JRL #7027

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Circus	1	Russian Circus Voted Best in World	Rosbalt
WMD Disposal	2	Plan for dealing with Soviet weapons legacy announced	CNN
Elections, Putin	3	Putin plays nationalist card as elections draw near	AFP
Media Repression	4	Russia: Freedom Regained	World Press Review Andrew Yurkovsky
Media, NTV	5	NTV: Feeling of Foreboding	Moscow Times editorial
Media, NTV	6	Press of the Power	Wall Street Journal editorial
Media, NTV	7	Firing of Media Chief Points Up Kremlin Politics. Russian American may have lost directorship of state-controlled firm because he kept insiders from getting advertising revenue, analysts say.	Los Angeles Times John Daniszewski
Judicial Reform	8	RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER SUMS UP FIRST RESULTS OF JUDICIAL REFORM	RIA Novosti
Oil	9	Oil majors 'miss boat' by failing to tap into Russia's reserves Western firms now have to pay a premium for supplies from the world's top producer	The Electronic Telegraph (UK) Malcolm Moore
Oil, U.S. Government	10	Public Money in the Pipeline. When ExxonMobil and BP need millions to pay for their oil projects, who do they turn to? The U.S. government.	Mother Jones Daphne Eviatar
Democracy & Capitalism	11	THE POWER-STRUGGLE...of 2003-08. The prospects for democracy and a free-market economy in Russia are dismal.	Novaya Gazeta Mikhail Krugov
Moiseyev	12	IGOR MOISEYEV TURNS 97	RIA Novosti
Theater	13	Chekhov's children. An Exciting New Generation of Russia Playwrights Is Coming Here.	The Times (UK) Patrick Marmion
SVR, CIA, North Korea	14	Russian Intelligence Denies Working With CIA On N Korea	Dow Jones/ AP
Uzbekistan	15	Internet Allegations Hit Uzbekistan	AP
Ukraine	16	Ukraine: Group Battling To Change Public's Apathy Over Corruption	RFE/RL Askold Krushelnycky
Berezovsky	17	Exiled oligarch plans coalition against Kremlin. (Berezovsky)	Financial Times (UK) Andrew Jack
Business, Automobiles	18	Falling out of love with the Lada	BBC James Schofield
Putin Rating	19	Putin's rating remains high - Public Opinion Foundation	Interfax
News	20	TV1 Review	Luba Schwartzman