JRL #7059

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Winter	1	Soul and Ice. Moscow’s Frigid Winters Warm the Hearts of Russian Locals	AP Jim Heintz
Oil, Foreign Investment, BP	2	Sale Puts Russia Into New Stage. (BP)	Moscow Times Valeria Korchagina Victoria Lavrentieva
Economy	3	Russian statistics lag behind fast economic changes	Reuters
Migration	4	Putin asks emigres of "old Russia" to unite in support of homeland	BBC Monitoring
Iraq: Germany, France, Putin	5	Putin supports everyone, but for how long?	The Guardian (UK) Yelena Suponina Pyotr Rozvalin Yuri Shpakov
News	6	TV1 Review	Luba Schwartzman
CIA, Tenet Testimony on Russia	7	CIA's George Tenet on Russia (Senate testimony)	CIA
Energy Reform	8	Russia PM demands parliament pass power reform laws	Reuters
Kremlin Portraits	9	New Tsar is born as artist gives facelift to regal past. Putin and Kremlin chiefs trade places on canvas with old elite.	The Guardian (UK) Nick Paton Walsh
Human Rights	10	Ombudsman Mironov Faults Russia's Human Rights Record	Vremya MN
Education, Health, Putin	11	RUSSIA TO CLING TO FREE EDUCATION, HEALTH SERVICE: PUTIN	RIA Novosti
Oil Reserves, Yukos	12	YUKOS chief says Russian oil underestimated	Reuters
Children, Drugs & Alcohol	13	56% of Russian Children Use Drugs and Alcohol	Rosbalt
Corruption	14	The new and improved corruption equilibrium	Prime-TASS Peter Lavelle
Military Decay	15	Military Continues to Decay While Few Projects Are Funded	Trud
Theater	16	Theatre: Total theatre, Russian style. A major force in Russian ballet swept back into London with his company last night. Boris Eifman talks to NADINE MEISNER.	The Independent (UK)
Vershbow on Iraq	17	US AMBASSADOR: IN THEORY, SADDAM HUSSEIN MAY RETAIN POWER. An interview with US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow.	Vremya Novostei
Iraq: Russia, Europe, United States	18	Russia Aims for Role as Broker Between U.S., Europe	Washington Post Sharon LaFraniere
Iraq: Germany, France, Putin	19	RUSSIA: A MONKEY LOOKING DOWN ON FIGHTING TIGERS. An interview with Timofey Bardachev, analyst with the Carnegie Foundation.	Gazeta
Tobacco	20	Tobacco Firms Scramble To Build Russian Brands	Wall Street Journal Erin White
Chechnya Referendum	21	CHECHNYA: WHAT LIES AHEAD? The referendum may aggravate the situation in Chechnya.	Novaya Gazeta Grigory Yavlinsky