http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guestworker/2013-008925%20FINAL091013.pdf
Discusses guest worker programs in 13 countries and also provides information on the European Union’s Proposal for a Directive on Seasonal Employment. The country surveys cover such topics as guest worker recruitment and sponsorship, visa conditions and quotas, and the availability of a path to permanent status. From the Law Library of Congress
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/studiesdownload.html?languageDocument=EN&file=95990
Charges that in Russia and the Ukraine people are still being hospitalized for non-medical reasons with psychiatry serving as a tool of repression. From the European Parliament
http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/textual/findingaids/racfindingaid_082113.pdf
Listing of 30,000 pages of documents released by Nixon library from April-July 1973. The opening also covers 94 White House tapes. From the National Archives and Records Administration
http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v33
Another volume from the official record of U.S. diplomacy, this one focuses on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks as they were pursued with Russia by the Nixon, Ford, and Carter Administrations. From the State Department
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42405.pdf
Focuses on potential approaches that Europe might employ to diversify its sources of natural gas supply, the role that Russia plays in Europe’s energy policies, and key factors that could hinder efforts to develop alternative suppliers of natural gas. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/06192013%20Russia%20WTO%20Enforcement%20Report.pdf
Russia became a member of the World Trade Organization in August 2012. This is the first report issued by the U.S. trade agency on its view of Russia’s compliance with WTO trade obligations. From the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21981.pdf
Describes the current situation of Moldova, Europe’s poorest country, but one that is strategically located between NATO and EU member Romania and the Ukraine. The U.S. has welcomed free elections but expressed concern about the level of crime and human trafficking. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB430/Chernyaev%201973%20with%20cover%20page.pdf
Records events in the Kremlin during the Brezhnev era from the diary of a participant. From the National Security Archive