JRL #7238

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Blair-Putin Summit, Iraq	1	Putin wants to bury differences with UK on Iraq	Reuters
Blair-Putin Summit	2	Putin gets the tsar treatment	The Electronic Telegraph (UK) Caroline Davies
Putin Reign	3	Putin is the strongman that the Russians need. He frightens liberals, but his steely style has made his country happier.	The Times (UK) Michael Binyon
Youth Problems	4	Most Russians Believe Youngsters Today Are Less Prepared for Adult Life than Previous Generations	Rosbalt
Economic Growth	5	RUSSIA IS ONE OF THE WORLD LEADERS IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH RATES	RIA Novosti
Business, Moscow Retail	6	First 100% Russian Shopping Centre Mosmart Opens in Moscow	Rosbalt
Economy, Holidays	7	Long Russian Weekends Do Not Aggravate Economic Situation. However, the German government believes that too many holidays are bad for economy.	pravda.ru
Media Repression, TVS	8	Tuning Out Dissent	Washington Post editorial
TV1 Review: News Summary	9	TV1 Review	Luba Schwartzman
Novaya Gazeta Digest: News Summary	10	NOVAYA GAZETA DIGEST	Luba Schwartzman
British Summit, History	11	RE: 7237-Putin in UK	Edward Keenan
Blair-Putin Summit	12	So Why Is Russia's President Being Given the Honour of a State Visit?	The Independent (UK) Mary Dejevsky
War on Terrorism, Human Rights	13	Rights body says Russia faked militants crackdown	Reuters
Chechnya War, Bombings	14	Chechen rebels drug suicide bombers, including pregnant women - Russia TV	BBC Monitoring
Chechnya	15	New themes for a changing Chechnya	The Russia Journal Robert Bruce Ware
State Dept. Human Rights Report	16	Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2002-2003. excerpt re Russia	U.S. Dept. of State
World War II	17	Remembering Russia's victory	UPI Martin Sieff
Arctic, Nuclear Icebreakers	18	Atomic icebreakers keep Russia's north alive	Reuters
Putin Ratings	19	Support for Putin high ahead of 2004 Russian presidential election - poll	ITAR-TASS
Iraq War & Putin	20	After Iraq war, Putin's on top	MSNBC Preston Mendenhall
Putin & Media	21	FORM OVER SUBSTANCE: PUTIN DANCES WITH THE MEDIA	RFE/RL Newsline Peter Lavelle