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| buying more from foreign nations than it sold in foreign markets. |
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the difference between the amount of money the government earns in revenues and what it spends |
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| openness” freedom of expression for soviet citizens |
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| Gorbachev’s rebuilding of the soviet economy |
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| one of the first republics to declare their independence from the Soviet Union |
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| Commonwealth of Independent States |
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| Loose association of republics to take the place of the Soviet Union |
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| one of the first republics to declare their independence from the Soviet Union |
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| agreed that Russia would assume command of the weapons |
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| The world's leading industrial nations Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States whose leaders meet regularly to discuss the world's economic problems |
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the setting up of privately owned businesses |
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| an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information |
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| Immunodeficiency syndrome, disease that killed thousands in US |
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| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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| was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 |
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| the capital and the largest city of Russia |
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| one of the first republics to declare their independence from the Soviet Union |
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setting up of privately owned business
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| to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence. |
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Won presidency in 1980, mainly on his promise to reduce the budget deficit |
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| Reagan’s successor helped push the deficit to new heights |
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| 1992 elected to president, favored moderate deficit reduction and increased spending |
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Clinton won his reelection over him in 1996 |
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| Dole’s reform party candidate |
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| 1997 became the first woman to serve as secretary of state |
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| 1914–84, Russian politician: general secretary of the Communist Party |
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| was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU |
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| leader can to power in the Soviet Union |
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| a former ally of Gorbachev won the election to the presidency of the Russian republic |
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was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government budgeting, and risk management |
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| Immigrants from around the world blend into one unique people |
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| Location of 1995 bombing of a federal office building that killed 168 people |
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| people who enter a country without a permit |
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| City which gave birth to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, took back its prehistoric name of St. Petersburg |
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| Popular general that was brought into Yeltsin's government to help win voters, eventually fired for criticizing Yeltsin's policies |
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