Democracy In Retreat In Russia HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, February 17, 2005 Time: 9:00 AM 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Witnesses:     Panel 1 Mr. Gregory B. Craig    Partner    Williams & Connolly, LLP    Washington, DC Mr. Steven Theede    Chief Executive Officer    YUKOS Oil Company    Moscow, Russia Mr. Tim Osborne    Member    Board of Directors    Group MENATEP    United Kingdom    Panel 2 Dr. Anders Aslund    Director    Russian and Eurasian Program    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace    Washington, DC Mr. Bruce P. Jackson    President    Project on Transitional Democracies    Washington, DC Mr. Stephen Nix    Regional Program Director for Eurasia    International Republican Institute    Washington, DC The Honorable Nelson Ledsky    Regional Program Director for Eurasia    National Democratic Institute    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.