I. Answer the following questions to check how carefully you have read the text.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 376.

COMPREHENSION CHECK

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

1. to throw all the blame for the tragedy on the hostage-takers
2. to make the predicted accusation
3. to step up security measures
4. to be wedded to the policy of refusing to give independence
5. a reason for a clampdown
6. to fail in the face of terrorism
7. ensuing panic opened fire on special forces
8. to restart the dialogue with more moderate figures
9. to recognise the complexity and dangerous nature of the processes
10. a tool for achieving these goals
11. to submerge millions of people into endless and bloody conflicts
12. to frighten with separate terrorist sorties
13. law-enforcement bodies' actions
14. to set up an effective crisis management system
15. measures carried out in full compliance with the constitution

1. What two main things were omitted in Putin's address to the nation?

2. Was the admittance of failure expressed during this address?

3. Is there any compromise in the policy of Russian President?

4. How does Dr Sean McGough of the Department of Politics at Birmingham University

appreciate Putin's address ?

5. Was it possible for Russian government to restart the dialogue with such moderate Chechen figures as Aslan Maskhadov?

6. Dwell on the main points of President Putin's address to the Russian nation. Give your appreciation of the issues touched upon in this address.

7. What is the Kremlin doing about this situation? What remedies has the top leadership come up with to save the Russian people from living in fear and under the threat of terrorism?

8. How is the prosecutor-general's office going to ensure the observance of the law in Russia? Compare these steps with those of the American government after September, 11.

9. How have Europe and the world in general taken Putin's “anti- terrorist” policies?