JRL #7183

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Poverty	1	Putin sets high growth target,wages war on poverty	Reuters
Putin, Economy, Military	2	Russia's Putin Seeks Strong Econ Growth, Military Reform	Dow Jones/ AP
Bureaucracy	3	Radical measures needed to curb bureaucracy in Russia - Putin	BBC Monitoring
Economy	4	PRESIDENT PUTIN: RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS ARE VERY MODEST INDEED	RIA Novosti
Chechnya	5	PRESIDENT PUTIN PROMISES TO CARRY THROUGH POLITICAL SETTLEMENT EFFORT IN CHECHNYA	RIA Novositi
Duma Elections	6	PUTIN CONSIDERS FORTHCOMING STATE DUMA ELECTIONS ANOTHER STAGE OF MULTIPARTY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA	RIA Novosti
Europe	7	As she did 300 years ago, Russia is turning once again to Europe	The Independent (UK) editorial
Vodka	8	Vodka turns 500 with toasts to joy and misery. In Russia, it's more than just a drink, it's a must that delivers mixed blessings.	The Globe and Mail (Canada) Mark MacKinnon
News	9	TV1 Review	Luba Schwartzman
Iraq	10	Optimism on Russian postwar accord with US	Financial Times (UK) Andrew Jack Stefan Wagstyl
Caspian Conference	11	re May 15 JRL Rutland item	Gael Tarleton
Health & Demography	12	Association for Study of Health and Demography in the Former Soviet Union (ASHDFSU)	Judy Twigg
Oligarchs	13	ARE THE OLIGARCHS AIMING TO TAKE THE HELM? An interview with political analyst Igor Bunin.	Trud
Elections	14	REDISTRIBUTION IN RUSSIA MEANS ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP. The St. Petersburg people are raising money for the presidential campaign.	Novaya Gazeta Yulia Latynina
Elections	15	Experimental Model of Parliamentary Elections. The pre-election race is gathering steam.	pravda.ru
Chechnya, Putin	16	Putin battles political fallout of Chechnya fight	Christian Science Monitor Fred Weir
Chechen Rebels	17	Chechen rebels ridicule Russian president's amnesty motion	BBC Monitoring
Islam, Terrorism	18	The Bear and the Crescent: Russia, Islam and the War on Terrorism. (Ariel Cohen)	Kennan Institute event summary
Central Asia, Islam	19	Islam in Central Asia. Religion, politics and moderation. Contrasts between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.	The Economist (UK)
Film, House of Fools	20	'Fools' turns world of war inside out. INMATES RUN THE ASYLUM IN RUSSIAN FILMMAKER'S TOLSTOY-INSPIRED WORK. (re Andrei Konchalovsky's House of Fools)	San Jose Mercury News Glenn Lovell
AIDS	21	Hidden epidemic that haunts Putin's anniversary party. (re AIDS)	The Independent (UK) Nigel Wrench
Putin, Russian Mafia	22	Putin sat on board of firm in Russian mafia inquiry	Irish Times
Anti-Americanism	23	Flirting With Anti-Americanism	Transitions Online/ Novoe Vremya Alexander Pumpyansky