JRL #7181

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John Hardt	1	Honoring John Hardt	Congressional Record: Senator Robert Bennett
Economic Reform	2	Russia's rating upgrade a fair appraisal of economic reform	Interfax
Amber Room	3	Russia to Unveil Restored Amber Room	AP
Paul McCartney in Red Square	4	Duma deputies opposed to McCartney concert on Red Square	Interfax
Military Strength	5	RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES ARE OVER ONE MILLION MEN STRONG NOW, CHIEF-OF-STAFF SAYS	RIA Novosti
Chechnya	6	Security Still an Illusion in Chechnya	Moscow Times editorial
Saudi Arabia, Chechnya, Bombings	7	PUTIN POINTS OUT SAUDI, CHECHEN BLAST LINK	RIA Novosti
Chechnya	8	Chechen NGOs condemn timing of Russian TV's "anti-Chechen" film	BBC Monitoring
Chechnya, Rebel Website	9	Rebel site analyses Chechen-Russian stand-off over past six years	BBC Monitoring
NATO	10	MP ROGOZIN: NATO POSES NO MILITARY THREAT TO RUSSIA	RIA Novosti
NATO, Baltics	11	NATO membership for Baltic states means Russia will be cut in two - expert. (Aleksandr Pikayev)	BBC Monitoring
NATO	12	NATO Secretary-General hails "practical results" of Russia-NATO Council	AFP
NATO	13	IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO BURY NATO	NG Dipkuryer Andrei Ryabov
Kasyanov, Gref	14	Kasyanov and Gref Battling For Survival	Moscow Times Yulia Latynina
Former Soviet Clients, WTO	15	Rivalry dies hard between Russia and old client states. Efforts to `co-operate' fail. Competing to enter the WTO is a much better bet.	Bangkok Post Anders Aslund
Women, Abuse	16	One in five Russian women beaten at home: expert	AFP
Sex Slavery	17	Sex slaves often come from Russia, go to Germany-UN	Reuters
Russian Muslims	18	Re #7176 "Facing extreme prejudice."	Nickolai Butkevich
Nuclear Material Conversion	19	Russia Admits to U.S. Nuke Program	St. Petersburg Times Yevgenia Borisova
Gorbachev	20	Mikhail Gorbachev Criticizes US Foreign Policy, Warns Of Consequences	pravda.ru/ Pagina
SARS	21	Russian experts downplay SARS scare, say alarm "unjustified."	AFP
Politics	22	RUSSIA NEEDS A TRULY STRONG LEFT-WING OPPOSITION. (interview with Gennady SEMIGIN)	Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Powell in Moscow	23	Powell arrives in Moscow, talks to focus on Iraq	Reuters
Iraq, Powell in Moscow	24	Secretary Of State Visit Comes Amid Signs Moscow Is Softening Stance On Iraq	RFE/RL Gregory Feifer