JRL #7209

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Russian Diversity	1	UNITY OF OPPOSITES. Russia remains a country of many different countries.	Izvestia Natalya Ratiani
Iraq Oil Contracts	2	Iraq denies cancelling oil contracts with Russia	Reuters
Prisons	3	Amount of people in Russia's remand facilities almost halved in 2 years	Interfax
Prisons	4	Ray of hope enters Russian prisons	BBC Rob Parsons
Links from State Dept. on Wrangel Island	5	Links on Wrangel Island	John Evans (State Department)
News Summary	6	TV1 Review	Luba Schwartzman
China & Russia	7	Budding allies: Russia and China. A new agreement expands cooperation on energy, arms, regional security, and space.	Christian Science Monitor Fred Weir
Military Leaders	8	THE MILITARY DOESN'T LIKE ITS LEADERS. (poll)	Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Nuclear Arms, SORT Treaty	9	Duma general says Russia could withdraw from just ratified arms treaty with US	ITAR-TASS
U.S. Military in Georgia	10	US May Use Georgian Military Airports	Rosbalt
U.S.-Georgian Relations, Gazprom	11	Georgia to Answer Before the US for Cooperating with Gazprom	Rosbalt
NATO-Russia Council	12	Russia to air fears over NATO expansion at NATO-Russia Council	ITAR-TASS
U.S. Bases Encircling Russia	13	RING OF MILITARY BASES TIGHTENS AROUND RUSSIA. Russia's diplomats keep surrendering one position after another.	Nezavisimaya Gazeta Igor Korotchenko
Bush-Putin Summit	14	US: A telling reflection in Russia	Asia Times Peter Lavelle
Central Asia	15	Deep, complex misery - even for a Russian. Andrey Platonov's bleak vision of the central Asian desert, Soul, has been brought back to life by Robert Chandler's team of translators.	The Observer (UK) book review David Issacson,
Latvia	16	Russia has little time to continue complaints about Latvia - newspaper	BBC Monitoring
Putin Amnesties	17	Attorney Criticizes Russia's Use of Amnesties	Novaya Gazeta
Moscow Crime	18	Gang Wars in Moscow, Changes Inside Criminal World Viewed	Moskovskiy Komsomolets