PROGRAM # 383 & 384
GUESTS: Linas Kojelis
TITLE: U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Taped 12-26-03

Former U. S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State LINAS KOJELIS describes the current controversy over Russian Mafia ties to the politicians in the new Democracy of Lithuania and the threat posed by black market nuclear weapons trade. He defended current Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas by revealing that his ally Yuri Borisov, who is accused of being a Russian mobster, is only a helicopter repairman who is accused of violating the U.S. Embargo of Sudan.

MEDIA COVERAGE OF RUSSIAN MAFIA THREAT TO EASTERN EUROPE AND THE U.S - Part 2
Taped 12-26-03

On this part 2 Former U. S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State LINAS KOJELIS discusses the influence of the Russian Mafia on media coverage in Lithuania and laments the Bush Adminisration's decision to cease operations of Radio Free Europe in the Baltic Countries. He also points out the lack of investigative reporting by the international and American press and says that public awareness of the nuclear threat from Russian black market sales in nuclear weapons and nuclear waste dumping should be encouraged.