JRL #7015

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Media & Putin	1	VLADIMIR PUTIN UNDERSCORES NECESSITY OF CREATING IN RUSSIA REALLY INDEPENDENT AND OBJECTIVE MASS MEDIA	RIA Novosti
Media, Press Minister	2	PRESS MINISTER INVITES JOURNALISTS NOT TO MIX PRESS FREEDOM WITH PERMISSIVENESS	RIA Novosti
Media	3	Freedom of speech in Russia developed problems - leading editor	BBC Monitoring
Media & Elections	4	Media to be on best behaviour for elections	gazeta.ru
Media Dangers	5	A Measure of Danger. Russia is apparently the most dangerous country in the world for journalists. Not so.	Transitions Online editorial
Media	6	RUSSIAN MEDIA GROWS	RIA Novosti
Media, Press Minister	7	Russian opposition analyst speaks favourably of Putin's press minister	BBC Monitoring
United States Superpower Status	8	Miss you, USSR!	Business Line (India) B.S. Raghavan
Catholics, Religious Oppression	9	Pope decries expulsion of Catholics from Russia	Reuters
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Kuchins	10	Re: 7013-Kuchins Interview	Andrew Kuchins
New Economic School Annniversary	11	re: 7014-Reform Economists	Barry Ickes
Film	12	Love in a cold climate: Moscow's mid-winter movie fest opens	AFP
Japan, Oil	13	Japan woos Russia for Siberian oil	UPI
Intellectual Property, Piracy	14	The Russian economy is thriving on piracy. Despite laws to combat the illegal trade half of all goods sold in the country are fake.	South China Morning Post Fred Weir
Russian Orthodox, Charity	15	re 7011-Feifer/ Poverty	John Wilhelm
Education, Democracy	16	A lesson from Moscow; Benjamin Wegg-Prosser laments Clare Short's failure to renew aid to a school that supports democracy.	New Statesman (UK)
Nuclear Material, Warhead Disposal	17	100 TONS OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM EXTRACTED FROM WARHEADS	RIA Novosti
Nuclear History	18	In Honor of Igor Kurchatov: The Symbol of the Russian Nuclear Power.	pravda.ru
Putin Agenda	19	Putin's Dilemma: To Stabilize or to Transform?	Moscow Times Lilia Shevtsova
Chechnya, Human Rights Monitors	20	Russia won't budge on Chechnya monitors - diplomats	Reuters
Xenophobia, the West, Chechnya	21	Chechens say West's leniency emboldened Moscow to expel German group	BBC Monitoring
Chechen Refugees	22	Ingush press service blasts Wall Street Journal article on Chechen refugees	BBC Monitoring
Chechen Rebels	23	Russians Reckon About 1,000 Diehard Rebels Left in Chechnya	ITAR-TASS