... Communist Party. Interested to promote his country’s autonomy in the Soviet bloc, Ceauşescu had no reason to support Moscow’s efforts to regain control. Instead, Ceauşescu developed close relations with West European Communist parties and assumed some of their ideological tenets, trying to fend off Soviet...

... of the University of California Russia Ukraine Ethnic National Regional and religious identity Autonomy Conflict Stereotypes Threat Trust Deprivation Ethnic minorities Since the fall of the USSR, several Autonomous Republics of the Russian Feder- ation have been seeking increased autonomy from...