
humane character of
ideals of
impact of
intelligentsia reaction during
interrupted
motto of
new setback for growth of democracy initiated by
newspaper edited by longstanding opponent of
not seen through
offspring of
one of the main lessons of
opposition to
philosophy of
problems for
real channel of communication for
reflecting on the experience of
Russo-Japanese relations and
slight directed at
Thatcher’s support for
victory of
vilification of
see also Understanding Perestroika (MG)
Pérez Esquivel, Adolfo
Perot, Ross
Perry, William
Pershin, Andrey
Petersburg-Channel
Petersburg cronies approach
Petersburg Dialogue
Petrakov, Nikolai
Petukhov, Vladimir
Philadelphia
Philippines
Pillor, Mark
Pipes, Richard
Poland
admission to EU
documents about shooting of prisoners of war
letter from MG to Marshal and deputies of the Sejm
Obama against deploying anti-ballistic missile systems in
see also Jaruzelski; Katyn; Kulczyk; Rakowski
Politburo
documents about shooting of Polish prisoners of war
Top Secret minutes of meetings
pollution
citizens protesting about
dire in many Chinese cities
see also greenhouse gas emissions
Poltoranin, Mikhail
Poptsov, Oleg
Portugal
see also Soares
Potanin, Vladimir
poverty
attacking
eradication of
extreme
fighting
huge numbers plunged into
majority are living in
mass
millions lifted out of
most vulnerable sections of population condemned to
overcoming
people humiliated by
reducing the glaring gaps between wealth and
substantial increase in risk of
vast majority sink into
widespread
see also poverty line; poverty threshold; problem of poverty
poverty line
population below
two-thirds of Russian people living on
poverty threshold
population sliding towards
reviewed and raised
Powell, Colin
Pozner, Vladimir
Prague Spring (1968)
Presidential Messenger (Interfax)
price liberalization
price rises
rapid
world market
see also oil prices
Primakov, Yevgeny
private enterprise
expected to play major role
privatization
absolutely everything
considered iniquitous
education
Gorbachev apartment
growth of
healthcare
indiscriminate
inefficient
‘popular’
pushed through
‘ridiculous’
state’s supreme power
swift
voucher scheme
Yeltsin’s unheard-of stunt
Privolnoye
MG in (2005)
problem of poverty
democracy fails to address
Prokhanov, Alexander
Prosecution Service
Prosecutor-General’s Office
see also Skuratov
protectionism
Public Anti-Crisis Initiative
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich
anti-terrorist coalition cooperation
beginning of post-Soviet history with
election issues
meeting between G. W. Bush and
first priority for
knowledgeable as deputy mayor of St Petersburg
MG meeting at Kremlin (2001)
named by Yeltsin as his successor
Obama’s long conversation with
open letter from MG to Obama and
overtures towards the United States
Petersburg Dialogue
popularity of
presidential immunity for Yeltsin by special decree signed by
setting up all sorts of fronts
specifically Russian kind of political expertise and willpower
speeches quoting conservative Russian philosophers
support for
talk on television after Bolotnaya Square
tone adopted in speeches by
Valdai Club speech (2013)
Putina, Lyudmila
Qian Qichen
Rabochaya Tribuna (newspaper)
Rachmaninov, Sergey
Raisa Gorbachev Children’s Institute of Transplantology and Haematology
Rakowski, Mieczyslaw
Ramos-Horta, José
Rau, Johannes
Raushenbakh, Boris Viktorovich
Reagan, Nancy
Reagan, Ronald
MG meeting with (1992)
Presidential Library
recession
Red Cross see International Red Cross
referendums
law on
Reflections on the Past and Future (MG)
religious fanaticism
Repubblica (Italian newspaper)
Revenko, Grigoriy
Reykjavik Summit (1986)
RIA Novosti (news agency)
MG’s relationship with
Rice, Condoleezza
rights see civil rights; human rights
Rio de Janeiro see Earth Summit
Ritter, Mark Steven
road to democracy
country that had advanced along
obstacles on
Rocard, Michel
Rodina, Yelena
Rokossovsky, Konstantin
Roman law
Romania
Romashin, Anatoly
Rome
Romney, Mitt
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rossiyskaya Gazeta
MG accused of forming anti-Yeltsin alliance
Rostov-on-Don
see also Volgodonsk
Rotblat, Sir Joseph
Rozov, Viktor
RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)
Law on Privatization of the Housing Stock
Rudnev, Valeriy
rule of law
construction of state living under
establishment of
impossible Without impartial courts, without justice
introduced step at a time
more equitable international order based on