:: Russia - Johnson's Russia List E-Mail Newsletter :: JRL :: <CFINCLUDE TEMPLATE="jrl-template-2-topic-archive.php"> <h1> Recent Archives Overflow: JRL E-Mail Newsletter Table of Contents</h1> <p style="width:550px; font-style:italic;">Johnson's Russia List, "the JRL," has been a favored source of Russia-related information since it was founded by Editor-in-Chief David Johnson in 1996. Like an "Early Bird" focused on Russia and related subjects, the JRL since its beginning has been a voluminous, full-text e-mail newsletter, where its complete content resides. <a href="#toc" title="Click here for recent tables of contents for the e-mail newsletter follow below">Recent tables of contents for the e-mail newsletter follow below</a>. <p style="width:550px; font-style:italic;"><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!">E-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription</a>. <span class="headline"><a name="toc" id="toc"></a>JRL E-Mail Newsletter: additional recent tables of contents </span> <p> <em><span class="gold-colons">::</span> <a href="johnsons-russia-list-newsletter-table-contents.php" title="Click here for Tables of Contents from five most recent e-mail editions">Click here for Tables of Contents from five most recent e-mail editions</a><br /> <span class="gold-colons">::</span> <a href="#anchor" title="Other recent Tables of Contents follow">Tables of Contents from 2011 follow</a><br /> <span class="gold-colons">::</span> <a href="johnsons-russia-list-newsletter-table-contents-recent-archive-late-2010.php" title="Click here for Tables of Contents from 2010">Click here for Tables of Contents from late 2010</a><br /> </em> </p> <p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#77<br /> 29 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS<br /> 1. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Why Russians Don't Smile.<br /> 2. Interfax: Poll Shows Russians Lose Interest, Faith In Elections.<br /> 3. RBC Daily: MARCHING SOCIALISM. Sociologist: The Russians learned the hard way that the administrative resource is stronger than everything else including legitimacy of election.<br /> 4. www.russiatoday.com: Quarter of Russians support return to single-party political system.<br /> 5. Interfax: Putin Notes Positive Trends in Demographic Situation.<br /> 6. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: President Medvedev calls news conference in May.<br /> 7. Interfax: Medvedev Casts Himself As Working Class Hero By Ruling Out Longer Working Week.<br /> 8. Interfax: Medvedev Submits Bill Obliging Officials To Declare Incomes - Further Details.<br /> 9. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev meets Russian internet personalities over copyright.<br /> 10. Moscow Times: Trial Over for 'Patriotic Bonnie and Clyde'<br /> 11. Moscow News: Indecision 2012, Kremlin-style.<br /> 12. Interfax: Medvedev, Putin Have Likely Decided Who Runs For President - Yabloko Leader.<br /> 13. Los Angeles Times: Putin eclipses Medvedev in run-up to 2012 election.<br /> 14. Argumenty Nedeli: DANCING MEDVEDEV. President Dmitry Medvedev's behavior indicates that he probably ought to find himself new image-makers.<br /> 15. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: the Two Competing Visions for Russia's Future. Introduced by Vladimir Frolov. Contributors: Vladimir Belaeff, Vlad Ivanenko, Elena Miskova, Vlad Sobell.<br /> 16. Interfax: Medvedev Wants One Russia Party To Do Well, Despite 'All Its Faults'<br /> 17. Interfax: United Russia's Rating Up - Poll.<br /> 18. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PRESIDENT AND RULING PARTY. Expert: United Russia is the only political agent of modernization.<br /> 19. Vedomosti: THINKING OF WORKERS. VLADISLAV SURKOV BID UNITED RUSSIA TO DESIGN ELECTION STRATEGY.<br /> 20. www.russiaotherpointsofview.com: Gordon Hahn, United Russia's Decline.<br /> 21. Interfax: Non-parliamentary Opposition Fairly Unknown in Russia - Opinion Poll.<br /> 22. Interfax: Russian Opposition Says Unlikely To Field Single Candidate In 2012 Election.<br /> 23. Interfax: Russian Writer, Actor Decline Invitation To Attend Meeting With PM Putin.<br /> 24. The New Times: Anticorruption Campaigner Navalnyy on Investigations, Views, Future.<br /> 25. Paul Goble: Russians No Longer View Orthodox Church as Separate from the State, Lunkin Says.<br /> 26. AP: Chechnya's strongman quizzed in court by leading Russian human rights activist.<br /> 27. Moscow News: Russian charities wrestle with suspicion and tax hikes.<br /> 28. Izvestia: Victory Day commemoration will not use Stalin's portrait.<br /> ECONOMY<br /> 29. BBC Monitoring: Russian PM says economic growth must not come at expense of social programmes.<br /> 30. Moscow Times: Petroleum Exports Banned as Fuel Crisis Deepens.<br /> 31. Vedomosti: Gasoline Crisis Part of Recurring Annual Cycle.<br /> 32. Russia Profile: Running on Fumes. Populist Politics Have Helped Produce a Knee-Jerk Reaction to the Issue of Rising Gasoline Prices.<br /> 33. www.russiatoday.com: The U.S. outlook and Russia. (interview with Roland Nash)<br /> 34. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Pension time bomb.<br /> 35. New York Times: Russia Is Set to Propose Stricter Rules for Reactors.<br /> FOREIGN AFFAIRS<br /> 36. Interfax: Russian Foreign Ministry Ombudsman to Monitor Democracy in Foreign Countries.<br /> 37. www.russiatoday.com: Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia's tandem: traditional and post-modern.<br /> 38. Moscow News: Russia seeks Libya mediator role.<br /> 39. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Expert Says NATO's 'New Afghan Strategy' Could Drag Russia Into New Regional War. (Aleksey Fenenko)<br /> 40. RIA Novosti: Ukraine sees progress in gas price talks with Russia.<br /> 41. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: AMERICAN INSPECTOR. Senior functionary of the U.S. Department of State is touring the Caucasus.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a></p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#76<br /> 28 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: Eduardo Pisani, Too Much Smoking, Booze and Food.<br /> 2. RIA Novosti: Putin says no limits to active lifestyle.<br /> 3. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Health care you could live with. Russian doctors and their patients wait for new reforms to help them get the medical care and facilities they deserve.<br /> 4. Russia Profile: See-Through Make-Believe. President Dmitry Medvedev Is Using the Internet to Overturn Russia's Time-Honored Potemkin-Village Tradition.<br /> 5. Reuters: Medvedev orders no repeat of 2010 wildfire chaos.<br /> 6. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev tightens grip on officials.<br /> 7. Reuters: Russia to fight corruption with new legislation.<br /> 8. RIA Novosti: Top Russian Ministers Ordered To Report On Work Of Government Regulators.<br /> 9. Interfax: Most Russians Do Not Believe Rift Growing Between Putin, Medvedev - Poll.<br /> 10. Interfax: Pavlovsky Commenting on Dismissal as Presidential Adviser.<br /> 11. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundit urges decision on presidential candidate.<br /> 12. RBC Daily: "I DO SUPPORT MEDVEDEV." An interview with political scientist Gleb Pavlovsky.<br /> 13. Interfax: 'Sovereign Democracy' Intrinsically Russian - Speaker. (Boris Gryzlov)<br /> 14. Moscow News: 'Censored' poets invited to meet Putin.<br /> 15. Moscow Times: Chaika Defends Record at Tenure's End.<br /> 16. The New Times: FOLLOWING THE TRAIL. Sergei Magnitsky's colleagues and friends continue their own investigation.<br /> 17. Reuters: Khodorkovsky appeal set for May 17: Russian court.<br /> 18. Moscow Times: Audit Chamber Lashes Out at Activist.<br /> 19. Novyye Izvestiya: Local 'Experts' Endorse Freedom House Concerns About Internet Freedom in Russia.<br /> 20. www.russiatoday.com: Russia divided over drug tests for schoolchildren.<br /> 21. www.opendemocracy.net: Mikhail Zakharov, Russia's multicultural myth.<br /> 22. Reuters: Chechen leader bases libel evidence on 'clean hands'<br /> 23. www.russiatoday.com: People should stop considering North Caucasus dangerous presidential envoy. (Aleksandr Khloponin)<br /> 24. Voice of Russia: Can Russian government stop brain drain? Interview with Ben Judah, Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations in London.<br /> 25. Moscow News: Chernobyl was 'punishment for state atheism'<br /> 26. Kyiv Post: Communities most affected by Chornobyl struggle to survive.<br /> 27. Moscow Times: Alla Yaroshinskaya, Chernobyl's Dirty Secrets.<br /> 28. Moscow News: Reassessing Stalin among Moscow's swanky shops.<br /> 29. Interfax: Stalin Portraits On Public Transport Is Provocation - Russian Rights Activists.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>30. AFP: Russia bans gasoline exports amid shortages.<br /> 31. ITAR-TASS: Money alone will not solve problem of roads in Russia.<br /> 32. Financial Times: Financial reform: Rise in credibility is overdue.<br /> 33. www.arcticstartup.com: Why Building A Startup In Russia Is Less Risky Than In The Valley.<br /> 34. Moscow Times: Courts Throw Shadow Over Property Rights.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>35. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen address the media to summarise their talks. (Putin re Libya)<br /> 36. Interfax: Putin links coalition operation to Libya's hydrocarbons.<br /> 37. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt hold joint press conference following talks. (Putin re Libya)<br /> 38. Interfax: Margelov Cautions U.S. Against Applying "Libyan" Methods to Other Volatile Regions.<br /> 39. www.russiatoday.com: Tread lightly on Syria, Russia warns UN Security Council.<br /> 40. Interfax: Russia Could Slash Tactical Nuclear Arsenal Without Damaging National Security - Expert. (Vladimir Dvorkin)<br /> 41. Interfax: Romanov House head will not attend Prince William wedding ceremony.<br /> 42. Financial Times: China-Russia relations: Siberia waits for a thaw in border policies.<br /> 43. Kommeresant: DEFINE YOUR IDEOLOGY. Experts: The Western community does not know what the CSTO is about or what it is for.<br /> 44. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, CSTO must evolve into military alliance.<br /> 45. Moscow News: Russia and Ukraine squabble over fairy tales.<br /> 46. Civil Georgia: U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Praises Georgian Troops in Afghanistan.<br /> 47. AFP: Top Belarus opposition leader goes on trial.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a></p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#75<br /> 27 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Kremlin.ru: Visit to Dozhd (Rain) television channel's studios.<br /> 2. Reuters: Unhealthy Russians think they're in good shape.<br /> 3. The Guardian (UK): Russia's heartland in crisis as desperation and vodka take toll. Drink-related deaths among men in hard-pressed rural areas exacerbate the decline in the nation's population.<br /> 4. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: STABILITY IN RUSSIA IS QUESTIONABLE. Participants in the discourse "Post-Crisis Russia" anticipate a period of trouble.<br /> 5. Moscow Times: Magnitsky Cleared in State-Ordered Check.<br /> 6. Interfax: Chaika denies 'war' between prosecutors, investigators.<br /> 7. Financial Times: Rivalry at the top causes unease.<br /> 8. www.russiatoday.com: "You will like" the decision on who will run for presidency, Putin promises journalists.<br /> 9. Interfax: Russian PM Putin Says Creating State Capitalism 'Not Our Aim'<br /> 10. Financial Times: Politics: Shift in focus puts former spies out in the cold.<br /> 11. Vedomosti: TANDEM IN HARMONY. VOTERS DISTRUST REPORTS ON DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE RULING TANDEM.<br /> 12. Vedomosti: NULL AND VOID. GLEB PAVLOVSKY WAS BANNED FROM THE KREMLIN FOR INDISCREET COMMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TANDEM.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, Putin the Populist President.<br /> 14. Wall Street Journal: Ira Iosebashvili, A Tale of Two Putins.<br /> 15. Moscow Times: Anders Aslund, Schism in the Tandem Is Getting Larger.<br /> 16. RIA Novosti: Konstantin Kosachev, Russian parliament in the gap between past and future.<br /> 17. RBC Daily: BEING READY. Non-parliamentary political parties hope to make it to the Duma.<br /> 18. Osobaya Bukva: Poll of Urban Youth Probes Attitudes about Nationalism, Protest.<br /> 19. Russia Profile: Playing Doctor. As the Russian Health Ministry is Hit by Successive Scandals Putin Finds a Use for an Oppositionist's Criticism.<br /> 20. RIA Novosti: Moscow says 'studying' gay march proposal, leaves event up in air.<br /> 21. www.foreignpolicy.com: Limits of e-politics: Why Alexey Navalny won't win an election anytime soon.<br /> 22. RIA Novosti: Yeltsin and Gorbachev: This town ain't big enough for the both.<br /> 23. Moscow News: Stalin sees a surge in popularity - survey.<br /> 24. Financial Times: Stalin's horrors still throw Russia into turmoil.<br /> 25. AFP: Soviet film classics find new life on YouTube.<br /> ECONOMY<br /> 26. Paul Goble: Despite Rising Oil Prices, Russians' Standard of Living is Falling.<br /> 27. Transitions Online: The Price of Fresh Air and Boiled Water. Many seniors in Moscow find they can no longer afford "non-essential" services, like a walk outside.<br /> 28. www.opendemocracy.net: "Nelegaly": work and shelter in migrant Moscow.<br /> 29. AFP: Russia running out of easy oil: state study.<br /> FOREIGN AFFAIRS<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: Integration of Russia and EU essential for development says Putin.<br /> 31. AFP: Putin Blasts Libya Mission Attacking 'Twisted' Regime.<br /> 32. Reuters: Russia worried by NATO expansion near its border.<br /> 33. www.russiatoday.com: Russia prepares for swift nuclear retribution.<br /> 34. www.foreignpolicy.com: Biden invites Putin to Washington.<br /> 35. Financial Times: Foreign policy: Success in 'near abroad' is main achievement.<br /> 36. Novye Izvestia: DESPITE TBILISI. Russian-Georgian WTO talks: no compromise appears to be possible.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a></p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#74<br /> 26 April 2011 <br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. AP: Russia steps in to host major Olympic meeting in 2012 after cash-strapped Britain pulls out.<br /> 2. Moskovsky Komsomolets: LOOKING INTO OFFICIALS' WALLETS. The state is said to be paying officials and lawmakers under the counter.<br /> 3. www.russiatoday.com: Russians want officials to report expenses.<br /> 4. Interfax: Democratization Not A Panacea For Corruption - Russian Audit Chamber Head. (Sergey Stepashin)<br /> 5. RIA Novosti: Russia's top prosecutor says crime figures fiddled on vast scale.<br /> 6. RIA Novosti: Russia needs 'social revolution' to modernize - minister. (Andrei Klepach)<br /> 7. Interfax: Klepach Says 'Intellectual' Class Needs Economic Protection.<br /> 8. RIA Novosti: Moscow allows first ever gay parade.<br /> 9. AP: Russia's Bolshoi to reopen after reconstruction.<br /> 10. Moscow Times: Medvedev Hopes to Teach at Skolkovo One Day.<br /> 11. Kommersant: BRAND. DMITRY MEDVEDEV: I WANT SKOLKOVO MADE RUSSIA'S NUMBER ONE BRAND.<br /> 12. BBC Monitoring: Russian president calls for more work on innovation, catches minister napping.<br /> 13. Moscow News editorial: A mission to Mars.<br /> 14. Vedomosti editorial: The Prime Minister's Message.<br /> 15. Reuters: Kremlin lawyers say Russia fabricated Magnitsky case.<br /> 16. Vedomosti: FABRICATED IN RUSSIA. EXPERTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL FOR CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: CHARGES AGAINST SERGEI MAGNITSKY WERE FABRICATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.<br /> 17. Novaya Gazeta : APPEAL TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. On amnesty for businessmen criminal proceedings were instituted against. Civil society and expert community suggest an amnesty for imprisoned businessmen.<br /> 18. Kommersant: Supreme Court Chief Acknowledges Problems, Defends Judicial System. (Vyacheslav Lebedev)<br /> 19. Russia Profile: Spy Games. Although Russians' Privacy Rights Are Frequently Violated, Successful Lawsuits in This Area Are Still Very Rare.<br /> 20. Moscow Times editorial: From Defiant to Dull in a Decade. (re television)<br /> 21. RIA Novosti: Russian President Predicts Internet Will Soon Replace Ordinary TV.<br /> 22. Wall Street Journal: iPad-Using Medvedev Offered BlackBerry Tablet.<br /> 23. AP: Russia's President Medvedev hints he may not run again, clearing way for Putin.<br /> 24. Moscow News: Peter Lavelle, The great parlour game is boring.<br /> 25. www.opendemocracy.net: Grigorii Golosov, Putin-Medvedev: Russia's managed drama.<br /> 26. Interfax: Russian Right Wing Party Fails To Enlist Vice Premier As Leader.<br /> 27. AP: Russia's Medvedev calls for new safe nuclear energy rules on Chernobyl's 25th anniversary.<br /> 28. ITAR-TASS: 25 years after Chernobyl 1 mln Russians live in contaminated areas, Ukraine is building new shelter.<br /> 29. Moscow Times: A Liquidator Searches for the Truth at Chernobyl 25 Years On.<br /> 30. International Herald Tribune: Horrors, and Glory, in St. Petersburg.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>31. Moscow News: Protests planned as petrol pumps run dry.<br /> 32. Izvestia: TEACHING MINISTERS DISCIPLINE. PREMIER PUTIN WANTS ALL SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES AND INDUSTRIAL PARKS EVALUATED FOR EFFECTIVENESS.<br /> 33. Business New Europe: Renaissance Asset Managers, Back to politics.<br /> 34. Moscow News: Saving the taiga one tree at a time.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>35. RIA Novosti: Moscow won't back force in 'new Libya resolution'<br /> 36. Interfax: Opposition, coalition actions in Libya may trigger series of civil wars - Lavrov.<br /> 37. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Jacob Kipp, Moscow Responds to the Arab Revolutions: Focus on Libya (Part One).<br /> 38. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Jacob Kipp, Moscow Responds to the Arab Revolutions: Focus on Libya (Part Two).<br /> 39. BBC Monitoring: Russians in Central Asia discriminated against but have nowhere to go - TV.<br /> 40. RIA Novosti: Russia may join WTO without Georgia consent - FM Lavrov.<br /> 41. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine's President Resists Russia on Trade.<br /> 42. RIA Novosti: Russian Navy will stay in Sevastopol forever - admiral.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a></p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#73<br /> 25 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Bloomberg: Russia to Oust Officials at 1,000 Companies on Medvedev Push.<br /> 2. Reuters: Russia's Medvedev speaks of life after presidency.<br /> 3. www.russiatoday.com: Skolkovo should become "ideology" of Russian society - Medvedev.<br /> 4. Moscow Times: Health Dispute Ignites Talk of Cabinet Shuffle.<br /> 5. Moskovsky Komsomolets: EQUALITY OF RATINGS. Specialists dismiss the fall of the national leaders' ratings as insignificant.<br /> 6. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: BETWEEN LIBERAL MEDVEDEV AND CONSERVATIVE PUTIN. PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV RELIES ON LIBERAL VALUES WHILE PREMIER VLADIMIR PUTIN PROMOTES STATE CAPITALISM.<br /> 7. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, 2012 Race Could Come Down to Coke vs. Pepsi.<br /> 8. Politkom.ru: Tatyana Stanovaya, The Electorate Is for Putin, The Elite Are for Medvedev.<br /> 9. RBC Daily: PRESIDENTIAL LOTTERY. POLITICIAL SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT THE TANDEM WILL NOMINATE VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR PRESIDENT.<br /> 10. Moscow Times: Victor Davidoff, Bulldog Fight Under the Rug.<br /> 11. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Could Medvedev Become Russia's Yushchenko? Introduced by Vladimir Frolov. Contributors: Ethan Burger, Vlad Ivanenko, Alexandre Strokanov and Vitaly Strokanov, Ira Straus, Vladimir Belaeff.<br /> 12. Profil: Stanislav Belkovsky, THE PROBLEM THAT DOES NOT EXIST. No matter what rumors the Kremlin may spread about the alleged direct electoral competition between Putin and Medvedev, only one candidate from the tandem will run for president in 2012.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Arkady Prigozhin, Breaking the Vicious Circle of Autocracy.<br /> 14. Interfax: Moscow Mayor Notes Corruption In All Spheres Of City's Municipal Services.<br /> 15. RIA Novosti:Moscow's human rights ombudsman to report on freedom of assembly.<br /> 16. Moscow News: Marital murmurings in Magnitsky case.<br /> 17. Paul Goble: Moscow Must Develop Siberia In Order Not to Lose It, Chernyakhovsky Says.<br /> 18. ITAR-TASS: Only Communists mark Lenin birthday, most Russians for his burial.<br /> 19. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV viewers give massive support to Stalinism.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>20. Izvestia: PRESIDENT'S RESERVES. DMITRY MEDVEDEV WANTS OFFICIALS OUT OF STATE CORPORATIONS' BOARDS OF DIRECTORS.<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Trustees in as Ministers Leave Company Boards.<br /> 22. RIA Novosti: Three key problems of the Russian economy that need to be addressed. (Interview with Sergey Aleksashenko, director of macroeconomic research at the Higher School of Economics national research university.)<br /> 23. Kommersant: Business Union Head Shokhin on Business Election Expectations, Lobbying.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Logic of samovar diplomacy. (re Lavrov visit to Middle East)<br /> 25. Novaya Gazeta: JOHN BEYRLE: "TO START WITH, WE INTEND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF BILATERAL VISAS TO TWO YEARS." US Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle answered the questions of the Novaya Gazeta.<br /> 26. Interfax: Russian 'expert' scorns US proposal for pre-talks tactical nukes data swap.<br /> 27. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV pundit says US running scared of repeat of 1930s.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>28. http://premier.gov.ru: Vladimir Putin answers questions of the representatives of the State Duma factions. (re report on the government's performance in 2010)<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#72<br /> 22 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p> POLITICS</p> <p> 1. Interfax: Over 90 percent of Russians are going to celebrate Easter anyway.<br /> 2. RIA Novosti: Duma committee drafts bill on cutting abortion rate.<br /> 3. Prime-TASS: Expert: Number of Internet users in Russia up 22% in 2010.<br /> 4. Reuters: Russia's Putin courts tycoons with eye to 2012 poll.<br /> 5. Reuters: Russia Medvedev calls for "uncorrupt" board members.<br /> 6. RIA Novosti: Medvedev warns against going too far in anti-corruption campaign.<br /> 7. Vedomosti: RATINGS SCRAPPING BEDROCK. SOCIOLOGISTS REPORT THE RATINGS OF DMITRY MEDVEDEV, VLADIMIR PUTIN, AND UNITED RUSSIA AT THEIR ALL-TIME LOW.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Putin's Cabinet Plans to Up State Spending.<br /> 9. ITAR-TASS: Putin defended social state, alternative to modernization concept - analysts.<br /> 10. Russia Profile: The King's Speech. Putin's Address Before the State Duma Keeps Analysts Guessing.<br /> 11. Moskovsky Komsomolets: United Russia criticizes modernization policy.<br /> 12. www.russiatoday.com: Gleb Pavlovsky, How do you marry Putin's paternalism and Medvedev's modernization?<br /> 13. Moscow Times editorial: Putin's Plan Boils Down to Big Bablo.<br /> 14. Moscow News editorial: Reading Putin's small print.<br /> 15. www.russiatoday.com: Regional referenda proposed to return direct elections of governors.<br /> 16. Interfax: Russian Prosecutor Not Happy With Anti Corruption Efforts.<br /> 17. www.russiatoday.com: Federation Council speaker says officials' families should declare incomes.<br /> 18. Kennan Institute event summary: The Current State of Civil Society as a Reflection of the Paradoxes of Modern-Day Russia. (Ella Pamfilova)<br /> 19. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: CHANGES IN KHODORKOVSKY'S LOT. The Council for Human Rights keeps the YUKOS affair and Magnitsky's death in the focus of attention.<br /> 20. Washington Post editorial: Seeking Russian justice.<br /> 21. Moscow Times: The Day a Soviet Paradise Stood Still. (re Chernobyl)<br /> 22. Kennan Institute event summary: The Chernobyl Nuclear Catastrophe 25 Years Later: What Have We Learned?<br /> 23. www.russiatoday.com: Vladimir Lenin: 141 years and still going strong.<br /> 24. Russia Profile: Revising Beria. While Censorship Reigns Over Hitler's Legacy in Germany, Stalinist Literature Still Has Its Niche in Russia.</p> <p> ECONOMY</p> <p> 25. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PUTIN TO HELP BUSINESSES. Vladimir Putin met with the council of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.<br /> 26. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: KUDRIN THE HERETIC. FINANCE MINISTER ALEKSEI KUDRIN ONCE AGAIN EMPHASIZED A CONNECTION BETWEEN ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY.<br /> 27. Izvestia: Oil will never run out. But Russia will no longer be able to sustain itself on it.<br /> 28. Moscow News: Arctic ambitions for Big Oil?<br /> 29. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Private business rises against the Goliaths of graft. When entrepreneur Yana Yakovleva resisted police extortion attempts, she went to jail for seven months on principal. Now free again, she is a champion of business against corruption.<br /> 30. Moscow Times: Rene Nyberg, 2 Tales of Finnish Investment in Russia.</p> <p> FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p> 31. RIA Novosti: U.S. to seek agreement with Russia on tactical nuclear weapons reduction.<br /> 32. Voice of Russia: Two US citizens sue President over Jackson-Vanik amendment.<br /> 33. Kennan Institute event summary: Political Systems and Political Identities in Post-Communist Eurasia, 1992-2010.<br /> 34. AP: Lenin's legacy totters in Central Asia.</p> <p> OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p> 35. Russia Profile- vacancy ad.<br /> 36. New Policy brief by Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Warsaw: The fragile "reset". The balance and the prospects for changes in Russian-US relations by Marcin Kaczmarski.<br /> 37. U.S. Premiere of KHODORKOVSKY in D.C. May 2.<br /> 38. New issue of Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report.<br /> 39. New NBR Report on Russia-China relations.</p> <p> LONG ITEM</p> <p> 40. The Washington Quarterly: Thomas Sherlock, CONFRONTING THE STALINIST PAST: THE POLITICS OF MEMORY IN RUSSIA.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#71<br /> 21 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Interfax: Over 70% Russians Approve of Putin's Job Performance - Poll.<br /> 2. BBC Monitoring: Putin thanks Russians for their patience.<br /> 3. BBC Monitoring: Government-parliament dialogue vital for democracy, Putin tells journalists.<br /> 4. Moscow Times: Putin Signals He's Staying Put.<br /> 5. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PRESIDENTIAL MINIMUM RATHER THAN PREMIER'S MAXIMUM. An update on Premier Vladimir Putin's report to the Duma and experts' comments.<br /> 6. Interfax: Medvedev Aide Says Putin's Duma Report Focused On 'President's Instructions.' (Arkadiy Dvorkovich)<br /> 7. Interfax: Russian Presidential Aide Takes Issue With Putin's State Duma Address.<br /> 8. Interfax: Putin's Report Conveys State Capitalism Concept - Pavlovsky.<br /> 9. Bloomberg: Putin's Pre-Election Manifesto Challenges Medvedev, Weafer Says.<br /> 10. Kommersant: LISTENING TO PUTIN'S REPORT. Unlike United Russia, the parliamentary opposition expected better from Vladimir Putin.<br /> 11. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Could Putin and Medvedev face off in an open Russian election?<br /> 12. Washington Post: Doctor tells Putin of Russia's medical shortcomings.<br /> 13. AFP: Russia's Medvedev lets loose in viral dance video.<br /> 14. Interfax: Medvedev Says Internet Video of Him Dancing At Ex-students Reunion One Year Old.<br /> 15. RFE/RL: Watching The Detectives: Popular Russian Crime Novelist Discusses His Craft. (Boris Akunin)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>16. Bloomberg: Browder's Russia Money-Laundering Claims Spark Swiss Probe.<br /> 17. RIA Novosti: Khodorkovsky case affected Russia's business climate - business leader. (Alexander Shokhin)<br /> 18. Wall Street Journal: Russia's Investor-Friendly Finance Minister Slams Political System Again. (Kudrin)<br /> 19. Moscow News: Real incomes fall.<br /> 20. Russia Profile: Inflated Expectations. Despite Efforts to Cool Russia's Politically-Sensitive Costs of Living, Runaway Inflation Remains Intractable.<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, The Secret of a World Financial Center.<br /> 22. Moscow Times: JPMorgan Sees Evolutionary Results From Financial Center Ambitions.<br /> 23. Washington Post: Igor Birman, economist who predicted outcome of Soviet economic crash, dies at 82.<br /> 24. Wall Street Journal: Putin: U.S. Monetary Policy Is 'Hooliganism'</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>25. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivers a report on the government's performance in 2010 in the State Duma.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#70<br /> 20 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Reuters: Putin warns Russia against economic complacency.<br /> 2. Bloomberg: Putin Says Russia Must Avoid Liberal Economic Experiments.<br /> 3. RIA Novosti: Putin rules out restrictions on the Internet.<br /> 4. Vedomosti: FLASHERS AND PRINCESSES. Premier Putin's report to the Duma will constitute a policy statement.<br /> 5. www.russiatoday.com: Putin: Economic weakness - threat to national sovereignty.<br /> 6. Moscow Times: Pulitzer Notes Foreign Media's Impact. (re New York Times reporting on Russia)<br /> 7. Interfax: Russian Rights Envoy Laments Lack Of Progress In Limiting State Media Control.<br /> 8. Kommersant: Poll Shows TV Remains Prime Source of Political Information for Russians.<br /> 9. Moscow Times: Migrants Turn Moscow Into Europe's Biggest City.<br /> 10. Russia Profile: Rights and the Right. The Government Is Making Conspicuous Attempts to Bring Nationalist Sentiment Under Control, Although the Latest Move May Not Have the Intended Result.<br /> 11. Moscow Times: Watchdog Says Internet Freedom Is Declining.<br /> 12. BBC Monitoring: Russian internet expert says Freedom House report gets it wrong.<br /> 13. RBC Daily: NO MORE TANDEMS. Political scientists anticipate collapse of the ruling tandem in 2012.<br /> 14. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Pundit Sees Hope for Two-Party System in Medvedev's Comments in China. (Matvey Ganapolskiy)<br /> 15. BBC Monitoring: Putin, Medvedev 'very much the same', Russian Communist leader tells TV.<br /> 16. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: MAKING A BUREAUCRAT PLEASED. Liberalization of the political system is a sham.<br /> 17. Russia Profile: It's Just Russia. Have the Authorities Turned on Their Pet Project Just Russia in the Face of Upcoming Presidential Election?<br /> 18. Kommersant:Ryzhkov Says Rightists May Become Second or Third Power in Country.<br /> 19. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: CHECHNYA EXPECTS COLOSSAL SUMS FROM MOSCOW. CHECHEN EXORBITANT DEMANDS COST THE RUSSIAN BUDGET, BUT MONIES ARE ALWAYS FOUND FOR GROZNY.<br /> 20. The National Interest book review: Thomas de Waal, Chechens I Used to Know.<br /> 21. www.opendemocracy.net: Elena Strelnikova, Keeping the Cossack legend alive - agreed?<br /> 22. Wall Street Journal: Russia's Fading Army Fights Losing Battle to Reform Itself.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>23. Moscow Times: Ben Aris, Extraordinary Recession, Ordinary Recovery.<br /> 24. Interfax: Russia Still Keen On WTO Membership, Not Issuing Ultimatums - First Deputy PM.<br /> 25. Business New Europe: CORRUPTION WATCH: Court reopens hearing into Hermitage corruption claims.<br /> 26. Interfax: Ombudsman Lukin Offers Citizen H. to Address Him After Appealing Khamovnichesky Court Judgment.<br /> 27. Moscow News: Kudrin joins boardroom exodus.<br /> 28. Reuters: Russia needs rules for picking directors-body.<br /> 29. Interfax: Russia to Form Direct Investment Fund At Start of Summer - Medvedev.<br /> 30. Moscow Times: Innovation Depends On Image and Angels.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>31. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Thomas Graham, Managing Russia's Unsettled Borders.<br /> 32. AP: Russia pulling out of $1B Western aid program that supported ex-Soviet weapons scientists.<br /> 33. Interfax: Russia has much to offer USA in joint missile defence - expert.<br /> 34. Interfax: Russia, USA should make their nuclear arsenals more transparent - general.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011#69<br /> 18 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: New Video of Tax Official's $40M Fortune.<br /> 2. New York Times: Mark Lawrence Schrad, Moscow's Drinking Problem.<br /> 3. Reuters: Russia makes little progress against drugs-Medvedev.<br /> 4. www.russiatoday.com: Russian human rights chief set to gain greater powers.<br /> 5. Moscow Times: Sergey Matyunin, Legal System Gets Bad Rap.<br /> 6. Reuters: Steve Gutterman, ANALYSIS-Russia's Medvedev makes play as Putin mulls return.<br /> 7. RIA Novosti: Putin to have final word on United Russia party presidential candidate.<br /> 8. Reuters: Putin asks party not to talk about presidential vote.<br /> 9. Vedomosti: RUSSIAN PRIMARIES. WILL DMITRY MEDVEDEV ASPIRE TO A SUPPORTING POLITICAL PARTY OF HIS OWN?<br /> 10. Paul Goble: Absent Modernization, Russia Faces Massive Brain Drain and Exodus of Business, Kremlin Advisor Says. (Aleksandr Auzan)<br /> 11. Reuters: Russia looks abroad for web laws, including to China.<br /> 12. Russia Profile: Dmitry Babich, The Captive Mind: in the Claws of Copyright. (re censorship)<br /> 13. New York Review of Books: Amy Knight, Putting the Watch on Putin.<br /> 14. Moscow Times: Looking at Russian Cities With an Eye to the Arts. (re Blair Ruble)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>15. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia expects to see a repeat of the Great Depression. The G-20 does not exclude the possibility of a new decline.<br /> 16. Moscow News: Medvedev notes lessons to learn from Hong Kong.<br /> 17. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: The Mystery of Oil Prices.<br /> 18. Reuters: Rosneft CEO says Sechin to retain control.<br /> 19. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Has BP Got Ensnared in Russian Politics? Introduced by Vladimir Frolov. Contributors: Vladimir Belaeff, Elena Miskova, Alexander Rahr.<br /> 20. Reuters: Recession cuts US, Russia 2009 greenhouse emissions.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>21. RIA Novost: Russia's NATO envoy accuses allies of breaching UN resolution on Libya.<br /> 22. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: RUSSIA-NATO: TWO MISSILE SHIELDS OR ONE? An update on the latest Russian-NATO Council meeting.<br /> 23. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev wants to discuss simplification of visa regime with USA.<br /> 24. Bloomberg: Chernobyl, Still Leaking, Forces Ukraine to Seek $1 Billion.<br /> 25. New York Times: A Faltering Ruble, Long Lines and a Bomb Attack Rattle Belarus.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#68<br /> 15 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS </p> <p>1. Novaya Gazeta: LET MEDVEDEV AND PUTIN DECIDE IT. Mentality of the Russians en masse remains thoroughly non-democratic.<br /> 2. Interfax: Russian Elites Want Preservation of Medvedev-putin Tandem - Expert.<br /> 3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: TANDEM FOR ELITES. STRATEGY'2020 FOUNDATION OFFERS THE RULING PARTY A SOLUTION TO THE SO CALLED PROBLEM'2012.<br /> 4. Moskovsky Komsomolets: PUTIN'S RUSSIA. Premier Putin treats the subject of the forthcoming presidential election with unbelievable arrogance.<br /> 5. Interfax: Pundits, Senior MP Comment On One Russia's Support For Putin In 2012 Election.<br /> 6. Svobodnaya Pressa: Expert Rules Out Putin, Medvedev Running Against Each Other. (Aleksey Makarkin)<br /> 7. Patrick Armstrong: ANOTHER MISQUOTATION IN THE ONLY STORY IN RUSSIA.<br /> 8. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel Felgenhauer, The Putin-Medvedev Ruling Tandem Disintegrates.<br /> 9. The Daily Telegraph (UK): Anne Applebaum, Is Dmitry Medvedev ready to stand up to Vladimir Putin? Vladimir Putin's ruthless control of the Kremlin looks set to be tested.<br /> 10. Moscow News: Kremlin condemned over nationalist violence.<br /> 11. Moscow Times: NTV Takeover Not Celebrated.<br /> 12. RFE/RL: Ten Years Ago, Russia's Independent NTV, The Talk Of The Nation, Fell Silent.<br /> 13. Reuters: Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky wins detention appeal.<br /> 14. AP: Former Khodorkovsky court official says it wasn't judge who decided tycoon's fate.<br /> 15. Transitions Online editorial: Rights for the Inconvenient Ones. Russian judges and lawmakers are slowly taking heed of the plight of people kept in institutions without consent.<br /> 16. Wall Street Journal: 50 Years After Entering Space, Some Russians Doubt Moon Landing.<br /> 17. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Konstantin Simonov, Looking Beyond the Oil Curse.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>18. Moscow Times: BRICS Rails at Financial Status Quo.<br /> 19. www.russiatoday.com: Fyodor Lukyanov, BRICS: rapidly emerging reality.<br /> 20. RIA Novosti: Russia, EU should set up expert group for missile shield talks - diplomat.<br /> 21. AP: Russia bans polar bear hunting this year for indigenous people in Far East, in contrast to US.<br /> 22. www.russiatoday.com : MPs may strike back over Russophobia in ex-USSR republics.<br /> 23. Moscow News: Fear and confusion in Belarus.<br /> 24. Moscow News: Dmitry Babich, Belarus bombing a Soviet myth exploded.<br /> 25. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Set to fail: Russia, Ukraine gas talks.<br /> 26. RIA Novosti: Moscow galled by PACE criticism. (re Georgia)<br /> 27. Washington Post: Kazakh president holds fast as Arab revolutions topple others.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#67<br /> 14 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to the media following national forum of medical workers.<br /> 2. Moscow Times: New Signs of Rift in Ruling Tandem.<br /> 3. BBC Monitoring: Spokesman says no analysis should be made of Putin's 2012 election remarks.<br /> 4. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: NOTHING PERSONAL. WHO WITHIN THE TANDEM WILL BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?<br /> 5. BBC Monitoring: Commentators disagree on whether Medvedev, Putin will both stand for president.<br /> 6. Interfax: Most Russians See No Rifts In Ruling Tandem - Poll.<br /> 7. Kommersant: STILL TRUSTING. The Russians' faith in the tandem seems to be ebbing some.<br /> 8. Interfax: Russians Do Not Trust Medvedev's, Putin's Income Declarations - Poll.<br /> 9. Izvestia: The fight against corruption should begin with oneself. (re Vladislav Surkov)<br /> 10. Interfax: Russian Opposition Leaders Deny Receiving Foreign Grants.<br /> 11. Izvestia: CORRUPTION LEADERS. EXPERT: STATISTICAL DATA ARE RIGGED TO SHOW ALLEGED SUCCESSES IN THE WAR ON CORRUPTION.<br /> 12. Moscow Times: Media Confront Looming Privatization.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Reporter Killings Give Way to Beatings, New Study Says.<br /> 14. Kreml.org: Medvedev Seen Deflating Market 'Bubble,' Tandem, Elections, Corruption Eyed. (Gleb Pavlovskiy)<br /> 15. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Journalist Dismisses Optimists' Hopes that Medvedev Will Really Reform Russia. (Liliya Shevtsova)<br /> 16. Moscow News: Mikhalkov and the self-combusting talent.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>17. Paul Goble: Real Incomes of 40 Percent of Russians have Fallen Since 1991, Studies Find.<br /> 18. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev intends to supplement list of instructions on investment climate.<br /> 19. Russia Profile: Innovative Russia. Like Their President, More and More Russians Are Becoming Tech-Savvy.<br /> 20. Wall Street Journal: In Russia, Medvedev Aide Surprises Bankers by Soliciting Investment-Climate Advice.<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Martin Gilman, A New Member and More Problems for BRICS.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Eugene Ivanov, Looking beyond the reset. Now that the "reset" in U.S.-Russian relations has been deemed a success, what can be done to make sure the relationship does not stagnate?<br /> 23. Vedomosti: Nikolai Zlobin, US-Russian "Reset" second term.<br /> 24. AFP: Russia Nuclear Chief Says Japan 'Exaggerating' Crisis for Financial Reasons.<br /> 25. Interfax: Senior MP Compares Nato's Actions In Libya With Russia's In S Ossetia In 2008.<br /> 26. Christian Science Monitor: Ukraine struggles to balance lure of Europe, pull of Russia.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>27. www.sublimeoblivion.com: Anatoly Karlin, National Comparisons: Politics & Media and Conclusion.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p><br /> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#66<br /> 13 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Reuters: Medvedev to decide on re-election soon.<br /> 2. Izvestia: "I MIGHT RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN." President Medvedev said in an interview with CCTV that he was considering pros and cons of running for another term of office.<br /> 3. Interfax: Analysts Note Medvedev's 'Logical' But 'Cautious' Words On Election Bid.<br /> 4. BBC Monitoring: Medvedev to remain president for second term, Putin to step down as PM - pundit. (Stanislav Belkovskiy)<br /> 5. Moscow Times: Apathy at a High Ahead of Duma Vote.<br /> 6. Moscow Times: European Court Rebukes Law on Parties.<br /> 7. RIA Novosti: Russian Rights Envoy Wants Stricter Legal Protection For Journalists.<br /> 8. Interfax: Privatization Means Death Of Russian Media, Says Expert. (Pavel Gusev)<br /> 9. Reuters: Analysis - Russian Internet attacks stifle political dissent.<br /> 10. www.russiatoday.com: Stay within the law, Kremlin ideologist tells youth activists. (Vladislav Surkov)<br /> 11. Moscow News: Unpopular migalki backed - by migalki-using law-makers.<br /> 12. Paul Goble: Russian Federation on the Way toward Final Disintegration, Kashin Says.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Ben Aris, Geography and Permission.<br /> 14. Transitions Online: Peter Rutland, The Proletarian Technical Musical Revolution. How Hollywood, heavy metal, and Boney M brought subversive ideologies to a closed city and helped bring down the Soviet Union.<br /> 15. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: Sergei Karaganov, On the Perpetuation of the Memory of the Victims of the Totalitarian Regime and on National Reconciliation.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>16. Russia Profile: Labored Regulation. Although Rewriting the Labor Code Would Help Boost the Russian Economy, This Idea Does Not Chime With Russia's Employees and Trade Unions.<br /> 17. Interfax: Medvedev Demands Again That Ministers Be Removed From Company Boards.<br /> 18. Vedomosti: STEPPING DOWN. State functionaries step down from boards of directors of state companies and corporations.<br /> 19. Moscow Times: Aleh Tsyvinski and Sergei Guriev, The Purge of the Kremlin Chairmen.<br /> 20. Moskovskiye Novosti: Privatization: Government ponders what to sell next.<br /> 21. Financial News: Russia ready for foreign firms.<br /> 22. www.foreignpolicy.com: Steve LeVine, BP, Khodorkovsky and how Russia is ruled.<br /> 23. Moscow Times: Yulia Latynina, The Hostile Takeover of Bank of Moscow.<br /> 24. EastWest Institute: Jacqueline McLaren Miller, The WTO and the Reset.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. Bloomberg: Medvedev to Trade Energy for Investment on China Trip.<br /> 26. www.russiatoday.com: Fifty years after Gagarin, US-Russian space odyssey continues.<br /> 27. Center for American Progress: Understanding the Russian Response to the Intervention in Libya. Moscow Delivered at the United Nations but Its Critical Statements Reflect Real Concerns.<br /> 28. Trud: Orphans became a convertible currency. More regions prefer to give children to foster families from foreign countries.<br /> 29. SalisburyPatch (Salisbury PA): Rescued From 'Living Hell,' Russian Boy Found Home In Bethlehem.<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: Russia unfazed by foreign presence in Central Asia.<br /> 31. New York Times: Belarus Says Suspects Confessed to Subway Bombing.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>32. Kremlin.ru: Interview by Dmitry Medvedev to China Central Television (CCTV).</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#65<br /> 12 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, THE INSIDERS: The youthful face of Russia's liberal reforms.<br /> 2. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Itogi: Thinking vertically. Experts from the government's own think tank believe that continuing the status quo in the Russian government will only result in chaos.<br /> 3. Nieman Journalism Lab: How Russia's top journalism school is revamping its curriculum to create a new culture of press freedom.<br /> 4. RIA Novosti: Russian media is instrument of state control - editor. (Moskovsky Komsomolets editor Pavel Gusev)<br /> 5. The Guardian: Introducing Russia's Debut generation. A new generation of writers who never lived in the Soviet Union demands our attention, says the Russian Booker prize-winner Olga Slavnikova.<br /> 6. Interfax: Most Russians Ignore Public, Political Life In Their Country - Poll.<br /> 7. RBC Daily: COUNTRY FORGOTTEN. Sociologists say that the Russians' interest in politics is ebbing. Lawmakers dismiss the warning.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Putin Out-Earns Medvedev, Again.<br /> 9. Vedomosti: PUTIN'S ARE WEALTHIER. Senior state functionaries published their income declarations.<br /> 10. RIA Novosti: Russian Duma Rejects Bill Providing For Seizure Of Corruption Suspects' Assets.<br /> 11. Kommersant: ENTRY THROUGH THE KREMLIN. A LIBERAL PARTY MUST COLLABORATE WITH THE REGIME IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TO THE DUMA.<br /> 12. Kommersant: "PLATE CALLED THE 1990S PRESSING DOWN ON ALL DEMOCRATS, OLD AND NEW ALIKE." Interviews with Vladimir Ryzhkov (Popular Freedom Party) and Leonid Gozman (Right Cause). Comments by Viktor Pokhmelkin.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, Medvedev Up, Putin Down.<br /> 14. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel Baev, Medvedev struggles to formulate a modernization agenda free from Russia's past.<br /> 15. Slon.ru: Who Wins Presidency in 2012 Is Unimportant, What He Does Matters. (Grigoriy Golosov)<br /> 16. Osobaya Bukva: Russians Should Ignore West's Views on 'Tandem' Squabbles, Pundit Says. (Anton Orekh)<br /> 17. Grani.ru: Medvedev Seen as More Dangerous Than Putin. (Andrey Piontkovskiy)<br /> 18. Moscow Times editorial: Skypomania.<br /> 19. BBC Monitoring: Radio Pundit Accuses Russian State of Links With International Cyber Crime. (Yuliya Latynina)<br /> 20. Moscow News: Siberians the new separatists?<br /> 21. Interfax: Medvedev: Space Exploration More Pragmatic But "dream" Still Alive.<br /> 22. Moscow Times: Space Program in Time Warp 50 Years On.<br /> 23. Moscow Times: Online Archive Chronicles 'Field of Victories' in Space.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>24. The Guardian: Russia's rich double their wealth, but poor were better off in 1990s. Fall of Soviet Union brought wealth only to society's elite, researchers say.<br /> 25. Moscow News: Everyone must pay for pensions - Putin.<br /> 26. Moscow News: Oligarchs accused of squashing pension reforms.<br /> 27. ITAR-TASS: Sechin is first to act on presidential instruction, leaves Rosneft board.<br /> 28. Business New Europe: Sechin jumps from Rosneft board - leaving BP to fight alone?<br /> 29. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Improving Russia's investment climate: What will it take? (interview with Akardy Dvorkovich)</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>31. RIA Novosti: Russian Rights Envoy Accepts Some US Criticism But Urges Objectivity.<br /> 32. Moscow News: Mark Teeter, Through a glass colourfully. Early results from the Russian and US censuses of 2010 offer sobering thoughts for xenophobic advocates of 'America for Americans' and 'Russia for Russians'<br /> 33. Russia Profile: Of Wreaths and Wrath. Anti-Russian Sentiment Is Being Revived in Poland to the Detriment of Post-Smolensk Reconciliation.<br /> 34. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian-Polish relations: Cautiously optimistic. (interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski)<br /> 35. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: KIEV WANTS OUT. RUSSIA IS LOSING UKRAINE TO THE EUROPE.<br /> 36. Wall Street Journal: Putin Seeks to Cajole Ukraine.<br /> 37. Bloomberg: Belarus Hunts Bombers as 12 Die in Minsk Subway Explosion.<br /> 38. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian Pundits Weigh in on Consequences of Upheavals in Arab East.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#64<br /> 11 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. RIA Novosti: Tax declarations show Putin earns more than Medvedev.<br /> 2. Moscow Times: FSB Backs Away From Gmail Ban.<br /> 3. Interfax: Russian Public Figures Oppose Ban On Skype, Gmail, Hotmail.<br /> 4. BBC Monitoring: Pundit sees further evidence of differences in Russia's ruling tandem. (Dmitriy Oreshkin)<br /> 5. Gazeta: Russian 'Blogging' Poll Gives High Rating to Putin's 'Non-Existent' Blog.<br /> 6. BBC Monitoring: Russian president sets out objectives for NGOs.<br /> 7. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: NON-PROFIT INTEREST. The president advised non-governmental organizations to start looking for private sponsors.<br /> 8. Interfax: Foreign NPOs Push Youth Towards Regime Change - Youth Policy Ministry.<br /> 9. ITAR-TASS: Ruling party may lose constitutional majority in elections-forecasts.<br /> 10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Analyst Yurgens Discusses Upcoming Presidential Election.<br /> 11. Gazeta.ru: Kirill Rodionov, Medvedev Must Become a Yeltsin -- If the President Wants to Remain in Post After 2012 He Needs to Switch from Words to Deeds.<br /> 12. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Are Medvedev and Putin Forming a Two Party System in Russia? Introduced by Vladimir Frolov. Contributors: Patrick Armstrong, Vladimir Belaeff.<br /> 13. www.russiatoday.com: Nikolay Svanidze, Restoring the political balance: government support for the opposition.<br /> 14. Russia Profile: Dmitry Babich, Why So Many Russians Like Stalin? A Statistical Answer.<br /> 15. Paul Goble: Russia Must Restore the State by De-privatizing It, Moscow Analyst Say. (Aleksey Kuzmin)<br /> 16. Washington Post: Masha Lipman, In Russia, growing rumblings of discontent.<br /> 17. AP: In Russian village, a storied Communist-era art form falls victim to modern times. (Palekh)<br /> 18. Reuters: Analysis: Stagnation fears haunt Russian space program.<br /> 19. AFP: Russia releases Gagarin's secret last words.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>20. Interfax: Putin Gives Instructions to Govt Not to Fulfill Any WTO Commitments Until Full Membership.<br /> 21. Vedomosti: BAD MOTIVES. There are no groups of interests in Russia interested in WTO membership.<br /> 22. Business New Europe/Unicredit: Russian government does not expect any breakthrough in the economy until 2014.<br /> 23. Moscow Times: Ben Aris, The GEM Consensus. (Global Emerging Markets)<br /> 24. Russia Profile: Rider in the Storm. BP Risks Getting Its Fingers Burned for Doing Business the Old Way in Russia.<br /> 25. Wall Street Journal: Kremlin Connection Fails to Save BP From Oligarchs.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>26. Moscow Times: U.S. Slams Russia on Rights.<br /> 27. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian Vice-Premier Ivanov on Development of Russia-US Relations.<br /> 28. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: YEAR AFTER PRAGUE. There will be no genuine reload as long as Russia and the United States are focused on matters of security alone.<br /> 29. Moscow Times: Edward Luzansky, New Beef on Jackson-Vanik: It's Illegal.<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov Comments on START III Implementation.<br /> 31. www.russiatoday.com: Konstantin Kosachev, Russia's Libyan syndrome.<br /> 32. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV analyses Libyan leader's secret of military success - 'mercenaries'<br /> 33. AP: Presidents of Russia, Poland mark first anniversary of Polish plane crash as tensions simmer.<br /> 34. RIA Novosti: Georgia takes part in NATO exercises.<br /> 35. RFE/RL: Russia's Star On Rise Again In Kyrgyzstan.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#63<br /> 8 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: Kremlin Pundit Advocates Controlled Change. (Igor Yurgens)<br /> 2. Moscow Times: Kremlin Eases Vote Rules for Opposition.<br /> 3. Moscow Times: Medvedev Signs Bill Granting Officials, Rights Groups Access to Prisons.<br /> 4. Kommersant: Medvedev's Oversight Chief Reports Progress in Implementation of Instructions.<br /> 5. Moscow News: Siloviki face-off.<br /> 6. The Economist: Russia's presidency. The Putin v Medvedev tandem. New signs of tension at the top as Russia's 2012 presidential election looms.<br /> 7. Moscow Times: Putin Gets Head Start on Duma Questions.<br /> 8. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: RULING PARTY'S ANTI-PRESIDENT SLANT. UNITED RUSSIA FUNCTIONARIES CRITICIZE PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV'S INITIATIVES.<br /> 9. ITAR-TASS: Ruling party may lose constitutional majority in elections-forecasts.<br /> 10. Kreml.org: Reports on 'Strategic Concept' for Country, Tandem, Presidential Election Eyed. (interview with Olga Kryshtanovskaya)<br /> 11. www.opendemocracy.net: Andrei Kolesnikov, The Right Cause: a suitcase without a handle.<br /> 12. Moscow News editorial: The power behind the throne.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Limiting Russia's Sovereign Democracy.<br /> 14. The Economist: Russia's unruly north Caucasus. Islam inflamed. Muslim fundamentalism is on the rise in the north Caucasus. To stop it, Russian policy must change.<br /> 15. The Economist: The north Caucasus. From Moscow to Mecca. As this part of Russia's empire frays, fundamentalist Islam takes a stronger hold.<br /> 16. AFP: Russian security service 'wants to ban Skype, Gmail'<br /> 17. BBC: Russia's President Medvedev denounces cyber-attack.<br /> 18. RIA Novosti: Website of Russian opposition paper hit in massive web attack. (Novaya Gazeta)<br /> 19. Russia Profile: DDoSvidanie LiveJournal. Some Russian Bloggers Are Adamant That the Kremlin Is Testing Out Its Internet Hacking Arsenal Ahead of Election Season.<br /> 20. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV looks at three theories behind cyberattack on top blogging platform.<br /> 21. Russia Profile: Desperate Measures. History Shows That Heightened Excise Taxes on Alcohol Can Have Severe Political Repercussions.<br /> 22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Young Russians move abroad for "breath of fresh air." It's clear that young Russians want to work outside of Russia, but how many of them will come back?<br /> 23. RIA Novosti: Valery Simonov, Perestroika.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>24. Moscow News: Unions sceptical over labour promises.<br /> 25. Business Week: Medvedev Shakes Up the Kremlin. He's kicking top officials off state company boards in what may be a push for shareholder rights.<br /> 26. RIA Novosti: New British anti-corruption law to curtail investment in Russia - expert.<br /> 27. Russia Profile: Investors on the Run. Russia's Central Bank Figures Show That Russian and Foreign Investors Are Pulling Their Money Out of the Russian Economy.<br /> 28. Bloomberg: Russia's Ivanov 'Not Happy' With Oil Above $100, Prefers $80.<br /> 29. Reuters: Russia targets bigger role for space program.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>30. Bloomberg: Russia Wants 'Red Button' Rights on U.S. Missile-Defense System.<br /> 31. Interfax: Russian expert downplays new START treaty. (Vladimir Dvorkin)<br /> 32. www.russiatoday.com: Albright and Ivanov make the case for early US-Russian strategic arms cuts.<br /> 33. Interfax: Russian-U.S. recent operations against Afghan drug labs successful - official.<br /> 34. Bloomberg: Libya May Risk Somalia-Like Chaos, Russian Deputy Premier Says.<br /> 35. www.russiatoday.com: Russian political disagreement on Libya leads to dismissals.<br /> 36. RBC Daily: OUSTED FROM LIBYA. NEW LIBYAN AUTHORITIES WANT RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS COMPANIES OUT.<br /> 37. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Dmitry Babich, Russia and the EU face values gap over Libya. The changes in the Middle East should force the West to reconsider its view on Russia.<br /> 38. Bloomberg: Ukraine Seeks EU, NATO Ties, Pledges Cooperation With Russia.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#62<br /> 7 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. AFP: Proud Russia marks 50 years since Gagarin triumph.<br /> 2. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia: living in social ghettos.<br /> 3. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, History and uncertain future spark heated debate.<br /> 4. www.opendemocracy.net: Richard Sakwa, Surkov: dark prince of the Kremlin.<br /> 5. BBC Monitoring: Russian president to see things as they are in surprise visits to 'back yards'<br /> 6. Interfax: Medvedev: Russia Will Be 'Torn To Pieces' Unless It Develops Army, Security Arm .<br /> 7. Reuters: Russia's Medvedev blog down due to cyberattack.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Police Hail New Reforms to Skeptical Public.<br /> 9. Moscow Times: New Worries of Selective Justice.<br /> 10. www.russiatoday.com: Parliament prepares to grill Putin on government work.<br /> 11. RBC Daily: Mikhail Vinogradov, TANDEM: CONCEDE OR COMPETE. Collapse of the tandem: a myth or reality? Arguments pro and con.<br /> 12. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Medvedev Comes Into His Own.<br /> 13. Financial Times: Neil Buckley, Kremlin's top dogs tussle for poll position.<br /> 14. Slon.ru: Pundit Belkovskiy Predicts Putin's Early Return to Presidency 'in Next Few Days'<br /> 15. The New Times: Yevgenia Albats, PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV AND PREMIER VLADIMIR PUTIN: BATTLE IS JOINED. Is President Dmitry Medvedev seeking to dissolve the government?<br /> 16. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal:Putin-Medvedev Conflict Denied; Medvedev Merely 'Posturing' As Liberal. (Yuliya Latynina)<br /> 17. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, Medvedev's Magnitogorsk Manifesto.<br /> 18. Moskovskiy Komsomolet: Report Questions if Either Tandem Leader Is Fit to Rule After 2012.<br /> 19. Gazeta.ru: Study Suggests 'Internet's Influence on Russians Has Been Highly Exaggerated'<br /> 20. www.russiatoday.com: The Russian blogging mystery.<br /> 21. BBC Monitoring: Medvedev's think-tank dismisses accusations by Russian trade unions.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>22. RIA Novosti: Russians Still Pessimistic About Economic Outlook - Statistics Agency.<br /> 23. Interfax: Russian Trade Unions Note High Popularity Of Illegal Pay Practice.<br /> 24. Trud: To the ends of the earth to get a job.<br /> 25. Interfax: Kudrin: Effective Economic Reforms Impossible Without Honest Elections.<br /> 26. Interfax: Russia Has Its Advantages Outside WTO - Sergei Ivanov.<br /> 27. Russia Profile: Tall Order. The Kremlin's Drive to Push Through Key Economic Reforms Makes Officials Jittery.<br /> 28. Izvestia: OFFSHORE RUSSIA. Seeking finances to keep social promises to the population, the authorities choose to forget how much Russian businesses' penchant for offshores costs Russia.<br /> 29. Moscow News: Flirting with foreign finance.<br /> 30. Komsomolskaya Pravda: DO COME BACK. VNESHEKONOMBANK TO ESTABLISH A TRUST WHICH WILL PROTECT FOREIGN INVESTORS FROM CORRUPTION.<br /> 31. Moscow Times: Vladislav Inozemtsev, Why Investors Are Shivering.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>32. Interfax: Moscow Keen To Mediate Between Libyan Opposition, 'Healthy Forces' on Other Side.<br /> 33. Russia Profile: Sergei Markedonov, Middle Eastern Fallout. The Potential Political Strengthening of Islamic Radicals in the Middle East Puts the Greater Caucasus, and Especially Azerbaijan, in Danger.<br /> 34. Interfax: U.S. Backs Russia's WTO Accession - Deputy PM Ivanov.<br /> 35. Kommersant: Trenin Commentary Urges Russia, US To Agree on Joint Missile Defense.<br /> 36. Kommersant: ROAD TO WTO...is still blocked by Georgia. Georgia is the only obstacle keeping Russia out of the WTO.<br /> 37. Washington Post: William Dobson, Why do even popular dictators steal elections?</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>38. www.sublimeoblivion.com: Anatoly Karlin, Comparison of USA, UK, Russia. National Comparisons: Freedom & Security.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#61<br /> 6 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. RFE/RL: Russian Census Results Show Continuing Demographic Crisis.<br /> 2. AFP: Russians flee 'ghost towns' as population shrinks.<br /> 3. Reuters: Confusion over Russian 'boards purge'<br /> 4. Financial Times: A Kremlin purge for the 21st century.<br /> 5. Moscow Times: Medvedev Fires 10 Additional Police Generals.<br /> 6. Moskovsky Komsomolets: TANDEM'S VICTIM. IT IS WRONG TO PERCEIVE ZATULIN'S DOWNFALL AS AN INDICATION OF THE STRENGTHENING OF MEDVEDEV AND WEAKENING OF PUTIN WITHIN THE TANDEM.<br /> 7. Interfax: Both Medvedev, Putin Electable Presidential Candidates, But Someone Else Can Run - Analyst. (Igor Yurgens)<br /> 8. ITAR-TASS: Russians get ever more apolitical.<br /> 9. Interfax: Deputy PM Thinks Russia Will Never Completely Eradicate Corruption. (Sergey Ivanov)<br /> 10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Putin Seeks Official Expenses Review.<br /> 12. Noyye Izvestiya: Head of Russian public spending watchdog supports new federal contracting system. (Sergey Stepashin)<br /> 13. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Expert on Strategy-2020 and Economic, Political Choices Facing Russia. (Vladimir Mau)<br /> 14. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Legalizing extremism. When Russian law makes it possible to accuse nearly anyone of inciting hatred, how can true extremists be uncovered?<br /> 15. Moscow Times: State Blamed in LiveJournal Attack.<br /> 16. Moscow Times: Alexei Pankin, How the Internet Turns Journalists Into Punks.<br /> 17. RBC Daily: UNWARRANTED GROWTH. Statisticians: protests are less frequent nowadays but they attract more protesters then ever before.<br /> 18. Moscow News: A second front opens up in Khimki eco battle.<br /> 19. RIA Novosti: Russian rights council to issue report into Magnitsky death.<br /> 20. Interfax: Former Yukos Head Says He Has Never Resorted To Violence To Achieve Goals.<br /> 21. www.russiatoday.com: Independent examination of second Khodorkovsky case opens.<br /> 22. BBC Monitoring: Chechen leader wants Lenin buried, curses Stalin, pledges loyalty to Putin.<br /> 23. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, THERE THEY GO AGAIN: THE WASHINGTON POST ATTACKS THE LESSER OF NORTH CAUCASUS EVILS.<br /> 24. Vedomosti: Alexander Golts, RUSSIA'2020. ARMY: MODERN OR SOVIET. An update on the military reforms.<br /> 25. Russia Profile: Matthew Van Meter, Six Spells Against the Four "Unders." (re public education system)<br /> 26. RIA Novosti: Svetlana Kolchik, Made in the USSR - the lost generation.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>27. RIA Novosti: Frequent Change Of Decisions Harms Business' Trust In Russian State - Minister. (Aleksey Kudrin)<br /> 28. Moscow News: Oil riches making Russia poorer.<br /> 29. Moscow News: Medvedev rails against appalling workplace safety.<br /> 30. Bloomberg: Police Seek to Question Bank of Moscow Chief, Kommersant Says.<br /> 31. Izvestia: DRAIN OF CAPITALS. Withdrawal of capitals from Russia continues.<br /> 32. Wall Street Journal: Russian Fund Seeks Foreign Investment.<br /> 33. Moscow Times: Investor Bill Promises Transparency.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>34. Bloomberg: Russia Says Libya Campaign May Backfire by Radicalizing Region.<br /> 35. www.russiatoday.com: Too many possible scenarios in Libya warns Russian politician. (Sergey Ivanov)<br /> 36. Moscow Times: Policymakers Cheer Obama's Re-Election Bid.<br /> 37. Interfax: Russian, U.S. Missile Defense Technologies Compatible - Expert.<br /> 38. Interfax: Most Russians Against Giving Disputed Islands To Japan Over Tsunami - Poll.<br /> 39. International Herald Tribune: William Courtney, The Father of Kazakhstan.<br /> 40. Moscow Times: Paul Rimple, Lots of Laughs, Little Freedom On Television. (re Georgia)</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>41. Council on Foreign Relations: U.S.-Russian Relations. A Conversation with Sergey B. Ivanov.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#60<br /> 5 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p>In this issue</p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. The New Yorker: Julia Ioffe, Net Impact. One man's cyber-crusade against Russian corruption. (re Alexey Navalny)<br /> 2. The New Yorker: Ask the Author Live: Julia Ioffe on Corruption in Russia.<br /> 3. Russia Profile: Censoring Common Knowledge. Legal Action Taken Against Sokolova and Eksmo Will not Stop the Actual Contents of the Book from Spreading. (re corruption)<br /> 4. www.opendemocracy.net: A moral interlude: Russian police suspend corruption.<br /> 5. Moscow Times: Policeman Fired After Media Uproar.<br /> 6. RIA Novosti: Bank of Moscow president flees Russia as police prepare charges.<br /> 7. Moscow Times: Putin's Old Teacher Mines a Fortune.<br /> 8. Izvestia: The Web demonstrates political will. The internet has reduced the distance between government and society, and will have a significant impact on the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. On World Internet Day, which was celebrated on Monday, Izvestia asked experts to assess the power of the Web.<br /> 9. Moscow News: LiveJournal lock-out sparks political row.<br /> 10. Moscow Times: William Dunkerly, Kremlin Needs to Find Killers Of Journalists.<br /> 11. Moscow News: A newly politicised Russian public.<br /> 12. Moscow Times: Kremlin Fires 22 Police Generals.<br /> 13. RIA Novosti: Putin pushes for greater transparency in politicians' expenses.<br /> 14. www.russiatoday.com: Kremlin perplexed as top MP seeks repression of civil servants.<br /> 15. Business New Europe: CORRUPTION WATCH: Moscow mayor cancels 70 development projects.<br /> 16. Kommersant: Sociologists: TV remains the most popular way of getting political information, but interest in politics is ebbing.<br /> 17. Vedomosti: NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. SOCIOLOGISTS SAY THAT THE RUSSIANS SEE NO DIFFERENT BETWEEN DMITRY MEDVEDEV AND VLADIMIR PUTIN.<br /> 18. www.foreignpolicy.com: Tom Parfitt, A Journey Through Russia's Killing Zone, Part 8. The Deadliest Village in Russia. At journey's end, reaching the heart of the North Caucasus's Islamist insurgency -- and getting arrested.<br /> 19. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev wants "irreconcilable" militants eliminated.<br /> 20. ITAR-TASS: Good secondary education in Russia harder and costlier to get.<br /> 21. Dissent book review: Survivors' History. (re The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag After Stalin by Stephen Cohen)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>22. Moscow News: State firms shake-up ordered.<br /> 23. Reuters: Bankers to replace ministers at Russian majors-paper.<br /> 24. Moscow News: Government split over spending.<br /> 25. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: FINE WEATHER FOR MODERNIZATION. Economic reforms are not exactly number one priority on the authorities' must-do list.<br /> 26. Vedomosti: DESPITE PUTIN. DMITRY MEDVEDEV WANTS PREMIER VLADIMIR PUTIN'S POWERS CURTAILED.<br /> 27. Bloomberg: Ivanov Says Russia to Join WTO Without Kazakhstan, Belarus.<br /> 28. Moscow Times: Talented Specialists Fleeing in '3rd Wave'</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>29. RIA Novosti: The world is not guided by interests alone. (interview with Alexander Arkhangelsky, a literary critic, essayist, TV anchor and writer)<br /> 30. Kommersant: DISAGREEMENT RACE. Joint Russian-NATO ballistic missile defense system is a concept whose implementation seems to be unlikely.<br /> 31. AP: Minister: Economy key to better Russia-US ties.<br /> 32. www.opendemcracy.net: Hans Mouritzen, Wikileaks, South Ossetia and the Russian "reset." Wikileaks has finally settled the controversy over who attacked whom first in the Russo-Georgian war of August 2008, with papers firmly pointing to a miscalculation by Georgia and its superpower friend.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#59<br /> 4 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev receives stand-up comedians on April fool's day.<br /> 2. Moscow Times: State Board Purge to Start July 1.<br /> 3. Prime-TASS: Medvedev approves orders to improve Russia's investment climate.<br /> 4. Rossiyskaya Gazeta : Presidential orders. By October 1, government officials will leave the boards of state-run companies.<br /> 5. Vedomosti: MAN OF THE WEEK: DMITRY MEDVEDEV. What do Dmitry Medvedev's latest initiatives indicate: that he is leaving or, on the contrary, staying?<br /> 6. Bloomberg: Medvedev Bid to Oust Officials From Boards Is 'Small Revolution'<br /> 7. Reuters: Russia's Medvedev takes aim at Sechin: will he fire?<br /> 8. Interfax: Russian Pundit Says Medvedev's Investment Initiatives Critical Of Government. (Gleb Pavlovskiy)<br /> 9. Moscow Times: Medvedev Intervenes in 2 Agencies' Turf War.<br /> 10. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundits concerned by feud between two law-enforcement agencies.<br /> 11. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Can The Split in the Tandem Be Dealt With? Introduced by Vladimir Frolov Russia Profile. Contributors: Vlad Ivanenko, Patrick Armstrong, Alexandre Strokanov, Vladimir Belaeff.<br /> 12. Moscow Times: Yelena Miskova, Ruling Tandem in Trouble.<br /> 13. Politkom.ru: Importance of Poll Ratings Overstated.<br /> 14. Moscow News: Apocalypse next! Video clip raids Hollywood to spoof next year's elections.<br /> 15. Argumenty Nedeli: Spin Doctors To Play Key Roles During Parliamentary Elections Profiled.<br /> 16. Moscow Times: State Duma Looks to Fine Impolite, Neglectful Bureaucrats.<br /> 17. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Moscow Daily Argues for 'Shadow Cabinet' as Start of Real 'Political Struggle'<br /> 18. BBC Monitoring: Russian opposition divided on their aims and even rally venues - TV report.<br /> 19. Moskovskie Novosti: Nikolai Petrov, POLITICAL MODERNIZATION IS NEEDED. The Russian political system has been brought to extreme primitivism.<br /> 20. Novaya Gazeta: Expert Outlines Why Transition to a Free Society Failed in Russia. (Andrey Illarionov)<br /> 21. RIA Novosti: Russia to continue military conscription for next 10-15 years - Medvedev.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>22. RIA Novosti: Russia's shadow economy 16% of GDP - head of Statistics Service.<br /> 23. Moscow News: Moscow's food is the cheapest in Russia.<br /> 24. Interfax: Russian Politicians Praise Medvedev's Ideas On Investment Climate.<br /> 25. BBC Monitoring: Putin chairs meeting on innovations, test-drives Russia-made hybrid car.<br /> 26. Moscow Times: Alexei Bayer, Why Russia's High Tech Is California Dreaming.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>27. AP: Cold War provision on Jewish emigration ties up US-Russia trade relations.<br /> 28. Kommersant: TROUBLE IN RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS. The Russian Forum in Washington deteriorated in quarrels among participants.<br /> 29. Interfax: Obama determined to seek 'resetting' relations with Russia - lawmaker.<br /> 30. BBC Monitoring: Senior Russian MP gives his account of meeting US 'doves and hawks.' (Konstantin Kosachev)<br /> 31. Voice of America: On Libya, Russia Shows New, Non-Aligned Foreign Policy.<br /> 32. Mir Novostei,: IN CASE OF PROTESTS IN RUSSIA THE WEST WILL TAKE CONTROL OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT FACILITIES. The RF state arms program for 2011-2020.<br /> 33. Zavtra: Former Russian Ambassador to Libya Chamov on Dismissal, Situation There, UN Vote.<br /> 34. AP: International monitors slam Kazakhstan's election won by incumbent with 95 percent of vote.<br /> #35 Kommersant: KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE SUCCESSOR DURING THE NEW TERM OF OFFICE.</p> <p>OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p>#36. US Embassy Moscow: Job opening-Director for Education USA Center in Moscow. </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#58<br /> 1 April 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Predicting the future of Russia. Will Russia use increased technology for its benefit, or will the country be overrun by protesting cyborgs? Young sociologists share their predictions.<br /> 2. Interfax: Russian Poll Shows Further Decline In Support For Stalin's Legacy.<br /> 3. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Are Russia's recent hints of reform grounded in real change?<br /> 4. AFP: Increasingly assertive, Medvedev attacks Putin allies.<br /> 5. Bloomberg: Medvedev's Plan to Oust Putin Allies Tests Limits of Power.<br /> 6. ITAR-TASS: President's ideas of how to better investment climate look like start of election race.<br /> 7. Russia Profile: Kremlin Pro-Business Blueprint. Shunning Rhetoric, President Dmitry Medvedev Outlined Ten Priorities to Improve the Investment Climate.<br /> 8. Novaya Gazeta: PRESIDENT IN HIS OWN NAME. THE PRESIDENT'S CRUSADE AGAINST THE CRONY CAPITALISM.<br /> 9. www.russiatoday.com: Gleb Pavlovsky, Medvedev pushes government to clean house.<br /> 10. Kremlin.ru: Meeting of the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia's Economy.<br /> 11. BBC Monitoring: Russian presidential aide explains plans for improving investment climate. (Arkadiy Dvorkovich)<br /> 12. Kommersant: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION TO BE REDUCED. Not for the first time. Arkady Dvorkovich: Presidential Administration will be downsized.<br /> 13. Moscow News: Top cops axed by Medvedev.<br /> 14. Moscow Times: Kremlin Turns to Supercomputer for Advice.<br /> 15. RBC Daily: AIDING THE REGIONS. Putin to be asked to reinstitute gubernatorial elections. Degradation is the only alternative to a return to gubernatorial elections.<br /> 16. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: SHUVALOV'S RIGHT CAUSE. DEPUTY PREMIER IGOR SHUVALOV CHANGED HIS MIND WITH REGARD TO THE RIGHT CAUSE PARTY LEADERSHIP.<br /> 17. Moscow Times: Split Opposition Holds Two 31 Rallies.<br /> 18. Russia Profile: That Time of the Month. The Split in the Opposition Protest Movement Has Run Its Course as Rights Activists and Moderates Are Starting to Protest for Free Elections.<br /> 19. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: TRIUMFALNAYA SQUARE WITHOUT TRIUMPHS. Social apathy of the Russians is a factor to be reckoned with.<br /> 20. Moscow News editorial: Loaves and fishes.<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Memo to Kremlin Aides: Medvedev Needs Putin.<br /> 22. Moscow Times: Masha Lipman, Putin's No-Participation Pact.<br /> 23. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel Felgenhauer, No Good Men, Weapons or Understanding of Modern Warfare in Russia.<br /> 24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Zakhar Prilepi, Rulers and writers live in different worlds now.<br /> 25. Moscow News: Dmitry Babich, Can liberalism reinvent itself? (re Moskovskiye Novosti)<br /> 26. Moscow Times: Eclectic Gala Held for Soviet Leader.<br /> 27. http://dividingmytime.typepad.com: Jennifer Eremeeva, Day of Bribery: More Blessed to Receive.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>28. Interfax: Most Russians Believe That Economic Crisis Not Yet Over - Poll.<br /> 29. Moscow News: Dumping ministers could woo investors.<br /> 30. Wall Street Journal: Can Corporate Russia Keep Political and Business Interests Apart?<br /> 31. www.russiatoday.com: How investors see Russia.<br /> 32. San Jose Mercury News: Medvedev's Russian Silicon Valley could actually happen.<br /> 33. Moscow Times: Reduced Social Tax Will Increase Investment, Decrease Evasion.<br /> 34. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Obama's new plan threatens Russia. (re energy policy)</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>35. Interfax: Libya Operation Strains Relations With USA, Says Influential Russian MP. (Konstantin Kosachev)<br /> 36. Vedomosti: Nikolai Zlobin, Why Russia is not Libya: in alliance with the World.<br /> 37. AP: World court throws out Georgia case claiming ethnic cleansing by Russia, separatist militias.<br /> 38. www.russiatoday.com: Moldova and Transdniester ready for settlement, but on different principles. </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#57<br /> 31 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. BBC Monitoring: Russian Economy in Grip of Corruption, Investment Climate Very Bad - Medvedev.<br /> 2. Reuters: Medvedev takes aim at Russia's state board members.<br /> 3. Bloomberg: Medvedev to Oust Putin Deputies at Rosneft, VTB, Aeroflot.<br /> 4. Prime-TASS: Pres aide: Zubkov could remain chairman of Gazprom's board.<br /> 5. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev's measures are steps to better investment climate, not re-election.<br /> 6. Interfax: Medvedev Tells Chaika to Launch Special Mechanism For Reviewing Corruption Complaints.<br /> 7. Reuters: Medvedev takes Kremlin gamble with Putin rebuke.<br /> 8. Bloomberg: Putin Revives Gorbachev Glasnost Paper to Widen Election Appeal.<br /> 9. RIA Novosti: Medvedev-Putin: Rift? What rift? Interview with Yevgeny Minchenko.<br /> 10. Izvestia: PARLIAMENTARY CHANCE. Sociologists say that so many Russians are liberals that a right-wing party might actually be permitted to make it to the Duma in the next federal election.<br /> 11. Gazeta.ru: Nemtsov Report Details Putin Era Corruption.<br /> 12. Novaya Gazeta: Founders of United Russia Express Disappointment in Party.<br /> 13. Interfax: Russia Unveils De-stalinization Plan.<br /> 14. Izvestia: TO ANSWER FOR STALIN. RUSSIAN MENTALITY IS TO BE DE-STALINIZED, RUSSIAN POLICY IS TO BE MADE ANTI-TOTALITARIAN.<br /> 15. Interfax: Right Cause, Yabloko Support Russia's De-stalinization Plan.<br /> 16. Interfax: Communist Leaders Slam Kremlin Aides' "de-stalinization" Plan.<br /> 17. www.russiatoday.com": Church denies any link to controversial anti-liberalism report.<br /> 18. Russia Profile: Doku Umarov: Dead or Alive? Both Authorities and Insurgents are Becoming More Active in the North Caucasus.<br /> 19. BBC Monitoring: Russia has far too many higher education institutions - Medvedev.<br /> 20. Moscow Times: Life to Get Harder for Expat Lawyers.<br /> 21. Reuters: Stars honour Gorbachev at London charity gala.<br /> 22. www.opendemocracy.net: Andrei Konchalovsky, Gorbachev: the wrong man for Andropov's reforms.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>23. Moscow Times: Medvedev Has Pro-Business Rampage.<br /> 24. Izvestia: PRESIDENT'S STEEL THESES. Dmitry Medvedev formulated ten steps needed to improve the investment climate in Russia.<br /> 25. Business New Europe: Filling the pillars with concrete: Medvedev demands progress in economic plan.<br /> 26. BBC Monitoring: Pundits sceptical of Medvedev's ability to improve Russian investment climate.<br /> 27. Interfax: Social Responsibilities Should Not Overshadow Economy in Run-up to Elections - Gref.<br /> 28. Prime-TASS: Official: Regional govts in Russia interfere with private businesses.<br /> 29. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Oil in reserve.<br /> 30. Moscow Times: World Bank Sees Poverty Down, Inflation as Biggest Risk.<br /> 31. Interfax: Environmentally-minded Companies Must Be Encouraged, Offenders Fined - PM.<br /> 32. Moscow News: Russia groans under the weight of its rubbish.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>33. Moscow Times: Roland Nash, Putin Bets on Pragmatism.<br /> 34. RIA Novosti: Russia, NATO Should Set Up Joint European Missile Defence System - Envoy.<br /> 35. Gazeta.ru: Readers Believe Parody on Putin as NATO Secretary General as Reward From West. (Fedor Lukyanov)<br /> 36. RIA Novosti: West Will Have To Supply Arms To Libyan Opposition, Say Russian Pundits.<br /> 37. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Viktor Baranets: War in Libya: Truth or Lies: the Combat Operations of Troops of the International Coalition Have Given Rise to Many Rumors About What Is Happening in Libya. It Is Often Impossible To Distinguish Between the Truth and Lies.<br /> 38. William Courtney: Remarks on Creating a Russia Society in America.<br /> 39. www.foreignpolicy.com: Georgian president: Russia has to compromise if it wants into WTO.<br /> 40. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: LET DOWN BY CONSULTANTS. PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE RECKLESSLY FOLLOWED IN THE LEAD OF HIS AMERICAN ADVISORS WITHOUT GIVING A THOUGHT TO CONSEQUENCES.<br /> 41. Reuters: PREVIEW-Stability key to Kazakh leader re-election.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#56<br /> 30 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. New York Times: New Approaches to Understanding a Former Enemy.<br /> 2. Moscow Times: Census Shows Population Fall of 1.6%.<br /> 3. ITAR-TASS: Russian population shrinks despite birth rate growth.<br /> 4. Paul Goble: Preliminary Results from 2010 Census Highlight Russia's Problems.<br /> 5. Moscow News: The sorry state of Russia's roads.<br /> 6. Vedomosti: MENACE. Center for Strategic Research: Economic development is impossible without political reforms.<br /> 7. Moscow News: Shuvalov tipped to lead Right Cause.<br /> 8. RIA Novosti: Alexander Rahr, Will Putin-Medvedev tandem prompt two-party system?<br /> 9. Kommersant: DISTRUST IN BALLOT. THE RUSSIANS QUESTION INTEGRITY OF <br /> ELECTIONS.</p> <p>10. Novye Izvestia: OBSCURE OPPOSITION. Few Russians know of opposition leaders, even fewer sympathize with them.<br /> 11. ITAR-TASS: Anglers' rallies gather more people in Russia than political protests.<br /> 12. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. Pros and cons of presidential campaigns as they are carried out in Russia.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, A Way Out of the Crisis.<br /> 14. www.opendemocracy.net: Sam Greene, Mr. Medvedev, Mr. Putin, beware the Ides of March!<br /> 15. Business New Europe: CORRUPTION WATCH: Medvedev seeks teeth for anti-corruption drive.<br /> 16. St. Petersburg Times: Kirill Kabanov, Bad Acting. (re corruption)<br /> 17. AP: Russian opposition leaders publish report alleging corruption under Putin's rule.<br /> 18. www.russiatoday.com: Church blames liberalism for deepening social gap in Russia.<br /> 19. Interfax: Over 70% of Russians afraid to fall victim to terror attacks - poll.<br /> 20. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: TENSION IN THE CAUCASUS. GUERRILLA WAR IN RUSSIA IS GAINING IN SCOPE.<br /> 21. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Stanislav Belkovskiy, We Are Russians! The Devil Is With Us! True Freedom of Speech Has Come to Russia.<br /> 22. Moscow Times: Article 31 Protesters Set Sights on Vote.<br /> 23. RFE/RL: New Civil Society Forum Hopes To Influence EU-Russia Relations.<br /> 24. Russia Profile: War Crimes. Perceptions of Conditions in the Army Remain Negative Despite Reform.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>25. Moscow Times: Putin Hosts Debate on Deficit Spending.<br /> 26. Kommersant: STRATEGY'2020 AND CORRECTION. Premier Putin met with experts revising Strategy'2020.<br /> 27. http://www.premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the preliminary results of expert research into socio-economic strategy through 2020.<br /> 28. BBC Monitoring: Red tape smothering Russia's innovation drive - TV.<br /> 29. Wall Street Journal: Timing Is Key for Russia's IPO Hopefuls.<br /> 30. Moscow News: Libya crisis to shape energy investment.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>31. ITAR-TASS: RF, NATO to discuss coop'n on ABM in Brussels Wed.<br /> 32. Moscow Times: Simon Saradzhyan, A Silver Bullet for the Reset.<br /> 33. RIA Novosti: Moscow decries 'ambiguity' of UN Libya resolution.<br /> 34. BBC Monitorig: Russian TV commentator slams 'senselessness' of military operation in Libya.<br /> 35. Izvestia: "THE GADDAFI I KNOW NEVER FALLS BACK." An interview with Aleksei Podtserob of the Center for Arab Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies, ex-ambassador to Libya.<br /> 36. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Yevgeny Shestakov, The West's illusions of revolution.<br /> 37. RIA Novosti: Russian State Duma Committee Head Tells US To Accept Loss Of 'Global Leadership'<br /> 38. RIA Novosti: Senior MP Insists Russian Us Visa Regulations May Be Eased Or Abolished.<br /> 39. Reuters: US lawmaker sees difficult vote on Russia trade.<br /> 40. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Jackson and Vanik won't do us any good. Eward Verona on the outlook of the "economic reset" between Russia and the US.<br /> 41. Washington Post: Despite continued talks, opium trade still tests Russia-U.S. relations.<br /> 42. Greg Guro</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#55<br /> 25 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Patrick Armstrong: ROADS.<br /> 2. RIA Novosti: Russia to take final leap into summer time Sunday.<br /> 4. Moscow News: Differing duo.<br /> 5. New York Times: Leaders' Spat Tests Skills of Survival in the Kremlin.<br /> 6. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: DISTRUST IN ABSTRACT MODERNIZATION. THE RUSSIANS' FAITH IN THE GOVERNMENT IS EBBING.<br /> 7. www.russiatoday.com: Russia's deputy prime minister urged to . (Igor Shuvalov)<br /> 8. www.opendemocracy.net: Alexei Levinson, Russian elections: who needs them?<br /> 9. Moscow Times: Medvedev Vows Justice For Kashin.<br /> 10. Moscow News: Medvedev picks his first policemen - and activists cry foul.<br /> 11. BBC Monitoring: Russian anti-extremism laws used to suppress freedoms - think-tank.<br /> 12. Moscow News: Putin orders ministers to cut through red tape.<br /> 13. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian government becomes more accessible online.<br /> 14. Politkom.ru: Aleksey Makarkin, The Aleksey Navalnyy phenomenon.<br /> 15. Moscow Times: Era Ends With Closure of BBC Radio Service.<br /> 16. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV reports on upcoming end of BBC Russian radio broadcasts.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>17. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Rival Economic Development Programs Examined.<br /> 18. ITAR-TASS: Situation in housing, utilities sector one of worst Russian problems.<br /> 19. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Russia's WTO Membership On Track or Not?<br /> 20. U.S.-Russia Business Council President's Message: Russia's Place in Washington's Trade Agenda.<br /> 21. RIA Novosti: Innovations lay foundation for Russia's power - Condoleezza Rice.<br /> 22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Oil at $200 a barrel? The volatile situation in the Middle East and the catastrophe in Japan may speed up an inevitable rise in oil prices before the world is ready, resulting in a new global economic crisis.<br /> 23. New York Times: Russia to Test Nuclear Plants for Ability to Survive Quakes.<br /> 24. Russia Profile: First Capitalist Remembered. Gaidar's Supporters Held a Conference in Remembrance of a Man that Others Are Trying to Forget.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. RIA Novosti: Majority Of Russians Opposed To International Operation In Libya - Poll.<br /> 26. AFP: Obama thanks Medvedev for Libya statements.<br /> 27. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: Konstantin Kosachev, RUSSIA'S CHOICE. Abstaining from voting on Resolution 1973, Russia did the only correct things.<br /> 28. Interfax: 21st-century Arab Revolutions Differ From European: No Ideology, No Leaders - Margelov.<br /> 29. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Former Russian Ambassador to Libya Rues Loss of Business.<br /> 30. Interfax: Ex-ambassador Says His Statements on Libya Were "misinterpreted"<br /> 31. Moscow Times: Alexei Pushkov, Trigger-Happy About Regime Change.<br /> 2. Gazeta.ru: Sergey Chernyakhovsky, Door into the Underworld -- Last Argument of Sovereignty is the Nuclear Bomb. That is Why Qadhafi is Being Bombed While Kim Jong Il is Excused Everything.<br /> 33. Interfax: U.S.- Russian Nuclear Cooperation Has Big Prospects - Kiriyenko.<br /> 34. www.globalsecuritynewswire.org: Russia Seen Pursuing U.S. Missile Shield Tech.<br /> 35. Izvestia: Culture of mistrust: Russian, U.S. museum conflict continues.<br /> 36. Xinhua: Russia Attempts To Bridge Israel-Palestine Gap.<br /> 37. Moscow News: Peter Lavelle, The globalisation of ideas.<br /> 38. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Nikolai Zlobin, The End of Sovereignty.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#54<br /> 24 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's interview with the Rossiya and Moya Planeta TV networks.<br /> 2. Kommersant: Andrey Kolesnikov, In the Middle of the Workday Vladimir Putin Explained to the Votkinsk Factory Collective the Difficulties of the International Situation.<br /> 3. RIA Novosti: Medvedev tells Russian film-makers to look to Hollywood.<br /> 4. RIA Novosti: Medvedev may invite Obama to listen to Siberian throat singing.<br /> 5. Interfax: Medvedev Hosts Deep Purple At His Residence in Gorki.<br /> 6. Wall Street Journal: Medvedev Played Deep Purple as Teenage DJ.<br /> 7. Eurasianet.org: Former Soviet Union: What was Rock's Role in the Collapse of Communism?<br /> 8. Interfax: Moscow may become jazz 'head-quarters' - Jazz Messenger's only Russian.<br /> 9. Reuters: Putin's approval rating falls to 69 percent in March.<br /> 10. Moscow Times: Majority No Longer Rules in the Regions.<br /> 11. Moskovsky Komsomolets: TANDEMOCRACY IN DANGER. The 2012 Problem is once again in the focus of attention of the expert community.<br /> 12. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: LOOKING FOR RIGHT-WINGERS. Experts: The Kremlin is reanimating a right-wing party to have it in the next Duma, sharing with the ruling party responsibility for unpopular decisions.<br /> 13. Vedomosti: Values-Based Political Party System Does Not Suit Ruling Elite Interests.<br /> 14. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Current Electoral Practices Leave Growing Number of Voters Unrepresented. (Mikhail Delyagin)<br /> 15. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, The Kuzminov vs. Navalny Debate.<br /> 16. Interfax: Suspect in Fraud Exposed By Magnitsky Gets Minimum Sentence - Hermitage Capital.<br /> 17. Moscow Times: Medvedev Signs Law Easing Registration for Expats.<br /> 18. RIA Novosti: Russian Presidential Campaign To Unfold In Social Media, Says Pundit. (Sergey Markov)<br /> 19. BBC: Social media capitalise on Russia's history of censorship.<br /> 20. Moscow Times: Social Networks See Big Bucks in Inmates and Spirits.<br /> 21. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: Nobel who? Most Russians cannot name any Russian scientists.<br /> 22. RIA Novosti: Nikolai Troitsky, Remembering a futile referendum. (March 1991)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>23. Business New Europe/Renaissance Capital: Why is the Russian pension system in need of reform?<br /> 24. Moscow News: Queuing in Russia costs $70 million.<br /> 25. Interfax: Citi hikes Russian GDP forecast for 2011 to 4.3% in light of high oil prices.<br /> 26. RFE/RL: International Crises Boost Russia's Energy Posture.<br /> 27. Moscow Times: Accounting Change Crucial for Progress.<br /> 28. Bloomberg: Russia Stocks Most Expensive Since 2008 as BRIC Valuations Drop.<br /> 29. www.russiatoday.com: Russian President calls for introducing international nuclear safety standards.<br /> 30. ITAR-TASS: Russia to go ahead with nuclear power development, ecologists warn of risks.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>31. Interfax: Russia alarmed by indiscriminate use of force in Libya - Medvedev.<br /> 32. Interfax: Coalition's Tactic in Libya Increases Civilian Deaths - Putin.<br /> 33. Interfax: Russian President's Aide: Anti-Qadhafi Forces in Libya Have Moral High Ground.<br /> 34. Gazeta.ru: Neither NATO nor Libya. The State Duma has adopted a statement on Libya, taking into account both Medvedev's and Putin's positions.<br /> 35. www.russiatoday.com: Kremlin doubts Gaddafi's good will.<br /> 36. Reuters: Sacked Libya envoy criticises Russian 'betrayal'<br /> 37. Kreml.org: Hard for Coalition To Distinguish Qadhafi, Opposition Forces in Libya. (Yevgeniy Satanovskiy)<br /> 38. Vzglyad: Gleb Pavlovskiy Criticizes Libya Operation, Ponders Implications for Russia.<br /> 39. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Is Russia failing to heed the storm warning? Moscow's indifference to post-Soviet territories is resulting in heightened activity from Washington.<br /> 40. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Nikolai Zlobin, The End of the Yalta System.<br /> 41. Asia Times: M K Bhadrakumar, Mullah Omar gets a Russian visitor.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#53<br /> 23 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. BBC: BBC Russian radio hits the off switch after 65 years.<br /> 2. BBC Monitoring: Putin Denies Rift With Medvedev on Libya.<br /> 3. Interfax: Putin Voiced His Personal Viewpoint While Assessing Libya Situation - Press Secretary.<br /> 4. Bloomberg: Putin Stokes Libya Crusade Spat on NATO Bombing Anniversary.<br /> 5. Moskovsky Komsomolets: BEHAVE YOURSELF. Analysis of Vladimir Putin's recent statement with regard to the Libyan crisis and Dmitry Medvedev's reaction to it.<br /> 6. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: A trial of strength in the tandem before the 2012 elections. Our politics are so opaque that one can never say with certainty whether it's war or a game.<br /> 7. Interfax: Medvedev, Putin have until now 'successfully played in four hands' - expert. (Gleb Pavlovsky)<br /> 8. RIA Novosti: Medvedev Putin Disagreement On Libya Part Of Political Game - Pundits.<br /> 9. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, More Putin-Medvedev cat and mouse?<br /> 10. Interfax: Sixty Per Cent Of Russians Support President Medvedev - Poll.<br /> 11. Gazeta: Medvedev Currently Getting More Positive Media Attention than Putin.<br /> 12. Kommersant: "WE ARE HERE TO INFORM PRESIDENT OF WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE." PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IS DRAWING A NEW CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PRESIDENT.<br /> 13. Russia Profile: Marshalling Rights. Presidential Council on Human Rights to Produce a New Development Strategy for Human Rights Protection by the End of the Year.<br /> 14. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev introduces mixed electoral system in regions.<br /> 15. Vedomosti: Boris Makarenko, RUSSIA'2020: BLIND ALLEY. STAGNATION OF THE PARTY SYSTEM IN RUSSIA: WAYS OUT.<br /> 16. Moscow Times: Attempt to Empty Prisons Called a Big Mistake.<br /> 17. Interfax: Almost Half of Crimes in 2010 Unresolved - Medvedev.<br /> 18. RBC Daily: SLOWING NURGALIYEV DOWN. The hands of the police are tied by their restricted powers and liberal Penal Code.<br /> 19. Moscow Times: Bill Backed by Kremlin Gives Police Officers 'Manna'<br /> 20. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: An alliance of faith. Moscow Patriarchate calls for strategic alliance with Catholic Church.<br /> 21. Moscow News: Scientists speak up for Russian skills.<br /> 22. Freedom House: One Year Before Russia's Presidential Election, Systemic Corruption Subverts Reform.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>23. New York Times: Nuclear Industry in Russia Sells Safety, Taught by Chernobyl.<br /> 24. Russia Profile: Fukushima Jackpot. Russia's Ambitions to Export Nuclear Technologies Will Not Buckle in Light of Japan's Nuclear Crisis, Say Analysts.<br /> 25. AP: Russia's Gazprom to benefit from Libyan conflict, Japan's nuclear crisis with extra gas sales.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>26. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Intervention -- Humanitarian, Geopolitical, Selective. A Dangerous Precedent in International Law.<br /> 27. Interfax: Leading Russian Expert Lauds Country's Stand On Libya. (Sergey Karaganov)<br /> 28. Bloomberg: Gates Rejects Russian Slap at Libya Air Strikes, Predicts Easing.<br /> 29. Moscow Times editorial: Putin Can't Have It Both Ways on Libya.<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Putin, Medvedev split over Libya.<br /> 31. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundits' opinions split over military operation in Libya.<br /> 32. Moscow Times: Yekaterina Kuznetsova, Kremlin's Libya About-Face.<br /> 33. www.russiatoday.com: Robert Bridge, The road to Libya is paved with best intentions.<br /> 34. Slon.ru: Russian Near East Expert Rejects Notion of Democratization in Libya, Arab States. (Yevgeniy Satanovskiy, president of the Institute of the Near East)<br /> 35. www.russiatoday.com: Missile defense is a "sincerity test" for NATO Lavrov.<br /> 36. Interfax: Talks on Cuts in Tactical Nuclear Arms May Only Start After U.S. Removes Them From Europe - Moscow Source.<br /> 37. AP: US reviewing nuclear arsenal with eye to new cuts.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#52<br /> 22 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Voice of America: Demographers Warn of Looming Population Crisis for Russia.<br /> 2. Bloomberg: Medvedev Clashes With Putin as Premier Slams Libya 'Crusade'<br /> 3. Kremlin.ru: Statement by Dmitry Medvedev on the situation in Libya.<br /> 4. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin comments on the situation in Libya during a meeting with workers at the Votkinsk plant in Udmurtia.<br /> 5. Kommersant: REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin disagreed over the military operation in Libya.<br /> 6. Interfax: Politicians, Pundits Divided On Apparent Medvedev Putin Disagreement On Libya.<br /> 7. Interfax: Leading Russian Pundit Says Putin's Statement On Libya Was A Mistake. (Gleb Pavlovskiy)<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Putin Reminisces About Dad.<br /> 9. Interfax: Putin Says He Thinks About Every Citizen While Making State Decisions.<br /> 10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Aleksei Bogaturov, CRISIS OF THE RIGHT-CENTRIST POLICY. Analysis of the social situation in Russia.<br /> 11. www.russiatoday.com: Parliamentarians ordered to report bribes.<br /> 12. AFP: Islamisation and Fear Spread in Chechnya.<br /> 13. Interfax: Alexeyeva-led activists permitted to hold rally in central Moscow.<br /> 14. Moscow News: Khimki protestors hope to move to Moscow.<br /> 15. Moscow News: Guilty until proven innocent? (re corruption)<br /> 16. New York Times: Muscovite Lives, Entangled in History. (re "My Perestroika" documentary)<br /> 17. Moscow News: Gonzo historian. (re Stephen Cohen)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>18. Interfax: Putin Expects Russia to Return to Pre-crisis GDP Level in 2012.<br /> 19. Reuters: INTERVIEW-Putin strategist: Get used to strong rouble. (Vladimir Mau)<br /> 20. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Editorial Warns Russian Monopolies' Rate Hikes Threaten Social Stability.<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Moscow's Financial Rank Low.<br /> 22. Moscow News: Russia's cash addiction harms payment system.<br /> 23. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Moscow is no place to do business. Surveys show that Russia's regional centers are more business-friendly than the capital - are investors interested?<br /> 24. Wall Street Journal: Russia to Invest $10 Billion in Fund.<br /> 25. Russia Profile: Immobile, Ineffective, Illegal. The Demographic Crisis and Problems in the Job Market Will Become the Main Impediments to Economic Modernization.<br /> 26. Moscow Times: Anders Aslund, Learning Some Big Lessons From Little Estonia.<br /> 27. Wall Street Journal: Russian Agriculture Requires a Leap of Faith.<br /> 28. AFP: Germany's BASF gives boost to Russia pipeline.<br /> 29. Moscow News: Nuclear rethink urged.<br /> 30. Wall Street Journal: Russia Lifts Its Energy Profile Amid Crisis.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>31. Interfax: Libyan Events Confirm Correctness of Russia's Building Up Defense Capacity - Putin.<br /> 32. Bloomberg: Military Campaign in Libya to Ease as Russia Calls for Truce.<br /> 33. Vedomosti: Russian Daily: Coalition 'Did Not Think About the Risks' in Libya.<br /> 34. Russia Profile: The Clash Over Libya. Russia's Ambivalent Libya Policy Is Stuck between the International Mainstream and Its Non-Interference Doctrine.<br /> 35. ITAR-TASS: Russia takes advantageous, albeit ambiguous position on Libya.<br /> 36. Vedomosti: Alexander Lukin, WAR IN LIBYA: DIPLOMACY OF INSTINCTS. THE LIBYAN CRISIS: RUSSIA'S PENCHANT FOR SITTING ON TWO CHAIRS AT ONCE WILL AVAIL IT NOTHING.<br /> 37. Interfax: Libyan opposition may turn arms against intl coalition - Russian expert.<br /> 38. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Andrey Yashlavskiy, You Have Oil -- Then You Have No Democracy. In That Case We're Sending the Planes In.<br /> 39. RIA Novosti: Libya war derails U.S.-Russia "reset"<br /> 40. Interfax: Fewer Russians See USA As 'Aggressor', Wish Distance From NATO - Poll.<br /> 41. RIA Novosti: Russia supports NATO success in Afghanistan - Serdyukov.<br /> 42. Bloomberg: Russia, U.S. May Share Missile-Defense Data, Gates Says.<br /> 43. RIA novosti: Russia, U.S. begin data exchange under New START.<br /> 44. RIA Novosti: Russia and the United States experienced excellent progress in military field. (interview with Andrew Kuchins)</p> <p>OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p>45. New issue of Russian Analytical Digest (RAD): No. 93: Russian Nationalism, Xenophobia, Immigration and Ethnic Conflict.<br /> 46. Andrei Tsygankov: Review of NATO-Russia relations.<br /> 47. Gordon Hahn: New issue of the Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER)<br /> 48. Edward Lozansky: The 30th annual World Russia Forum in Washington.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#51<br /> 21 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. www.russiatoday.com: Putin says he is not addicted to power.<br /> 2. AFP: 'Ordinary guy' Putin meets snow leopard.<br /> 3. DPA: Medvedev fires six senior Russian officers after lie-detector tests.<br /> 4. ITAR-TASS: President continues to liberalize criminal legislation.<br /> 5. Profil: THE CORRUPTION OF TOP ACHIEVEMENTS. Despite the good and correct anti-corruption laws, the principle of the unavoidability of punishment does not work in Russia.<br /> 6. Moscow Times: United Russia Pundit Calls State TV Biased. (Olga Kryshtanovskaya)<br /> 7. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: FRAGILE HARMONY. The opposition: harmony in Russian regions and squabbles in the capital.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Sergey Matyunin, Russia Has Its Own Tea Party.<br /> 9. Izvestia: Russian Internet Brings Change Through Discussion, Unlike in Arabic World. (Aleksey Pankin)<br /> 10. Washington Post: In Chechnya, apprehensions over a roughshod leader.<br /> 11. Interfax: Hazing Still Rampant in Russian Army - Serdyukov.<br /> 12. Moscow News: Tackling Russia's sex discrimination troubles.<br /> 13. Russia Profile: Paradise Lost? Has Russia Lost the "Best Education System in the World?"<br /> 14. Prime-TASS: Shuvalov: Energy development impossible without nuclear power.<br /> 15. RFE/RL: Experts Deny Russia's 'Safe' Nuclear Reactor Claims.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>16. Bloomberg: Russia, U.S. May Share Missile-Defense Data, Gates Says.<br /> 17. Moscow Times: U.S. Defense Secretary to Court Kremlin on Libya.<br /> 18. Reuters: Putin likens U.N. Libya resolution to crusade calls.<br /> 19. Interfax: 'Humanitarian intervention' in Libya exacerbates regional situation - Zavarzin.<br /> 20. Interfax: Bombing of Libya Would Become "gift" For Violators Non Non-proliferation Regime - Russian Expert. (Alexei Arbatov)<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Dmitry Trenin, Resetting on the Libyan Front.<br /> 22. www.russiatoday.com: Aleksey Pushkov, Lessons from Iraq lost in Libya.<br /> 23. Interfax: Top Russian Rights Activist Backs Western Air Strikes In Libya. (Lyudmila Alekseyeva)<br /> 24. THE U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS AFTER THE "RESET": BUILDING A NEW AGENDA. A VIEW FROM RUSSIA. Report by the Russian Participants of the Working Group on the Future of the Russian-U.S. Relations of the Valdai International Discussion Club.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#50<br /> 18 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, The last will of the Soviet people.<br /> 2. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: First Vice-Premier Shuvalov Speaks Out On Politics, Economy.<br /> 3. Russia Profile: Dmitry Babich, Democracy for the Chosen. In Russia, One Has to Choose Between Being a Liberal and Being a Democrat.<br /> 4. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: 'High-Status' Figurehead for Right Cause? (Aleksey Makarkin)<br /> 5. RFE/RL: Is Aleksei Kudrin's Political Star On The Rise?<br /> 6. Izvestia: NO REHEARSAL. Political scientists emphasize that it is wrong to project the outcome of the regional campaign on the forthcoming federal parliamentary election.<br /> 7. Russia Beyond the Headlines: An ordinary election. United Russia claims another victory, but at what cost?<br /> 8. RBC Daily: ACTIVENESS. POLITICAL PARTIES CONSIDER SAFETY OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.<br /> 9. RIA Novosti: Russian Minister Slams Leading Think Tank's Proposals To Reform Security Bodies.<br /> 10. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev pushes for further Criminal Code liberalization.<br /> 11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Liberal Attacks on Defenders of Judicial System Said To Have Backfired.<br /> 12. www.opendemocracy.net: Andrei Loshak, Corruption, complicity, careerism: the hydra of Russian justice.<br /> 13. AP: Kadyrov's rule inspires fear in Chechnya as Kremlin stands by.<br /> 14. Moscow News: Reforming women's prisons.<br /> 15. Moscow Times editorial: Making Life Easier for Expats.<br /> 16. Moscow Times: Extradition Manual Introduced.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>17. www.russiatoday.com: Getting a better harvest from Russian agriculture.<br /> 18. Business New Europe/Troika Dialog: Vladimir Putin: "It smells of money"<br /> 19. Dow Jones: Ruble No Longer Touted By State-Controlled Investment Banks.<br /> 20. Moscow Times: 'Piracy Lair' Stands Between Russia and WTO Membership.<br /> 21. Bloomberg: Blankfein Sees Moscow Traffic Stymieing Finance Hub Plans.<br /> 23. AFP: Russia weighs radical options for South Stream link.<br /> 24. Financial Times: Russia: nuclear power, yes please.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: Sergei Karaganov, Lucky Russia.<br /> 26. AP: Russia to spend $700 bln on new weapons.<br /> 27. www.russiatoday.com: Russia warns of "full-scale military action" following Security Council vote on Libya.<br /> 28. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, In pursuit of common sense. (re Libya)<br /> 29. Moscow Times: Moscow Trusts in Quake Diplomacy.<br /> 30. New York Times: Fear of Fallout From Japan Spreads in Russia.<br /> 31. BBC Monitoring: Russian deputy foreign minister seeks specific missile defence deal with US.<br /> 32. Interfax: U.S. missile defense in Europe does not threaten Russia - Solomonov.<br /> 33. Interfax: Russian missile designer criticizes New START dependence on missile defense.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#49<br /> 17 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: Yevgeny Bazhanov, Overcoming the Bazaar Mentality,<br /> 2. Rossiiskiye Vesti: YURGENS: MEDVEDEV IS NOT GORBACHEV. An interview with Igor Yurgens of the Institute of Contemporary Development.<br /> 3. Interfax: INSOR Suggests Disbanding FSB, Interior Ministry.<br /> 4. ITAR-TASS: Liberals offer Medvedev a version of election platform.<br /> 5. Interfax: Prominent Russian MP Says Country Can Only Be Modernized Under Medvedev. (Gennadiy Gudkov)<br /> 6. Bloomberg: Russia's Political 'Weaknesses' Curb Growth, Shuvalov Says.<br /> 7. Kommersant: SENIOR DEPUTY POLITICIAN. SENIOR DEPUTY PREMIER IGOR SHUVALOV MADE A POLITICAL STATEMENT, HIS FIRST IN YEARS.<br /> 8. Russia Profile: Winning without Winning? Regional Elections in Russia Have Raised Questions about United Russia's Future Dominance in Russian Politics, but Analysts Say Not to Expect Any Major Surprises in the 2011 Duma Elections.<br /> 9. Vedomosti: RIGHT-WING MINISTER. Is Aleksei Kudrin being steered into public politics?<br /> 10. www.russiatoday.com: Central Election Commission suggests bloggers keep quiet on the eve of elections.<br /> 11. Kommersant: Internet Expert Says 'Twitter Revolution' No Threat to Russia. (Aleksey Chadayev)<br /> 12. Vedomosti: Not to imprison.<br /> 13. Novye Izvestia: "AMENDMENTS TO PENAL CODE WILL ONLY BENEFIT HARDENED CRIMINALS." An interview with Major General Vladimir Ovchinsky, ex-chief of the Russian Interpol Bureau<br /> 14. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: You Are Beasts, Ladies and Gentlemen! The Power Structure Must Learn To Tell the Public the Truth About the War.<br /> 15. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV show discusses use of car flashing lights by public servants.<br /> 16. Moscow Times: No More Police Fines for Incorrect Registration Papers.<br /> 17. RIA Novosti: About 2,000 People Charged With Corruption In 2010 - Supreme Court.<br /> 18. Just Anti-Corruption: Top DOJ Official Urges Russia to Enact Anti-Corruption Bill.<br /> 19. Russia Profile: Catalyst for Corruption. Lack of Proper Control Over Money Earmarked for the Development of the Country's Housing and Communal Services May Have Encouraged Wasteful Spending and Widespread Embezzlement.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>21. Business New Europe: Russia's improving macroeconomics pushing fights amongst officials once more.<br /> 22. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: GOVERNMENT NEEDS FOREIGN CAPITALS. Experts perceive no reasons for foreign investors to change their minds and start investing in Russia.<br /> 23. Bloomberg: Russia Is Cheap Says Goldman's O'Neill; GLG Bets on Ruble Gains.<br /> 24. Bloomberg: Europe's Stock Pickers of Decade Split on 'Russia Risk'<br /> 25. Moscow Times: Bill on Tenders 'Legalizes Corruption'<br /> 26. Kommersant: LIQUEFIED GAS SUMMIT. An update on South Stream.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>27. ITAR-TASS: People in Russia's Far East buy up dosimeters, officials warn against panic.<br /> 28. Politkom.ru: Disasters Unlikely To Improve Russo-Japanese Relations.<br /> 29. www.russiatoday.com: Moscow pushing to accelerate with US talks on streamlining visas.<br /> 30. Reuters: Russia's Medvedev warns over ground ops in Libya.<br /> 31. RIA Novosti: Dmitry Kosyrev, Libya: Probably best abandoned.<br /> 32. Christian Science Monitor: As world rethinks nuclear power, Russia to invest $9 billion in Belarus plant.<br /> 33. Inter Press Service: Baltic States Faulted for Discriminating Minorities.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>34. Marketplace (American Public Media): Russia Rx. The rise of Russia's clinical trial industry.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#48<br /> 16 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Interfax: Poll Shows Most Russians At Least Partly Happy With Life.<br /> 2. Russia Profile: Dmitry Babich, Lonely Hearts. Many Russians Think of Themselves as Lonely.<br /> 3. Moscow Times: Medvedev Offered Platform for 2012 Re-election Bid.<br /> 4. Kommersant: 120 STEPS TO SECOND TERM. Dmitry Medvedev's think-tank composed his election programme.<br /> 5. Interfax: Commentators Differ On Think Tank's Vision Of Russia's Future.<br /> 6. Interfax: INSOR Chairman Wants Kudrin, Shuvalov Or Dvorkovich to Head Right Cause Party.<br /> 7. Kommersant: SURKOV UPDATED AMERICAN STUDENTS ON TANDEM'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.<br /> 8. Novaya Gazeta: Stanislav Belkovsky, DECLINE OF RUSSIA. DMITRY MEDVEDEV AND VLADIMIR PUTIN SERVE ONE AND THE SAME SYSTEM.<br /> 9. RIA Novosti: Russian Election Chief Praises Latest Local Polls Turnout.<br /> 10. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundit detects protest vote in regional election results. (Aleksey Makarkin)<br /> 11. BBC Monitoring: Elections showed Russia wants new, liberal party - governor. (Nikita Belykh)<br /> 12. Kommersant: Putin reviews elections, explains opposition's role.<br /> 13. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with the United Russia party leadership.<br /> 14. Interfax: Russian NGO Urges Political Parties Not To Boycott Regional Elections.<br /> 15. Novaya Gazeta: Dmitry Oreshkin, ELECTION, CHUROV WAY. What passes on for elections in Russia is a poor excuse for a mechanism of communication between the powers-that-be and society.<br /> 16. The Economist: Russia's regional elections. Attack of the clones.<br /> 17. Moscow Times: In U-Turn, Putin Seeks Nuclear Checks.<br /> 18. BBC Monitoring: TV shows analyses roots of corruption in Russia.<br /> 19. Vedomosti: PLAYING THE POLICE. Instead of reducing numerical strength of the police, the vaunted reforms will boost it.<br /> 20. Interfax: Khodorkovskiy Is Prisoner Of Conscience, Leading Russian Intellectuals Tell AI.<br /> 21. BBC Monitoring: Supporting ex-Yukos boss 'a human thing to do' - Russian TV presenter. (Vladimir Pozner)<br /> 22. Foreign Policy: Tom Parfitt, A Journey Through Russia's Killing Zone, Part 6. The Islamic Republic of Chechnya. Why is the Kremlin-imposed leader of this republic sounding so much like the militants he's meant to be cracking down on?<br /> 23. BBC Monitoring: Russian talk show discusses treatment of homeless people.<br /> 24. Izvestia: Russian government sells Yeltsin's favorite mansion.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>25. Financial Times: Russia in dilemma over Arab unrest.<br /> 26. Business New Europe: Moscow blog: Russians down in the mouth.<br /> 27. Bloomberg: Oil Prices May Surge to $200 on Mideast, Japan, Kudrin Says.<br /> 28. RIA Novosti: Kudrin lashes at Russian banks' work during crisis, urges tighter supervision.<br /> 29. Interfax: Russian Tax Service Reports Dwindling Billionaire Numbers.<br /> 30. Bloomberg: Goldman's Blankfein, Medvedev Hold Talks on Investment Fund.<br /> 31. Moscow Times: Regions Ranked for Business Climate.<br /> 32. Moscow Times: Brook Horowitz, Corporate Culture That Has Less Vertical Power.<br /> 33. Fast Company: The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Russia.<br /> 34. St. Petersburg Times: Russia at the Front in App Revolution.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>35. Trud: Fukushima advances into Russia. A day after tomorrow, radioactive winds will sweep over Russia's Far East region.<br /> 36. Interfax: Gorbachev: Japan Nuke Accidents Cannot Reach Chernobyl Scale.<br /> 37. Interfax: Scientists assess potential impact of Japan nuclear failures on Russia - expert.<br /> 38. Interfax: Russia Prepared For Dialog on Peace Treaty With Japan - Lavrov.<br /> 39. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV paints bleak picture of Kuril Islands but says ownership indisputable.<br /> 40. Moscow Times: Vladislav Inozemtsev, Standing Up to Dictators.<br /> 41. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, NATIONAL INTERESTS, CHAMPIONING DEMOCRACY, AND MSM DOUBLE STANDARDS.<br /> 42. Russia Profile: Matthew Van Meter, Visa Politics.<br /> 43. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Ties that bind: the USSR dissolution and post-Soviet integration.<br /> 44. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: CENTRAL ASIAN BASES. Kyrgyz foreign policy: a friendly calf sucks two mothers.<br /> 45. www.russiatoday.com: Georgian opposition braces for final battle against Saakashvili.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#47<br /> 15 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. RIA Novosti: Russia's political changes seem to be geared in the opposite direction. (interview with Sergei Aleksashenko, Director of Macroeconomic Research at the Higher School of Economics)<br /> 2. Moscow Times: United Russia Wins Regional Vote, But Unconvincingly.<br /> 3. ITAR-TASS: Local elections in Russia: ruling party still leads.<br /> 4. RBC Daily: NO LOSERS. Regional election: interim results.<br /> 5. www.russiatoday.com: Putin to United Russia: tolerate the opposition, they are only doing their job.<br /> 6. Interfax: Russian NGO Receives Record Number Of Complaints In Latest Regional Elections.<br /> 7. BBC Monitoring: Regional polls show Russians' 'shrinking confidence' in Kremlin - pundit. (Dmitriy Oreshkin)<br /> 8. Interfax: Regional Elections Cannot Be Called State Duma Election 'rehearsal' - Expert. (Alexei Makarkin)<br /> 9. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, Putin's Electoral Ace in the Hole.<br /> 10. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, United Russia in Trouble.<br /> 11. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, A Victory In Name Only.<br /> 12. www.opendemocracy.net: Alexander Valiyev, Kitchen stories: a letter from Chelyabinsk.<br /> 13. Kommersant: Moscow tightens auto protest laws.<br /> 14. Kommersant: LAW ON THE MEDIA...is to be revised beyond recognition. Amendments to the law on the media the Duma is adopting will make the law "a hatchet" wielded by the authorities.<br /> 15. World Politics Review: Richard Weitz, Global Insights: Hard Realities for Russian Rearmament.<br /> 16. ITAR-TASS: Official sales of iPad 2 in Russia may begin in late April.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>17. www.russiatoday.com: Consumer rights head slams debt collection laws.<br /> 18. Prime-TASS: Russian ministry to complete "cash for clunkers" program by Apr 1.<br /> 19. Wall Street Journal Europe: Alan Riley, Gazprom and the Rule of EU Law. Europe should hold its ground against Russia's ex-imperial arrogance.<br /> 20. Reuters: PREVIEW-Turkey's PM goes to Russia with gas in mind.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>21. Moscow Times: Kremlin Mending Fences With Japan.<br /> 22. Reuters: Putin orders review of Russia's nuclear sector.<br /> 23. Interfax: Accidents at Japanese nuclear power plants pose no danger to Russia - expert.<br /> 24. Wall Street Journal: Russians Rush for Iodine Pills.<br /> 25. Interfax: Assessment of Japanese nuclear disaster must be comprehensive - Russian ecologist.<br /> 26. Bellona: Official Russia downplays nuclear power's dangers as Fukushima's ongoing crisis proves otherwise.<br /> 27. Reuters: Special Report: In Chernobyl, a disaster persists.<br /> 28. Moscow News: US leans towards Medvedev.<br /> 29. Moscow News editorial: Gunboat democracy.<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: Biden's Moscow visit: On the money.<br /> 31. Jamestown Eurasia Daily Monitor: US-Russian Economic "Reset" is Not Happening.<br /> 32. The Ivanov Report: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Visits Moscow.<br /> 33. Interfax: Moscow welcomes cooperation with U.S. in Open Skies Treaty.<br /> 34. Voice of Russia: Russian space industry heading for the stars.<br /> 35. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia and NATO prepare joint response to terror. A new system to identify suicide bombers may represent the closest cooperation yet between Russia and its western allies.<br /> 36. RIA Novosti: New Russian Army weaponry 'inferior' to NATO's, overpriced.<br /> 37. The National Interest: Thomas de Waal, Wine, Women and the WTO.<br /> 38. IWPR'S CAUCASUS REPORTING SERVICE: "POLICE STATE" FEARS IN GEORGIA. Legislative changes strengthen police and weaken right to public protest.<br /> 39. Russia Profile: Sergei Markedonov, Semi Talk of Quasi Peace. In the Stagnating Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh, Any News Is Good News.<br /> 40. www.russiatoday.com: Kyrgyz ruling coalition faces rift on fears of renewed ethnic strife.<br /> 41. www.opendemocracy.net: Grigorii Golosov, Lipstick on a crocodile: electoral authoritarianism in Central Asia.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#46<br /> 14 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Interfax: Russians Far More Concerned By Poverty Than Lack Of Civil Rights, Poll Shows.<br /> 2. Bloomberg: Putin's Party Fails to Win Majority in Russia Regional Vote.<br /> 3. www.russiatoday.com: United Russia wins regional elections.<br /> 4. Moscow News: United Russia hails election triumph.<br /> 5. RIA Novosti: Putin pleased with regional election results.<br /> 6. Moscow Times: Turnout, Dirty Tricks 'Grow' at Regional Vote.<br /> 7. Moscow Times: In Tver, United Russia Bombards Voters With Billboards.<br /> 8. Kommersant: UNITED RUSSIA: PERFORMANCE. Experts and the opposition call United Russia's performance in the election "disastrous"<br /> 9. Izvestia: Commentary Lists 10 Key Achievements of Medvedev's First 3 Years as President. (Vyacheslav Nikonov)<br /> 10. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Without Any Narrative, Medvedev Is in Trouble.<br /> 11. Argumenty Nedeli: WHO WILL ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA. The US Administration is extremely negative towards the possibility of Putin's return to the Kremlin.<br /> 12. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Medvedev the Liberator? Introduced by Vladimir Frolov. Contributors: Patrick Armstrong, Vladimir Belaeff, Ira Straus, Alexandre Strokanov.<br /> 13. Politkom.ru: Medvedev Seen as 'Lesser Evil,' Likely 2012 Winner. (Svetlana Samoylova)<br /> 14. The New Times: FOREBODING CIVIL UNREST. Scenario N1, the inertial one. Analysis of potential threats to the political stability of the Russian Federation in the parliamentary and presidential election period.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>15. Profil: ACCESS TO THE EAR. Who provides advice to the Russian premier on economy issues, and what is advised? Why do not those pieces of advice lead to positive results for the country?<br /> 16. Moscow Times: Credit Ratings Fall, Governance Stays Steady.<br /> 17. RIA Novosti: Russia's WTO membership without Georgia's consent 'unprecedented'<br /> 18. Moscow News: Uncertainty for Russian economy after Japanese disaster.<br /> 19. Moscow News: Calling Wall Street.<br /> 20. RIA Novosti: Bruno Sergi, Russia must stop waiting for Godot.<br /> 21. Russia Profile: A Green Revolution. Green Technologies in Russia Are Developing Thanks to Its Middle Class, While State Policy Remains Focused on Raw Material Exports.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>22. Kommersant: Aftermath: Hope for improved Russia-Japan relations.<br /> 23. Moscow Times: Medvedev Asks U.S. to Ditch Travel Visas.<br /> 24. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV reviews US vice president's visit to Moscow.<br /> 25. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV Comments on Opposition's Meeting With US Vice President.<br /> 26. New York Times: Joseph Biden, The Next Steps in the U.S.-Russia Reset.<br /> 27. Moscow Times: Victor Davidoff, A Bone to Pick With Biden.<br /> 28. Kommersant: Russia's Trenin: We Must Overcome the Cold War in Our Own Consciousness.<br /> 29. Gazeta.ru: Biden Visit, N. Africa Turmoil Part of Plan To Secure Russian NATO Membership. (Fedor Lukyanov)<br /> 30. BBC Monitoring: Duma's Kosachev backs Biden, slams Republicans' 'alternative' agenda on Russia.<br /> 31. Washington Post editorial: In Mr. Biden's Moscow visit, a welcome mention of rights.<br /> 32. www.russiatoday.com: Western countries advocating intervention as pretext for oil grab - Russian envoy. (Dmitry Rogozin)<br /> 33. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: BIDEN TO BRING MOLDOVA BACK TO EUROPE. Moldova is lost to Russia.<br /> 34. Time.com: Biden in Moldova: The U.S. Veep Ruffles Moscow Nicely.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#45<br /> 11 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS </p> <p>1. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Russians Said To Have Created Myth of US Interest in Them.<br /> 2. Interfax: "Reset" Changes Russian, U.S. Public Opinion - Biden.<br /> 3. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Business New Europe, Global opinion of Russia improves. A new poll shows that Russia's recent PR attempts are paying off in some regions of the world.<br /> 4. Moscow Times: United Russia in Key Test for Votes.<br /> 5. RBC Daily: CANVASSING FOR VOTES. The campaign under way will be remembered for administrative pressure, improper ballot procedures, and black PR.<br /> 6. Moscow News: Let the election games begin.<br /> 7. Moscow News: Charity boss says he saw no cash from Putin performance.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: In the Spotlight: Putin Party.<br /> 9. RIA Novosti: Reforms in Russia: An adequate response to challenges. (interview with Denis Sekirinsky, senior research fellow, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences)<br /> 10. Transitions Online: Galina Stolyarova, The Tsar's Unfinished Business. One hundred and fifty years ago, Alexander II abolished serfdom in Russia. At least on paper.<br /> 11. Novaya Gazeta: Medvedev's Reputation as 'Liberator' Seen as Linked to Khodorkovskiy's Fate.<br /> 12. Interfax: Official Discusses Plans For Reform Of Russian Prisons.<br /> 13. Kommersant: LOSS OF FACE. Human rights activists warn that nationalists in Russia become violence-oriented.<br /> 14. Moscow Times: Duma Rushes to Ease Rules for Foreigners.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>15. New York Times: Plain Speaking From Biden in Moscow Speech.<br /> 16. AFP: Biden urges justice for Khodor... um... Kovinsky!<br /> 17. Vedomosti: BRIGHT IDEAS. An update on U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Russia.<br /> 18. Moscow Times: Biden Lukewarm on Putin's Visa Idea.<br /> 19. Interfax: U.S. Attempted to Persuade Georgia Not to Obstruct Russia's WTO Drive - Ushakov.<br /> 20. RIA Novosti: Russian Official Gives Details of Premier Putin's Talks With US Vice President.<br /> 21. The White House: Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.<br /> 22. RIA Novosti: Russian Experts Think Visa Free Travel With USA Unlikely.<br /> 23. Moscow Times: Biden 'Opposes' 3rd Putin Term.<br /> 24. Interfax: Russian Opposition Leaders Give Details Of Meeting With US Vice President.<br /> 25. Russia Profile: Trading Pleasantries. By Placing a Timeframe on Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization, President Dmitry Medvedev Disagrees with Premier Putin.<br /> 26. US Department of State: Inaugural Session of the Media Sub-Working Group for the U.S.-Russia Binational Presidential Commission.<br /> 27. www.russiatoday.com: "Russia and China's capabilities pose mortal threat to US" American intelligence chief.<br /> 28. The National Interest: Ariel Cohen, Dancing with Russia.<br /> 29. RIA Novosti: U.S.-Russian relations: The reset process may not be irreversible. (Interview with Samuel Charap)<br /> 30. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Eugene Ivanov, Peering through the dust in the Arab world. Russia needs to reassess its foreign policy goals for the Middle East.<br /> 31. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Russian paper says Libyan uprising 'special media operation'<br /> 32. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: FOLLOWING WASHINGTON, NOT MOSCOW. Experts say that Moldova is departing the Russian zone of influence.<br /> 33. Wall Street Journal: In This Tiny Land, Some Wish They Were Back in the U.S.S.R.. Transnistria Has Rubles, a Supreme Soviet; 'We Will Always Be With Russia'<br /> 34. Moscow Times: Matthew Rojansky and Lyndon Allin, Moldova's Moment, Matthew Rojansky and Lyndon Allin<br /> 35. THE WHITE HOUSE: REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. AT MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#44<br /> 10 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Reuters: 2010 Russia heat wave due to natural variability-US.<br /> 2. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: JUDICIAL INSUFFICIENCY. Effect of the president's efforts to reform the judiciary is negated by mentality and inertial of judges.<br /> 3. ITAR-TASS: Presidential liberalization of legislation meets with reserved support.<br /> 4. Interfax: Medvedev Cautions Against "bad" Changes to Civil Code.<br /> 5. Novye Izvestia: RESOURCE. Specialists say that United Russia owes its leadership to society's inertia and good press.<br /> 6. BBC Monitoring: Russian parties trade accusations over local election campaign irregularities.<br /> 7. Moscow News: Six months without Luzhkov, but Moscow sees little change.<br /> 8. www.opendemocracy.net: Vladimir Pastukhov, Sergei Sobyanin: man after Russia's heart?<br /> 9. Interfax: Medvedev, Putin Can Only Agree on Who Will Run in 2012 - Spokesperson.<br /> 10. Interfax: Ex-Soviet Leader Satisfied By Putin Spokesman's Explanation Of Election Plans.<br /> 11. Moscow Times: Embattled Charity Denies Ties to Putin.<br /> 12. www.russiatoday.com: President's council to size up Russia's human rights situation.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Kremlin Has $350M for Friendly NGOs.<br /> 14. Moscow Times: Alexander Golts, More Defense Spending but Less Defense.<br /> 15. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Elena Novikova, Russian women regret being born female. Despite laws against gender discrimination, many Russian women still face undue burdens in the workplace and in life.<br /> 16. Russia Profile: Rosemary Griffin, Dogged Determination. Cultural Figures and Ordinary Citizens Alike are Resisting Attempts to Cull the Capital's Stray Dogs.<br /> 17. Komsomolskaya Pravda : The notes of Stalin's guard. Part one. FSO of Russia has declassified the archives of General Vlasik.<br /> 18. Komsomolskaya Pravda : When shots were fired, I covered the leader. Part two. The notes of Stalin's top guard.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>19. Washington Post: Oil revenue gives Russia some breathing room.<br /> 20. RIA Novosti: Slow growth, political risks spur capital outflow from Russia.<br /> 21. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Ben Aris, Waiting on the Joneskis. Russia's long-term economic recovery depends on spending habits of average consumers, not oligarchs.<br /> 22. Reuters: Moscow is world's billionaire capital.<br /> 24. Financial Times: Russia billionaires: resource rich.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. AP: Biden: Russia's WTO entry linked to human rights.<br /> 26. AFP: Putin offers Biden visa-free US-Russia travel.<br /> 27. Reuters: Biden meets Putin, opposition leaders in Moscow.<br /> 28. Moscow Times: Biden Shows 'Reset' Good for Business.<br /> 29. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: AFTER THE RELOAD. Dmitry Medvedev met with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visiting Moscow.<br /> 30. Interfax: Biden Pledges U.S. Help in Improving Russia's Image Abroad.<br /> 31. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Vice President of the United States of America Joseph Biden.<br /> 32. Wall Street Journal: Biden: Corruption Is Holding Back Russia.<br /> 33. THE WHITE HOUSE: REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. AT A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN BUSINESS LEADERS.<br /> 34. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Vice President Biden's reconnaissance visit to Moscow.<br /> 35. Moscow Times editorial: The Reset 2 Years On.<br /> 36. Bloomberg: Russia Says Libya No-Fly Zone Needs 'Independent Assessment'<br /> 37. www.russiatoday.com: Robert Bridge, Look! Up in the sky! US military flyovers signed into law.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>38. The New Times: Zoya Svetova with Yegor Mostovshchikov, Spin Doctor of All Russia. Vladislav Surkov -- the Man With a Thousand Faces. <br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#43<br /> 9 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Washington Post: Russians protest by emigrating, not demonstrating.<br /> 2. Argumenty Nedeli: STEVE JOBS AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. Putin's supporters strongly emphasize the secondary nature of Medvedev's initiatives, the low degree of their marketability, and Medvedev's team allegedly being oriented at Western values.<br /> 3. Moscow Times editorial: Reading Medvedev's Mind.<br /> 4. Vedomosti: Moscow Daily: 'Honest Elections' 'Far Less Costly' Than Enforced Regime Change.<br /> 5. Izvestia: URGING UNITED RUSSIA TO GO FORWARD. Putin instructed the ruling party to concentrate on solutions to the problems society was facing.<br /> 6. www.russiatoday.com: United Russia to candidates: show the public your money.<br /> 7. www.opendemocracy.net: Nikolai Petrov, Political dialects: why Russia's regional elections matter.<br /> 8. Kommersant: SPOILERS. Organizers of a charity event attended by Premier Putin are suspected of having pilfered the funds raised.<br /> 9. BBC Monitoring: Russian satirical show pokes fun at PM Putin.<br /> 10. Moscow Times: Tougher Extremism Law Sought.<br /> 11. Moscow News: Cops swear off corruption - at least while the focus is on the force.<br /> 12. Moscow Times: No Jail Possible for Thieves, Managers.<br /> 13. Interfax: New Law Should Help Get Rid of Accusatory Bias in Russian Judicial System - Rights Activist.<br /> 14. SNOB: Nikolai Zlobin, Why does the president suggest Breaking the Law?<br /> 15. Zavtra: THE NORTH CAUCASUS: THE DOMINO EFFECT. The Kremlin's current course is leading to a further aggravation of the socio-political situation in the Caucasian republics.<br /> 16. Voice of America: Chechnya's President Says Insurgency Dying Down.<br /> 17. RIA Novosti: Shelters for women facing domestic violence: how it works in Russia.<br /> 18. Masha Undensiva-Brenner: Russia's Leading LGBT Rights Activist Nikolai Alekseyev Speaks at the Harriman Institute.<br /> 19. St. Petersburg Times: Religious Minorities Build Bridges With Lectures.<br /> 20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Yevgeny Shestakov discusses the abolition of serfdom in Russia and if it has any parallels with the reforms of the 1990s with Denis Sekirinsky, academic secretary of the National Committee of Russian Historians.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>21. RBC Daily: IMMIGRANTS WANTED. Russia's demographic problems necessitate labor immigration from nearby countries.<br /> 22. RIA Novosti: Investors not fleeing Russia after Khodorkovsky case - govt. spokesman.<br /> 23. www.bellona.org: Vladimir Slivyak, Rosatom's foreign market strategy: Exporting nuclear risks for questionable profit.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>24. AFP: Biden backs Russia's modernisation drive.<br /> 25. RIA Novosti: U.S. helps Russia to enter WTO - Russian deputy PM.<br /> 26. Moscow TImes: Biden Visit to Focus on Business.<br /> 27. Vedomosti: BIDEN THE PATRON. Representatives of the Russian human rights community will be meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, tomorrow.<br /> 28. ITAR-TASS: Building upon the reset and recruiting hockey talent: an interview with Joe Biden.<br /> 29. www.russiatoday.com: Andrey Kortunov, Washington and Moscow managed to steer clear of collision course.<br /> 30. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundit rules out Western military intervention in Libya. (Fedor Lukyanov)<br /> 31. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV slams civilian casualties, progress of US war in Afghanistan.<br /> 32. Kyiv Post: WikiLeaks: Gryshchenko says Putin has low personal regard for Yanukovych.<br /> 33. Izvestia: RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN WTO TALKS. Georgia remains the only barrier on Russia's road into the WTO.<br /> 34. Novyye Izvestiya: Experts Debate Likelihood of Arab Unrest Spreading to Russia's Neighbours.</p> <p>OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p>35. Brian Taylor: New book, State Building in Putin's Russia: Policing and Coercion after Communism.<br /> 36. Kennan Institute Event Reminder: The Current State of Civil Society as a Reflection of the Paradoxes of Modern-Day Russia with Ella Pamfilova, March 11.<br /> 37. Human Rights Watch Moscow: News Conference Invitation - Chechnya: Enforcement of an Islamic Dress Code for Women. March 10.<br /> 38. Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski: New pipss.org issue "Security and Defense Reform in Central Asia"<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#42<br /> 8 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>1. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Jennifer Eremeeva, Maslenitsa: parties, pancakes, and punch-ups. The end of winter and the beginning of Lent--the perfect time for a celebration.<br /> 2. Reuters: Biden visits Russia to keep up New START momentum.<br /> 3. RFE/RL: U.S. Vice President Begins Trip To Finland, Russia, And 'Model' Moldova.<br /> 4. International Herald Tribune: Samuel Charap and Mikhail Troitskiy, The Myth of Yalta II.<br /> 5. New York Times: Georgia Poses Hurdle for U.S.-Russia Ties.<br /> 6. Wall Street Journal: Senior Bankers in U.S. to Advise Russia.<br /> 7. ITAR-TASS: Russia, US may spoil relations over Schneersohn library case.<br /> 8. The White House: Conference Call on Vice President Biden's Upcoming Trip to Finland, Russia and Moldova. (Michael McFaul)<br /> 9. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives on a working visit to Bryansk for the United Russia Party Interregional Conference on the Development Strategy for Central Russia through 2020. (transcript)<br /> 10. It depends on men whether women beautify men's life-PM<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#41<br /> 7 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS </p> <p>1. Izvestia: Freedom cannot be postponed until later.<br /> 2. Interfax: Russian Rights Official Likens Medvedev's Freedom Speech To Roosevelt's.<br /> 3. Interfax: Rights Activist Calls on Medvedev to Move From Words to Action.<br /> 4. Moscow News editorial: Tsar Dmitry II?<br /> 5. Moscow News: Modernity still requires morality - Patriarch.<br /> 6. Paul Goble: To Stem Moral Decline, Russians Look to Family, School and State, Not to the Church, Study Finds.<br /> 7. Vedomosti: ON PRESIDENT'S TURF. VLADIMIR PUTIN'S SPEECH AT UNITED RUSSIA CONVENTION IN BRYANSK WAS CENTERED AROUND A POPULIST INITIATIVE.<br /> 8. BBC Monitoring: Putin breaks own record with marathon televised party forum.<br /> 9. Interfax: Putin: Web Abusers to Have No Success in Russia.<br /> 10. AFP: Charity gala starring Putin 'raised no money': doctors.<br /> 11. Interfax: Putin's Spokesman Plays Down Story Of Missing Funds Raised At Charity Concert.<br /> 12. BBC Monitoring: Press speculation on ruling Russian tandem's future divides pundits.<br /> 13. BBC Monitoring: Commentator says Putin will remain effective leader of Russia.<br /> 14. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Experts Find Pre-Election Uncertainty Undermining Political System.<br /> 15. RIA Novosti: Senior Judge Supports 'Brave' Move 'In Defence Of Russian Judicial System'<br /> 16. Moscow News: One card to rule them all. (re new identity card)<br /> 17. Moscow News: Pugacheva is the pick of Russian women.<br /> 18. Moscow Times: Mark Lawrence Schrad, A Lesson in Drinking.<br /> 19. Moscow Times: Alexei Bayer, Not Forgetting Women on Women's Day.<br /> 20. AP: Insurgency in Russia's Caucasus a growing threat.<br /> 21. www.russiatoday.com: Former State Duma member accused of ordering colleague's murder. (re Galina Starovoitova)<br /> 22. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV talk show debates Gorbachev's role in history.<br /> 23. Moscow News: 'Welcome to Russia' no, really! (re tourism)<br /> 24. Voice of Russia: Russia to celebrate bicentenary of 1812 victory on grand scale.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>25. Novaya Gazeta: PRESIDENT ELECTED BY OIL. Disturbances in the Middle East and North Africa might foment another global crisis.<br /> 26. BBC Monitoring: Russia's Putin laments social consequences of world financial crisis.<br /> 27. Moscow Times: Chamber of Commerce Gets New Head.<br /> 28. Interfax: Khodorkovsky Case May Have Worsened Russia's Investment Climate - New Chamber of Commerce And Industry Head.<br /> 29. www.russiatoday.com: Balancing inflation and the rouble.<br /> 30. Wall Street Journal: Will Investors Ever Commit to the Russian Ruble?<br /> 31. Komsomolskaya Pravda: DMITRY MEDVEDEV: NOTHING AT ALL HAS BEEN DONE TO TAP MOSCOW'S POTENTIAL. Conference chaired by the president discussed ways and means of attracting major foreign investors to Moscow.<br /> 32. Reuters: Russia initiative to woo private equity-source.<br /> 33. Moscow Times: Adnan Vatansever and David Burwell, Why Car Market Isn't Green.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>34. Russia Profile : What Happened to the Reset? Russia and the United States Are so Desperate to Make the "Reset" Work That It Would Indeed Be Working If It Had Some Real Substance.<br /> 35. Interfax: U.S. will not interfere in question of Russian presidential candidates - official. (Michael McFaul)<br /> 36. Interfax: West Scared Of Criticizing Russia Over Human Rights, Says Activist.<br /> 37. U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission: February 28- March 14, 2011 Bi-Weekly Look-Ahead and Wrap-Up.<br /> 38. Izvestia: Russian Experts Doubt Wholesale Killings, Army Action in Libya.<br /> 39. RIA Novosti: Russia's EU window of opportunity.<br /> 40. Interfax: Moscow to Counteract "anti-russian" Form of Ukraine's Integration With EU.<br /> 41. Kommersant: PLANS FOR POLAND REVISED. RELOAD OR NOT, THE UNITED STATES INTENDS TO MOVE ITS MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE CLOSER TO THE RUSSIAN BORDERS.<br /> 42. wwww.russiatoday.com: Despite NATO invitation, Russia still waiting to join Euro missile defense.<br /> 43. www.russiatoday.com: Georgia's warlike rhetoric scrutinized at Geneva summit on Caucasus.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#40<br /> 4 March 2011 <br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Interfax: Russia Needs Freedom to Move Ahead - Medvedev.<br /> 2. AFP: Medvedev seeks inspiration from reform Tsar.<br /> 3. Moscow News: Medvedev aligns himself with the Tsars.<br /> 4. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: MODERNIZATION WITHOUT SCREWS. Making a speech in St.Petersburg, Dmitry Medvedev called for continuation of liberalization.<br /> 5. Kremlin.ru: Dmitry Medvedev took part in the conference The Great Reforms and Modernisation of Russia.<br /> 6. Pravda.ru: It will take Russia ages to root out psychology of serfdom.<br /> 7. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundits view Medvedev's freedom speech as possible leadership claim.<br /> 8. Interfax: Russian Party, Prominent Figures Urge Medvedev To Emulate 'Liberator' Tsar.<br /> 9. BBC Monitoring: Russian commentator dismisses Medvedev's freedom speech as 'blatant lie'<br /> 10. Interfax: Poll Shows Russians Remain Reluctant To Take Part In Street Protests.<br /> 11. RIA Novosti: Top Russian Judge Admits Courts Still Not Independent.<br /> 12. Moscow News: Celebs say 'stand up for our courts'<br /> 13. Interfax: Rights Activist Wonders How Can Public in Russia Ever Pressure Courts.<br /> 14. www.russiatoday.com: Opposition leader takes Medvedev's advice to fight electoral bureaucracy. (re Yabloko)<br /> 15. Interfax: No Final Decision About Candidates in Presidential Election 2012 - Analyst. (Dmitry Orlov)<br /> 15a. Reuters: Putin promises higher wages before polls.<br /> 16. Moscow Times": Friendly Oligarch Buys 'Putin' Palace.<br /> 17. BBC Monitoring: Businessman explains why he believes 'palace' in south Russia built for Putin.<br /> 18. Russia Profile: Kremlin Cribs. Russians Want to Know More About the Private Lives of Their Leaders and Where Their Money Comes From.<br /> 19. Interfax: High Level Commission On Interfaith Relations Set Up In Russia.<br /> 20. Moscow News: Slow progress on maternity care.<br /> 21. Moscow News editorial: Women's health a key issue.<br /> 22. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV show discusses government's involvement in science.<br /> 23. Interfax: Elderly Citizens Blame Gorbachev For USSR Disintegration, Youngsters Say USSR Was Doomed - Poll.<br /> 24. Voice of America Russian Service: Donald Jensen, Gorbachev and Medvedev.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>25. RBC Daily: KUDRIN THE OPTIMIST. THE FINANCE MINISTRY ANTICIPATES AN INFLOW OF CAPITALS INTO RUSSIA BY THE END OF THE YEAR.<br /> 26. Reuters: ANALYSIS-Russia must resist oil lure to control inflation.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>27. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: BIDEN'S MESSAGE. Russian experts and politicians tend to regard every event through the prism of the future presidential election.<br /> 28. Svobodnaya Pressa: Russian Expert Comments on Purpose of Biden's Moscow Trip, Agenda for Obama Visit. (Viktor Kremenyuk)<br /> 29. Interfax: Russia Wants To Be Nato's Equal Partner In Euro ABM - Envoy.<br /> 30. Kommersant: Libya Crisis Is 'Watershed' in Russo-US Relations as Cold War Thinking Recedes.<br /> 31. BBC Monitoring: Senior Russian senator warns against armed intervention in 'archaic' Arab world. (Mikhail Margelov)<br /> 32. Vedomosti: RIOTS INTERFERE WITH ARMS DEALS. RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGIES DIRECTOR GENERAL CHEMEZOV: ARMS EMBARGO ON LIBYA WILL COST RUSSIA $4 BILLION.<br /> 33. Interfax: Ex-ambassador Warns About Radical Islamists Seizing Power in Libya.<br /> 34. RFE/RL: Authoritarian Russia Watches As Middle East Unravels.<br /> 35. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV sees Middle East crisis leading to demise of US 'empire'<br /> 36. Moscow Times: Dmitry Polikanov, A Repeat of Egypt in Central Asia.<br /> 37. Interfax: One Fifth of Ukrainians Praise Gorbachev Reforms - Poll.<br /> 38. Izvestia: YANUKOVICH'S IRON HAND. VICTOR YANUKOVICH'S PRESIDENCY: UKRAINE IS FINALLY RULED BY THE IRON HAND ORANGE DEMOCRACY LEADERS ONLY TALKED ABOUT.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>39. Russian Federation Ministry of Finance: Text of Russian Finance Minister Kudrin Speech at 8th Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#39<br /> 3 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. www.russiatoday.com: Tightening screws can't keep a nation together - Medvedev.<br /> 2. Interfax: Alexander II reforms paved Russia's way into the future - Medvedev.<br /> 3. Interfax: 80% of Russians afraid of becoming terrorism victims - poll.<br /> 4. AFP: Chechen rebel urges 'total war' with Russia.<br /> 5. Moscow News: Support grows for Medvedev over the 2012 question.<br /> 6. Izvestia: RISING RATING. RATINGS OF PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV, PREMIER PUTIN, AND UNITED RUSSIA GO UP.<br /> 7. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: When to keep silent. A new code of conduct between the police and citizens has been promulgated.<br /> 8. Moscow Times editorial: How Putin Turns Foes Into Fleas.<br /> 9. Moscow News: The so-called 'Putin Palace' is sold.<br /> 10. Harriman Institute: Maxim Trudolyubov Foresees Change in Russia.<br /> 11. UCF Today (University of Central Florida): Overcoming Communism and Corruption in Russia. (Sergei Khrushchev)<br /> 12. Moscow Times: New Threat as Caucasus Vigilantes Vow to Fight Back.<br /> 13. Vedomosti: Nikolai Zlobin, A Multi-National country: Nationality of land.<br /> 14. Moscow Times: Ruslan Pukhov, Serdyukov 4 Years On.<br /> 15. Interfax: Poor planning bedevils Russian military reform - experts.<br /> 16. Moscow Times: RIA Says It's Turning 7.0, Not 70.<br /> 17. RFE/RL: Vladimir Milov, The Russian Opposition's Fresh Face.<br /> 18. Interfax: Putin Ranks Gorbachev Among Most Influential Statesmen In Modern Age.<br /> 19. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV shows documentary about Gorbachev.<br /> 20. Interfax: Gorbachev alarmed by current sociopolitical situation in Russia.<br /> 21. BBC Monitoring: Trust but verify, Gorbachev advises Moscow over USA.<br /> 22. Russia Profile: Perestroika Syndrome. Gorbachev's Recent Criticism of the Government May Reflect a Shift in His Role at Home.<br /> 23. RIA Novosti: Mikhail Gorbachev is the most important political figure living today. (interview with Vladimir Ryzhkov)<br /> 24. www.russiatoday.com: Nikolay Svanidze, Gorbachev's words opened the floodgates of freedom.<br /> 25. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Satarov Examines Early Stages in Formation of Putin's Presidential System.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>26. Moscow News: Moscow's poverty line is pushed up.<br /> 27. Moskovsky Komsomolets: OFFSHORES TO BE UNMASKED. NEW LEGISLATION WILL EXPOSE ACTUAL OWNERS OF OFFSHORE COMPANIES.<br /> 28. Reuters: Russia election risk unsettles investors - FinMin.<br /> 29. Reuters: McDonald's pledges more investment in Russia.<br /> 30. Center for Strategic and International Studies: Ivan Safranchuk, The Future of Energy Business: Non-Professionals Out.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>31. www.russiatoday.com: Biden to energize "reset" button with Russia.<br /> 32. Interfax: U.S. Administration Wants More Science Exchanges With Russia - Adviser.<br /> 33. US State Department: Notice to the Press: U.S.-Russia Presidential Commission Launches Dialogue on 21st Century Media.<br /> 34. Interfax: Russia's WTO accession delayed by Western bureaucratic hurdles - Lavrov.<br /> 35. Kommersant: EUROPEAN DEFENSE. Development of the European ballistic missile defense system is under way.<br /> 36. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Eugene Ivanov, U.S. Congress takes on an easy targetRussian NGOs. As the U.S. government debates where to cut spending, funding for Russia projects is low-hanging fruit, and for that, the Russian government is partially to blame.<br /> 37. Interfax: Russians Blame Arab World Unrest On Low Living Standards - Poll.<br /> 38. Interfax: Arab power crisis will echo in Russia - Lavrov.<br /> 39. Interfax: Thaw in relations with Catholics - Russian Orthodox Church.<br /> 40. Wall Street Journal: Michael Auslin, Russia Fears China, Not Japan. The decades-long dispute over the Kuril Islands may well be Russia's way of focusing on its real long-term adversary: China.<br /> 41. Argumenty Nedeli: BALTIC STATES SUCKED INTO EASTERN VORTEX. PART OF THE BALTIC ELITES IS CONSIDERING ADVANCEMENT OF RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.<br /> 42. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Yanukovych has boosted Ukraine's stability but for how long?<br /> 43. Civil Georgia: Saakashvili Reiterates Georgia's Afghan Commitment. <br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#38<br /> 2 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: Police Reform Brings Big Purges, Hope.<br /> 2. BBC Monitoring: Medvedev stresses importance of appraisals in police reform.<br /> 3. Business New Europe/VTB Capital: New Law on the Police was enacted yesterday - March is the first important litmus test of the President's commitment to change.<br /> 4. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: REFORMS OR RESTYLING. A brief analysis of Dmitry Medvedev's first three years in office.<br /> 5. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: LIBERAL TEST. Prominent political scientist's interview stirred the expert community. (Gleb Pavlovsky)<br /> 6. DPA: Russia prepares grave for Putin.<br /> 7. AFP: 'Putin party' at Moscow night club perturbs premier.<br /> 8. Kommersant: CIVIL SOCIETY AND CODES. The authorities stiffen legislation pertaining non-profit non-governmental organizations.<br /> 9. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV talk show interviews education minister on school reform.<br /> 10. Russia Profile: Veni, Vinci, Von! The Battle for Khimki Forest Is Coming Alive Again if Renewed Administrative Pressure on Their Leaders Is Any Gauge, Say Activists.<br /> 11. www.foreignpolicy.com: Tom Parfitt, A Journey Through Russia's Killing Zone, Part 4. The Secret History of Beslan. From the outside, the violence in the Caucasus looks like a religious war or an independence struggle. In this installment from a monthlong travel diary, our correspondent finds that in North Ossetia, ancient ethnic hatreds add a deadly twist.<br /> 12. AFP: Gorbachev decorated with Russia's highest honour.<br /> 13. BBC Monitoring: Gorbachev expresses doubt about Putin, says Khodorkovskiy should be freed.<br /> 14. ITAR-TASS: Architect of perestroika and glasnost Mikhail Gorbachev is 80.<br /> 15. Moscow Times editorial: Lessons From Gorbachev.<br /> 16. Moscow News editorial: Gorbachev's harsh legacy.<br /> 17. www.opendemocracy.net: Dmitry Golubovsky and Svetlana Reiter, Concealed lives: autism in Russia.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>18. Bloomberg: Russia Holds Oil Output Near Post-Soviet Record in February.<br /> 19. Interfax: Russia to Overhaul Labor Market as Part of Economic Innovations - Medvedev.<br /> 20. Vedomosti: Glass ceiling.<br /> 21. Bloomberg: Russia Repels Retailers as Ikea Halt Curtails Medvedev Goal.<br /> 22. Russia Profile: Walmart Fails Where Others Succeed. As the Latest Large Retailer Leaves Russia, Some in the Industry Believe Existing Players Have the Market Sewn Up.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>23. Reuters: Analysis: Russia turns military gaze east to counter China.<br /> 24. Izvestia: REVOLUTION WILL PAY. Russian contracts with Gaddafi's regime are jeopardized.<br /> 25. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV's Middle East editor charts region's 'period of great upheaval'<br /> 26. Interfax: Rogozin warns U.S. against blitzkrieg in Libya.<br /> 27. Interfax: Lawmaker: U.S. war on Gaddafi may lead to Iraq scenario. (Mikhail Margelov)<br /> 28. RIA Novosti: Russian Us Reset Successful But Lasting Cooperation Must Be Built - Pundit. (Sergey Rogov)<br /> 29. Interfax: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to visit Moscow on March 9.<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: 'No-targeting' pact key to missile defense deal with NATO - Lavrov.<br /> 31. AP: US launches new missile defense program for Europe.<br /> 32. Center for European Policy Analysis: Edward Lucas, Russia's Reset and Central Europe.<br /> 33. Politkom.ru: Sergey Markedonov, The Greater Caucasus: The View of the US Director of National Intelligence.<br /> 34. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV says WikiLeaks cables suggest Georgia started 2008 war.<br /> 35. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: TBILISI IS ASKING TO BE PROTECTED FROM MOSCOW. Information war between Moscow and Tbilisi continue.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#37<br /> 1 March 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Reuters: FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Russia.<br /> 2. RIA Novosti: National Project Helped Improve Health, Demography In Russia - Deputy PM.<br /> 3. RIA Novosti: Russian border guards proposes lifting visas for foreigners.<br /> 4. Moscow News: More corruption controls - but bribes are getting bigger.<br /> 5. Politkom.ru: United Russia Suffers 'Crushing Defeat' in Radio Debate with Aleksey Navalnyy.<br /> 6. Moscow News: New name for Russia's police - and uncertainty in the ranks.<br /> 7. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: POLICE, OPEN UP! The law "On the police" comes into force today.<br /> 8. Interfax: Justice Minister Doubts Efficiency of Police Law.<br /> 9. Interfax: Russian Opposition, Human Rights Activists Unimpressed By New Police Law.<br /> 10. www.opendemocracy.net: Mark Galeotti, Medvedev's Law on Police: a quiet revolution?<br /> 11. Kommersant: The new chip society.<br /> 12. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: STRATEGY'2020 WRITERS TURN INTO MUTINEERS. Government's economists: Success of economic modernization requires political reforms.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Justice Ministry Pledges Clearer NGO Rules.<br /> 14. www.russiatoday.com: NGOs come under scrutiny ahead of elections.<br /> 15. Moscow Times: Police Win Right to Close Internet Sites.<br /> 16. Gazeta.ru: Website sees Facebook generation changing power-people relationship in Russia.<br /> 17. Gazeta.ru: Anton Merkurov, Sovereign Internet. The Internet Community Is Moving from Oppositionist to Pro-Government.<br /> 18. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, A Recipe for Success in the North Caucasus.<br /> 19. Interfax: N. Caucasus Problems Prompted By Federal Authorities' Political Mistakes - Duma Deputies.<br /> 20. Paul Goble: Kremlin's Approach Making Disorders in Russia 'Inevitable,' Ganapolsky Says.<br /> 21. Moscow Times/Reuters: Chrystia Freeland, Why Russia Should Be Worried About a Coup.<br /> 22. Christian Science Monitor: With Russia's $650 billion rearmament plan, the bear sharpens its teeth.<br /> 23. Moscow News: Life is a highway. The controversial toll road from Moscow to St. Petersburg may in fact afford great business opportunities when it is finally built.<br /> 24. AP: Gorbachev blasts Russia's rulers as he turns 80.<br /> 25. Moscow News: The man who tore down the wall.<br /> 26. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Pavel Palazhchenko, Gorbachev: Abroad and at home. Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev's role in creating modern Russia is still misunderstood.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>27. RIA Novosti: No discussion of increase in retirement age in Russia 'before 2030'<br /> 28. Reuters: Russia's young flock to work in Arctic mine town.<br /> 29. Profil: Nikolai Vardul, BUSINESS BASED ON POLITICS. Who Gazprom makes presents worth billions, and why? Recent deals on the Russian gas market, involving Gazprom and the First Channel, only prove that it is possible to make money on politics in this country. Close associates of Premier Putin take the reins of the most profitable businesses.<br /> 30. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Commentator Analyzes Russia's Rich List. (Leonid Radzikhovskiy)<br /> 31. Economic Principals: David Warsh, The Asterisk. (re Martin Gilman's book on Russia in the 1990s)</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>32. RIA Novosti: Russia calls for consideration of all factors threatening strategic stability - Lavrov.<br /> 33. Interfax: "Cavalry Attacks" Over Human Rights Counterproductive - Lavrov.<br /> 34. Moscow Times: Former Senior FSB Officer Fighting Anti-Americanism.<br /> 35. RIA Novosti: Number of states may double in the 21st century. (interview with Vladimir Ryzhkov)<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#33<br /> 23 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Christian Science Monitor: Medvedev rebuffs Gorbachev's warning of 'Egyptian scenario' in Russia. Who's right?<br /> 2. www.russiatoday.com: No Middle East-style scenario for Russia Medvedev.<br /> 3. Reuters: Arab unrest inspires Russian insurgents: Kremlin.<br /> 4. Wall Street Journal: Medvedev Warns of Arab 'Disintegration'<br /> 5. Gazeta.ru: "We can allow ourselves to move away from the canons of the law." Medvedev suggests changing the Criminal Procedure Code to fight terrorism.<br /> 6. Kremlin.ru: Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting of the National Antiterrorism Committee in Vladikavkaz.<br /> 7. ITAR-TASS: President meddles in another conflict among law enforcers.<br /> 8. ITAR-TASS: State Duma dispenses with imprisonment for 68 petty crimes<br /> 9. Interfax: Armed Forces vets to demand revision of Russia's military reform.<br /> 10. Moscow News: Army officers disunite from Russia's rulers.<br /> 11. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Memorial human rights center publishes data on North Caucasus violence in 2010.<br /> 12. Interfax: Eyewitness identifies main suspect as lawyer Markelov's killer.<br /> 13. RFE/RL: Flurry Of Hospital Tours Heralds Russian Health-Care Revamp.<br /> 14. Moscow News: Battle of faith could head to the courts.<br /> 15. Russia Profile: Free Voina! Artists Are Calling for the State Duma and Ministry of Culture to Intervene in What They Call the Repression of Modern Art.<br /> 16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Addicted to Russia. In a new memoir, the former head of IKEA Russia describes an experience not altogether unfamiliar to foreigners living long-term in the country.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>17. www.bsr-russia.com: Chris Weafer, Mr. Putin Goes to Brussels.<br /> 18. Wall Street Journal: Russia's Membership in World Trade Group Faces Hurdles.<br /> 19. Bloomberg: Russia's Nabiullina Advocates Tripling Debt to Support Growth.<br /> 20. ITAR-TASS: Skolkovo, 18 institutes under science academy sign agreements.<br /> 21. Moscow News: Power and diversity in Krasnoyarsk.<br /> 22. Transitions Online: Free Cake! A St. Petersburg entrepreneur builds a successful business on creativity and canny marketing. First in a series.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>23. Reuters: Russia's Putin goes to EU to blunt energy rules.<br /> 24. www.russiatoday.com: US found itself between rock and hard place with Egypt ex-foreign minister. (interview with Evgeny Primakov)<br /> 25. Global Security Newswire: Russia to Prepare Missile Defense Proposals For NATO.<br /> 26. Xinhua: Georgia needs to talk with Russia to settle disputes: EU special representative.<br /> 27. RFE/RL: Trial Of Russian Citizens Puts Moscow-Minsk Relations To The Test.<br /> 28. Council on Foreign Relations: Evan Feigenbaum, Seven Guidelines for U.S. Central Asia Policy.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>29. The American Interest: Vladislav L. Inozemtsev, Neo-Feudalism Explained. The flight of the best and brightest from Russia is no accident.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#30<br /> 18 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Reuters: Russia needs fair polls to back reforms: Kudrin.<br /> 2. Russia Profile: The Price of Development. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Has Ordered Experts to Rework the Country's Long Term Socio-Economic Development Strategy, but Critics Say It's a Mission Impossible.<br /> 3. Vedomosti: FOLLOWING IN PUTIN'S STEPS. The ruling party intends to reanimate its forum Strategy'2020.<br /> 4. Interfax: Trust Ratings For Russia's Top Leaders On The Up Again After Minor Wobble.<br /> 5. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev, Putin visit Sochi Olympic skiing centre.<br /> 6. The Voice of Russia: Demography in Russia: cautious optimism.<br /> 7. Interfax: Russian population must stabilize at 143 million by year 2015 - Putin.<br /> 8. Moscow News: Gorbachev 'ashamed' of the elite.<br /> 9. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: All joking aside. State Duma toughens punishment for scam artists.<br /> 10. ITAR-TASS: President Medvedev wants harsher punishment for bribes.<br /> 11. Interfax: Number of extremism-related crimes growing dramatically in Russia - Investigative Committee.<br /> 12. Interfax: Corruption Cases Rose By Over 40 Per Cent In 2010- Chief Russian Investigator.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Investigators Tie Baturina to $440M.<br /> 14. Vedomosti editorial: A markdown on Luzhkov.<br /> 15. Russia Profile: A Humble Servant. Sobyanin Says He Is Not Positioning Himself for the Presidency One Day, but His Growing Political Role Hints Otherwise.<br /> 16. Kommersant: SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTION. The European Parliament adopted a compromise resolution on the situation with law and human rights in Russia.<br /> 17. United Nations News Service: UN rights chief urges Russia to step up efforts to ensure rule of law, accountability.<br /> 18. Russia Beyond the Headlines: North Caucasus envoy faces tough challenges. As the representative of the federal government in one of Russia's most troubled regions, Alexander Khloponin has to find ways to promote peace and prosperity among a skeptical population.<br /> 19. Moscow Times: New Migration Rules to Be Eased.<br /> 20. Moscow News editorial: Registration, Kafka-style.<br /> 21. Sean's Russia Blog: Sean Guillory, Vasileva Bombshell: Big Claims, Little Evidence.<br /> 22. www.businessinsider.com: John Helmer, PICKYPEEKS--RUSSIAN SECRETS WITHOUT THE EMBARRASSING LEAKS.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>23. AFP: Russia's investment climate hurting growth: minister.<br /> 24. RIA Novosti: Foreign investment in Russia fell in 2010 - Kudrin.<br /> 25. Moscow Times: Oil at $100 Per Barrel Has Pros, Cons.<br /> 26. Moscow Times: Criminal Punishment Sought for Businesses.<br /> 27. Reuters: Analysis: Two's a crowd as Russian state banks squeeze rivals.<br /> 28. ITAR-TASS: Gazprom ready for regular gas deliveries to USA.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>29. www.russiatoday.com: US ambitions above European stability.<br /> 30. AP: Deja vu: Russia, US at odds over missile defense.<br /> 31. www.foreignpolicy.com: House funding bill cuts $1 billion from nuclear security and nonproliferation.<br /> 32. New York Times: Despite Tangled History, Latvia Now Woos Russians.<br /> 33. RIA Novosti: WHO names Moldova world's leader in alcohol consumption.<br /> 34. ITAR-TASS: Georgia says no US request for missile shield radar.<br /> 35. http://times.am: Wikileaks about Saakashvili's talk with Vershbow.<br /> 36. www.russiatoday.com: Egyptian scenario possible in Georgia opposition leader.<br /> 37. AFP: Kyrgyzstan names mountain Vladimir Putin.<br /> 38. Kommersant: SQUANDERING RUSSIAN INTERESTS. THE KYRGYZ AUTHORITIES OPENLY DEFY RUSSIAN INTERESTS.<br /> 39. Voice of America Russian Service: Donald Jensen, Middle East Fallout: Is Kazakhstan the Next Domino?</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>40. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with the heads of expert groups to discuss Russia's socio-economic development strategy through 2020.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#29<br /> 17 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. RIA Novosti: Is Russia ripe for a Twitter revolution?<br /> 2. Izvestia: Russia drafts anti-gender discrimination law.<br /> 3. Moscow Times: Government Plans Target Mortality Rate.<br /> 4. Moscow Times: Putin Manages His Brain Trust.<br /> 5. RBC Daily: MAUISM. EXPERTS TO PUTIN: THERE ARE NO READY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MODELS TO BE APPLIED TO RUSSIA.<br /> 6. www.russiatoday.com: Communists present their vision of Russia's development.<br /> 7. Reuters: Putin criticizes Customs' YouTube video.<br /> 8. Izvestia: 100 TIMES BETTER. Experts: Effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts is determined by existence of political will, and that is precisely what we lack in Russia.<br /> 9. Kommersant: BRIBES IN RUSSIA. AVERAGE BRIBES IN RUSSIA KEEP GROWING IN SIZE.<br /> 10. www.russiatoday.com: Palm-greasers beware: Russia raises the stakes on corruption.<br /> 11. RIA Novosti: Europe raps Russia's judiciary over lack of independence, political bias.<br /> 12. Interfax: Opposition leader Nemtsov supports Europarl resolution criticizing Russia.<br /> 13. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Eugene Ivanov, The liberals' last stand. The new Party of People's Freedom wants to get registered with the state and take part in this year's Duma elections, but even should this pipe dream succeed, their efforts are too little, too late.<br /> 14. Wall Street Journal: Gorbachev Warns of Egypt-Style Russian Revolt.<br /> 15. Moscow News: Sobyanin says he needs time to win 'relaxed' Moscow's trust.<br /> 16. AFP: Russian police raid office of richest woman.<br /> 17. Inter Press Service (IPS): Soviet Shadow Over Russia.<br /> 18. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: TECHNOLOGY OF TERROR. SECRET SERVICES NEUTRALIZED TERRORISTS IN CENTRAL MOSCOW.<br /> 19. Reuters: Mother of Russian airport bomber ashamed, says sorry.<br /> 20. RFE/RL: Terrorist Wave Raises Doubts About Moscow's North Caucasus Strategy.<br /> 21. The New York Review of Books: Amy Knight, Why the Kremlin Can't Fight Terrorism.<br /> 22. Bloomberg: Jailed Oil Tycoon Khodorkovsky Is 'Perfect Martyr': Interview.<br /> 23. The Economist: Another verdict. (re Khodorkovsky)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>24. Paul Goble: Company Town Problem in Russia Reemerges in More Explosive Form.<br /> 25. Bloomberg: Rudloff Says Russia Vote, Mideast May Deter Investors.<br /> 26. Moscow Times: Marina Chekurova, Step Toward Global Financial Center.<br /> 27. Izvestia: Gasoline becomes more transparent.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>28. Moscow Times: Medvedev in Italy for Deals, Culture.<br /> 29. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PIERCING LOOKS. Russia and the West remain distrustful of each other. It is against the other that each needs a ballistic missile defense system.<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Why don't Russia and Europe need politics to cooperate?<br /> 31. AFP: Expelled British reporter to quit Russia in May.<br /> 32. Moscow Times: Yevgeny Bazhanov, When Fewer Nuclear Arms Means More Security.<br /> 33. RIA Novosti: U.S., Russia to begin data exchange under New START in March - official.<br /> 34. US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Bi-Weekly Lookahead and Wrap-Up.<br /> 35. International Herald Tribune: Mikhail Gorbachev, Egypt's Agonizing Choice.<br /> 36. Global Times (China): Japanese right scuttled island deal with Russia. (interview with Dmitri Trenin)<br /> 37. Bloomberg: Azeri Opposition, Emboldened by Egypt, Warns Aliyev.</p> <p>OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p>38. RussiaProfile.Org Goes Multimedia.<br /> 39. New Issue of Russian Analytical Digest (RAD): Russia and BRIC.<br /> 40. New book: Albert Weeks, ASSURED VICTORY: HOW 'STALIN THE GREAT' WON THE WAR BUT LOST THE PEACE.<br /> 41. CSIS Russia Eurasia Program event: Drug Abuse in Russia: Scope, Trends, Implications, and Policy Responses.<br /> 42. Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT): From Soviet Plans to Russian Reality. Book to celebrate Pekka Sutela's anniversary year.<br /> 43. PONARS Eurasia Invitation: 2/22 Book Discussion on the Politics of Protest in Post-Communist Russia.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#28<br /> 16 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. RFE/RL: Interview: Criticizing Russia's Ruling Tandem, Gorbachev Calls For Democratic Revival.<br /> 2. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev recommends raising fines for bribery a hundredfold.<br /> 3. RIA Novosti: Putin calls for public debate on Strategy 2020.<br /> 4. RIA Novosti: Russia may adopt gender rights law - minister.<br /> 5. Voice of America: Art Blooms in Russia Against Gray Political Backdrop.<br /> 6. ITAR-TASS: Public anger makes authorities raise problem of VIP flashers again.<br /> 7. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: INTEREST IN INVESTIGATIONS. Parliamentary control: the Duma needs a special hearing to recognize the necessity of what is already clear.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Poll: Public Likes Parts of Police Law.<br /> 9. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, RUSSIA'S MVD REFORM: THE NEW LAW 'ON THE POLICE'<br /> 10. Vedomosti: Damning verdict on Russia's outdated criminal law.<br /> 11. RBC Daily: COMPLAINING AUTHORIZED. Lawsuits against incompetent and corrupt civil servants become more frequent.<br /> 12. Moscow Times: Suicide Bombers Strike in Caucasus.<br /> 13. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Search based on reasonable suspicion. Train station security officers may be given the right to check passports and luggage.<br /> 14. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Combating terror more about words than action. Three weeks after the the Domodedovo bombing, there are few signs that any significant changes to improve security in Russia are in the works.<br /> 15. China Post: Unemployment in Russia Caucasus areas hits 48.8%.<br /> 16. RIA Novosti: Russian Interior Troops Killed 300 Gunmen In North Caucasus In 2010 - General.<br /> 17. Russia Profile: Sergei Markedonov, Insurgent Ideology. Responsibility for the Domodedovo Blast Has Been Claimed, but Questions Remain About the Nature of Russia's Insurgency.<br /> 18. www.foreignpolicy.com: Tom Parfitt, Sword or Samovar. The first installment from a monthlong journey through Russia's killing zone.<br /> 19. Business New Europe: Kremlin appoints caretaker for Moscow votes ahead of December elections.<br /> 20. www.russiatoday.com: Nikolay Svanidze, One small step for Russia's courts, one big step for Russian society.<br /> 21. RIA Novosti: Khodorkovsky judge will not press charges against whistleblower aide.<br /> 22. Interfax: Presidential Human Rights Council to Conduct Evaluation of Khodorkovsky Case.<br /> 23. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev talks human rights with UN high commissioner.<br /> 24. Interfax: Rights Activists Ask Prosecutor General to React to Vasilyeva Interview.<br /> 25. ITAR-TASS: Khodorkovsky row, Constitutional Court chief's reply draw wide response.<br /> 26. Russia Profile: A Dangerous Appeal. Ruling Party Politician Says There Will Only Be One Victor in the Political Battle Between Khodorkovsky and Putin.<br /> 27. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Perestroika will never end. Even as Boris Yeltsin's image experiences some rehabilitiation, Russians still harbor negative feelings towards Mikhail Gorbachev. Will he have to wait for the grandchildren of Perestroika to get his due?</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>28. RBC Daily: RUSSIA'S 112 RIVALS. Skolkovo experts: As far as reforms are concerned, Russia is somewhere close to Venezuela and Congo.<br /> 29. Business New Europe: What's the fuss about inflation?<br /> 30. Bloomberg: Gazprom Expects Record 2011 Export Revenue of $72.4 Billion.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>31. AP: US to boost support for cyber dissidents.<br /> 32. AFP: Biden to visit Moscow in spring: reports.<br /> 33. www.globalsecuritynewswire.org: NATO Set Against Combined Missile Shield With Russia.<br /> 34. www.foreignpolicy.com: Fiona Hill, How Russia and China See the Egyptian Revolution. In Moscow and Beijing, the powers that be are understandably unsettled by events in Cairo -- and Washington can't afford to ignore their reaction.<br /> 35. AP: Russian FM: Don't stir up protests in Middle East.<br /> 36. Center for American Progress: Samuel Charap and Cory Welt, A More Proactive U.S. Approach to the Georgia Conflicts.<br /> 37. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Power vacuum takes South Ossetia to the brink of chaos.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>38. Gazeta.ru: Interview with Khamovnicheskiy Court Press Attache Natalya Vasilyeva: "'I Know for Sure That the Sentence Was Delivered from the Moscow City Court' -- Frank Interview on the Yukos Case with Khamovnicheskiy Court Judge's Clerk."<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#27<br /> 15 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS<br /> </p> <p>1. The Independent (UK): Mary Dejevsky, We can't stop getting Russia wrong. Russians enjoy more freedom than is often condescendingly understood. Try the blogosphere if you don't believe it<br /> 2. Paul Goble: Russia's Structural, Fiscal and Demographic Trends Producing a Disaster, Standard & Poor's Says.<br /> 3. Trud: Retirees will bring Russia down, and immigrants will save it. In 25 years, our economy will run on immigrants from China and the CIS.<br /> 4. Russia Profile: Policing the State. The New Police Law Will Not Work Without Public Control, Experts Say.<br /> 5. Russia Profile: Stalin Demands Democracy. Analysts Point to the Regional Opposition's Provocative Electioneering as a Sign of Its Weakness.<br /> 6. www.russiatoday.com: Constitutional Court head approves pubic evaluation of high-profile cases.<br /> 7. AP: Moscow court dismisses defamation case vs Putin.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: New Papers Link Seaside 'Palace' to Putin.<br /> 9. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, An Imitation Government.<br /> 10. Moscow News: Legal crusader heralds 'complete victory' in Russian courts. (Alexei Navalny)<br /> 11. IWPR'S CAUCASUS REPORTING SERVICE: Oliver Bullough, ENHANCED SECURITY IN CAUCASUS ISN'T ENOUGH. Russia needs long-term strategy to deal with the insurgency in its southern republics.<br /> 12. RFE/RL: Chechnya's Youngest Insurgents.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Assistant: Judge Was Pressured on Yukos.<br /> 14. www.opendemocracy.net: Natalia Vasilyeva, Broken Justice: how Khodorkovsky judge was pressured into verdict.<br /> 15. Interfax: Duma deputy: Dependence of Russian judges became obvious in Khodorkovsky trial. (Gennady Gudkov)<br /> 16. The Guardian: Khodorkovsky the unexpected Berlin film festival hit. Despite his claim of objectivity, director Cyril Tuschi speaks to more of Khodorkovsky's friends than foes.<br /> 17. ITAR-TASS: Discussion of finalized high school standard begins on Internet.<br /> 18. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, Force-Feeding Political Indoctrination.<br /> 19. Moscow News: 20 years on - smoking ban may finally reach Russia.<br /> 20. www.barentsobserver.com: Every fifth Russian man dies of alcohol.<br /> 22. RIA Novosti: Marc Bennetts, The eXile - Equal-Opportunity Haters.<br /> </p> <p>ECONOMY<br /> </p> <p>23. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev calls on governors to develop programs for single-industry cities.<br /> 24. Business New Europe: Russia kicks off privatisation drive.<br /> 25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Alan Riley, Oil at $100: No reason for complacency. No one in Moscow should rely on oil for future prosperity with the greater availability of shale gas.<br /> 26. Moscow Times: Russia Sees More Billionaires Following Crisis.<br /> 27. Christian Science Monitor: The 5 richest men in Russia. The economic crisis is over and it's the best of times again in Russia if you're very rich, that is.<br /> 28. Financial Times: Russia's rich have China to thank.<br /> 29. New York Times: Russia Embraces Risky Offshore Arctic Drilling.<br /> </p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS<br /> </p> <p>30. Moscow News: Russia Sphinx-like on Egypt.<br /> 31. www.russiatoday.com: Comparing Russia and Egypt is "incompetent" Putin's spokesman to McCain.<br /> 32. Financial Times: Arab wave unlikely to hit former Soviet states.<br /> 33. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Discussions with Yevgeny Shestakov: The many faces of Islam. (interview with Alexander Ignatenko, head of the Russian Institute of Religion and Politics)<br /> 34. Komsomolskaya Pravda: MISSILE REDUCTION: WHO HAS THE EDGE? An interview with military experts Pavel Belov and Anatoly Tsyganok. EXPERT ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL START 3 PROVISIONS.<br /> 35. Reuters: Russia, Britain clash over approach to Iran.<br /> 36. FACTBOX-Britain-Russia relations.<br /> 37. The Economist: Lavrov in London.<br /> 38. The Japan Times: Russia-held isles past point of return. Moscow woos other outsiders, ups defenses.<br /> 39. The Independent: Mikheil Saakashvili: 'The land they took is rocky. Its only use is for attacking us.' The President of Georgia tells Kim Sengupta how he hopes to win support in his struggle against his nation's powerful neighbour, Russia with a little help from Hollywood.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> </p> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#26<br /> 14 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: Medvedev Defends Dream of Unified Nation.<br /> 2. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: The rake of multiculturalism. When resolving inter-ethnic problems, Europe has no authority over Russia.<br /> 3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. Examinations of railroad stations and airports is a perilous political tactic.<br /> 4. Moskovsky Komsomolets: REFORMS. SNAFU: Situaion Normal, All Fouled-Up. The Interior Ministry: what passes for the reforms is actually anything but.<br /> 5. New York Times: Russian Village Is Angry, but Not With Bomber.<br /> 6. Paul Goble: Growing Nationalism Reflects Russians' Sense Their Country is Going in the Wrong Direction, Gudkov Says.<br /> 7. Moscow Times: Victor Davidoff, Egypt's Lessons for Russia.<br /> 8. Russia Profile: Dmitry Babich, How is Tunisia Perceived in Russia? The Dangers of Modernization.<br /> 9. www.opendemocracy.net: Sovereign democracy, Egyptian style. The similarities between the Egyptian and Russian regime are striking, says Grigorii Golosov. Arguably, Mubarak's was the more liberal one.<br /> 10. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Can De-Stalinization Save Russia? Introduced by Vladimir Frolov. Contributors: Vladimir Belaeff, Alexandre Strokanov.<br /> 11. AP: Moscow court hears defamation case vs Putin.<br /> 12. RIA Novosti: Court aide says Khodorkovsky verdict 'forced on judge'<br /> 13. Profil: LIBERALS AND FRINGE POLITICIANS. Boris Nemtsov: A leader of the liberal movement or supporter of nationalists?<br /> 14. ITAR-TASS: Current wave of emigration from Russia has no economic reasons.<br /> 15. Moscow News: Expats reprieved over registration change.<br /> 16. AP: Mock Mars mission simulates landing on Red Planet.<br /> 17. AOL.com: 32 Percent of Russians Think the Sun Revolves Around Earth.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>18. RIA Novosti: Russia kicks off mass privatization with $3.3 bln sale of VTB stake.<br /> 19. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Legislator Wants Nationalization.<br /> 20. AFP: Abramovich slips down Russia's rich list.<br /> 21. Reuters: Putin's judo partner jumps in Russia's rich list.<br /> 22. Variety: Russia: Bigger pond, smaller fish. Homegrown filmmakers face shrinking auds, support.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>23. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Medvedev's Awkward 'Gorbachev Moment'<br /> 24. The Daily Record (Wooster, Ohio): It is imperative for U.S. to understand Russia. (Peter Baker)<br /> 25. Moscow Times: John Freedman, The New Intertwining of Russian and American Theater.<br /> 26. www.globalsecuritynewswire.org: Diplomat Optimistic on U.S.-Russian Missile Defense Collaboration.<br /> 27. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundits welcome USA's new military doctrine.<br /> 28. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Jacob Kipp, Moscow considers the future of nuclear disarmament. A Long Way to Zero: Moscow Remains Reluctant to Take the Next Step.<br /> 29. RIA Novosti: Russia, NATO 'on verge of breakthrough'<br /> 30. AP: WikiLeaks: NATO unimpressed by Russia's military.<br /> 31. Eurasianet.org: U.S. Blocking NATO-CSTO Cooperation.<br /> 32. Washington Post: Acquitted American crabber in Russia still caught up in criminal justice system.<br /> 33. AP: British reporter back in Moscow after expulsion.<br /> 34. BBC: Britain and Russia look to cement ties.<br /> 35. News York Times: Georgians Build Ties With Russian Caucasus.<br /> 36. Argumenty Nedeli: AMERICAN SENATORS DO A DISSERVICE TO GEORGIA. A US radar station targeted at Iran may be located in Georgia.<br /> 37. Eureasianet.org: Caucasus, Central Asia: Look Who's Doing the K Street Shuffle. (re lobbying in Washington)<br /> 38. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: CONTINUITY OF UKRAINIAN POLICY. Analysis of Victor Yanukovich's first year of presidency.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#25<br /> 11 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Russia Profile: Heartless Security. Belgorod Government's Aversion to Valentine's Day Is Partly a Show of Deference to the President Dmitry Medvedev Clan, Say Analysts.<br /> 2. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: THERE IS MONEY. THERE IS NO CIVIL SOCIETY. ALEXANDER KHLOPONIN: 2010 WAS A DISMAL FAILURE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF EXTREMISM PREVENTION.<br /> 3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Oleg Nikiforov, Egyptian Parallels. The West is trying to apply the Middle Eastern template to Russia.<br /> 4. Reuters: Special Report: After Mideast, should Russia and China worry? (excerpt)<br /> 5. Interfax: Promoting education, tolerance will help prevent ethnic conflicts - Medvedev.<br /> 6. Interfax: Russia should not even discuss multiculturalism failure - Medvedev.<br /> 7. RIA Novosti: Chechen militant leader Umarov tied to Domodedovo bombing - Khloponin.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Bombing Motive Could Be Revenge.<br /> 9. RIA Novosti: Medvedev inspects Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.<br /> 10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PARALYSIS. President Medvedev discovered that public places in Moscow were extremely vulnerable. EXPERTS: IT TAKES THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF TO INDICATE EXISTENCE OF THE PROBLEM.<br /> 11. www.russiatoday.com: Leonid Mlechin, No time for apathy: Medvedev's words need action from all.<br /> 12. Moscow Times: Medvedev Modernizes Time Zones.<br /> 13. Vedomosti: UNDECLARED CANDIDATES. Electoral commissions keep information on candidates from voters.<br /> 14. RBC Daily: END OF OURS [Nashi]? PRO-KREMLIN YOUTH MOVEMENTS ARE LOSING THE RUSSIANS' SUPPORT.<br /> 15. Moscow News: Court gets Kremlin off the Khodorkovsky hook.<br /> 16. www.russiatoday.com: Judges want Constitutional Court to ban expert oversight of high-profile cases.<br /> 17. Bloomberg: Moscow Jail Offers Tanning Instead of Sunshine to Boost Morale.<br /> 18. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Moscow cops a force to be reckoned with. As Russia prepares for a major reform of its law enforcement, Moscow's policemen just try to do their jobs.<br /> 19. Moscow News: Russia's legal crusader. (Alexei Navalny)<br /> 20. Paul Goble: Each Region in Russian Federation has Its Own 'Nationality Policy,' Expert Says. (Rostislav Turovsky)<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Church Now Dabbling in Technology.<br /> 22. RIA Novosti: Medevedev wins "best blogger" award.<br /> 23. www.russiaprofile.com: From Lady Gaga to the Kremlin, blogging is king.<br /> 24. Moscow Times: Gennady Burbulis, Honoring the Yeltsin Legacy.<br /> 25. Novaya Gazeta: Dangers of Putin's Bonding with Nationalists Stressed.<br /> 26. Moscow News: Expats in Russia face registration chaos.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>27. Bloomberg: Russian Debt May Reach 585% of GDP on Demographic Woes, S&P Says.<br /> 28. Moscow News: The young ones. (re business in Moscow)<br /> 29. Russia Profile: The Oil Power Vertical. The Russian Government Is Anxious to Punish Major Oil Firms in Order to Bring Skyrocketing Domestic Fuel Prices under Control.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>30. US Department of State: Interview With Interfax of Russia. William J. Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs.<br /> 31. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: SMART BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. Development of a joint Russia-NATO ABM system requires political will and mutual trust.<br /> 32. Voice of America Russian Service: Donald Jensen, Disagreements over Missile Defense Threaten to Undermine new START Treaty.<br /> 33. The Independent (UK): David Hoffman, Will the new US-Russian arms treaty blunt the nuclear threat?<br /> 34. RFE/RL: Russia Is Impotent When It Comes To Influencing Events In Egypt, But It Doesn't Care. (interview with Fyodor Lukyanov)<br /> 35. Russia Profile: The Color of Egypt's Revolution. Can the Oppositionist Movements in Egypt and Tunisia Avoid the Same Pitfalls That Plagued the Color Revolutions?<br /> 36. AP: Russian FM talks tough on dispute with Japan.<br /> 37. www.russiatoday.com: Andrey Kortunov, No value for either side in island tug-of-Cold-War.<br /> 38. The Atlantic: Boca on the Black Sea. An American developer seeks to create the "Florida of the Caucasus."<br /> 39. EU Observer: EU neglecting democratic reforms in Georgia, say NGOs.<br /> 40. AFP: Kazakh president announces re-election bid.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#24<br /> 10 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. ITAR-TASS: Russia to stop practice of shifting to wintertime this year.<br /> 2. RIA Novosti: President Medvedev: The timelord.<br /> 3. ITAR-TASS: 3 accused of complicity in Domodedovo teract in custody in Vladikavkaz.<br /> 4. Moscow Times: Officials Say Airport Blast Family Effort.<br /> 5. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: EXPLOSIONS. Specialists expect intensification of terrorist activity in Russia.<br /> 6. www.russiatoday.com: Mikhail Barshevsky, New Law on Police calls for lots of money.<br /> 7. Kommersant: ECONOMIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO REMAIN CRIMINAL LIABILITY. Lawmakers balk at adoption of some liberalization of legislation initiatives.<br /> 8. Interfax: Investigation of Magnitsky's death extended until May.<br /> 9. Gazeta: E-chamber of the Parliament.<br /> 10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: The older generation is not ballast, but a resource.<br /> 11. www.russiatoday.com: Russia in homestretch of choosing 2014 Olympics mascot.<br /> 12. Paul Goble: Putin Loyalists Occupy 73 of 75 'Key' State Jobs, Elite Specialist Says. (Olga Kryshtanovskaya)<br /> 13. Sky News: Gorbachev Urges New Approach To Terrorism.<br /> 14. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Lilia Shevtsova, Gorbachev: A leader who changed the world. For making difficult decisions and staying the course even when doing so was unpopular, Mikhail Gorbachev has earned his place in history.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>15. Truth & Beauty (...and Russian Finance): Eric Kraus, The Eternal Russia. A View from the Regions. & Boarding Now: Flights to Safety.<br /> 16. www.russiatoday.com: Spectre of inflation return draws presidential attention.<br /> 17. Wall Street Journal: Why Russia Is Different. (re inflation)<br /> 18. Moscow News: The rich get richer ... and Russia's middle class suffers.<br /> 19. Financial Times: Russia's rich: shooting to the top.<br /> 20. Russia Profile: Unprotected Savings. Russians Are Dumping Their Piggy Banks and Putting Their Money in Commercial Banks, but Analysts Say the Growing Trend Is Fraught With Problems.<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, The Virtues of Privatization.<br /> 22. Bloomberg: Rosneft Deal Shows Russia Is More Open to Investment, IEA Says.<br /> 23. AFP: Putin tells Gazprom to share its pipelines.<br /> 24. RIA Novosti: Russia's Gazprom says to double European storage capacities by '15.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Fyodor Lukyanov, Ushering in a new era of Russian Diplomacy. Two volumes containing Boris Yeltsin's correspondence with heads of state from around the world have been published to mark his 80th birthday. (DJ: And Medvedev's introduction to the volumes)<br /> 26. Interfax: Whole humanity should share heritage of the Russian World Patriarch Kirill.<br /> 27. Reuters: Russian aims to increase clout with soft-power campaign.<br /> 28. RIA Novosti: New U.S. National Military Strategy: The United States sees Russia as an Asian power. (interview with Thomas Graham)<br /> 29. RIA Novosti: Guardian journalist had problems with past visits to Russia - Lavrov.<br /> 30. Moscow Times: Ministry Maintains Journalist Can Return.<br /> 31. Moscow Times editorial: Harding's Chilling Effect.<br /> 32. www.russiatoday.com: Sergey Strokan, Magic Munich.<br /> 33. Foreign Policy Journal: Daniel Wagner and Diana Stellman, The Prospects for Missile Defense Cooperation Between NATO and Russia.<br /> 34. Eurasianet.org: Russia: Kremlin Eyeing Egypt Events with Caution.<br /> 35. Interfax: Democracy in Arabic Muslim country is direct way to Islamist dictatorship, renowned political expert believes. (Sergey Markov)<br /> 36. Interfax: Islam and democracy are incompatible. (interview with Alexander Ignatenko)<br /> 37. Moscow News: Sabres rattle in the east as Russia shows its tough side.<br /> 38. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Russian-Japanese territorial dispute flares up.<br /> 39. www.russiatoday.com: Russia considers rehabilitating Polish servicemen.<br /> 0. Baltic Business News editorial: Estonia has a lot to gain from Russia.<br /> 41. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: CENTRAL ASIAN STATES OF AMERICA. The United States is seeking to establish long-term military presence in Central Asia.<br /> 42. BusinessNewEurope: Tim Gosling, Ukraine's two-faced president.<br /> 43. New York Times: Ukraine Intensifies Pressure on the Opposition.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#23<br /> 9 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Reuters: No love for Valentine's Day there.<br /> 2. AP: Moscow airport bomber named, his siblings arrested.<br /> 3. Reuters: Analysis: Islamist rebels take aim at Russia in election year.<br /> 4. Reuters: Factbox: Doku Umarov and North Caucasus rebellion.<br /> 5. RBC Daily: "BONA FIDE WAR." The siloviki updated lawmakers on Domodedovo investigation.<br /> 6. Trud: The police needs an image-maker. Law enforcement officers will need 10 years to regain the people's respect.<br /> 7. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Eugene Ivanov, All the president's messages. Elements of Dmitry Medvedev's reelection campaign set him apart from Russia's other presidents, but it all could backfire.<br /> 8. Novaya Gazeta: Russia's Tandem Seen to be Issuing Ambiguous "Signals" of Intent. (Dmitriy Oreshkin)<br /> 9. Vedomosti: Moscow Daily on Need for Russian Regime To Draw Timely Lessons From History. (Maksim Trudolyubov)<br /> 10. Slon.ru: Dmitriy Travin, Putin and the Pyramids. How To Rework Sovereign Democracy So That the Egyptian Events Are Not Repeated in Russia.<br /> 11. RIA Novosti: Russian Presidential Aide Explains Arguments Against Winter Time Change.<br /> 12. Reuters: Russia fiddling around again with Father Time.<br /> 13. RIA Novosti: Majority of Russians support abolishing daylight saving time.<br /> 14. ITAR-TASS: Russia should have its own deep space program - Medvedev.<br /> 15. Moscow News: Symphonies and cinema - a creative response to the Khodorkovsky case.<br /> 16. Interfax: Opposition Figure Urges Russia's 'True Friends Abroad' To Challenge Authorities. (Mikhail Kasyanov)<br /> 17. Moscow News: Experts urge caution over new Moscow heritage rules.<br /> 18. Paul Goble: Number of States May Double in 21st Century and Russia May Contribute to that Trend, Moscow Expert Says. (Vladimir Ryzhkov)<br /> 19. Blomberg: Russia May Pursue Criminal Inquiry Into Whistle-Blowing Lawyer. (Alexey Navalny)<br /> 20. RFE/RL: Russia Launches Initiative To Police Internet.<br /> 21. www.opendemocracy.net/Global Voices: The people's web: Russia's citizen bloggers.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>22. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev to gauge government's work by inflation rate.<br /> 23. Reuters: Putin calls for tax incentives to keep oil pumping.<br /> 24. Bloomberg: Obama to Seek Action on Colombia, Russia Trade Pacts, Kirk Says.<br /> 25. Vedomosti: Experts Criticize Innovation Plan.<br /> 26. Izvestia: Investment is welcomed with bread and salt. Why Russia has a poor investment climate.<br /> 27. Moscow Times: Martin Gilman, Sailing to Portugal's GDP Hits Some Turbulence.<br /> 28. RIA Novosti: Russia's richest recover wealth in 2010.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>29. Reuters: Explorers plan first Russia-Canada voyage via N.Pole.<br /> 30. Washington Post: Silent films recovered: These new releases are oldest in a long time.<br /> 31. ITAR-TASS: RF to issue visa to Harding, if he wants keep working in Moscow.<br /> 32. Bloomberg: Russian Security Services Barred U.K. Reporter, Kommersant Says.<br /> 33. Russia Profile: Russia Is Closed. The Decision to Bar Luke Harding May Not Have Had the Blessing of the Kremlin or Foreign Ministry, but It May Still Harm Ties With the UK.<br /> 34. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Moscow wary over the crisis in Egypt. The Maidan on the Tahrir Square is Bad News for Putin.<br /> 35. www.russiatoday.com: As Mid-East falters and flares, Russia proposes Security Council trip.<br /> 36. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian Think Tank Head Sees US Displaying 'Strategic Stupidity' in Egypt. (Yevgeniy Satanovskiy)<br /> 37. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: House That Al-Sadat Built Starts Shaking. Efforts for Near East Settlement Must Be Galvanized.<br /> 38. Moscow Times: Richard Lourie, World War IV.</p> <p>OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p>39. Center for American Progress: Invite: U.S. Policy on the Georgia Conflicts. February 15 in Washington.<br /> 40. Gordon Hahn: New issue of IIPER, NO. 34 - The Moscow Plot and Airport Attack.<br /> 41. New issue of Russian Analytical Digest (RAD): Political Trends.<br /> 42. John M. Letiche: New book, Crises and Compassion: From Russia to the Golden Gate.<br /> 43. IREX: Announcing the 2011-2012 Embassy Policy Specialist Fellowship.<br /> 44. Dominique Arel: ASN 2011 Moscow Call for Papers. Twenty Years after 1991: The Reshaping of Space and Identity.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#22<br /> 8 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. AP: Chechen rebel leader claims airport bomb.<br /> 2. AFP: Russia to stop setting clocks back in winter: Medvedev.<br /> 3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: The US modernization program greatly differs from the Russian. The Obama administration is placing its bets on raising the quality of education.<br /> 4. Russia Profile: Palatial Denial. Russia's Version of Wikileaks Was Hit by Sustained Hacker Attacks After Publishing Alleged Photos of Putin's Secret Holiday Retreat.<br /> 5. Vedomosti: Dmitry Badovsky, DELEGATION OF POWER: 307 DAYS TO GO. The Medvedev-Putin tandem will keep up the suspense until the last possible moment.<br /> 6. RFE.RL: Brian Whitmore, Fake Conflict And Real Risks: The Tandem's High-Wire Act.<br /> 7. Moscow Times: Liberal Party Mulls Registration.<br /> 8. Moscow News: Giving the word to Nemtsov.<br /> 9. Moscow Times: Alexei Pankin, State Television Thumbs Its Nose at Medvedev.<br /> 10. Wall Street Journal: Russia Enacts Police-Agency Overhaul.<br /> 11. Interfax: Russian Rights Campaigners Criticize New Police Law.<br /> 12. www.russiatoday.com: Robert Bridge, Russian police prepare for major overhaul.<br /> 13. Interfax: Presidential Council For Human Rights May Appeal For Pardoning Khodorkovsky.<br /> 14. Moskovsky Komsomolets: THINKING OF PAROLE FOR KHODORKOVSKY. An interview with Tamara Morschakova of the Presidential Council for Human Rights and Civil Society.<br /> 15. Speech by Sergei A. Karaganov at a meeting of the Council on Civil Society and Human Rights.<br /> 16. Los Angeles Times: Charles King and Rajan Menon, Terrorism meets xenophobia in Russia. Deadly tit-for-tat between ethnic Russians and North Caucasus migrants is escalating.<br /> 17. Moscow News: Mark Teeter, Whose vox is really populi?<br /> 18. Moscow Times: History's Heroes, Villains Show at Russian Museum.<br /> 19. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Wayne Merry, Yeltsin at 80. What can be made of Boris Yeltsin's legacy four years after his death, and 20 years after the fall of the Soviet Union?<br /> 20. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits the Channel One headquarters at Ostankino TV centre in Moscow. (conclusion of transcript)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>21. BusinessNewEurope: Ben Aris, Little consensus in evidence at Troika's do.<br /> 22. Russia Profile: Privatization Bonanza. The Russian Government Is Launching the First Stage of an Ambitious Privatization Program with the Sale of Assets in VTB Group, the Nation's Second Largest Bank.<br /> 23. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: LURING INTO NEW FOUNDATION. The powers-that-be are intent on establishing a special foundation for foreign investments in Russia.<br /> 24. Kommersant: "THEY SPOKE OF THE THINGS THE AUDIENCE WAS DISINTERESTED IN." An interview with Sergei Aleksashenko of the Supreme School of Economics and Carnegie Moscow Center on what he perceives as failure of the Russian delegation at the World Economic Forum in Davos.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. www.globalsecuritynewswire.org: U.S. Ready to Work With Russia on Missile Shield, Clinton Says.<br /> 26. Interfax: No Need to Disclose Russian Nuclear Forces' Data - Foreign Ministry.<br /> 27. Moscow Times: Alexander Golts, The Boogeyman the Kremlin Loves to Hate. (re missile defense)<br /> 28. Bloomberg: Russia Expels U.K. Guardian Reporter Who Wrote About Corruption.<br /> 29. RIA Novosti: Russia's rights council offers to help expelled Guardian journalist.<br /> 30. Gazeta.ru: Military Rule in Egypt Seen as Best Option for All Countries Involved. (Fedor Lukyanov)<br /> 31. Novaya Gazeta: Inevitability of Fundamentalist Takeover of Middle East Argued. (Yuliya Latynina)<br /> 32. ITAR-TASS: Experts blame Moscow-Tokyo rifts on Japan's internal politics.<br /> 33. Civil Georgia: Saakashvili: Georgia Ready to Send More Troops to Afghanistan.<br /> 34. RIA Novosti: Georgia to replace Stalin statue with S.Ossetia war monument.<br /> 35. Russia Profile: Engaging the Rebels. Until Tbilisi Changes Its Attitude Toward South Ossetia and Abkhazia, All Western Efforts to Secure Peace and Stability in the Region Will Fail.<br /> 36. Reuters: ANALYSIS-Energy riches, fear contain Central Asia dissent.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#21<br /> 7 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> </p><em>In this issue</em> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: Doku Umarov Vows 'Year of Tears'<br /> 2. Expert: TERROR FOR THE RUSSIAN MONEY. Moscow, look out: A new generation of Bassayevs has grown in the North Caucasus.<br /> 3. Reuters: In Russia's Muslim south, insurgency gains strength.<br /> 4. Interfax: Russians Blame Police, Special Services For Domodedovo Attack.<br /> 5. Moscow News: Russia plans to cordon off airports.<br /> 6. Vedomosti: FENCING BEHIND THE SCENES. THE RIFT WITHIN THE RULING TANDEM SEEMS TO BE WIDENING.<br /> 7. Sobesednik: PUTIN'S CLOSE ASSOCIATES. A FULL SIZE VERSION. One year before the presidential elections they started digging up on Putin's friends. As Putin's rating is getting down, his close associates are leaving him.<br /> 8. Novaya Gazeta: INSOR CEO Yurgens Interviewed on Inevitability of Modernization in Russia.<br /> 9. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev signs Police Law.<br /> 10. RIA Novosti: Medvedev urges police to step up fight against terrorism.<br /> 11. Moscow Times: Sergey Matyunin, In Need of Judicial Cleansing.<br /> 12. Izvestia: FLUID RATINGS. Sociologists caution against attaching too much importance to a slight dip in the ratings of the ruling party and national leaders.<br /> 13. www.russiatoday.com: Opposition gears up for Duma election.<br /> 14. The New Times: Russian Scholars, Psychologist, Feng Shui Expert Comment on Surkov's Office.<br /> 15. Interfax: President may pardon Khodorkovsky without appeals - lawyer.<br /> 16. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Russkiy Reporter: The making of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Although the saga of Mikhail Khodorkovsky continues to unfold, it began long ago with an ambitious young man very different from today's middle-aged prisoner.<br /> 17. Moscow Times: Individual Charity Donations Increasing.<br /> 18. New York Times: U.S.-Style College Exams Take Hold in Russia.<br /> 19. www.mskit.ru: Russian Officials Rated for Overall Contributions to Innovation Effort.<br /> 20. Washington Post: Masha Lipman, Moving Lenin's body won't cut Russia's ties to its Soviet past.<br /> 21. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Boris Yeltsin: Ups and downs in the eyes of the world. Russia experts from across the globe give their impressions of Yeltsin's legacy on what would have been his 80th birthday<br /> 22. Interfax: No Confirmation of Stalin's Order to Subject Soviet POWs to Reprisals - General.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>23. Reuters: Ballet-loving Russia roots for "Black Swan" Oscar.<br /> 24. Interfax: Russians dread U.S., NATO less then previously - poll.<br /> 25. RIA Novosti: Russia Should Aim 'To Overcome Anti Americanism' - New Public Movement.<br /> 26. RIA Novosti: U.S. wants Russia to be strong with stable economy - Russian senator. (Alexander Torshin)<br /> 27. Kommersant: RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. Sergei Lavrov spoke of ABM at the International Security Conference in Munich. The Europeans and Americans are convinced that Russia will bow to the inevitable and accept their ABM concept sooner or later.<br /> 28. AP: Report: Russia warns US over missile defense plans.<br /> 29. Interfax: Russia urges U.S. to withdraw tactical nuclear weapons from Europe.<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: Russian Experts Play Down Disagreements With USA Over New START.<br /> 31. Interfax: NATO Withdrawal From Afghanistan Would Pose Threat to Russia - Ivanov.<br /> 32. Moscow News: 'It's like Moscow in the 90s.' (re Egypt)<br /> 33. BBC Monitoring: Russian expert rules out 'domino effect' in Middle East over Egypt. (Georgiy Mirskiy)<br /> 34. Argumenty Nedeli: Russian Expert Discusses Possible Impact of Egypt Unrest on North Caucasus. (Georgiy Mirskiy)<br /> 35. AP: Echoes of Soviet collapse in Mideast revolt.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#20<br /> 4 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Interfax: Most Russians Fear Terrorist Attacks - Poll.<br /> 2. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Post-terrorism syndrome. Psychological implications of terrorist acts continue long after the perpetrators have been found.<br /> 3. Kommersant: ALIENATION. Regular terrorist acts account for the persistent xenophobia in Russian society.<br /> 4. Moscow Times: Putin, Medvedev Bicker Over Blast.<br /> 5. Izvestia: CASTIGATING THE SILOVIKI. THE PRESIDENT FLAYED THE SILOVIKI FOR THE HASTY REPORTS IMPLYING THAT THE DOMODEDOVO BLAST WAS SOLVED.<br /> 6. Interfax: Putin Does Not Mind Opposition Criticism In Media.<br /> 7. Interfax: Putin Says He Is His Daughters' Friend, Happy About Their Successes.<br /> 8. www.russiatoday.com: Opposition free to go on air Putin.<br /> 9. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits the Channel One headquarters at Ostankino TV centre in Moscow.<br /> 10. Moscow News: Social networks broke the bomb story.<br /> 11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Human Rights Campaigners 'Pleased' With Meeting With President Medvedev.<br /> 12. Novye Izvestia: PROSECUTION OF THE SOCIALLY ACTIVE. Displeased with the state of affairs in Russia, civil society is getting restless.<br /> 13. www.sova-center.ru: January 2011 The Month in Review.<br /> 14. www.russiatoday.com: Opposition's Day of Rage sanctioned for first time.<br /> 15. Reuters: Russian Orthodox Church allowed to enter politics.<br /> 16. Paul Goble: Multi-National State Inherited from Soviet Past Precludes Democracy, Moscow Analyst Says.<br /> 17. www.arcticprogress.com: Russia's Population Registers Small Decline In 2010.<br /> 18. RBC Daily: INDEPENDENCE. Roundtable conference: Khodorkovsky's trial hurt the investment climate but won Premier Putin public admiration.<br /> 19. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: REDUCTION OF THE MACHINERY. Russian bureaucracy is indestructible.<br /> 20. RIA Novosti: Russia to open corruption hotline, website.<br /> 21. Interfax: Russian Investigators Give Details Of Scale Of Embezzlement By Officials In 2010.<br /> 22. Bloomberg: Russian Watchdog Uncovers $7.3 Billion in Moscow 'Violations'<br /> 23. BBC Monitoring: Russian academician complains about growing red tape in science.<br /> 24. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Confusion and improvisation in Russian military reform.<br /> 25. BBC Monitoring: Appointment of Putin, war in Chechnya seen as Yeltsin's mistakes. (Ekho Moskvy Radio)<br /> 26. Sergei Roy: Moscow News You Can't Trust, (Re: Tim Wall in 2011-#17-Johnson's Russia List)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>27. Business Week: Dreams of an iPad Economy for Russia. Russia's President has hopes for a new tech corridor near Moscow, but can the country overcome corruption, lack of innovation, and a slow-moving state sector?<br /> 28. Moscow Times: Low Trust, High Interest Rates Hold Back Growth.<br /> 29. Bloomberg: Taleb Says He's Comforted by Russia, Nervous About U.S., China.<br /> 30. AFP: Welcome to BURK, Europe's new economic power.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>31. AP: Russian uproar over adopted boy's punishment in US.<br /> 32. Moscow News: Egypt unrest has Russia worried.<br /> 33. Interfax: Senior Russian MP Warns Against Egyptian President's Resignation.<br /> 34. Interfax: Obama signed START in move towards reset - Putin.<br /> 35. Reuters: Analysis: Deeper cuts daunting after U.S.-Russia nuclear pact.<br /> 36. www.russiatoday.com: NATO must guarantee it does not view Russia as potential enemy envoy.<br /> 37. Bloomberg: Russian Scientists Worried Iran Uses Their Know-How for Missiles.<br /> 38. Gazeta.ru: Russian Commentator Contemplates End of 'Gerontocracies' in Kazakhstan, FSU<br /> 39. AP: Kazakhstan to hold early presidential vote April 3.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#19<br /> 3 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. AP: Russia detains suspects in deadly airport blast.<br /> 2. Bloomberg: Putin, Medvedev at Odds Over Moscow Airport Terrorism Probe.<br /> 3. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Yevgeny Primakov: Questions of the awakened pyramids.<br /> 4. Financial Times: Fearless Russians head for Egypt.<br /> 5. Moscow Times editorial: Putin's Feet of Clay.<br /> 6. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, Arab World's Riled Youth vs. Russia's Dying Star.<br /> 7. Paul Goble: Experts Discuss Why Russians aren't in Revolt.<br /> 8. Time.com: Egypt Envy: Russia's Opposition Imagines Change.<br /> 9. Russia Profile: Sergei Markedonov, An Apposite Response. Russia's Response to Terrorism Should Take Place at All Levels and Include Civil Society.<br /> 10. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, Airport Bombing Serves as Wake-Up Call.<br /> 11. BBC Monitoring: Russia must rid itself of totalitarian thinking to modernize - rights ombudsman. (Mikhail Fedotov)<br /> 12. RBC Daily: "RUSSIAN SOCIETY IN GRIPS OF PRIMITIVE COMMUNIST MENTALITY." An interview with Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights.<br /> 13. Interfax: Medvedev Opposed to Cancellation of Trial By Jury.<br /> 14. Interfax: Medvedev Praises Adjustments in Laws on Nonprofit Organizations.<br /> 15. Vedomosti: "PRESIDENT'S VICTORY." Presidential Council for Human Rights and Civil Society is instructed to have experts study the YUKOS trial and Magnitsky's death in jail.<br /> 16. Osobaya Bukva: Pozner Sees Press 'Self Censorship' as Main Freedom of Speech Problem.<br /> 17. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV channel launches new satirical show.<br /> 18. RIA Novosti: Moscow court to consider opposition's defamation lawsuit against Putin.<br /> 19. RFE/RL: Russian Journalist Wins Lawsuit Against Authorities.<br /> 20. Moscow News: Khodorkovsky sentence set to be reduced.<br /> 21. Vedomosti: WINTER OF JUSTICE: WORDS AND REALITY. Mikhail Khodorkovsky's open letter to the president of Russia.<br /> 22. Moscow News: Democratic hero or drunken buffoon? (re Boris Yeltsin)<br /> 23. Interfax: Yeltsin's Correspondence Published With Medvedev's Preface.<br /> 24. Kremlin.ru: Monument to Russia's first President Boris Yeltsin unveiled in Yekaterinburg.<br /> 25. http://premier.gov.ru: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a gala reception in honour of the 80th birthday of Boris Yeltsin.<br /> 26. Interfax: Yeltsin Was Forced Into "Tsar Boris" Role By Entourage - Analyst. (Gleb Pavlovsky)<br /> 27. www.russiatoday.com: Boris Yeltsin: What's in a name?<br /> 28. Pravda.ru: Boris Yeltsin - symbol of Russia's humiliation?<br /> 29. Financial Times: Ousted Moscow mayor hits back at critics.<br /> 30. Moscow Times: Putin Shares His Fitness Secrets With Supermodel.<br /> 31. Interfax: Declassification of Russian Archives Irrational - Official.<br /> 32. BBC Monitoring: Russian Communist party uploads Pravda newspaper archive onto Internet.<br /> 33. Washington Post: On a stage in Kamchatka, flouting government orders.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>34. Interfax: Growth of GDP, Standard of Living Based on Oil Has Run Out - Kudrin.<br /> 35. Bloomberg: Russian Oil Output Near Record as Lukoil Gains; Exports Decline.<br /> 36. Russia Profile: Protecting Property Rights. In a Little-Noticed Ruling on Monday, the Constitutional Court Sought to Bolster Property Rights in Russia.<br /> 37. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: DEFENDING THE BUDGET. Finance Minister Kudrin promotes reduction of state expenditures.<br /> 38. Moscow Times: No Fear of Flying or Investing.<br /> 39. Moscow Times: Putin Pushes Bill for Foreign Investment.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>40. www.globalsecuritynewswire.org: Obama Issues Assurances on New START.<br /> 41. RIA Novosti: Russia rules out being NATO's patsy on missile defense.<br /> 42. RIA Novosti: Balance of strategic capabilities may change to Russia's disadvantage. (Interview with Alexei Fenenko, Leading Research Fellow, Institute of International Security Studies of RAS, Russian Academy of Sciences)<br /> 43. Interfax: Putin Hopes U.S. Experts Will Take Active Part in WWII Dialog.<br /> 44. RIA Novosti: Russian Pundit Views Importance Of NATO Possible Defeat In Afghanistan. (Aleksey Arbatov)</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p> </p> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#18<br /> 31 January-2 February 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p>DJ: Still on vacation.</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Interfax: Russian Population Continued To Shrink In 2010 - Statistics Service.<br /> 2. Bloomberg: Russian Economy Rose 4% in 2010, More Than Estimated.<br /> 3. BusinessNewEurope: Despite rapid growth, Russian state bureaucracy still not particularly large.<br /> 4. The New Times: ROTTEN LOYALTY. Russia's future depends on the younger generation of the 2000's, which is unpredictable, xenophobian and anti-state.<br /> 5. Izvestia: ACCOUNTING FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES. The Domodedovo blast made the authorities painfully aware of the vulnerability of public places.<br /> 6. Kommersant: DOMODEDOVO BOMBER IDENTIFIED. INVESTIGATION: THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE TERRORIST GROUPS IN MOSCOW.<br /> 7. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV talk show discusses Domodedovo bomb attack.<br /> 8. International Herald Tribune: Lucian Kim, Cracks in the Russian Regime.<br /> 9. www.newsweek.com: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova, Losing to Terrorism. Putin's get-tough policies are a disaster, as the Moscow airport bombing proves. Why are Russians so unwilling to admit it?<br /> 10. AP: Medvedev: State companies too slow to modernize.<br /> 11. RBC Daily: INTERESTED IN TANDEM. THEIR FASCINATION WITH THE PRESIDENT SEEMINGLY EBBING, THE RUSSIANS TAKE MORE INTEREST IN THE PREMIER.<br /> 12. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Medvedev Takes Pass in Davos on Rule of Law.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Victor Davidoff, No Sun Without Medvedev.<br /> 14. Interfax: Russia's Shuvalov Responds To Investment Fund Head Over Lawyer Death - Interfax.<br /> 15. BBC Monitoring: Russia's Dvorkovich Davos interview: Investors' benefits outweigh risks.<br /> 16. RFE/RL: Interview: Browder Sees 'Tipping Point' In Western Attitudes To Russia.<br /> 17. Izvestia: WITH MAUSOLEUM, WITHOUT LEADER. LEVADA-CENTER SOCIOLOGISTS GAUGED RESPONDENTS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE BODY OF VLADIMIR LENIN.<br /> 18. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Debate on Lenin's Burial Launched by United Russia Viewed in Historical Context. (Stanislav Belkovskiy)<br /> 19. Interfax: Russian Poll Shows Most Muscovites Pleased With New Mayor.<br /> 20. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Are There Lessons to Be Learned for Russia From the Events in Tunisia? Introduced by Vladimir Frolov. Contributors: Patrick Armstrong, Vladimir Belaeff, Edward Lozansky, Alexandre Strokanov.<br /> 21. BusinessNewEurope: Ben Aris, Democracy takes a step back in 2010.<br /> 22. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, WHY PUTIN WILL NOT RETURN TO THE PRESIDENCY-NOT IN 2012 ANYWAY.<br /> 23. Novaya Gazeta: Andrey Kolesnikov, Two Worlds, Two Modernizations: Barack Obama Is Winning the Future From Dmitriy Medvedev.<br /> 24. Interfax: Yeltsin Was Strong Manager, Did Not Doubt Gaidar Reforms - Shevchenko.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: From START to Euro-ABM.<br /> 26. RIA Novosti: Too Soon To Discuss Tactical Nuclear Arms With USA - Russian Senior Official.<br /> 27. BBC Monitoring: State-controlled Russian TV slams Georgian president's airport bombing comment.<br /> 28. Interfax: Georgian Restaurants Ban Russian Songs - TV Channel.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>29. Kremlin.ru: Interview to Bloomberg Television.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#17<br /> 28 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p>DJ: Still on vacation.</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. AP: Russia to color-code terror after airport bombing.<br /> 2. New York Times: Inquiry in Moscow Bombing Focuses on Caucasus.<br /> 3. Moscow Times: At Davos, Medvedev Defends Yukos Trial .<br /> 4. Russia Profile: Ten Reasons to Love Russia. President Dmitry Medvedev Tried to Itemize Russia's Recent Economic Achievements in Order to Persuade World Economic Leaders That His Country Is Ready to Do Business.<br /> 5. Vedomosti: FOUNDATION IN A POKE. Russian president's speech in Davos failed to produce the desired effect on the audience.<br /> 6. Trud: LESSONS TO BE LEARNED. THE DOMODEDOVO TERRORIST ACT OUGHT TO SERVE AS A LESSON.<br /> 7. BBC Monitoring: Russian journalists on security failings leading to Domodedovo airport blast.<br /> 8. Moscow News editorial: News you can trust.<br /> 9. RFE/RL: Liz Fuller, It May Be Too Late For A New North Caucasus Policy.<br /> 10. Paul Goble: Russia Losing War on Terrorism Because Moscow isn't Doing What is Necessary, Commentators Say.<br /> 11. The Economist: Terror at the airport. Another suicide bomb reflects the Kremlin's difficulties with the north Caucasus.<br /> 12. Washington Post editorial: Why Russia can't stop terrorists.<br /> 13. Interfax: Putin: Bribery, Lawlessness, Red Tape "chronic Diseases" of Russia.<br /> 14. Novye Izvestia: RESULTS UNSEEN AND UNAPPRECIATED. Sociologists: Respondents expect no successes in the war on corruption.<br /> 15. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. Lacking faith in the Russian state and their own future in it, young Russians contemplate emigration.<br /> 16. New York Times: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, A Prisoner in Russia.<br /> 17. Wall Street Journal: Russia Opens Up, but Proves as Tricky as Ever.<br /> 18. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Language Must Be Modernized To Keep Up With Present-Day Realities.<br /> 19. Moscow Times: Exhibits Grapple with Gorbachev, Yeltsin's Legacies.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>20. AP: Medvedev signs ratification of nuke pact with US.<br /> 21. Vedomosti editorial: Obama's matryoshka.<br /> 22. Moscow Times: Ruslan Pukhov, The West Will Help Us.<br /> 23. AFP: Saakashvili Slams 'Crocodile' Russia in TV Phone-In.</p> <p>LONG ITEMS</p> <p>24. Vedomosti: "We need political competition" Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. (interview)<br /> 25. Kremlin.ru: Opening address by Dmitry Medvedev to the World Economic Forum in Davos.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2010-#16<br /> 25 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: Medvedev Blames Airport for Suicide Blast.<br /> 2. AP: Putin: Retribution 'inevitable' for Moscow airport attack.<br /> 3. Vedomosti: MOSCOW LIKE BAGHDAD. TERRORIST ACTS IN MOSCOW OCCUR WITH GRIM REGULARITY.<br /> 4. ITAR-TASS: Russians are trying to figure out why nobody stopped suicide bomber.<br /> 5. Russia Profile: Airport Terror. While Questions About the Airport Bombing Need to Be Asked of the FSB, It Looks More Like Domodedovo's Embattled Managers Will Be Blamed.<br /> 6. Moscow News: Domodedovo conspiracy theories highlight lack of trust in Russian authorities.<br /> 7. RFE/RL: Fear And Familiarity In Moscow After New Attack.<br /> 8. Wall Street Journal editorial: Terror in MoscowAgain. This attack could have happened in London, Madrid or New York.<br /> 9. Christian Science Monitor editorial: Moscow airport bombing: A signal for Russia to change.<br /> 10. AFP: Enraged Russian bloggers accuse leaders after blast.<br /> 11. www.russiatoday.com: Robert Bridge, Russia sees double standards in "War on Terror"<br /> 12. Vanity Fair: Mark Ames, Dead Souls: How Russians React to Terror.<br /> 13. Paul Goble: Moscow Treating Domodedovo 'Not as a Terrorist Act But as a Natural Disaster,' Soldatov and Borogan Say.<br /> 14. Moscow Times: Medvedev to Face Khodorkovsky and Magnitsky in Davos.<br /> 15. RBC Daily: FIFTH COLUMN. The political elite wants no modernization. SUBSTANTIAL PART OF SOCIETY IS DISPLEASED WITH THE PRESIDENT'S PLANS TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA.<br /> 16. Kommersant Vlast: Dmitry Kamyshev, LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TANDEM. The power tandem's solution of the 'Problem-2012' will become the main intrigue of this year.<br /> 17. Moscow News: Crime and punishment in modern Russia.<br /> 18. Moscow Times: Kirill Kabanov, Apathy Is Killing the Country.<br /> 19. Komsomolskaya Pravda: PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE: KHODORKOVSKY ESTABLISHED OFFSHORE COMPANIES BY THE HUNDRED TO STASH THE LOOT. AN UPDATE ON THE POSITION OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE REGARDING YUKOS AND MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY.<br /> 20. Moscow Times: John Earle and Scott Gehlbach, Bigger Bureaucracy Can Be Better.<br /> 21. AFP: Russia Rights Climate 'Deeply Negative': HRW.<br /> 22. ITAR-TASS: United Russia calls for removal of Lenin body from mausoleum.<br /> 23. www.russiatoday.com: Gorbachev Era rethought at major exhibition in Moscow.</p> <p>ECONOMY<br /> 24. Russia Profile: Taming Inflation. As the Election Season Ramps Up, the Russian Government Mulls Ways to Keep Runaway Inflation at Bay.<br /> 25. New York Times: Russia Seeks Foreign Investment to Fill Budget Gap.<br /> 26. Izvestia: Quantum Center in Skolkovo.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS<br /> 27. AP: Russian parliament ratifies New START treaty with US.<br /> 28. Izvestia: START'3: PRESTIGE AND LEVERAGE. An interview with Aleksei Arbatov of the Global Security Center (Institute of Global Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences)<br /> 29. Kommersant: NEW DEVELOPMENTS. The Russian-NATO discord over the future European ABM framework remains unresolved.<br /> 30. RIA Novosti: An iron fist to keep NATO expansion at bay. (Sergei Karaganov discussion with Yevgeny Shestakov)<br /> 31. Reuters: Georgia launches Russian-language Caucasus TV.</p> <p>OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p>32. Opening at the Open Society InstituteNew York: Program Coordinator (Russia and Central European University) </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#15<br /> 21 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> </p> <p> DJ: Early warning: beginning Monday January 24 I will be on the road for 10 days. There will be only a few JRL issues during that time.<br /> </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow Times: Russia's Own WikiLeaks Takes Off.<br /> 2. Interfax: Medvedev to Address New Rules For Global Economy, Politics in Davos - Aide.<br /> 3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: KNOWING SOCIETY. The president intends to expand dialogue with civil society.<br /> 4. Vedomosti: COURT CORPORATION. PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV PROMISED A NEW ROUND OF THE JUDICIARY REFORMS.<br /> 5. Kremlin.ru: Excerpts from speech at meeting with members of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.<br /> 6. RIA Novosti: Moscow allows human rights activists to rally on Jan. 31.<br /> 7. Russia Profile: Closing the Feeder Trough. New Laws Could Kick Corruption Out of Public Procurement.<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Deputies 'Cheated' On Police Reform.<br /> 9. Moscow News: Lenin anniversary marked with renewed calls to empty his mausoleum.<br /> 10. Interfax: Gorbachev Urges No Rush in Lenin's Burial.<br /> 11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Paper Sees Regime Suppressing Opposition To Its Own Cost.<br /> 12. www.russiatoday.com: Dmitry Polikanov, Difficulty of choice: selecting the election strategy.<br /> 13. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Mikhail Delyagin, Russian Bureaucracy Has a Gift for Turning a Blind Eye to the Growth of Muffled Discontent.<br /> 14. RFE/RL: Russian Literary Stars Launch Khodorkovsky Book In Moscow.<br /> 15. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Stanislav Belkovskiy, The Khodorkovskiy Verdict Is a Good Thing! The Khamovnicheskiy Court delivered us from megatonnes of illusions and oceans of lies.<br /> 16. The New Times: Former YuKOS Owners Khodorkovskiy, Lebedev Prison Conditions Described.<br /> 17. Moscow News: All work and no study. (re education reform)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>18. Kommersant: NO CHANGES IN THE CONCEPT. Pre-crisis concept of development will be reactivated and updated.<br /> 19. RIA Novosti: Presidential aide links poor investment climate to corruption. (Arkady Dvorkovich)<br /> 20. BusinessNewEurope: Chris Weaver, Russia talks modernisation, but still prioritises energy.<br /> 21. RIA Novosti: Kremlin aide says media twisted words on Khodorkovsk. (Arkady Dvorkovich)<br /> 22. Moscow Times: Bruce Misamore, BP's Laundering Job.<br /> 23. The Economist: BP in Russia. Dancing with Mr Putin. BP's Russian venture offers big rewards and big risks.<br /> 24. Bloomberg: Russia IPOs Set for Three-Year High on State Sales, RenCap Says.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. AFP: Karzai wins Russian backing on milestone visit.<br /> 26. Wall Street Journal: U.S. Nears Deal for Russian Copters.<br /> 27. Svobodnaya Pressa: Russian Expert Comments on How US-Chinese Relations Impact on Russia. (Viktor Kremenyuk)<br /> 28. Rossiyskaya Gazeta : There are no disputes over the Arctic. Russia, Denmark, and Canada are claiming different parts of the Arctic basin.<br /> 29. AFP: Isolated Belarus president sworn in for fourth term.</p> <p>LONG ITEM</p> <p>30. Gazeta.ru: Online interview with Russian Presidential Aide Arkady Dvorkovich, conducted by Gazeta.Ru: 'I am a member of the president's team' Interview with Arkadiy Dvorkovich, Russian Presidential Aide on Economic Questions and representative (Sherpa) of the head of state to the G8 group.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#13<br /> 19 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev promised to tear off their heads assaulted Russian reporter. (Oleg Kashin)<br /> 2. Bloomberg: Medvedev to Open Davos Gathering Attended by Geithner, Merkel.<br /> 3. Kommersant: Celebrating Boris Yeltsin's 80th birthday.<br /> 4. ITAR-TASS: Epiphany in Russia holiday of people's exultation, valiant bravado.<br /> 5. Interfax: Most Russians think law and order more important than democracy - poll.<br /> 6. Komsomolskaya Pravda: INSOR's Yurgens Interviewed on Street Protests, Caucasus, Election.<br /> 7. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Yevgeniy Gontmakher Sees Situation in Russian as Similar to pre-1917.<br /> 8. Novaya Gazeta: Russian Intelligentsia Castigated for 'Conformism' That Legitimizes 'Monocracy.' (Liliya Shevtsova)<br /> 9. Kommersant: STILL IN LOVE...with the powers-that-be. SOCIOLOGISTS: THE RUSSIANS EXPECT A RETURN TO THE PRE-CRISIS SITUATION AND PIN THEIR HOPES ON THE POWERS-THAT-BE.<br /> 10. RBC Daily: DEMANDING TO KNOW. Experts say that the political establishment is getting edge, unnerved by the uncertainty with regard to who will be running for president in 2012.<br /> 11. RIA Novosti: Presidential aide says 'senseless' to speculate about 2012 elections. (Arkady Dvorkovich)<br /> 12. Moscow Times editorial: Jericho Lesson For Medvedev On Stealing.<br /> 13. Interfax: Public Probe to Be Made of Dec 31 Arrests of Activists in Moscow.<br /> 14. St. Petersburg Times: NGOs in Firing Line At Conference on Graft.<br /> 15. Moscow Times: William Dunkerley, Medvedev's Tough Sell. (re selling of state-owned media)<br /> 16. Moscow News: Medvedev seen as 'vague' on nationalism.<br /> 17. Interfax: Russian pundit takes Kremlin's side on ethnic policy. (Gleb Pavlovskiy)<br /> 18. Moscow Times: High School Revamp Stirs Fears.<br /> 19. Moscow Times: Yulia Latynina, Raising Patriots Rather Than Physicists.<br /> 20. Nauka i Tekhnologii Rossii: Russia: Year 2010 in Research Policy Analyzed.<br /> 21. www.sova-center.ru: December 2010: The Year in Review. (re ethnic violence)<br /> 22. Sergei Roy: Guns, Class, and Ethnic Strife in Russia.<br /> 23. New York Times: A Dress Code For Russians? Priest Chides Skimpiness.<br /> 24. Paul Goble: Putin's Repressive Policies Leading Russia toward 'Big Blood,' Opposition Leaders Say.<br /> 25. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Roger McDermott, Gogol's "Dead Souls" and Russia's Myth of One Million Men Under Arms.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>26. RIA Novosti: Medvedev orders government to cut budget financing from oil revenues.<br /> 27. Russia Profile: Is the Consumer Nation Retreating? Russian Shopaholics Adopt a Wait-And-See Attitude as the Economy Struggles to Recover.<br /> 28. Moscow Times: WTO Sights Set on April.<br /> 29. Reuters: ANALYSIS-BP, Russia Arctic foray necessary but costly.<br /> 30. AFP: Kremlin warns over Yukos verdict fallout. (Arkady Dvorkovich)<br /> 31. RFE/RL: Critics Say BP Deal 'Legitimizes' Kremlin Theft.<br /> 32. Vedomosti: The wolves and the sheep. Who are you a hero, a rebel, a magician, a good fellow, a lover, or a joker? This is not a personal but a purely business question. Typifying the corporate culture and styles of management could not only simplify recruiting, but also determine priorities in the creation of corporate values, say experts.<br /> 33. Bloomberg: Foreigners Fight Putin's Asia Oil Pipe, Operator Says.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>34. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: CENTRAL ASIAN BASES. RUSSIAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA IS IMPAIRED BY THE UNITED STATES AND LOCAL PRO-AMERICAN ELITES.<br /> 35. www.russiatoday.com: Air traffic control transcripts on Kaczynski plane crash released.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#12<br /> 18 January 2011 <br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Interfax: Citizens divided on whether order or disorder has upper hand in Russia.<br /> 2. Moscow News: Russia is set to revolutionise its identity cards.<br /> 3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: MANEZH SQUARE OUTBREAK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. EXPERTS AND POLITICAL SCIENTISTS COMMENT ON FIVE EVENTS OF DECEMBER 2010.<br /> 4. Bloomberg: Putin Should Let Medvedev Run in 2012, Adviser Says. (Igor Yurgens)<br /> 5. Interfax: Expert Calls For Dialog With Radicals Instead of Their Mockery. (Yurgens)<br /> 6. Interfax: No Economic Breakthrough in 2011, Yet Shocks Can Be Avoided - Jurgens.<br /> 7. BBC Monitoring: Russian president calls for civil peace, attacks destructive role of extremists.<br /> 8. Novye Izvestia: MARKED CARD. EXPERTS SAY THAT THE PROBLEM OF ETHNIC RELATIONS BROOKS NO DELAYS.<br /> 9. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Conflicting Messages Sent by Medvedev, Putin Jeopardizing System.<br /> 10. Moscow Times editorial: Judicial Reforms Are Stuck in Place.<br /> 11. ITAR-TASS: Russian tax authorities start accepting anti-corruption calls from citizens.<br /> 12. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Vasily Zatsepin, Secrecy pervades the Federal Budget. The Law on Russia's Federal Budget for 2011.<br /> 13. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, United Russia Facing a Crisis Of Confidence.<br /> 14. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: BORIS GRYZLOV HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO RADICAL OPPOSITION. Radical opposition is forming a new political party. Will it be granted official registraion?<br /> 15. RIA Novosti: Russian women protest new maternity benefits payment system.<br /> 16. Interfax: Activists to protest killing of stray dogs in Moscow - spokeswoman.<br /> 17. Voice of America: Freed Opposition Politician: Russia is Becoming Belarus-style Dictatorship. (Boris Nemtsov)<br /> 18. IsraelNationalNews.com: Amiel Ungar, Analysis: Squabbling Russian Oppositionists Are Pathetic.<br /> 19. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Lawyer slams "falsifications" in Khodorkovsky case.<br /> 20. BBC Monitoring: Russian communications minister discusses prospects for Internet development.<br /> 21. Moscow News: Anger as Russia closes the case of the murdered Tsar.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>22. www.russiatoday.com: Time for the hard yards on inflation.<br /> 23. Moscow Times: Oil and Gas Head Up and East.<br /> 24. Bloomberg: Putin Proverb Seals BP's Arctic Deal After Hayward Woos Russia.<br /> 25. Russia Profile: Graham Stack, Energy Addiction Relapse. The Rosneft-BP Deal Shows That for All the Talk of Reform, the Real Business of Politics in Russia in 2011 Remains Big Energy.<br /> 26. Vedomosti editorial: Rosneft-BP 'Strategic Alliance' Legalizes Yukos Verdict, Cannot Mar BP's Lost Reputation.<br /> 27. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundit predicts green protests over BP-Rosneft Arctic deal.<br /> 28. Bloomberg: BP's Russian Stake May Avoid U.S. Review, Industry Group Says.<br /> 29. Moscow Times: Ian Pryde, In Urgent Need of a Big Dosage of Acceleration.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>30. AP: Russian President Medvedev visiting West Bank.<br /> 31. Gazeta.ru: Fedor Lukyanov, Twenty Years of Disorder.<br /> 32. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Aleksey Fenenko, After the Reset. 2010 Results in Russian-American Relations.<br /> 33. RIA Novosti: Russia to be able to win war against any adjacent state in two weeks - pundit. (Ruslan Pukhov)<br /> 34. Interfax: Russian pundits discuss possible future armed conflicts at book presentation.<br /> 35. Washington Post: Walter Pincus, Cold War issues still part of U.S.-Russia discussions.<br /> 36. Moscow Times: Samuel Charap and Mikhail Troitskiy, Time to Put an End to MAD.<br /> 37. www.russiatoday.com: Stuxnet no threat to Iranian nuclear program.<br /> 38. AP: Ukraine probe of former PM raises concern in West.</p> <p>OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p>39. Edward Lozansky: Request re American University in Moscow course on US-Russia relations.<br /> 40. Gordon Hahn: New issue of Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#11<br /> 17 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996<em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. RIA Novosti: Medvedev stresses need to 'optimize' Russian political system.<br /> 2. Izvestia: SURPLUS PERSONNEL TO BE FIRED. Another effort to downsize the bulky state machinery is made.<br /> 3. Moscow Times: 10-Year Study Slams Police Crime Figures.<br /> 4. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Medvedev's Latest Reform of Constitutional Court Criticized.<br /> 5. Interfax: More Russians ready to vote for Medvedev at 2012 election - poll.<br /> 6. Gazeta: Putin Electorate Going Over To Medvedev.<br /> 7. Moscow News: Russia needs to know its next president - analyst. (Igor Jurgens)<br /> 8. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Ruling Tandem Makes Russia More Democratic.<br /> 9. Argumenty Nedeli: Crucial Year Ahead for 'Tandemocracy.' (Andrey Uglanov)<br /> 10. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Putin's PR Skills Analyzed. (Leonid Radzikhovskiy)<br /> 11. Svobodnaya Pressa: The Kremlin Is Afraid To Let the Nazi Genie out of the Bottle, but Security and Law Enforcement Officials Will Help It Pull Out the Cork. (interview with Nikolay Petrov)<br /> 12. Osobaya Bukva: Khodorkovskiy Defense Lawyers Klyuvgant, Shmidt Say Judge Did Not Rule Independently.<br /> 13. RIA Novosti: Russian opposition figures not deterred by jail terms.<br /> 14. New York Times: Inadequate Fight Against Drugs Hampers Russia's Ability to Curb H.I.V.<br /> 15. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Commentator Alleges Russian Officials Manipulate Search Engines To Fight Critics.<br /> 16. ITAR-TASS: Bolshoi Theater drops Soviet symbols, retains brand.<br /> 17. Moscow Times: John Freedman, 15 Productions to Remember, 2001-2010. (re plays)</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>18. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Editorial Sees Russia Using Failed "Soviet Model" for Economic Innovation.<br /> 19. Izvestia: Speculators inflate the oil bubble.<br /> 20. Reuters: ANALYSIS-Russia opens Arctic to BP to remain top oil nation.<br /> 21. Moscow Times editorial: Twice Burned, BP Not Shy.<br /> 22. The Observer (UK): American hostility grows over BP's deal with Russian state oil company.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>23. RIA Novosti: Medvedev urges swift ratification of new START treaty.<br /> 24. Izvestia: TWO START KEYS. THE DUMA PASSED THE DRAFT LAW ON START-3 RATIFICATION.<br /> 25. Interfax: Amendments to START ratification bill key for Russia's national security - MP. (Andrey Kokoshin)<br /> 26. Vedomosti editorial: 123 Agreement Promotes US-Russia Nuclear Cooperation.<br /> 27. www.russiatoday.com: Andrey Kortunov, Transforming positive trends into visible results.<br /> 28. Argumenty i Fakty: UNDER-RELOAD. ALEKSEI PUSHKOV: MOSCOW DELIVERS, WASHINGTON STALLS.<br /> 29. Washington Post: Kathleen Parker, From Russia with envy, a lecture on 'freedom'<br /> 30. Andrei Sitov: Abuse of Freedom is Dangerous.<br /> 31. Eugene Ivanov: The Education Of Kathleen Parker.<br /> 32. Interfax: US concern over China's technology prowess well-founded - Russian expert.<br /> 33. Svobodnaya Pressa: Impact of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 2011 Hot Spots Predicted. (interview with Geydar Dzhemal)<br /> 34. Kommersant: LUKASHENKO IS DRIVEN INTO RUSSIAN CORRIDOR. The international community is about to reintroduce sanctions against Belarus.<br /> 35. Kommersant: COMING BACK WITHOUT WEAPONS. Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia visited the United States and met with U.S. President Barack Obama.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#10<br /> 14 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. www.russiatoday.com: Hottest-ever Russian summer resulted in worst natural disaster.<br /> 2. www.globalpost.com: Howard Amos, Medvedev's campaign for Russia's orphans. The Russian president has turned the spotlight on state institutions for children.<br /> 3. Moscow Times: Medvedev Expands Corruption Fight.<br /> 4. BBC Monitoring: Russian president laments failures in fight against corruption.<br /> 5. Interfax: Russian police account for more than one-third of corruption-related crimes.<br /> 6. Interfax: Medvedev Calls For Implementing European Standards For Convict Treatment.<br /> 7. Patrick Armstrong: FISSURES.<br /> 8. RBC Daily: LUZHKOV AIDED MEDVEDEV. Sociologists say that Medvedev's popularity increased some and Putin's, dropped.<br /> 9. Moscow News: Far east firm apologises after shooting the president online.<br /> 10. Moscow News: Playing cat and mouse with Russia's nationalists.<br /> 11. Interfax: Russian president notes media's special role in developing state, democracy.<br /> 12. Interfax: Poll shows third of Russians link journalist attacks to people they write about.<br /> 13. Interfax: Two Russian chief editors ask head of police for probe into opposition arrests.<br /> 14. Interfax: Human Rights Council Chairman Disagrees With Freedom House.<br /> 15. BBC Monitoring: Minister defends Russia's record on freedom of speech.<br /> 16. BBC Monitoring: Russian opposition leader mocks court decision to remand him in custody. (Nemtsov)<br /> 17. Kommersant: The Young Guard's word is being put to the test. Human rights activists suspect the organization of extremism.<br /> 18. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Stanislav Belkovskiy, Russia Is Monstrously Free. And This Is the Worst Result of the Decade Just Gone.<br /> 19. Moscow Times: Khodorkovsky Lawyers Soldier On.<br /> 20. Moscow News editorial: Two wrongs don't make a right.<br /> 21. Moscow Times: Georgy Satarov, Football and Fascism.<br /> 22. The Guardian: Alexey Kovalev, Russians are not racists, we just want fair treatment. Inflamed reports of bloodthirsty skinheads in Moscow obscure the concerns Russians have about a different kind of nationalism.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>23. Vedomosti: DRAIN. Drain of capitals from Russia continues.<br /> 24. Interfax: ANALYSIS: Russian Inflation Could Soar to 10% in H1, CB to Hike Rates.<br /> 25. Russia Profile: Fragile Freedoms. A New Report Says Russia's Fundamental Economic Freedoms Remain Shaky and Could Derail Government Plans to Modernize and Diversify the Nation's Economy.<br /> 26. Russia: Other Points of View: Chris Weafer, RUSSIA WEEK: PICTURE POSTCARD ICICLES. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.<br /> 27. Financial Times: Russia: the car market bounces back.<br /> 28. Vedomosti: The Davos agenda the world is helpless in the face of global risks.<br /> 29. RFE/RL: Robert Coalson, A Representative Sample. Sad Story Of Russian Business Education.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>30. Moscow Times: Lavrov Raises Reset Stakes.<br /> 31. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: LORD OF WAR AND OIL TYCOON: NO TRADE-INS. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov toted up performance of Russian diplomacy in 2010.<br /> 32. BBC Monitoring: Russian Foreign Minister Hails Relations With US.<br /> 33. Reuters: Russia nears arms pact approval, warns on pullout.<br /> 34. Wall Street Journal: Russia Says Next U.S. Arms Talks Must Include Others.<br /> 35. www.nationaljournal.com: White House Briefing Cold War.<br /> 36. VOA Russian Service Crossfire: Donald Jensen, Arizona Shooting Echoes in Moscow.<br /> 37. Russia Beyond the Headlines: An American writes Russia. (interview with Ken Kalfus)<br /> 38. Moskovsky Komsomolets: ALTITUDE OF DECISION-MAKING. Will the Russian-Polish "reload" perish less than a year after it started?<br /> 39. Russia Profile: Propaganda Prevails. The Russia-Georgia Media War Shows No Sign of Abating in the Face of International Justice.<br /> 40. RIA Novosti: Pentagon denies alleged plans to deliver arms to Georgia.<br /> 41. Bloomberg: Nazarbayev May Rule Oil-Rich Kazakhstan Until 2020.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p><p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#9<br /> 13 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Paul Goble: Russians Overwhelmingly Say They Don't Know Whether Their Country has a Future, Survey Finds.<br /> 2. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: CANDIDATE. Experts say that the West is overreacting to Boris Nemtsov's arrest.<br /> 3. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev wants officials' income declarations checked.<br /> 4. Interfax: Corruption committed mainly by organized criminal groups - FSB chief.<br /> 5. Moscow Times: Bureaucrats to Learn English.<br /> 6. Novaya Gazeta: YEAR WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT? PRESIDENT'S SILENCE ON SOCIALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES: IS HE PLAYING TO LOSE?<br /> 7. Kommersant: PRESIDENTIAL MINIMUM FOR PENAL CODE. THE DUMA ENDORSED THE PRESIDENTIAL DRAFT LAW STIPULATING MILDER PENALTY FOR SOME CRIMES.<br /> 8. Moscow Times editorial: Picking Out the Biggest Fraudster in the Room.<br /> 9. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Kirill Rodionov, Rescuing the Drowning: Weakness of Our Civil Society Makes the State of Rights and Freedoms in Russia Highly Dependent on West's Influence.<br /> 10. Russia Profile: Graham Stack, Putting the Bout into Khodorkovsky. The Man Who Launched the Hunt for Arms Trader Viktor Bout Also Had Mikhail Khodorkovsky in his Sights.<br /> 11. Vedomosti: Putin Comment Seen as Desire to Restrict Practice of Jury Trials in Russia.<br /> 12. Moscow News: More trust in Russian cops? Critics remain dubious.<br /> 13. Interfax: Media Situation in Russia Still Bleak - Organization.<br /> 14. Moscow Times: Whereabouts of $4Bln Is Classified.<br /> 15. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Russian Special Services' 2010 Antiterrorist Results, Failures, Infighting Eyed. (Andrey Soldatov and Irina Borogan)<br /> 16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: The dude who always keeps silent. Raised in Soviet-era atheism, Russia's older generation likes to believe that God and scientific knowledge are incompatible. Younger scientists on the other hand, without having experienced the heavy burden of Soviet propaganda, are rather open to listening to God's opinion<br /> 17. www.opendemocracy.net: The Russian documentary: an endangered breed.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>18. Paul Goble: Russia Rapidly Running Out of Its 'Soviet Reserve,' Kagarlitsky Warns.<br /> 19. ITAR-TASS: Putin urges unions to improve living standards, not discuss retirement age.<br /> 20. RIA Novosti: The Banker names Russia's Ignatiev best European central banker.<br /> 21. Bloomberg: Russia Among 'World's Riskiest' for Investors, Maplecroft Says.<br /> 22. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: An innovative strategy for officials' vacations overseas. The country's long-term development programs are becoming increasingly more amorphous and irresponsible.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>23. AP: Russia lukewarm about further nuclear arms cuts.<br /> 24. www.russiatoday.com: Major events of 2010 through the lens of Russian diplomacy. (Foreign Minister Lavrov's press conference)<br /> 25. Moscow Times: Sam Nunn, Igor Ivanov and Wolfgang Ischinger, A Post-Nuclear Euro-Atlantic Security Order.<br /> 26. BBC Monitoring: State Duma committee head sees West's hand in Russia terror attacks.<br /> 27. AFP: Russian Crash Report Makes 'Mockery' of Poland: Kaczynski.<br /> 28. www.russiatoday.com: Evgeny Minchenko, The deep-rooted Polish wariness of Russia.<br /> 29. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Master of intrigue. (re Belarus)<br /> 30. RFE/RL: Report Says Decline In Freedom Continues Across Former Soviet Union.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#8<br /> 12 January 2010<br /> davidjohnson@starpower.net<br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> www.worldsecurityinstitute.org<br /> JRL homepage: www.cdi.org/russia/johnson<br /> Constant Contact JRL archive:<br /> http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102820649387/archive/1102911694293.html<br /> Support JRL: http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php<br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996n0 </p> </p> <p>In this issue</p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: The Russian Use of Internet: A Virtual Discourse Shapes Reality.<br /> 2. Gazeta.ru: Views on Government Contrasted Between TV Viewers and Internet Users.<br /> 3. RFE/RL: Russia's Howard Beale Moment? (video of Leonid Parfenov's speech)<br /> 4. Interfax-Ukraine: Pozner: No special qualities required to be more liberal than Putin.<br /> 5. Russia Profile: Bump and Protest. Although Russia Could Be on Course for Demographic Disaster, the Government Has Cut Incentives to Would-Be Mothers.<br /> 6. Moscow Times: Medvedev Details State Downsizing.<br /> 7. www.russiatoday.com: Innovative bureaucrat for modernized Russia.<br /> 8. RIA Novosti: Russian parliament to consider presidential bill liberalizing Criminal Code.<br /> 9. BBC Monitoring: Commentators pessimistic about Russia's prospects in 2011.<br /> 10. Paul Goble: Sense of Imminent but Unknown Change 'Hanging in the Air' in Moscow, Commentator Says. (Antoly Bernshtein)<br /> 11. Novaya Gazeta: Events of 2010 Marked by Russian Public's Loss of Confidence in Authorities. (Andrey Kolesnikov)<br /> 12. Moscow Times: Russia Faces Pressure After Report on Graft.<br /> 13. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: GENERAL OVERSIGHT. An interview with Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika. YURI CHAIKA: ORGANIZED CRIME ENJOYS PROTECTION PROVIDED BY CORRUPT OFFICIALS.<br /> 14. BBC Monitoring: Audit Chamber chief briefs Russian president on irregularities uncovered in 2010.<br /> 15. Moscow Times: Playwrights, Actors Lash Out Against State.<br /> 16. Reuters: Russian nationalists stand trial for murder.<br /> 17. Reuters: Russian police detain 20 in muted nationalist rally.<br /> 18. BBC Monitoring: Jailed Russian opposition leader says his charges dictated from above.<br /> 19. RIA Novosti: Russia's ruling party backs draft to introduce joint elections.<br /> 20. Vedomosti: MATHEMATICS OF POWER. Will the next Duma include a liberal wing?<br /> 21. Gazeta.ru: Moscow Website on Advocacy of 'All-Russia' Patriotism, Nation by Putin, Medvedev. (Sergey Shelin)<br /> 22. Moscow Times: Sergey Matyunin, Sarcastic Smile of the Devil.<br /> 23. RIA Novosti: Kamchatka authorities dismiss Cinderella censorship reports.<br /> 24. Interfax: Hazing in Russian Military Still Rampant - Chief Prosecutor.<br /> 25. Wall Street Journal book review: Edward Lucas, Haunted by the Past. Will Russia's leaders try to turn their country into 'a snowy version of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe'? (re The Return by Daniel Treisman)<br /> 6. Grani.ru: Russian Pundit Examines Legacy of 'Unjust' Economic Reform Over Past 20 Years. (Andrey Piontkovskiy)<br /> 27. Moscow Times: Roland Oliphant, The Politics and Business of Going Green.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>28. Moscow Times: Nuclear Cooperation Means Business.<br /> 29. RIA Novosti: Duma committee recommends Russia-U.S. arms deal ratification.<br /> 30. Interfax: State Duma committee approves amendment to bill on START ratification.<br /> 31. Washington Post: Arrests in Russia, Belarus raise challenges for U.S. relations.<br /> 32. RIA Novosti: European missile shield should stipulate joint decision making - Russian NATO envoy.<br /> 33. In These Times: Fred Weir, Russia Claims the High Ground. The Kremlin condemns persecution of WikiLeaks' Julian Assangebut it may soon change its tune.<br /> 34. Bloomberg: Spy Anna Chapman to Host 'Mysteries' Russian Television Show.<br /> 35. International Business Times: Oil cements China-Russia alliance.<br /> 36. AP: Russia blames Polish crew in Kaczynski air crash.<br /> 37. RIA Novosti: Kaczynski's brother blasts Russian investigation of plane crash.<br /> 38. BNS: Russian-Polish Experience Shows That Positive Development Can Be Expected Also in Latvian-Russian History Issues.<br /> 39. BNS: Lithuanian Prime Minister Hopes for Russia's Good Will for Compassion, Compensation to Victims of Soviet Regime.<br /> 40. AFP: Georgia Praises European Court War Ruling.<br /> 41. www.russiatoday.com: US to supply Georgia with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons - Russian intelligence.<br /> 42. RFE/RL: New Wave Of Protests? (re Georgia)<br /> 43. Reuters: Award to Ukraine wartime nationalist is scrapped. (re Stepan Bandera)</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2010-#7<br /> 11 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 </p> </p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. Moscow News: The lights come back on in Moscow Region - but for how long?<br /> 2. RBC Daily: KALASHNIKOV'S DEMOCRACY. Development of the political system in Russia requires 83 adequate governors. Russia only retained democracy at the regional level but not at the federal.<br /> 3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PROGRAM'2020. Supposedly independent experts are expected to examine the government's long-term development plans.<br /> 4. Moscow Times: Yukos Verdict Tests Balance of Ruling Tandem.<br /> 5. Moscow Times; Michael Bohm, The Khodorkovsky Omen.<br /> 6. Kommersant: KHODORKOVSKY LIST TO BE DRAWN IN EUROPE. The international community condemns Russia for the outcome of the second YUKOS trial.<br /> 7. RIA Novosti: Pro-Kremlin party leader dismisses MEP criticism of Khodorkovsky case.<br /> 8. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel K. Baev, Have Russia's Rich-and-Powerful Become Tired of Mr. Putin?<br /> 9. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Tandemology 2.0.<br /> 10. Interfax: Civil activists organizing new rally on Triumfalnaya Square.<br /> 11. Moscow Times: Arrests Called Election-Year Warning.<br /> 12. RIA Novosti: Russian ruling party aims to win in all regional polls this spring - official.<br /> 13. BBC Monitoring: No landslide victory for One Russia due to results of 2010, Communists say.<br /> 14. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: CANDIDATE FROM RADICAL OPPOSITION ...is no longer a myth. Some experts believe that Nemtsov is being maneuvered into participation in the presidential race.<br /> 15. www.russiatoday.com: Russian police should regularly report to people minister.<br /> 16. RIA Novosti: Russia's pro-Kremlin youth group launches smear campaign against jailed opposition leader.<br /> 17. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Russian Youth Movements, Their Role in Politics Examined.<br /> 18. Moscow News: The bell tolls for Cinderella in remote Russian region.<br /> 19. The New Yorker: Ian Frazier, Russian Transplant. Woolly.<br /> 20. http://dividingmytime.typepad.com/my-blog: Jennifer Eremeeva, Day of Preserves and National Parks: Why I Am An Agoraphobic.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>21. BBC: Russian economy faces pre-election uncertainty.<br /> 22. Moscow Times: James Beadle, Reforms Back to Square One.<br /> 23. Bloomberg: Russia Lawyer Risks Jail in Investor Campaign Against Transneft. (Alexey Navalny)<br /> 24. Reuters: POLL-Russian oil output growth to slacken in 2011.<br /> 25. Moscow News: Financial schemer returns to Russia. (Sergei Mavrodi)<br /> 26. Vedomosti: More doubling. Russia's innovative breakthrough can be provided by an innovative person, innovative business and an innovative state. For now, not the first, the second, nor the third have been noted in the country by the Ministry of Economic Development officials.<br /> 27. Bellona: Renewable energy globally and in Russia in 2010: When will Russia commit to green energy possibilities?</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>28. RIA Novosti: Russian lower house set to ratify new START treaty on Jan. 25.<br /> 29. Bloomberg: U.S., Russia Enact Civilian Nuclear Accord in Moscow.<br /> 30. New York Times editorial: Lukashenko's Gulag.<br /> 31. Kommersant: "NO MORE TALKING TO LUKASHENKO." Harassing the opposition, Lukashenko of Belarus alienated all of the West.<br /> 32. RIA Novosti: Kazakhstan starts referendum process to extend Nazarbayev term to 2020.<br /> 33. The Economist: Kazakhstan's benevolent father.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 201-#6<br /> 10 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. The Voice of Russia: New Year holidays come to close amid bad weather.<br /> 2. AP: Isolated Siberian town shrivels after Soviet era.<br /> 3. Xinhua 'Analysis': Russia's Top Priority in 2011 To Keep Economic Growth.<br /> 4. Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: What Will Be The Biggest Surprise for Russia in 2011? Introduced by Vladimir Frolov. Contributors: Vladimir Belaeff, Alexander Rahr, Alexandre Strokanov<br /> 5. Paul Goble: 'Matryoshka Modernization' Degrading Russia and Destroying the State, Gontmakher Warns.<br /> 6. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Politics returns to Russia .Kashin, Parfenov, Khimki, and Triumphal Square as symptoms.<br /> 7. www.globalpost.com: Tom Fenton, Russia's Murrow moment. Opinion: Russian journalist makes rare criticism of nation's press system.<br /> 8. Vedomosti: Medvedev, Putin Said 'Governing Two Different Russias', Russians Live in Third.<br /> 9. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Putin and Medvedev Appear To Support Opposite Sides of the 'People.' (Aleksey Makarkin)<br /> 10. BBC Monitoring: Popular author urges Russia's 'amputination' - blog. (Boris Akunin)<br /> 11. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Opposition Commentator Despairs of Populace 'Not Ready' for Democracy. (Anatoliy Bernshteyn)<br /> 12. The Ivanov Report: Eugene Ivanov, A Jail For A Thief. A Thief For A Jail. (A Reflection On The Verdict In The Khodorkovsky & Lebedev Trial.)<br /> 13. Paul Goble: Khodorkovsky's Failure to Turn His 'Show Trial' Against His Accusers Raises Some Disturbing Questions, Pavlova Suggests.<br /> 14. RIA Novosti: European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights to discuss Khodorkovsky verdict.<br /> 15. RIA Novosti: Amnesty International declares Nemtsov 'prisoner of conscience'<br /> 16. BBC Monitoring: Russia: Police annoyed with repression orders from above - opposition activist. (Vladimir Milov)<br /> 17. http://globalvoicesonline.org: Russia: Internet 2010 Overview.<br /> 18. Washington Post: A chilling tale of justice in Russia.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>19. Interfax: Patriarch rejects claims Orthodox Church to blame for Russia's economic problems.<br /> 20. www.ctv.ca: Brian Milner, Fading Russia no place for small investors.<br /> 21. AFP: Russia's top pyramid schemer makes comeback. (Sergei Mavrodi)<br /> 22. Vedomosti: Oneksim Group Owner Prokhorov on Economy, Assets, Projects, Corruption.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>23. Moscow News: Visas a barrier to understanding.<br /> 24. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Yuliya Latynina, Results of the Year: Successes of Russian Foreign Policy.<br /> 25. BBC Monitoring: Senior Russian MP pleased with work on New START.<br /> 26. AP: France Says Russia Agrees to Buy Two French Warships.<br /> 27. Global Times: Russian decline stokes fear of migrants. (interview with A. Lalin, Far East Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences)</p> <p>OTHER RESOURCES</p> <p>28. Richard Sakwa: New book: The Crisis of Russian Democracy: The Dual State, Factionalism and the Medvedev Succession<br /> 29. The Little Golden Calf by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov Named Best Translation of 2010.<br /> 30. www.bsr-russia.com: Insightful book explodes the myths surrounding Putin's Russia. (re Londongrad by Mark Hollingsworth and Stewart Lansley)<br /> 31. Europe-Asia Studies - informaworld new issue alert.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> <p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#5<br /> 7 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996</p> <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS<br /> 2. RIA Novosti: Medvedev congratulates all Orthodox believers, Russians with Christmas.<br /> 3. AP: In Russia, New Year's Celebrations Last 10 Days.<br /> 4. New York Times: Russians React Badly to U.S. Criticism on Protests.<br /> 5. The Economist: Frozen out. Russia marks a new low with the arrest of an opposition leader on flimsy charges. Nemtsov in prison.<br /> 6. BBC Monitoring: 'We will not be broken' - Russian opposition activist.<br /> 7. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, RUSSIA 2010: SUMMING UP THE YEAR FOR THE THAW AND THE TANDEM.<br /> 8. World Politics Review: Nikolas Gvosdev, The Realist Prism: Russia's Ruling Tandem Likely to Last.<br /> 9. CNN.com: Daniel Treisman, Medvedev and Putin, brothers under the skin.<br /> 10. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Russian Commentator: Country Is 'Falling Apart'<br /> 11. Paul Goble: Russia's Special Services Now Focusing on Defense of Political Stability, Soldatov and Borogan Say.<br /> 12. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Head Comptroller Stepashin on Economic Crime Punishment, Fires, Soccer.<br /> 13. Vedomosti: Ruling Party's Fund-Raising History Viewed, Business Interest Noted.<br /> 14. Interfax: Russian Duma speaker urges care in enforcing religious property restitution law.<br /> 15. Interfax: Senior Kremlin official outlines construction, logistics plans for 2011.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>16. www.bsr-russia.com: Chris Weafer, Russia: Talking Modernizing, Prioritizing Energy.<br /> 17. New York Times: Chrystia Freeland, The Raw Face of Capitalism, Kremlin Style.<br /> 18. Newsweek.com: Yuri Milner: Facebook's Russian Sugar Daddy.<br /> 19. Vedomosti: Chubays Interviewed on Future Structure of Rosnano, Russia's Innovation Strategy.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>20. Moscow News: Double standards and cynicism in Russia and the EU.<br /> 21. Voice of Russia: Former Cold War rivals continue "reset"<br /> 22. RIA Novosti: Russian parliament prepares amendments for law ratifying new START treaty.<br /> 23. Russia Profile: The Patriarch's Russian Civilization Project. Hegumen Filipp Ryabykh: Russian Elites Should Perceive Ukraine, Belarus and Other Russkiy Mir Centers as Equal Partners. Interview by Andrei Zolotov, Jr.</p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#4<br /> 6 January 2011 <br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. The Globe and Mail (Canada): For Russians, one of the greatest comebacks in international hockey.<br /> 2. Russia Profile: Deflating Bloated Bureaucracy. Can President Dmitry Medvedev Liberate Entrepreneurs From Stifling Grip of Russian Bureaucracy as Tsar Alexander II Liberated the Serfs?<br /> 3. BBC Monitoring: Russian Audit Chief Uncovered Large-scale Violations in 2010.<br /> 4. RIA Novosti: Russia warns U.S. to cool off over opposition leader jailing.<br /> 5. The Voice of Russia: Russia in 2011 political forecasts.<br /> 6. The National Interest: Thomas de Waal, The Wheels Come Off the Russian Tandem.<br /> 7. www.opendemocracy.net: Andrei Kolesnikov, Putin and Medvedev: a split in the tandem?<br /> 8. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Dmitry Babich, Khodorkovsky verdict: The time bomb goes off. The decision in the latest trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a long time coming, and no one should be surprised at its results.<br /> 9. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Georgy Bovt, Why Khodorkovsky cannot go free. Russians still view Mikhail Khodorkovsky as a product of the 1990s and have limited sympathy for his plight.<br /> 10. New York Review of Books: Amy Knight, The End of the Medvedev Revolution?<br /> 11. www.russiatoday.com: Gleb Pavlovsky, Khodorkovsky verdict a godsend to Russia's enemies.<br /> 12. Gazeta.ru: Current Ethnic Discord in Russia Compared to Situation in Soviet Era. (Semen Novoprudskiy)<br /> 13. Paul Goble: 'Multitude of Parallels' Between Brezhnev and Putin, United Russia Deputy Says. (Aleksandr Khinshtein)<br /> 14. BBC Monitoring: Russian radio commentator blames airport chaos on ruling elite. (Matvey Ganapolskiy)<br /> 15. New York Times: In Russia, Dissent Turns Into a Solo Act.<br /> 16. Washington Post: A Russian woman stands, alone, for her rights.<br /> 17. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV talk show discusses possible end of the world.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>18. RFE/RL: Bringing It All Back Home. Can Russia Import Some Innovation?<br /> 19. USRBC Russia Economic Review: December 2010.<br /> 20. MSNBC.com: Russian Facebook investors have sparked U.S. concerns.<br /> 21. Reuters: Russia's Gazprom shackled by corruption-U.S. cables.<br /> 22. Der Spiegel: The Gazprom Cables. 'Not a Competitive Global Company'<br /> 23. Reuters: FUND VIEW-Wermuth keeps faith with Russia investment case.<br /> 24. www.qfinance.com: 2011 The Year Ahead: Russia's prospects and problems.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>25. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Political responses to economic challenges in the next decade.<br /> 26. Russia Profile: Political Pragmatism. Russia Is Reaping the Economic Benefits of a Change in Approach to Elections in the Near Abroad.<br /> 27. Svobodnaya Pressa: Russian Pundit on 2010 Events in Central Asia, China's Prospects There in 2011. (Fergana.ru Chief Editor Daniil Kislov)<br /> 28. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Results of Year in CIS States Show That Disintegration of USSR 'Not Yet Completed'<br /> 29. 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Council on Foreign Relations: What's Spelled Out in Khodorkovsky's Sentence. (interview with Marshall Goldman)<br /> 2. Interfax: Head of Kremlin Human Rights Council: Law on Rallies, Demos Needs Changing.<br /> 3. www.russiatoday.com: "Provocation a coordinated action between Russian opposition and US"<br /> 4. New York Times: Evgeny Morozov, How the Kremlin Harnesses the Internet.<br /> 5. Vedomosti: Russian Daily Eyes Trend Toward Tighter Control of Internet.<br /> 6. AP: Schwarzenegger tweet to Medvedev: Let's go skiing.<br /> 7. Paul Goble: 'Wikileak-ization' of Media Transforming Russian Politics, Analyst Says.<br /> 8. National Public Radio: Yuri Shevchuk: Russia's Musical Advocate For Democracy.<br /> 9. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Moscow struggles to preserve armed forces' modernization momentum.<br /> 10. www.opendemocracy.net: Ilya Yashin, Happy New Year, Russian style.<br /> 11. New York Times: For Tolstoy and Russia, Still No Happy Ending.<br /> 12. ITAR-TASS: Sochi Olympics preparation enters final stage-Medvedev.<br /> 13. Moscow News: The sound of Russian music.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>14. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Finance Minister Kudrin Calls Upon Tandemocracy to Curb Spending.<br /> 15. Vedomosti: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union Politically Motivated.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>16. ITAR-TASS: Russia's Medvedev to take part in World Economic Forum in Davos.<br /> 17. Reuters: Israeli strike foils rare Russian president visit.<br /> 18. RIA Novosti: Presidential plane crash caused by 'decision to land' Polish PM.<br /> 19. RFE/RL: 'G-Zero' Seen As Greatest Global Risk. (interview with Ian Bremmer)<br /> 20. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, Not to be missed two anniversaries in 2011.<br /> 21. www.thenewamerican.com: Soviet Refugees Flock to the Republican Party.<br /> 22. Russkiy Zhurnal: Ira Straus, Lessons of the Belarus Tragedy.<br /> 23. Washington Post editorial: Consequences for Belarus.<br /> 24. BBC Monitoring: Russian radio pundit views possible reasons for Belarusian repressions. (Yevgeniya Albats)<br /> 25. www.opendemocracy.net": Nick Kochan, 4-Star Wars: flashpoint in Kyrgyzstan .<br /> 26. Civil Georgia: Saakashvili's New Year Address.<br /> 27. www.russiatoday.com: Out with the old: Tbilisi's charm reduced to rubble.<br /> 28. Reuters: FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Kazakhstan.<br /> 29. Eugene Ivanov: Pravda On The Potomac-22 (What The Washington Post Wrote About Russia In December 2010), Part 1.<br /> 30. Eugene Ivanov: Pravda On The Potomac-22 (What The Washington Post Wrote About Russia In December 2010), Part 2.<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p>Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#2<br /> 4 January 2011<br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>0. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Hope your New Year's was okay. Maybe the grass is always greener on the other side, but a former Moscow resident now back in the U.S. misses the honesty of Russians.<br /> 1. Moscow News: What lies in store in 2011.<br /> 2. BBC Monitoring: Russian radio pundit unimpressed by Kremlin plans for civil service reform.<br /> 3. Vedomosti: Yanukovych, Milner, Assange Are Year's Top Faces; Putin or Medvedev for President, Top Riddle.<br /> 4. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Tandem's Communication with Society Needs New Format - Press Conference.<br /> 5. Vedomosti: Editorial Says Cost of Increasing Russian Corruption Becoming 'Unbearable'<br /> 6. Paul Goble: Russia at Risk of Disintegration within 25 Years, Zlobin Says.<br /> 7. Foreign Policy: Julia Ioffe, Meet the Persident. In surreal Russia, fake presidential tweets are much more relevant than the real ones.<br /> 8. Politkom.ru: North Caucasus Problem Area Seen Threatening 'Russia Project' as a Whole. (Sergey Markedonov)<br /> 9. New York Times: Arrests in Russia Signal Divisions Over Dissent.<br /> 10. RIA Novosti: Top Russian deputy calls on United States to respect Russian court rulings.<br /> 11. Washington Post: Anne Applebaum, When oil prices rise, Russia has freedom over a barrel.<br /> 12. Foreign Affairs: Book reviews re Russia by Robert Legvold.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>13. Kennan Insitute event summary: The Modernization of the Russian Criminal Code in the Economic Sphere.<br /> 14. www.minyanville.com: Crair Mellow, Russia Markets: Beyond Khodorkovsky. Investors should not overreact to one miscarriage of justice -- Russia is far ahead of where it was ten years ago.<br /> 15. Time.com: The Khodorkovsky Verdict: Scaring Off Investment in Russia.<br /> 16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: A blogger shows shareholders how to fight for their rights. Alexei Navalny is a man on a mission: He wants to fight Russia's egregious culture of corruption with hard facts and the law.<br /> 17. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Russia Seeks to Sustain its Crude Oil Output.<br /> 18. Der Spiegel: SPIEGEL Interview with Gazprom Chief Alexei Miller. 'We Are Only Serving Our Customers' Demand for Russian Gas'</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>19. The Hill: The World from The Hill: Five key foreign policy issues to watch in the new year.<br /> 20. AP: US, Russia plan more anti-hijacking exercises.<br /> 21. The National Interest: Svetlana Babaeva, The Long Shadow of Vladimir Putin.<br /> 22. Svobodnaya Pressa: Russian Experts View Reasons for Lack of 'Orange' Revolutions in Belarus, Russia.<br /> 23. Politkom.ru: Need for Russian-Georgian Dialogue Examined. (Aleksandr Karavayev)<br /> 24. www.foreignaffairs.com: Oliver Bullough, Letter >From Tbilisi. A New Georgian Gamble in the Caucasus?<br /> </p> <p><a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net?subject="jrl%20e-mail%20subscription:%20sign%20me%20up!="JRL%20E-Mail%20Subscription:%20Sign%20Me%20Up!""><em>[e-mail David Johnson to inquire about an e-mail subscription]</em></a> <p><span class="small-light-blue">- <a href="#top" title="back to the top" class="small-light-blue"><span class="small-light-blue">Back to the Top</span></a> -</span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" alt="--" width="250" height="1" /></p></p> Johnson's Russia List<br /> 2011-#1<br /> 3 January 2011 <br /> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson@starpower.net">davidjohnson@starpower.net</a><br /> A World Security Institute Project<br /> <a href="http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" title="www.worldsecurityinstitute.org" target="_blank">www.worldsecurityinstitute.org</a><br /> JRL homepage: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson</a><br /> Support JRL: <a href="http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" title="www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php" target="_blank">www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/funding.php</a><br /> Your source for news and analysis since 1996 <p><em>In this issue</em></p> <p>POLITICS</p> <p>1. AFP: Russia TV pokes fun at ruling tandem in New Year cartoon.<br /> 2. BBC Monitoring: Medvedev, Putin cartoon features again in Russian TV New Year show.<br /> 3. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV features world leaders' cartoon doubles in New Year's Eve show.<br /> 4. www.russiatoday.com: Russian President: Let all our dreams come true. Happy New Year 2011!<br /> 5. AFP: Russians advised to celebrate dry New Year holiday.<br /> 6. ITAR-TASS: Health And Social Development Ministry Affirms Birth Rate Growth In Russia.<br /> 7. ITAR-TASS: What's New In Russia In 2011.<br /> 8. Bloomberg: Russia to Reduce Number of Government Officials 20% by 2013.<br /> 9. Moscow News: The year at the movies - 10 top Russian films of 2010.<br /> 10. ITAR-TASS: Russia's Public Chamber To Focus On Interethnic Relations In 2011.<br /> 11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Orthodox Church Ignoring Crime, Ethnic Tension.<br /> 12. BBC Monitoring: Yukos verdict shows that Putin, not Medvedev, the real boss in Russia. (Aleksey Venediktov of Ekho Moskvy)<br /> 13. Wall Street Journal: Russia Detains Demonstrators.<br /> 14. Paul Goble: Putin's Return to Presidency Wouldn't 'Automatically Solve Anything,' Dugin Says.<br /> 15. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Lt-Gen (ret) Tolmachev, former KGB Government Communications Directorate chief, on VIP encrypted communications systems.<br /> 16. Argophilia Travel News: Russia Ready For Tourists Bureaucrats Are Not.<br /> 17. Dallas Morning News: Book review: 'The Return: Russia's Journey From Gorbachev to Medvedev,' by Daniel Treisman.<br /> 18. Philadephia Inquirer: Retranslation of "Dr. Zhivago," a searing indictment of war through the lens of its victims.</p> <p>ECONOMY</p> <p>19. Russia Now: Ben Aris, 2011: hollow growth or major overhaul for Russia's economy?<br /> 20. Bloomberg: Russian Oil Output Hits Post-Soviet Record in 2010.<br /> 21. Xinhua Interview: Russia-China Pipeline To Shape New Global Energy Market: Expert.</p> <p>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</p> <p>22. Interfax: Russian president hopes for 'vigorous dialogue' with USA in 2011.<br /> 23. AFP: From pens to pipes, Moscow reveals decades of spying secrets.<br /> 24. AFP: Anna Chapman stars in New Year 'Soviet spy film'<br /> 25. www.foreignpolicy.com: David Hoffman, The nuclear clean-out.<br /> 26. New York Times: China Quietly Extends Footprints Into Central Asia.<br /> 27. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundits predict tough times for Belarusian leader.<br /> 28. www.globalpost.com: David Stern, West wrings hands over Belarus.<br /> 29. www.counterpunch.org: Israel Shamir, Paradigm in Belarus. 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