| CONTENTS |
| MINTIMER SHAIMIEV President of the Republic of Tatarstan |
| INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LINKS IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION |
| THE PARLIAMENT OF TATARSTAN AT THE HEIGHT OF REFORM |
| KAZAN: A MEETING PLACE OF TWO WORLDS |
| SCALING THE HEIGHTS OF SCIENCE |
| FAVOURABLE INVESTMENT CLIMATE |
| BUSINESSMEN ARE NO LONGER SEEN AS STRANGE OR EVEN FRIGHTENING FIGURES |
| EVERY REFORM MUST ANSWER THE QUESTION: WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE'S PRESSING NEEDS? |
| EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EQUAL SOVEREIGNTY AND RESPONSIBILITY |
| Who Is Who in the Business World |
| DIFFICULT STAGE |
| PARLIAMENTARY CARES OF A KAZAN JOURNALIST |
| ON THE TATAR ETHNIC GROUP |
| NATIONAL LIFE IN POLYETHNIC TATARSTAN |
| ISLAM'S NORTHERN MECCA |
| HOW TATARSTAN CAME INTO BEING |
| "INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS" During Thaws, Confrontations, the Perestroika, the Transition to Strategic Partnership and Other Changes in Foreign Policy |
| GREETINGS FROM NEW YORK |
| CELEBRATING OUR 40th BIRTHDAY |
| SECRET AGENT DONALD MACLEAN AT "INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS" |
| THE CONSULAR SERVICE: FOCUSSING ON CITIZENS' INTERESTS |
| LAST SOVIET AND FIRST RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR A Conversation at "International Affairs" |
| RUSSIA AND DENMARK: Five Hundred Years of Neighbourly Relations |
| DEFENCE OF COMPATRIOTS IN DANGER ABROAD |
| SMOLENSKAYA SQUARE IN THE 1950s |
| Artist Mikhail Shemyakin: The Russian President Enjoys High Prestige; America Is Still a Long Way from Achieving Real Freedom; Artists Have No More Problems with the KGB; Russia Will Definitely Arrive at a Healthy Balance |
| "INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS" Eaureates, 1994 |