JRL #7004

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Solzhenitsyn Health	1	Russian Author Solzhenitsyn Admitted to Hospital	Reuters
Solzhenitsyn Health	2	Solzhenitsyn taken to Central Clinical Hospital	Interfax
Currency, Dollars	3	U.S. calls on Russians not to fear for their savings due to coming "pink dollar."	Interfax
Putin New Year's Message	4	ITAR-TASS commentators view Putin's New Year message	ITAR-TASS
Putin on Democracy	5	VLADIMIR PUTIN GOES ON RECORD FOR INCULCATING SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM	RIA Novosti
Putin, 2002, 2003	6	VLADIMIR PUTIN IN 2002 AND HIS AGENDA FOR 2003	Rossiiskaya Gazeta Vladislav Vorobyev
Elections	7	2003--Russia's year of Fed elections: Dec 14 Duma polls	ITAR-TASS
Elections, Communists	8	RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS SET TO WIN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. (inteview with Sergei MARKOV)	Trud
Vatican, Russian Orthodox	9	Report: Russian Patriarch Blames Vatican	AP
Alcohol	10	Ten Methods to Fight Hangover. Russian methods are slower than Western ones.	pravda.ru
2003 Summits	11	Details of upcoming major world meetings in Russia in 2003	ITAR-TASS
Peace Corps	12	A U.S. Loss, a Russian Loss. (re Peace Corps)	Los Angeles Times editorial
Hostage Lawsuit	13	Hearing of Nord-Ost siege victims' lawsuits set for Jan 17	Interfax
Energy	14	Russia: Uncertainty Prevails On Energy Policy	RFE/RL Michael Lelyveld
2002 International Relations	15	SIX FEATURES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN 2002	Nezavisimaya Gazeta Alexei Bogaturov
Japan, Islands	16	Japan should compromise in Russia islands row: expert	Kyodo
WWII Romance	17	Russian love story crosses the decades	BBC Caroline Wyatt
Job Vacancy	18	Program Officer Needed: Fabergé Arts Foundation/St. Petersburg Conservancy
Christmas	19	Stories About Russian Christmas on Dec. 25 Abound	Mark Rodeffer
Chechnya,OSCE	20	re "Futile Move in Chechnya" (JRL 7003)	Robert Bruce Ware
Oil Production	21	Russia achieves 10-year oil production record in 2002	Interfax
Oil	22	Russian Oils Still Look Cheap After Big 2002 Gains	Barron's Geoffrey Smith
Global Instability	23	THE FOURTH WORLD WAR	Argumenty i Fakty (inteview with futurologist Igor BESTUZHEV-LADA)
Entertainment	24	Entertaining the masses in Transition	UPI Sam Vaknin
Kazakhstan	25	Energy-Rich Kazakhstan Is Suffering Growing Pains	New York Times Sabrina Tavernise with Christopher Pala