JRL #7254

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Poetry, Yevtushenko Birthday	1	Yevtushenko, poet of the post-Stalin thaw, turns 70	AFP
GDP	2	Russian ministry raises GDP growth forecast even further	Interfax
Oil Exports	3	OPEC reports Russia ranked second for oil export during 1991-2001	ITAR-TASS
News	4	Novaya Gazeta Digest
Czar Murder	5	Poll shows remorse as Russians mark anniversary of last tsar's execution	Interfax
Czar Remains, Russian Orthodox	6	Russian Orthodox Church still doubts authenticity of "Yekaterinburg remains"	Interfax
Patriotism	7	PATRIOTISM AS UNIFYING IDEOLOGY OF RUSSIA	RIA Novosti
Putin & Business	8	VLADIMIR PUTIN ON PROTECTING INTERESTS OF RUSSIAN BUSINESSES	RIA Novosti
Putin & Small Business	9	PRESIDENT PUTIN AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH SMALL BUSINESSES	RIA Novosti
Putin & Bureaucratic Reform	10	Putin sees cutting bureaucracy as essential for development	BBC Monitoring
Putin & Regions	11	Russian president talks to local people during trip to regions	BBC Monitoring
Putin & Regions	12	Russian president discusses problems with local authority representatives	BBC Monitoring
Oligarch Abramovich & Soccer	13	Meanwhile: Russian oligarch turns big-time soccer fan. (Abramovich)	International Herald Tribune Marshall Goldman
YUKOS Efficiency, Fortune Award	14	YUKOS Voted World's Most Efficient Company by Fortune Magazine	Rosbalt
Russian Business, YUKOS & Khodorkovsky	15	Face value. The troubled face of Russian business. What Mikhail Khodorkovsky's troubles say about business in Russia.	The Economist (UK)
Chechnya Election, Kadyrov	16	Kremlin's man in Chechnya trailing in presidential campaign	AFP
Chechnya, Beno	17	Former Chechen envoy says republic's destiny should be decided by experts	BBC Monitoring
Political Parties, Pamyat, Vassilyev Death	18	Pamyat to be forgotten after leader dies. (Dmitry Vassilyev)	gazeta.ru
Environment, Kyoto	19	Kyoto: command and control is the wrong approach	Financial Times (UK) letters
Abortion & Contraception	20	Contraception Catches On in Russia	Transitions Online/ Ezhenedel'ny Zhurnal Vakhim Ismailov,
Privatization, Electricity	21	Privatizing Russia's Electricity	American Enterprise Institute Leon Aron