JRL #5580 Contents:
1. Reuters: Russia could propose big Dec oil cut, firms
oppose.
2. Reuters: Russia Gazprom boss sees long haul for any
split-up.
3. Izvestia: LOVE FOR THE MOTHERLAND IS SOMETHING INTIMATE.
Only 3% of Russians think patriotism is important.
4. AFP: Russia's future lies in advanced technologies, not
energy: Putin.
5. Itar-Tass: Putin calls for reform of Russia's Academy of
Sciences.
6. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Decorate a Room with Putin’s
Portrait.
7. PRNewswire: Walter Cronkite to Host Public Radio
Documentaries on Russia; Programs Offer Look 10 Years After Collapse of Soviet
Union.
8. New York Times: Michael Wines, In the Remains of Grozny,
the Remains of Living.
9. Kommersant: Konstantin Smirnov, DOES RUSSIA LOAN MONEY
TO THE IMF?
10. Reuters: Kyrgyzstan OK's limited presence of Western
planes.
11. BBC Monitoring: Kyrgyz physicist debunks Bin-Ladin's
alleged nuclear prospects. (Viktor Gurovich)
12. pravda.ru: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES:
YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW.
13. St. Petersburg Times letter: Ira Straus, Russia Will
Join. (re NATO)
14. St. Petersburg Times letter: Christian Courbois, These
Predators Are Killing Small Businesses.
15. New York Times book review, Michiko Kakutani, Visiting
Russia, Escorted by Characters From Chekhov.
16. strana.ru: "OSCE Principles Must Be the Same for
the Caucasus, the Baltic Countries, and the Balkans": Russian Foreign
Minister Igor Ivanov.
17. wps.ru (press review) Defense and Security: DEMOCRACY
IS NO GOOD FOR THE MILITARY.