JRL #7067

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Alcohol	1	RUSSIAN CABINET UNEASY AS DRINKING SKYROCKETS	RIA Novosti
Putin	2	Russia's Putin Says Time to Tell the People the Truth About Promises Made	BBC Monitoring
Democracy	3	Russia goes ahead towards democratisation of society	ITAR-TASS
Putin Reforms	4	Putin wants over 200 laws revised before 2005	ITAR-TASS
Russia, Europe, United States	5	Russia finds itself between old Europe and new America	Bangkok Post Dmitri Trenin
Iraq, UN	6	Advisors urge Moscow to secure UN backing for US attack on Iraq	AFP
Pope John Paul II	7	Putin Thinks Pope's Visit to Moscow Is Necessary, Says Envoy	zenit.org
Chechnya War	8	Second Chechen campaign takes its toll	gazeta.ru
Chechnya	9	LESS THAN 1% OF CHECHENS WANT TO ELECT SEPARATISTS	RIA Novosti
Corruption	10	Kremlin Audit: Millions Misspent	Moscow Times Alla Startseva
Iraq Oil	11	Russia's interest in Iraq's oil fields prolongs crisis	Baltimore Sun Robert Freedman
Arms Sales, Iran, Syria	12	Russia eyes Iran, Syria as arms sales rise in 2002	Reuters
Limonov Case	13	Controversial Russian writer to be sentenced in April. (Limonov)	Interfax
Regions	14	Kremlin coordinates loss of regional autonomy	gazeta.ru
Elections	15	ELECTIONS, RUSSIAN STYLE	Jamestown Foundation Russia and Eurasia Review Nikolai Petrov
Economy, Unemployment	16	Russia on the Edge of Unemployment Disaster. The government presents joyful reports, although the situation gets critical.	pravda.ru
Ethnic Self-Determination	17	Process of National Self-Determination. The ethnic paradox of the modern world.	rosbalt.ru Zinaida Sikevich