Russia - JRL May 2003

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JRL 2003 - March

• JRL #7124, March 31, 2003
Stronger Economy, Mordashov/ Spread the Wealth, Holley/ Crime & Higher Education, Weir/ Tartarstan, Dangers of Anti-US Policy, Zolotov/ Russian Reporters on Front Line, Rogov Press Conference

• JRL #7123, March 30, 2003
Psychopathic Cowboy, Sun-Seekers, US-Russia Damage Limitation, Yavlinsky, Poll, Vaknin, Economist/ Chechnya, Pro-Kremlin Party, Attracting Investors, Chubais, Degenerating Army, Passport Checks

• JRL #7122, March 30, 2003
Rogov, US Intelligence Failure, Tretyakov, Vershbow Clarification, Biryukov/ Menon, English Teacher, Ware & Behr/ Chechnya, Catherine's Palace, OPEC, Psychologists/ Putin, More Views of Putin & Elections

• JRL #7121, March 28, 2003
Iraq, Putin, Gorbachev, Federation Council, Memon/ Cold Shoulder, TV1 Review, Anti-War Protests, Budberg/ National Idea, Media Law, Aslund vs. Bivens, Russian Ark, Arms Sales, Kovalev, www.iraqwar.ru

• JRL #7120, March 28, 2003
Vanden Heuvel, Nuclear Past, Chemical Weapons, Polls/ Iraq, Chechnya, Volkova/ Modest Reforms, Taming the Bureaucracy, Aeroflot, Berezovsky, Potter vs. Grotter

• JRL #7119, March 27, 2003
Chilly Relations, Putin's Term, Ivanov, US Spy Flights, Vershbow Interview, Oil, TV1 Review, Verlin/ Dangerous Game, Iraqgate, Russian Strain, Menshikov, Zinoviev, Foreign Investors, Chechnya, Putin & Party

• JRL #7118, March 27, 2003
Reading, Putin's 3 Years, Destroying Iraq, Felgenhauer, Vershbow, Tomahawk Democracy, Parties/ Iraq, Ryabov/ Putin, Putin/ One Russia, Capital Flight, Myths About Russia, Ukraine, Chechnya, Yeltsin

• JRL #7117, March 26, 2003
Russia Slams US, Moscow Fronde, Russia&Crisis, Gorbachev, Oil, Petrov/ Chechnya, TV1 Review, Hotels, Latynina/ Dedovshchina, Pipes/ Khrushchev, Kazakhstan, Urnov/ Putin, Central Asia

• JRL #7116, March 26, 2003
Patriarchs Pond, Weir, Cold-war Frost, Arbatov, Duma/ Iraq, Shebarshin, Ozerov, Nash, Blank, Baghdadograd, Merritt/ Wartime Presidents, Churches, Chechnya, Illarionov, New Foreigners Law

• JRL #7115, March 25, 2003
Gorbachev, Arms Sales Allegations, Pankin, Berezovsky, Council for Foreign & Domestic Policy, TV1 Review, Chechnya Vote, Business Conference, Vulnerable Nukes, Anthrax, Kotkin/ Khrushchev & Beria

• JRL #7114, March 25, 2003
Iraq Accusations, Putin's Address, Russian World Order, Nuke Treaty, Kagarlitsky/ Stalin's Legacy, NRDC Database, Olshansky/ Parties, Cashing Checks, Conquest/ Khrushchev, Valery Gergiev, Chechnya

• JRL #7113, March 24, 2003
Chechnya, Indyk, Steering the Nation, Iraq, BIvens, US Spy Plane, Leningrad Siege, TV1 Review, US World Domination, Helmer/ Oligarchs, Russia' Risky Reputation, Missile Defene Cooperation

• JRL #7112, March 21, 2003
Gypsies, Chechnya, Iraq, Duma, Pundits Puzzle, Caryl/ Balancing Act, Ryabov, Pushkov, Tretkaykov, Nikonov, Markov, Oil, TV1 Review, World Bank, Pension System, Religion, Statistics Committee

• JRL #7111, March 20, 2003
Putin, Vershbow, Gorbachev, Alexy II, Arbatov, Post-War Debate, US & Russia, Menshikov, TV1 Review, Oil, IMF, Economic Plans, Money & Parties, Chechnya, Capital Havens, Pasternak, Inflation

• JRL #7110, March 20, 2003
Apartment Bombings, Paul McCartney, Iraq, US-Russia Relations, Satarov, Yavlinsky, Anti-US Sentiment, Chechnya, Military Reform, Filipov, Latynina, Shevtsova/ March Theses on Putin, Ukraine

• JRL #7109, March 19, 2003
Iraq, Chechnya, Bukovsky & Bonner, Hanson/ Integration into Europe, Foreigners & Banks, Return of War Trophies, Russia & Central Asia

• JRL #7108, March 19, 2003
Russia Warns, Nuclear Treaty, Poll/ Threats, Dollar Dethroned, Securing Elections, Chechnya, Putin Address, Lake Baikal, Mapping, Tretyakov/ US, Gref, Khodorkovsky, Zyuganov, Conservatism

• JRL #7107, March 18, 2003
Russia is Burning, Nuke Treaty Delayed, Controlling Elections, Drinking, AIDS, Novgorod Model, Domestic Violence, Bukovsky & Bonner, Zlobin, Piontkovsky, Chechnya, EU Deal, Solzhenitsyn, India

• JRL #7106, RAS #17, March 18, 2003
Politics - Economy - Health And Healthcare - Ethnic Relations - Russia And Its Neighbors - History - Follow-up

• JRL #7105, March 17, 2003
Iraq, Chechnya, Security Structures, Bivens/ Oligarch Amnesty, Nuke Plant Security, National Idea, Olshansky/ Parties, Lavelle, Investors Toast Putin, National Strategy Council, Cosmetics

• JRL #7104, March 16, 2003
St. Petersburg, Terrorism, Aron-Daniloff-Eisenhower/ Khrushchev, Oil, Chechnya, Lunch with Mikhail Fridman, Andrei Fyodorov/ The PutinPlan, Viktor Loshak/ Cracks in the White House

• JRL #7103, March 15, 2003
Stability Index, Smoking, Gorbachev, TV1 Review, Iraq, Ivanov, U2 Spy Flights, Plutonium, Dirty Bombs, Kasyanov-Kudrin-Gref Public Row, Oligarchs Can Cry Too, Chechen Referendum Row

• JRL #7102, March 14, 2003
Aslund/ Oligarchs, Capital Controls, Economic Growth, Small Business, Income, Social Optimism, Latynina, TV1 Review, Kremlin Museum, Yavlinsky-Khodorkovsky-Lavrov-Bovin/ Iraq, Menshikov, Banks, More

• JRL #7101, March 13, 2003
Novy Mir, Mendelson/ US Policy, US Threats, Vershbow Interview, Felgenhauer & Petrov/ Security Reform, Dollars to Gold, Crime, Chechnya, Nuke Terrorism, Margelov/ Foreign Policy, Doctor Payoffs

• JRL #7100, March 12, 2003
Iraq, Moscow Risks, Jackson-Vanik, Utkin, Menon, Reactor Shutdown Deal, FSB Reform, Chechnya, Investment Climate, wps.ru/ Clan Power Struggles Intensify

• JRL #7099, March 12, 2003
Bukovsky, US Spy Plane, US Duties, Pipelines, Security Changes, Crime Penalties, Latynina/ Dirty Bombs, Axis of Peace, Kalashnikova, Chechnya, Gazprom, Oligarchs, Ukraine, China, TV1 Review

• JRL #7098, March 11, 2003
Government Shakeup, Yeltsins, Secret FSB Awards, St.Pete Zoo, Iran, Legal Reforms, Estonian Radar, Roy Medvedev/ Stalin, Zlobin/ Foreign Policy, Badkhen/ Iraq, Cullison/ US Handouts Weakened

• JRL #7097, March 11, 2003
Classic Novels, Trade Status, Unilateral Leadership, Russia Stands Firm, US Relations, Pensions & Debt Policy, Kagarlitsky/ United Russia, Church & State, Vershbow/ Energy Cooperation, Krygyzstan

• JRL #7096, March 9, 2003
Iraq, Children, TV1 Review, Chechnya, Gas Pricing, Who Has Stolen What, Stalin, Lurie/ Stolen IMF Loan, Dollar Sinks, Patriarch, Lent, Talmudic Scholar, Foreign Carmakers, Nuke Reduction, Ukraine

• JRL #7095, March 9, 2003
Iraq, Khrushchev, Kaiser & Talbott/ Taubman, Small Business, Khasbulatov, Chechnya, Media & Elections, Women's Roles, C. Asian Repression, Chemical Weapons, Space Program, Bukharin, ASN Convention

• JRL #7094, March 8, 2003
Iraq, Bear's Footprint, Boom Time, Human Rights, Role of Women, Stalin, Taubman/ Khrushchev, Nationalists Waning, Treadgold Papers, Language Law, Berezovsky, Chechnya, Oil, Veshnyakov/ Elections

• JRL #7093, March 7, 2003
Iraq, TV1 Review, Poll/ Putin, Food Basket, Arms Treaty, Foreign Analysts, Yavlinsky, Petrov/ Government Reform, Menshikov, Sestanovich, AAASS, Ivanenko/ Inflation, Media Closures, Yakovlev, Stalin

• JRL #7092, March 6, 2003
Economic Blackmail, Iraq, Arms Pact, Domestic Violence, Oligarchs, Putin/ Media, Markov/ Iron Hand Syndrome, Stalin, Birobidzhan, China, Declassified Documents, Yeltsin, Good Old Days, Oil, Armenia

• JRL #7091, March 6, 2003
Economic Blackmail, Iraq, Arms Pact, Domestic Violence, Poll/ Iraq, Vershbow, Rogov, US Visas, US Adoption, Birth Rate, Nuke Security, Arms Treaty, Privatization, Stalin, Chechnya, New Tolstoy, Tatyana Tolstaya, Playing Catch-Up In Tech

• JRL #7090, March 5, 2003
Securing Russian Arms, TV1 Review, Chechnya, Latynina/ Vodka, Chinyaeva/ Politics of Gender, Golov/ The Left, Ivanov Interiew, Kokoshin/ Iraq, Lipman-Applebaum-Conquest/ Stalin

• JRL #7089, March 5, 2003
Weir/ Juries, US Visas, Chechen Journalist, Stalin, Exxon, Russia & China & Siberia, Moscow Times, European Integration&Iraq, ORT/ Powell Interview, BBC/ Q&A with Igor Ivanov

• JRL #7088, March 4, 2003
TV1 Review, Putin Resists, Arbatov/ Iraq, Arms Safeguards Lacking, Hunter/ Wasteful Threat Reduction, Stalin Legacy, Ivanenko/ Public Deficit, Beyrle/ U.S.-Russia Relations, Tatu

• JRL #7087, March 4, 2003
Berlin-Vladivostok Road, Gorbachev, Iraq, Kagarlitsky/ Weak Society, Chechnya, Khrushcheva/ Stalin & Memory, WTO, Ryabov/ Politics, Zorkin, Maggs, Maly/ US & Russia

• JRL #7086, March 3, 2003
Tovarishch, Trans-Atlantic Putin, Iraq, Regional Leaders, Pasko, Iran, Wolves, Chechnya, External Trade, Stalin, Retail Luxury,Forbes' List, TV1 Review, Admiral Carroll

• JRL #7085, March 2, 2003
Stalin, Zil, Iraq, Cheney, Cossacks, Chechnya, US Terror List, Horror in Modern Russia, Prostitution

• JRL #7084, March 1, 2003
Novye Izvestia, Gref, Billionaires, Chechnya, Iraq, Regional Democracy, Infant Mortality, Radzikhovsky/ Election Apathy, Obscene Language, US' New Allies, Caspian Deal, Kuzio/ Ukraine

•	JRL #7124, March 31, 2003 Stronger Economy, Mordashov/ Spread the Wealth, Holley/ Crime & Higher Education, Weir/ Tartarstan, Dangers of Anti-US Policy, Zolotov/ Russian Reporters on Front Line, Rogov Press Conference
•	JRL #7123, March 30, 2003 Psychopathic Cowboy, Sun-Seekers, US-Russia Damage Limitation, Yavlinsky, Poll, Vaknin, Economist/ Chechnya, Pro-Kremlin Party, Attracting Investors, Chubais, Degenerating Army, Passport Checks
•	JRL #7122, March 30, 2003 Rogov, US Intelligence Failure, Tretyakov, Vershbow Clarification, Biryukov/ Menon, English Teacher, Ware & Behr/ Chechnya, Catherine's Palace, OPEC, Psychologists/ Putin, More Views of Putin & Elections
•	JRL #7121, March 28, 2003 Iraq, Putin, Gorbachev, Federation Council, Memon/ Cold Shoulder, TV1 Review, Anti-War Protests, Budberg/ National Idea, Media Law, Aslund vs. Bivens, Russian Ark, Arms Sales, Kovalev, www.iraqwar.ru
•	JRL #7120, March 28, 2003 Vanden Heuvel, Nuclear Past, Chemical Weapons, Polls/ Iraq, Chechnya, Volkova/ Modest Reforms, Taming the Bureaucracy, Aeroflot, Berezovsky, Potter vs. Grotter
•	JRL #7119, March 27, 2003 Chilly Relations, Putin's Term, Ivanov, US Spy Flights, Vershbow Interview, Oil, TV1 Review, Verlin/ Dangerous Game, Iraqgate, Russian Strain, Menshikov, Zinoviev, Foreign Investors, Chechnya, Putin & Party
•	JRL #7118, March 27, 2003 Reading, Putin's 3 Years, Destroying Iraq, Felgenhauer, Vershbow, Tomahawk Democracy, Parties/ Iraq, Ryabov/ Putin, Putin/ One Russia, Capital Flight, Myths About Russia, Ukraine, Chechnya, Yeltsin
•	JRL #7117, March 26, 2003 Russia Slams US, Moscow Fronde, Russia&Crisis, Gorbachev, Oil, Petrov/ Chechnya, TV1 Review, Hotels, Latynina/ Dedovshchina, Pipes/ Khrushchev, Kazakhstan, Urnov/ Putin, Central Asia
•	JRL #7116, March 26, 2003 Patriarchs Pond, Weir, Cold-war Frost, Arbatov, Duma/ Iraq, Shebarshin, Ozerov, Nash, Blank, Baghdadograd, Merritt/ Wartime Presidents, Churches, Chechnya, Illarionov, New Foreigners Law
•	JRL #7115, March 25, 2003 Gorbachev, Arms Sales Allegations, Pankin, Berezovsky, Council for Foreign & Domestic Policy, TV1 Review, Chechnya Vote, Business Conference, Vulnerable Nukes, Anthrax, Kotkin/ Khrushchev & Beria
•	JRL #7114, March 25, 2003 Iraq Accusations, Putin's Address, Russian World Order, Nuke Treaty, Kagarlitsky/ Stalin's Legacy, NRDC Database, Olshansky/ Parties, Cashing Checks, Conquest/ Khrushchev, Valery Gergiev, Chechnya
•	JRL #7113, March 24, 2003 Chechnya, Indyk, Steering the Nation, Iraq, BIvens, US Spy Plane, Leningrad Siege, TV1 Review, US World Domination, Helmer/ Oligarchs, Russia' Risky Reputation, Missile Defene Cooperation
•	JRL #7112, March 21, 2003 Gypsies, Chechnya, Iraq, Duma, Pundits Puzzle, Caryl/ Balancing Act, Ryabov, Pushkov, Tretkaykov, Nikonov, Markov, Oil, TV1 Review, World Bank, Pension System, Religion, Statistics Committee
•	JRL #7111, March 20, 2003 Putin, Vershbow, Gorbachev, Alexy II, Arbatov, Post-War Debate, US & Russia, Menshikov, TV1 Review, Oil, IMF, Economic Plans, Money & Parties, Chechnya, Capital Havens, Pasternak, Inflation
•	JRL #7110, March 20, 2003 Apartment Bombings, Paul McCartney, Iraq, US-Russia Relations, Satarov, Yavlinsky, Anti-US Sentiment, Chechnya, Military Reform, Filipov, Latynina, Shevtsova/ March Theses on Putin, Ukraine
•	JRL #7109, March 19, 2003 Iraq, Chechnya, Bukovsky & Bonner, Hanson/ Integration into Europe, Foreigners & Banks, Return of War Trophies, Russia & Central Asia
•	JRL #7108, March 19, 2003 Russia Warns, Nuclear Treaty, Poll/ Threats, Dollar Dethroned, Securing Elections, Chechnya, Putin Address, Lake Baikal, Mapping, Tretyakov/ US, Gref, Khodorkovsky, Zyuganov, Conservatism
•	JRL #7107, March 18, 2003 Russia is Burning, Nuke Treaty Delayed, Controlling Elections, Drinking, AIDS, Novgorod Model, Domestic Violence, Bukovsky & Bonner, Zlobin, Piontkovsky, Chechnya, EU Deal, Solzhenitsyn, India
•	JRL #7106, RAS #17, March 18, 2003 Politics - Economy - Health And Healthcare - Ethnic Relations - Russia And Its Neighbors - History - Follow-up
•	JRL #7105, March 17, 2003 Iraq, Chechnya, Security Structures, Bivens/ Oligarch Amnesty, Nuke Plant Security, National Idea, Olshansky/ Parties, Lavelle, Investors Toast Putin, National Strategy Council, Cosmetics
•	JRL #7104, March 16, 2003 St. Petersburg, Terrorism, Aron-Daniloff-Eisenhower/ Khrushchev, Oil, Chechnya, Lunch with Mikhail Fridman, Andrei Fyodorov/ The PutinPlan, Viktor Loshak/ Cracks in the White House
•	JRL #7103, March 15, 2003 Stability Index, Smoking, Gorbachev, TV1 Review, Iraq, Ivanov, U2 Spy Flights, Plutonium, Dirty Bombs, Kasyanov-Kudrin-Gref Public Row, Oligarchs Can Cry Too, Chechen Referendum Row
•	JRL #7102, March 14, 2003 Aslund/ Oligarchs, Capital Controls, Economic Growth, Small Business, Income, Social Optimism, Latynina, TV1 Review, Kremlin Museum, Yavlinsky-Khodorkovsky-Lavrov-Bovin/ Iraq, Menshikov, Banks, More
•	JRL #7101, March 13, 2003 Novy Mir, Mendelson/ US Policy, US Threats, Vershbow Interview, Felgenhauer & Petrov/ Security Reform, Dollars to Gold, Crime, Chechnya, Nuke Terrorism, Margelov/ Foreign Policy, Doctor Payoffs
•	JRL #7100, March 12, 2003 Iraq, Moscow Risks, Jackson-Vanik, Utkin, Menon, Reactor Shutdown Deal, FSB Reform, Chechnya, Investment Climate, wps.ru/ Clan Power Struggles Intensify
•	JRL #7099, March 12, 2003 Bukovsky, US Spy Plane, US Duties, Pipelines, Security Changes, Crime Penalties, Latynina/ Dirty Bombs, Axis of Peace, Kalashnikova, Chechnya, Gazprom, Oligarchs, Ukraine, China, TV1 Review
•	JRL #7098, March 11, 2003 Government Shakeup, Yeltsins, Secret FSB Awards, St.Pete Zoo, Iran, Legal Reforms, Estonian Radar, Roy Medvedev/ Stalin, Zlobin/ Foreign Policy, Badkhen/ Iraq, Cullison/ US Handouts Weakened
•	JRL #7097, March 11, 2003 Classic Novels, Trade Status, Unilateral Leadership, Russia Stands Firm, US Relations, Pensions & Debt Policy, Kagarlitsky/ United Russia, Church & State, Vershbow/ Energy Cooperation, Krygyzstan
•	JRL #7096, March 9, 2003 Iraq, Children, TV1 Review, Chechnya, Gas Pricing, Who Has Stolen What, Stalin, Lurie/ Stolen IMF Loan, Dollar Sinks, Patriarch, Lent, Talmudic Scholar, Foreign Carmakers, Nuke Reduction, Ukraine
•	JRL #7095, March 9, 2003 Iraq, Khrushchev, Kaiser & Talbott/ Taubman, Small Business, Khasbulatov, Chechnya, Media & Elections, Women's Roles, C. Asian Repression, Chemical Weapons, Space Program, Bukharin, ASN Convention
•	JRL #7094, March 8, 2003 Iraq, Bear's Footprint, Boom Time, Human Rights, Role of Women, Stalin, Taubman/ Khrushchev, Nationalists Waning, Treadgold Papers, Language Law, Berezovsky, Chechnya, Oil, Veshnyakov/ Elections
•	JRL #7093, March 7, 2003 Iraq, TV1 Review, Poll/ Putin, Food Basket, Arms Treaty, Foreign Analysts, Yavlinsky, Petrov/ Government Reform, Menshikov, Sestanovich, AAASS, Ivanenko/ Inflation, Media Closures, Yakovlev, Stalin
•	JRL #7092, March 6, 2003 Economic Blackmail, Iraq, Arms Pact, Domestic Violence, Oligarchs, Putin/ Media, Markov/ Iron Hand Syndrome, Stalin, Birobidzhan, China, Declassified Documents, Yeltsin, Good Old Days, Oil, Armenia
•	JRL #7091, March 6, 2003 Economic Blackmail, Iraq, Arms Pact, Domestic Violence, Poll/ Iraq, Vershbow, Rogov, US Visas, US Adoption, Birth Rate, Nuke Security, Arms Treaty, Privatization, Stalin, Chechnya, New Tolstoy, Tatyana Tolstaya, Playing Catch-Up In Tech
•	JRL #7090, March 5, 2003 Securing Russian Arms, TV1 Review, Chechnya, Latynina/ Vodka, Chinyaeva/ Politics of Gender, Golov/ The Left, Ivanov Interiew, Kokoshin/ Iraq, Lipman-Applebaum-Conquest/ Stalin
•	JRL #7089, March 5, 2003 Weir/ Juries, US Visas, Chechen Journalist, Stalin, Exxon, Russia & China & Siberia, Moscow Times, European Integration&Iraq, ORT/ Powell Interview, BBC/ Q&A with Igor Ivanov
•	JRL #7088, March 4, 2003 TV1 Review, Putin Resists, Arbatov/ Iraq, Arms Safeguards Lacking, Hunter/ Wasteful Threat Reduction, Stalin Legacy, Ivanenko/ Public Deficit, Beyrle/ U.S.-Russia Relations, Tatu
•	JRL #7087, March 4, 2003 Berlin-Vladivostok Road, Gorbachev, Iraq, Kagarlitsky/ Weak Society, Chechnya, Khrushcheva/ Stalin & Memory, WTO, Ryabov/ Politics, Zorkin, Maggs, Maly/ US & Russia
•	JRL #7086, March 3, 2003 Tovarishch, Trans-Atlantic Putin, Iraq, Regional Leaders, Pasko, Iran, Wolves, Chechnya, External Trade, Stalin, Retail Luxury,Forbes' List, TV1 Review, Admiral Carroll
•	JRL #7085, March 2, 2003 Stalin, Zil, Iraq, Cheney, Cossacks, Chechnya, US Terror List, Horror in Modern Russia, Prostitution
•	JRL #7084, March 1, 2003 Novye Izvestia, Gref, Billionaires, Chechnya, Iraq, Regional Democracy, Infant Mortality, Radzikhovsky/ Election Apathy, Obscene Language, US' New Allies, Caspian Deal, Kuzio/ Ukraine