JRL #7011

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Economy, Gref	1	Russia has economic growth potential of 6-10% a year - Gref	Interfax
State Statistics Accuracy	2	THE CHINA SYNDROME. Analysts suspect the state's statistics are not entirely accurate.	Izvestia Aleksei Tikhonov
Foreign Trade	3	Russian state committee releases data on January-November foreign trade	Interfax
Energy, Winter	4	Situation normal: Russia is frozen solid. Even the search for new energy stops when winter hits.	The Guardian (UK) Nick Paton Walsh
Hostage	5	Secret videotape to help Nord-Ost victims	gazeta.ru
Solzhenitsyn Health	6	Solzhenitsyn's discharge date from hospital not yet set	Interfax
Media, Pasko	7	Jailed Russian reporter may be freed in January: lawyer.(Pasko)	AFP
Religion, Agency	8	Russian Christian leader opposed to idea of agency for religious affairs	ITAR-TASS
U.S., War, Oil	9	U.S. Seeks to Calm Russian Fears on War, Oil Supplies	Los Angeles Times Paul Richter
U.S.-Russian Relations	10	U.S. steps up pressure on Russia	The Hindu (India) Vladimir Radyuhin
Russian Navy, Persian Gulf	11	Russian warships on standby to sail to Gulf	The Guardian (UK) Nick Paton Walsh
Corruption	12	THE PRICE OF AN OFFICIAL: IN RUBLES, DOLLARS AND A SENTENCE. Transparency of state service: myth or reality?(Interview with Georgy Satarov)	Rossiiskaya Gazeta
Poverty	13	Even As Incomes Rise, Poverty Remains Endemic	RFE/RL Gregory Feifer
Elections & Economy	14	Elections and the economy	Timothy Frye
Chechnya Constitution Referendum	15	Russia ignores violence, sets Chechnya vote date	Reuters
Russia & North Korea, Vershbow	16	U.S.: Russia Is 'in Denial' on N. Korea. (Vershbow)	AP
Missile Defense Proposal	17	Russia Proposes Plan on Missile Defense	AP
Political Music	18	Humorous political music tunes	Yaroslav Grekov
U.S. Superpower Status	19	America Could Lose Its Superpower Status	Izvestia Nikolai Zlobin
Oil, Business	20	Lukoil''s Changing Fortunes	UPI Sam Vaknin
EU & Russia	21	"Russia will Never Enter into the European Union." The former Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.	pravda.ru Marek Belka
Film Review	22	review of film Out of the Present	Cineaste Magazine Louis Menashe