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  • Fom-Info #13 April 12, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #13:The president's address. Russians are expecting reforms in the power structures. The NTV scandal. Is there a threat to freedom of speech in Russia? Ratings for TV news programs. Why does a politician go to church? North Korea: "communism's reserve".
  • Fom-Info #12 April 5, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #12:Vladimir Putin: summary of the year. What does the president want? Chechnya is Putin's greatest failure. Pension reform receives mixed reviews. 8% of Russians are saving for old age. Helmut Kohl and Adolph Hitler are the best-known Germans.
  • Fom-Info #11 March 29, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #11:Unlimited purchase and sale of land: pro and con. Land to the villagers?.. Land must have an owner. The Homeland: place of birth or all of Russia? I don't know another country like it. One-third of Russians say they would not live in Moscow. The majority of Russians have a land plot in the country.
  • Fom-Info #10 March 22, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #10:Vladimir Putin – one year after the presidential elections. Putin's economic reforms. Europe or America? What should the mass media keep in the dark? The share of supporters of censorship is increasing. Sweden: "socialism in a capitalistic manner".
  • Fom-Info #9 March 15, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #9:The USSR's revival is desirable, but impossible. Anniversary of the referendum on preserving the USSR. The impressive power of the nation is no more. On the situation in Chechnya. The South Kurile Islands: Russians keep to their point of view. The wonder of Japan. Internationalism is fellowship between nations.
  • Fom-Info #6 February 22, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info ¹ 6:The prosecutor's office shouldn't depend on the president. Judicial reform - yes! What does the term "presumption of innocence" mean? America is a dream for some, but for others... Bill Clinton is the best-known American in Russia. Europe and America - the score is 2:1.
  • Fom-Info #5 February 15, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info ¹ 5: What is going on with NTV? On Russia's chief rescuer. Vietnam is a country of heroes and merchants. South Korea: "A little dragon that is gaining strength". Russians remember what the word "censorship" means. What does the word "love" mean?
  • Fom-Info #4 February 8, 2001 (5) (+)
    FOM-Info ¹ 4: Representatives should be known on sight. Black gold What upsets and annoys people in Russia? Authorities on foreign policy. What does the term "liberal ideas" mean?
  • Fom-Info #3 February 1, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info ¹ 3: The Chechen war goes on. Chechen events don't influence Putin's rating. Why was Borodin arrested? Russians on the arrest of Borodin: "it is high time", but "hurtful to our nation". Is Pavel Borodin "a great thrifty manager" or "a great wheeler-dealer"? Austria is Strauss's music and the Alps.
  • Fom-Info #2 January 25, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info ¹ 2: The main thesis of the president's appeal. Plans for the future are more important than a report on the past. Does the president's appeal influence the life of our nation? The USSR's debts: should we pay or not? Mikhail Êàsyanov has fame, but has not become more popular. "Default is a dead situation".
  • Fom-Info #1 January 18, 2001 (8) (+)
    FOM-Info ¹ 1: Typical Russians on typical Russians. Stability is "well-being for everybody". Russian attitudes towards Orthodox Christmas. Western culture: a synthesis of «all the best» or «naked backsides»? Western movies: we watch them regularly, but with revulsion. Everybody has their own notion of what happiness is... New Year's Day is the best holiday. The New Year's drinks are champagne, vodka, and tea.
  • Fom-Info #14 April 20, 2001 (5) (+)
    FOM-Info #14:Russia's national interests. The NTV scandal from the audience's point of view. The situation around NTV. Boris Nemtsov: "the orthodox right". What is good news? The breath of spring...
  • Fom-Info #15 April 27, 2001 (8) (+)
    FOM-Info #15:Do we need a multiparty system? The alliance between Unity and Fatherland – All Russia: pro and con. A new party needs a new leader. Yuri Luzhkov – "the results of his work can be seen". A civil society is an enlightened society What is happening in Ukraine? The Russian police top the mistrust scale. Pavel Borodin's case: Russians regret the millions wasted on bail.
  • Fom-Info #16 May 10, 2001 (5) (+)
    FOM-Info #16: Modern fascism. "Philosophy of cruelty". The "black list of offenders". Who is able to help out in a pinch? Vladimir Putin: "it is hard work, but he tries to do his best".
  • Fom-Info #17 May 17, 2001 (5) (+)
    FOM-Info #17:The new Labor Code. Trade unions today are on the side of employers. The employer and the worker: business is business. Alexander Pochinok is a "smiling and hard-working" person. ¨ Spain: "castanets, siesta, and sombrero"
  • Fom-Info #18 May 24, 2001 (8) (+)
    FOM-Info #18:The crisis in Ukraine: we should stand neutral. Russians are dissatisfied with current relations with Ukraine. Ukraine: "unfortunately, now it is abroad". Demographic plans and reality. Two children per family is the perfect solution. There is no prestige in giving birth. What does the term "demographic crisis" mean? Do wage earners have any rights?
  • Fom-Info #19 May 31, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #19:Is ideology more important than economic interests? The CIS: perspectives on becoming one state. The submarine Kursk will be raised from the Barents Sea. Will we know what caused the Kursk disaster? Alexander Lukashenko is a "great patriot". Where is the best place to live? It might be somewhere far away. Holland is a country of "free views"
  • Fom-Info #20 June 07, 2001 (5) (+)
    FOM-Info #20: What will we celebrate on June 12? Russians are beginning to estimate independence. Sovereign Russians speak about sovereignty. Alexiy II "fulfils his patriarchal duties well". The role of Patriarch Alexiy II. Japan: the "economic wonder".
  • Fom-Info #21 June 14, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #21: The war in Chechnya goes on. Attitudes towards military actions in Chechnya are changing. Chechnya and Putin's popularity. Gazprom: "just gas" and "crazy money". Rem Vyakhirev. Norway is a "country of snow".
  • Fom-Info #22 June 21, 2001  (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #22: What motivates reporters? Russian reporters: ratings and anti-ratings. June 22, 1941. Russians demonstrate religious tolerance. Russia and China: friendship is growing stronger. China is a crowded country.
  • Fom-Info #23 June 28, 2001 (5) (+)
    FOM-Info #23: Dialogue is already progress. Should land sales be forbidden? Public organizations. France is "a country of beauty". The best-known Frenchmen.
  • Fom-Info #24 July 5, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #24: On the purchase and sale of land. On the moratorium on the death penalty. A moratorium is a "hard-set law". "Life is paid for with a life". The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: who is responsible and what should be done?. Our compatriots in Israel.
  • Fom-Info #25 July 12, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #25:Russians feel positive about the new pension reform. The salary is "in the envelope". Was Slobodan Milosevic bartered away for "a snip of radish"? Attitudes of Russians towards the extradition of Milosevic. Slobodan Milosevic: hero or criminal? Yasser Arafat, the leader of Palestine.
  • Fom-Info #26 July 19, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #26:"A referendum is a public poll". A referendum on importing nuclear waste? What reasons are there to take part in protest actions? The new pension reform: "a baby from the cradle should start saving for old age". Grigory Yavlinsky is a "cultured man". Tsaritsyn - Stalingrad - Volgograd. Canada - "a sporting country" and "nearly Russia".
          
  • Fom-Info #27 July 26, 2001  (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #27:Reforms: popular and unpopular. Words and deeds of Gennady Seleznyov. Half of Russia's townspeople are satisfied with their mayor. Who are the Slavs? What is the Slavic temperament? The Slavic world.
  • Fom-Info #28 August 2, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #28: The results of the G-8 summit. Russians don't care much about anti-globalist protests. Poor, rich Russia. Poverty is not a crime, but a condition. Property in land: de jure and de facto. Why do Russians need land? Putin and the people differ on the death penalty.
  • Fom-Info #29 August 9, 2001  (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #29: The anniversary of the sinking of the Kursk. Schooling is light... More and more Russians are ready to pay to educate their children. Globalization is the "unification of all countries". How do Russians understand the word "intellectuals?" A VCR is not a competitor for the TV set. Our movies give us a "better chance to cry" than foreign films.
  • Fom-Info #30 August 16, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #30: Should we give the land to the farmers? Where they plow, plant, and mow. Russians are not ready to protest against private ownership of land. The putsch: 10 years after. Russians as before are satisfied with their schools. A school teacher is "a second mother".
  • Fom-Info #31 August 23, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #31: It's better to be together... Less sunshine - but then "we live abundantly". Leonid Kuchma is "an anti-hero". Crimea is a resort and the object of a political dispute. Half of Russians want Crimea to be returned. Victor Khristenko is "an able specialist".
  • Fom-Info #32 August 30, 2001  (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #32: În hazards of political parties. There is such a party. Being a scientist is out of fashion. On the brain drain. Scientists are in flight from poverty. They are out of funds, but have glasses on. Finland is "a good neighborly country".
  • Fom-Info #33 September 6, 2001 (5) (+)
    FOM-Info #33:On the eve of the presidential elections in Belarus. "It was the best republic of the former Soviet Union..." Alexander Lukashenko: "a good man" or "a tyrannical ruler"? Why do communists win elections? A portrait of a modern communist.
  • Fom-Info #34 September 13, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #34:On "right" ideas and politicians. "Left" ideas are "the ideas of communism". Centrists are "the golden mean". Russians are against the free sale of arms. Stalin: harm and good. Armenia is "our former republic"
  • Fom-Info #35 September 20, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #35: "I cry because I feel so sorry for those people". "Extremism" means cruelty, crudity, and violence. The presidential election in Belarus: no surprises. The rebuilding of Lensk. On Germany, the Germans, and financial compensation. Russians and Germans: what is the difference? "Both Russians and Germans like to drink beer".
  • Fom-Info #36 September 27, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #35:Is this the Third World War? The goals of terror. Who is responsible: the Islamic countries or international terrorism? On involving Russia in American actions. Who will be next? The international terrorists are "bandits without borders". America - Chechnya - Russia.
  • Fom-Info #37 October 4, 2001  (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #37:Changes in Russia's life. Russia and the USA: have relations become better? NATO is "something unpleasant for the soul". NATO expansion: a threat to Russia. We dislike NATO, but agree to collaborate. Is it possible or necessary for Russia to join NATO? George W. Bush as seen by Russians.
  • Fom-Info #38 October 11, 2001  (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #38:Russians estimate Putin's job performance as president. The government and the State duma as seen by Russians. On position of the native Russian speaking population of the CIS. On our fellow citizens who live abroad. Poland is "a slavic country". The Poles: "both we and they are Slavic people".
  • Fom-Info #39 October 18, 2001  (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #39: Do We Need the State Duma? Russians on US Military Operations in Afghanistan. The Goal of US Military Operations. Russia-US: a New Alliance? I'm Afraid Russia May Get Involved in War. The Taliban: "Medieval Fanaticism".
  • Fom-Info #40 October 25, 2001  (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #40: Unity + Homeland. Raising the Submarine Kursk: the Public Response. Reasons for World Support for the US Operation in Afghanistan. Georgia - Abkhazia. "Civilized" and "Uncivilized" Nations: Distinction Criteria. Portugal: "A Piece of the Atlas".
  • Fom-Info #41 November 1, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #41: Military bases in Cuba and Vietnam: " additional expenses for our country". Russians favor closer relations with the USA. The future for Russia and the USA: "a new era". Reasons to talk about the start of a new era. Russia "will be in the heart of civilization". India - "a country of high culture". A great revolutionary holiday?
  • Fom-Info #42 November 8, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #42: Will Russia reemerge as a great power? On Russia's external enemies. Who are Russia's allies? The USA and Russia: friends or not? What do Russians know about Tyumen province? The Academy of Sciences: " the top scientists". Why is the Academy of Sciences needed?
  • Fom-Info #43 November 15, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #43: Courts in Russia: "money talks..."? Judicial reform is needed. Courts and judges: public opinion. Russia's place in the world. We should be friends with decent countries. Twelve people in the street whose honesty has been proven.
  • Fom-Info #44 November 22, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #44: Russia and Belarus: examination of opinions. The borders are shared, but our presidents are different. The mass repression must never be forgotten. Ecology: what do Russians worry about? "The environment: air, water, and land". Moldova and Transdnestria. "The Bouquet of Moldova"
  • Fom-Info #45 November 29, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #45: Russia and the USA: relations have become more trustful The U.S. president's rating is rising not only in the USA. A cry of the people was heard by the authorities. Chechnya: who is more interested in negotiations? Great love for the Motherland. The most important values are safety, peace, and family. Behind the Glass.
  • Fom-Info #46 December 6, 2001 (8) (+)
    FOM-Info #46: The Treaty of Belovezhsk: 10 years after. The USSR's collapse was too incredible to be true. Dynamics of Russian attitudes on the USSR's collapse. In 1991: "Many wishes and expectations, but we singed our feathers." Oil is our wealth. Is Constitution Day a holiday or just another day off? Are there many patriots in Russia? It is warm with four harvests per year there.
  • Fom-Info #47 December 13, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #47: Why was the Northern Fleet command dismissed? The Russian Prosecutor General's Office. What is behind the recent activity of the Prosecutor General's Office? "Russia without bribes is not really Russia". Vladimir Ustinov is "a serious man". Tony Blair is clever and brave. Great Britain is "the center of European culture".
  • Fom-Info #48 December 20, 2001 (6) (+)
    FOM-Info #48:Russia seems to have recovered. Things will get better after all. Is our life becoming better? We will elect a good president for a second term. National security is their business. The modern image of Russia's security bodies.
  • Fom-Info #49 December 27, 2001 (7) (+)
    FOM-Info #49:The U.S. withdrawal from the ABM Treaty as seen by Russians. Russia 2001: good and bad events. The most important world events of 2001. Vladimir Putin is three-time "political leader of the year". Hero and anti-hero. Zhores Alferov is "Man of the Year" in science and culture. Pavel Bure is "Sportsman of the Year".

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