JRL #7216

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Dachas	1	'Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000'	Chronicle of Higher Education book review Nina Ayoub
Crime, Counterfeiting	2	About 50 Percent of US Dollars in Russia Are Forged. Experts say that fake dollars have already obtained perfect quality level.	pravda.ru
Russian Orthodox, Patriarch Alexy II	3	Russian Orthodox patriarch moves to damp debate over succession	AFP
Economy	4	Russia in 1997 and 2003 - Spot the Similarity	Prime-TASS Roland Nash
Miss Universe	5	Miss Universe beauty pageant punishes Russian girls over Fyodorova story	Interfax
Iraq, Russia & Germany	6	German-Russian Relations in Light of the Iraq Crisis and Prospects for Russia-EU Security Partnership	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace meeting report Alexander Rahr
Chechnya & Putin	7	Chechen violence helps Putin's hand	Asia Times Matthew Riemer
Islam	8	Hijab Comes into Fashion as Elections Approach	Rosbalt
Limonov Case	9	Lawyer requests early conditional release for Limonov	Interfax
Soros Cutbacks	10	Soros cuts Open Society aid to Russia, targets US	AFP
Soros	11	Optimistic Soros leaves Russia	gazeta.ru
Central Asia Water	12	WATER SHORTAGE TO BREED CENTRAL ASIAN TENSIONS, WARNS RUSSIAN MP. (Kokoshin)	RIA Novosti
Economy, Consumption	13	Unaccounted-for Happiness. Russians spend much more than they officially earn--and both legal and unaccounted-for income is spent immediately.	Transitions Online/ Ezhenedelny Zhurnal Mikhail Berger
Foreign Policy	14	Delayed Decision. (re Russian foreign policy)	www. gateway2russia.com Iskander Khisamov
Arms Industry	15	Russian Arms Industry Under Siege	AP
Prisons	16	MONITORS ISSUE UNPRECEDENTED PRISON REPORT	RFE/RL (Un)Civil Societies Catherine Fitzpatrick