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Education, 
Censorship
1 Russian schools excluding Soviet-era dissident writers: protest letter AFP
Poet Yevtushenko 2 A Soviet star poet turns 70, his legacy still unresolved. Perhaps, to get along, he went along too readily. (Yevtushenko) Philadelphia Inquirer
Colin Romano
Suicides 3 Suicide rates in Russia on the increase The Lancet (UK)
Paul Webster
Economy, GDP 4 RUSSIA CAN DOUBLE ITS GDP BY 2010, BORIS ALESHIN SAYS RIA Novosti
Privatization 5 Dissatisfaction with Privatisation in Russia Rings Out. (Koch) Rosbalt
YUKOS Probe 6 Oil Wars Washington Post
editorial
Oligarchs, Privatization 7 Russia's billionaire tycoons feel the heat as privatisations in doubt AFP
YUKOS Probe & Putin Regime 8 Putin's entourage said behind attack on Russian oil major. (Felgenhauer) BBC Monitoring
Politics, Government,
YUKOS Probe
9 Russian Political Forces To Regroup. The possible victory of the Russian Office of the Prosecutor General over oil giant Yukos is absurd. pravda.ru
YUKOS Probe Repercussions 10 Crackdown on Tycoon Shakes Up Moscow New York Times
Sabrina Tavernise
YUKOS, Khodorkovsky & Putin 11 Is Russian oil tycoon stepping on the toes of President Putin? The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Carolynne Wheeler
Environment, Dachas & Forest, Opposition 12 'Gorbachev's dachas' upset Russian Greens. Building plan endangered forest land. The Observer (UK)
Nick Paton Walsh
Russian Orthodox,
Anti-Catholic Religious Repression
13 In a Russian Orthodox redoubt, Catholics report the sin of bias Boston Globe
Gretchen Weber
Stalin, New Book 14 A despot and a flirt: Boots, billiards, babies on his knee. Robert Service on the domestic banalities revealed by a new biography of Joseph Stalin. (Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore) The Guardian (UK)
book review
Crime, Corruption, New Book 15 A grim look at the state of Russia. (Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State by David Satter) Sun-Sentinel (Florida) book review
Scott Shane
Small Towns,
Putin Transcript
16 Introductory words at the meeting on problems of developing small towns in Russia. (Putin July 17) kremlin.ru
Small Towns,
Putin Transcript
17 Excerpts from a meeting on problems of developing small towns of Russia. (Putin July 17) kremlin.ru
Small Towns,
Putin Transcript
18 Final speech at the meeting on problems of the development of small towns of Russia. (Putin July 17) kremlin.ru