1. Reuters: Putin backs terror fight, says Russia reforms work.
2. Reuters: No missile, NATO deals at Bush-Putin meeting-Rice.
3. BBC Monitoring: Nine conscientious objectors allowed to do alternative service.
4. The Russia Journal: Sergei Rogov, Window of opportunity for U.S., Russia.
5. The Russia Journal: Andrei Piontkovsky, A look at tomorrow’s geopolitical landscape.
6. The Economist (UK) editorial: Dangerous relations. The battle in Afghanistan should not blind the West to the trouble brewing in the Caucasus.
7. Vremya Novostei: Fedor Lukianov and Aleksei Slobodin, A SHARP TURN. No one expected the president to make such a sharp turn to the West. Moscow abandons all ambitions to be a super-power.
8. Obshchaya Gazeta: Yefim Rezvan (St. Petersburg school of Oriental studies), THE CIVILIZED WORLD MUST CHANGE OR LOSE.
9. Moscow Tribune: Stanislav Menshikov, SHANGHAI IS NOT ABOUT ECONOMICS ONLY. Putin and Bush To Discuss Strategic Issues, Too.
10. Wall Street Journal: Carla Anne Robbin and Andrew Higgins, Bush Plans How to Exit AMB Treaty; Mulls Steeper Cuts to Assuage Russia.
11. New York Times: Sabrina Tavernise with Birgit Brauer, Russia Is Becoming an Oil Ally.
12. Reuters: Russia budget boosts military spending, army wages.
13. strana.ru: Vladimir Putin Is Forming a Liberal Cabinet. A full-scale government reform has been launched.