ABM Treaty - U.S. Withdrawal, Chechnya, Oil and OPEC, Market Reforms, USSR Break-Up, Oligarchs, Presidential Term, Nuclear Forces

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1. AFP: US set ABM withdrawal date shortly after Bush-Putin summit: official.
2. New York Times: Celestine Bohlen, In Chechnya, Truth Is a Dangerous Goal. (re Anna Politkovskaya)
3. The Guardian (UK): Baron who beat the sheikhs. Interview: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chief executive of Yukos oil group.
4. The Russia Journal: Andrei Piontkovsky, Same old story for Russian market reform.
5. The Russia Journal (US edition): Matt Taibbi, Missing the point on Russia's oil cuts.
6. RFE/RL: Tony Wesolowsky, USSR Breakup: Historian Explains Phenomenon Of 'Soviet Nostalgia'. (Stephen Cohen)
7. New York Times: Sabrina Tavernise, Novelist Chronicles the Intrigues of the New Moguls. (Yuliya Latynina)
8. Jamestown Foundation Monitor: PUTIN RULES OUT EXTENDING PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
9. Interfax: Russian Communist leader attacks Russia's policy on nuclear forces, NATO.
10. Reuters: Rumsfeld says to reward Caucasus for Afghan help.
11. AP: Scrapped Treaty May Benefit Russia.