JRL #7072

Plain Text - Entire Issue

Iraq, UK, US	1	Blair and US will reap whirlwind, says Gorbachev. Robin Shepherd interviews the elder statesman of Soviet politics who calls for 'a dose of perestroika' to banish the idea of governing by force.	The Times (UK)
Politicians	2	Horse-drawn carriages in vogue among Russian politicians	BBC Monitoring
Abortion	3	Early Pregnancy and Abortion Issue in Russia. What would a young girl and a young man choose: to have an abortion or to keep a baby?	pravda.ru
Corruption	4	Questioning Candor on Corruption	Moscow Times editorial
Chechnya, U.S. Terrorist List	5	U.S. to blacklist Chechen guerrilla groups	Reuters
Chechnya, U.S. Terrorist List	6	Yastrzhembsky hails U.S. listing of three Chechen terrorist groups	Interfax
Chechnya, U.S. Terrorist List	7	US blacklists Chechen warlord	gazeta.ru
Communists, Oil	8	WHOSE MONEY? The YUKOS oil company intends to sponsor the Communist Party.	Rossiiskie Vesti Sergei Mikhailov
Putin & Politics	9	"PRO-PUTIN MAJORITY" LACKS A PASTOR. Political scientists advise the president to do something about it. Political consultants are concerned by stagnation-like stability.	Nezavisimaya Gazeta Svetlana Ofitova
Ruble	10	Strong rouble poses stark choice on Russia economy	Reuters
Putin	11	PUTIN IN A PICKLE. Elections, electricity and pensions.	Moscow Tribune Stanislav Menshikov
Political Parties	12	Main Pro-Kremlin Party Battles Accusation That It Has No Platform. (Unified Russia)	RFE/RL Gregory Feifer
Russia & Europe	13	RUSSIA, EUROPE AND NEW CHALLENGES	Trud Sergei Karaganov
Iraq Oil	14	Russia pushing for more Iraq oil deals before war	Reuters
Chechnya War	15	Matthew Evangelista's The Chechen Wars: Will Russia Go the Way of the Soviet Union?	Jamestown Foundation Chechnya Weekly book review Lawrence A. Uzzell
Economy	16	Cabinet Approves Plan For 8% GDP Growth	Moscow Times Valeria Korchagina
Telecommunications	17	Next telecom frontier could be on Russia's horizon, minister says	San Jose Mercury News Aaron Davis
Stalin	18	Stalin exhibition feeds on revived personality cult. Ben Aris in Moscow reports on the hankering for certainty.	The Electronic Telegraph (UK)
Power Reform	19	Russia power bills clear Duma, UES strategy debated	Reuters
Eugene Carroll Obituary	20	Retired Adm. Eugene J. Carroll Jr. Dies; Nuclear Weapons Foe	The Washington Post obituary