https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/rss.xmlNew Congressional Research Service reports tracked by EveryCRSReport.com.http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationpython-feedgenenSat, 11 Jul 2026 07:09:41 +0000https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from progress toward democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2011-11-04T000000-0400Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.htmlU.S. policy toward the Central Asian states has aimed at facilitating their cooperation with U.S. and NATO stabilization efforts in Afghanistan and their efforts to combat terrorism, proliferation, and trafficking in arms, drugs, and persons. Other U.S. objectives have included promoting free markets, democratization, human rights, energy development, and the forging of East-West and Central Asia-South Asia trade links. Such policies aim to help the states become what various U.S. administrations have considered to be responsible members of the international community rather than to degeneratehttps://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.html/2012-01-03T000000-0500Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from progress toward democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2012-02-10T000000-0500Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.htmlhttps://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.html/2012-05-18T000000-0400Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.htmlThis report discusses the U.S. policy toward the Central Asia. It provides background information and most recent developments in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. U.S. objectives have included promoting free markets, democratization, human rights, energy development, and the forging of East-West and Central Asia-South Asia trade links.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.html/2012-05-31T000000-0400Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from progress toward democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2012-06-07T000000-0400Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RS21238.htmlhttps://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RS21238.html/2012-08-03T000000-0400Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2012-09-19T000000-0400Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.htmlhttps://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.html/2012-09-19T000000-0400Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2012-12-21T000000-0500Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.htmlThis report discusses the current status of Central Asian states and U.S. policy, which has been aimed at facilitating their cooperation with U.S. and NATO stabilization efforts in Afghanistan and their efforts to combat terrorism, proliferation, and trafficking in arms, drugs, and persons.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.html/2013-01-09T000000-0500Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2013-04-29T000000-0400Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.htmlReport that discusses the current status of Central Asian states and U.S. policy, which has been aimed at facilitating their cooperation with U.S. and NATO stabilization efforts in Afghanistan and their efforts to combat terrorism, proliferation, and trafficking in arms, drugs, and persons.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.html/2013-05-31T000000-0400Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from progress toward democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2013-08-08T000000-0400Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RS21238.htmlUzbekistan gained independence at the end of 1991 with the breakup of the Soviet Union. The landlocked country is a potential Central Asian regional power by virtue of its population, the largest in the region, its substantial energy and other resources, and its location at the heart of regional trade and transport networks. The existing president, Islam Karimov, retained his post following the country’s independence, and was reelected in 2000 and 2007. He has pursued a policy of caution in economic and political reforms, and many observers have criticized Uzbekistan’s human rights record. Thehttps://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RS21238.html/2013-08-21T000000-0400Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43197.htmlThe table below provides names and contact information for CRS experts on various policy concerns of interest to Congress relating to the prospect of international military responses to the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria. Policy areas identified include the conflict in Syria, chemical weapons, military operations, intelligence issues, war powers, the humanitarian response, issues in the Middle East region, the United Nations, other international actors, and other foreign policy instruments.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43197.html/2013-08-28T000000-0400Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43201.htmlThis report discusses the reports of a mass casualty chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus and the possible punitive U.S. military action against the Asad regime.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43201.html/2013-09-03T000000-0400Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43201.htmlReports of a mass casualty chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus are reshaping the long-running and contentious debate over possible U.S. intervention in Syria’s bloody civil war. Obama Administration officials and some foreign governments report that on August 21, 2013, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al Asad attacked opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs of the capital with chemical weapons, killing hundreds of civilians, including women and children. The Syrian government has denied the accusations categorically and blames the opposition for the attack. United Natihttps://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43201.html/2013-09-12T000000-0400Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from progress toward democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2013-09-13T000000-0400Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43383.htmlThis report discusses the security and human rights issues at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43383.html/2014-01-06T000000-0500Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43383.htmlThe President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on July 4, 2007, that Sochi, Russia, had been selected as the host city for the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympics. The Olympic Games, which will be held February 7-23, 2014, are the first to be hosted by Russia as a successor state to the former Soviet Union. Reportedly, some 230 U.S. athletes out of approximately 2,900 from some 88 countries, and about 10,000 U.S. visitors, are expected in Sochi. Olympic events will take place at two main locations: a coastal cluster along the Black Sea and a mountain cluster in the Krasnhttps://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/R43383.html/2014-01-26T000000-0500Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from progress toward democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2014-03-05T000000-0500Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlThis report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitry Medvedev, both of which have steered Russia away from progress toward democratization. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2014-03-07T000000-0500Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.htmlThis report discusses the current status of Central Asian states and U.S. policy, which has been aimed at facilitating their cooperation with U.S. and NATO stabilization efforts in Afghanistan and their efforts to combat terrorism, proliferation, and trafficking in arms, drugs, and persons.https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33458.html/2014-03-21T000000-0400Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0400https://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.htmlRussia made uneven progress in democratization during the 1990s, but this limited progress was reversed after Vladimir Putin rose to power in 1999-2000, according to many observers. During this period, the State Duma (lower legislative chamber) became dominated by government-approved parties, gubernatorial elections were abolished, and the government consolidated ownership or control over major media and industries, including the energy sector. The Putin government showed low regard for the rule of law and human rights in suppressing insurgency in the North Caucasus, according to critics. Dmithttps://www.EveryCRSReport.com/reports/RL33407.html/2014-03-31T000000-0400Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0400