JRL #7185

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Czar	1	Tsar Nicholas II redeemed mistakes with martyr's death - poll	Interfax
Crime, Curfew	2	Children face curfew in crime-hit Moscow	Sunday Times (UK) Mark Franchetti
Putin & Mafia	3	Russia's Putin advised German firm linked to Russian mob: press report	AFP
Putin Address	4	NTV's "Freedom of Speech" discusses Putin's address	BBC Monitoring
Chechnya	5	No End In Sight. The war in Chechnya helped Putin win the Russian presidency. With a wave of new suicide bombings, could it now become his downfall?	Time Europe Aisha Labi
Oil, Investment	6	Investors pile in to Russia. Huge oil deals have paved the way for more general investment as Moscow encourages foreign involvement.	Sunday Times (UK) Lucinda Kemeny
Mafia	7	Mob cash oils wheels of Russian economy	The Guardian (UK): Patrick Collinson Tony Levene
Iraq	8	Lessons of the War in Iraq	Izvestia Sergei Karaganov
St. Petersburg	9	Russia tastes its past and future. St Petersburg has survived some major invasions before, says Angus Roxburgh in the nation's second city. But can it handle the visiting hordes set to mark its 300th birthday?	The Sunday Herald (UK)
St. Petersburg	10	Ready to Ruble. Prices Rise as St. Petersburg Fest Kicks Off.	Washington Post Suzanne Sataline
North Korea	11	Russia Turns to a Poor Neighbor for Cheap Labor. (North Korea)	New York Times James Brooke
Housing Reform	12	Putin and Chubais Move to Clean House. (re housing sector reform)	Moscow Times Alla Startseva