1. Reuters: US sees progress in strategic talks with
Russia. (Rice)
2. Newsday: James Klurfeld, Putin Is Reaching Out to the
U.S., Bush Should Seize the Moment.
3. The Economist (UK): Changing Russia. Hope gleams anew.
At home and abroad, things have never looked brighter for Russia's president,
Vladimir Putin. Will it last?
4. Moscow Times editorial: Some Advice You Can Bank On.
5. Interfax: Opinion poll shows most Russians favour better
relations with USA.
6. Baltimore Sun: Will Englund, Russians can't escape
Muslim history. Long, complicated relationship persists.
7. strana.ru: Russian President Offers his Evaluation of
the Russian Constitutional Court.
8. Wall Street Journal: Guy Chazan, Russian Government
Takes Back Rights To Stolichnaya Vodka After Legal Fight.
9. THE JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION Prism: Aleksandr Buzgalin, POST-SOVIET
GEOPOLITICS IN THE MIDST OF TERRORISM AND WAR.