JRL #7026

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North Korea	1	Russia envoy says 'successful' talks with N. Korea	Reuters
Media, NTV, Jordan Firing	2	Moscow Media Boss Fired From Post Amid Accusations Of Kremlin Control	RFE/RL Gregory Feifer
Winter Disaster, Heating Systems	3	Pipes are 'popping like soap bubbles.'	The Globe and Mail (Canada) Mark MacKinnon
Chechnya, al Qaeda	4	Russia claims to have proof linking Chechen rebels to al Qaeda	Interfax
Iraq, I. Ivanov	5	Iraq war to lead world to more divisions. Former Russian PM says US war on Iraq could divide world on basis of religion, civilizations.	Middle East Online Primakov
Duma, Reform	6	Russia govt to follow Duma's lead on power reform	Reuters
Energy Sector Reform	7	Voloshin heeds Illarionov's advice	gazeta.ru
State Statistics	8	Goscomstat understates, while being underappreciated	Prime-TASS Peter Lavelle
Putin	9	Putin Puts the Pride Back in Russia	Insight Jamie Dettmer
North Korea	10	Russia: Peacemaker on the Korean Peninsula?	Transitions Online Sergei Borisov
Southeast Asia	11	Russia's retreat from Southeast Asia	Asia Times Stephen Blank
Communists	12	Better Well-Fed Than Red	Moscow Times Boris Kagarlitsky
Elections	13	WILL THERE BE SECOND ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA? One year before the parliamentary elections in Russia there is ample information allowing one to understand the main probable scenarios of this election cycle.	Izvestia Nikita Ivanov