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2012-#184
18 October 2012
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In this issue
POLITICS
1. University of Washington: Remembering Herbert J. Ellison, a guiding light in international studies.
2. International Business Times: Arctic Maritime Traffic Over Russia Breaks Last Year's Record.
3. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Report on Growing Wealth Inequality.
4. ITAR-TASS: Russian government approves anti-tobacco bill.
5. Interfax: 83% of Russians Back Medvedev's Initiative to Fully Ban Tobacco Advertisements - Poll.
6. RIA Novosti: Russia Faces 'Battle' Over Anti-Smoking Bill.
7. www.russiatoday.com: Russia drafts new ethnic policy of 'multi-people nation' - report.
8. ITAR-TASS: Putin calls for restoring direct elections of governors.
9. Financial Times: Red mist falls on Russia's blue lights.
10. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 18, 2012.
11. Russia Beyond the Headlines: No change after political reform. United Russia heralds the defeat of the opposition in the wake of Oct. 14 regional elections in Russia. Governors were elected for the first time in eight years, and the race included not only the main political forces but also two dozen new parties. However, the updated format only underscored the immutability of regional government and demonstrated the chaos inside the opposition ranks.
12. RBC Daily: PYRAMID. ORGANIZERS OF ELECTION OF THE OPPOSITION COORDINATING COUNCIL ARE SUSPECTED OF FRAUD.
13. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The elections in the coordination council of the opposition under threat.
14. BBC Monitoring: Russian opposition figures reject accusations of theft.
15. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Putin warns of growing terror risks as Kremlin arrests opposition leader.
16. Moscow Times: Udaltsov Calls for Pickets Over Aide's Detention.
17. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The opposition considers the criminal case against Sergei Udaltsov politically biased.
18. Svobodnaya Pressa: Udaltsov Calls on Voters To Elect 'Balanced' Coordination Council.
19. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: EVERYONE IS A POTENTIAL TRAITOR. DRAFT LAW ON STATE SECRETS IS PUTTING AVERAGE RUSSIANS AT RISK.
20. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV once again attacks Pussy Riot punk band, links it to opposition.
21. RIA Novosti: Pope Supports Russian Church's Position on Vandalism.
22. The New Republic:Julia Ioffe, Kremlin Tightens Screws, Unwittingly Loosens Bolts.
23. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin No Nationalist but Now Playing Nationalist Card, Svanidze Says.
24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Most Russians support censorship online. The word "censorship" is not something most Russians fear. A social analysis conducted by the Levada Center has shown that almost two-thirds of Russians are in favor of Internet regulation.
25. www.russiatoday.com: Putin against hijab in schools.
ECONOMY
26. Moscow Times: Ombudsman Unveils Program for Disgruntled Businesspeople.
27. Kommersant: Foreign Investors Present in Russia Sparing in Criticism of Investment Climate.
28. Interfax: Russia Hopes to Improve Doing Business Ranking Through Tax Administration - Minister.
29. Reuters: Rosneft lodges bid for BP stake in TNK-BP -sources.
30. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Rosneft can become the largest world oil producing company.
31. Economist.com: Oil in Russia. Unhappy families.
32. Moscow Times: Medvedev Mulls Ending Kyoto Role.
33. Moscow Times: Boris Kagarlitsky, Building a Virtual Skolkovo.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
34. Moscow Times: Sergei Karaganov, How the G20 Can Save the World.
35. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: WEAPONS OF SOVEREIGNTY. VLADIMIR PUTIN CRITICIZES POLITICAL BANS ON ARMS TRADE.
36. Interfax: Rogozin: NATO missile defense jeopardizes Russia.
37. RIA Novosti: Turkey 'Admits' Russian Air Cargo Legal.
38. www.russiatoday.com: Russia offers Washington advice for a change in Syria.
39. www.russiatoday.com: Fewer Russians 'like' the US, but still 'friends' poll.
40. Interfax: Most Russians Say Barack Obama's Victory Is In Russia's Interests - Poll.
41. www.opendemocracy.net: Dmitri Trenin, Obama or Romney? The Russian view.
42. RIA Novosti: Russian Experts Comment On Second Obama Romney Debate.
43. New York Times editorial: Mr. Putin's Gift to Terrorists.
44. New York Times: Ariel Cohen, Putin's New 'Fortress Russia'
45. Interfax: Extending NATO Presence In Afghanistan Needs UN Sanction - Russia's Envoy.
46. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Taras Kuzio, Eight Reasons Why Ukraine's Party of Regions Will Win the 2012 Elections.
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2012-#183
17 October 2012
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In this issue
POLITICS
1. RIA Novosti: Arctic Sea Route to Open Year-Round in 2013 - Scientists.
2. Moscow Times: Medvedev Backs 3 Extended Holidays for 2013.
3. Interfax: Number Of Russians Hostile To Other Nationals Increased To 50 Per Cent - Poll.
4. Russia Beyond the HeadlinesKommersant-Vlast: Moving toward "grassroots government." A new type of public association is growing stronger in Russia. Instead of encouraging opposition rallies and stage pickets near court buildings, it focuses on local environments and issues.
5. Reuters: Russia's Putin sacks member of Medvedev's cabinet.
6. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, After Nosediving In 2011 Vladimir Putin's Approval Rating is (Mostly) Holding Steady.
7. ITAR-TASS: Russian physics students will study theology.
8. Interfax: Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin: Russia's leadership is prone to political idealism.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 17, 2012.
10. Novye Izvestia: "THERE WILL BE 120% SOON." THE PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION CRITICIZES RESULTS OF THE OCTOBER 14 ELECTIONS.
11. Kommersant: PROVINCES CHOOSE SELF-NOMINEES. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA WAS OFTEN BEATEN BY SELF-NOMINEES AND CANDIDATES FROM OTHER PARTIES.
12. Kommersant: Causes of Low Voter Turnout in Russian Regional Elections Mulled.
13. Gazeta.ru: Regional Elections Analyzed.
14. Interfax: Chirikova Unveils New Vote Rigging Technique.
15. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV talk show discusses elections, Soviet history.
16. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, The Right & Wrong of Authority & Opposition.
17. Reuters: Russia moves to prosecute anti-Putin protest leader. (Sergei Udaltsov)
18. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The criminal case was opened against oppositionist Sergei Udaltsov.
19. ITAR-TASS: Public Chamber activists say criminal case against Udaltsov logical.
20. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV show rehashes anti-opposition documentary allegations.
21. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russian Politics Has Entered a Period of 'Negative Depoliticization,' Moscow Analyst Says. (Vyacheslav Danilov)
22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Dmitry Babich, Keeping politics and Pussy Riot apart.
23. Gazeta.ru: "We understood for sure that it might end up like this," interview with Yekaterina Samutsevich.
24. Interfax: Trial of Prison Warden Where Magnitsky Died to Continue in Moscow.
25. Interfax: Politkovskaya Murder Suspects to Seek Jury Trial.
ECONOMY
26. Business New Europe: Maxim Oreshkin, Thoughts of An Economist - Macroeconomic stability is a priority for Russian government.
27. Bloomberg: Russian Business Climate, Corruption Hold Back Rating, S&P Says.
28. Reuters: INTERVIEW-Lukoil says Kremlin increasing dominance over oil.
29. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Three ways to resolve oil standoff. According to experts, Russia will continue to actively export oil until the year 2020; even then, significant decreases are not expected. Today, Russia is a reliable exporter of raw materials for its partners abroad, but this wealth of exhaustible raw materials cannot last forever. Experts see prospects for the Russian economy in Chilean-style diversification.
30. Stratfor.com: Russian Energy, Part 2: Changes in the Energy Landscape.
31. Interfax: International Energy Agency: U.S. gas exports might reach a third of Russian exports in future.
32. Moscow Times/Reuters: Magnit's Galitsky Lauds Middle-Class Model.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
33. RIA Novosti: Russia to Boost Defense Spending 59% by 2015.
34. Vedomosti: Sergei Karaganov, Security Strategy: Why Arms?
35. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: West Toughens Stance Toward Russia.
36. Moscow Times: Fyodor Lukyanov, Remembering the Nuclear Red Line.
37. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Barack Obama president of 42% of Russians.
38. www.foreignpolicy.com: Kevin Baron, Friendly Foes: U.S.-Russia military relations soaring.
39. www.foreignpolicy.com: Douglas J. Feith and Seth Cropsey, How the Russian 'Reset' Explains Obama's Foreign Policy. The president's naivete about Vladimir Putin is the root cause of his failure.
40. AFP: Georgia's Saakashvili appoints Ivanishvili as PM.
41. Civil Georgia: Ivanishvili: 'We Welcome Holding of Olympics in Sochi
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2012-#182
16 October 2012
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POLITICS
1. Reuters: Russia launches anti-smoking crackdown.
2. Moscow News: Getting tough on drunk driving.
3. Bloomberg: Russian Middle Class to Number 74 Million by 2050, HSBC Predicts.
4. RIA Novosti: Yaroslavl: A Taste of the New Russian Politics.
5. www.russiatoday.com: Putin: Russia must be unyielding against terrorists.
6. Canada.com: Matthew Fisher, There may be more to the Arctic thaw than global warming.
7. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 16, 2012.
8. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: UNITED RUSSIA'S REVENGE. VLADIMIR PUTIN'S CONSIDERABLE RATING HELPED THE RULING PARTY IN THE OCTOBER 14 ELECTION.
9. Moskovsky Komsomolets: GIVING IN WITHOUT A FIGHT. NEW PARTIES GOT THE VOTES THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE OPPOSITION OTHERWISE, AND PLAYED INTO UNITED RUSSIA'S HANDS.
10. Vedomosti editorial: MAGIC CARRIED THE DAY. THE OPPOSITION REMAINS IN NEED OF STIMULI TO PARTICIPATE IN OFFICIAL ELECTIONS.
11. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Putin's United Russia dominates regional elections. Russian President Vladimir Putin's party took nearly every regional seat in Sunday's elections, but most analysts say that the results were probably an accurate reflection of public sentiment.
12. Moscow Times: Putin Proclaims Renewed Mandate With United Russia Wins.
13. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Central Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Churov.
14. AP: A Look at Ways to Manipulate a Russian Election.
15. Time.com: Simon Shuster, The Managed Democracy: A How-to-Manual from Putin's Russia. An exclusive look at a leaked 43-page document detailing the winning strategy of a ruling-party gubernatorial candidate.
16. RIA Novosti: Pundits Mull The Reasons For Opposition's Poor Show In Russian Elections.
17. Interfax: Election Campaign Dispelled 4 Myths - Senior Figure in United Russia.
18. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundit says opposition should learn from its election failure. (Anton Orekh)
19. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, Anatomy of Putin's Battle Against the Opposition.
20. BBC Monitoring: Russian party leader explains why he is 'sceptical' about new opposition body. (Vladimir Ryzhkov)
21. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Belkovskiy Comments on Upcoming Opposition Elections.
22. Moscow News: Anna Arutunyan, Pussy Riot and the party line. Why was Samutsevich set free? The answer is simpler than you think.
23. Moscow TImes: Investigators Wrap Up Politkovskaya Case.
ECONOMY
24. Moscow Times: Medvedev Promises Less Red Tape.
25. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The Russian prime minister discussed the investment climate in Russia with foreign investors.
26. Voice of Russia: Three scenarios for Russian economy.
27. Interfax: Kudrin Criticizes Prevalence of Social, Military Spending in Budget.
28. Valdai Discussion Club: Yevsei Gurvich, Russia's budget for 2013-2015: Stability and efficiency.
29. CNBC.com: I'd Rather Invest in Russia Than the US: Jim Rogers.
30. Moscow News: The return of Sechin. An apparent compromise in a government rivalry places Putin's key ally back in the picture.
31. Moscow Times: Towns Face Budget Battles They Can't Win.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
32. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Sergei Karaganov, Russia in the World of Ideas and Images.
33. ITAR-TASS: EU reluctant to lift visa formalities from Russian holders of service passports.
34. Moscow Times: Steve Korn, New Radio Liberty to Carry Out Its Old Mission.
35. PRI's The World: Looking Back at the Cuban Missile Crisis.
36. www.foreignpolicy.com: James Kirchick, Blindsided. The results of Georgia's parliamentary election caught American pollsters completely off guard. They should have tried asking the right questions.
37. TAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The NATO forces may replace Russian peacekeepers in Moldova.
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2012-#181
15 October 2012
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POLITICS
1. Bloomberg: Putin Loyalists Assert Control in Russian Regional Elections.
2. Reuters: Russian elections preserve Putin's dominance, opponents cry foul.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The voters do not show interest in the gubernatorial elections.
4. ITAR-TASS: Low turnout key feature of last Sunday's regional elections in Russia.
5. Izvestia: OWING TRIUMPH TO WEAKNESS OF THE OPPOSITION. THE BALLOT DAY: NO MAJOR SCANDALS WERE REPORTED.
6. Kommersant: NEW ELECTIONS, OLD TECHNIQUES. OBSERVERS REPRESENTING THE OPPOSITION CALL OCTOBER 14 ELECTIONS RIGGED.
7. Izvestia: Mortal Kombat in Khimki: October's Hottest Election Campaign.
8. ITAR-TASS: Elected local chiefs should take into account businesslike proposals of opposition - Putin.
9. Interfax: One Russia Did Well In Regional Polls But Must Not Rest On Laurels - Medvedev
10. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 15, 2012.
11. AP: Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony.
12. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Mikhail Rostovskiy, Freedom from Pussy Riot! -- It Is Almost Being Thought: It is Time for the Authorities to Finally Wrap Up This Shameful Case.
13. Newsweek.com: Nina Khrushcheva, Is Vladimir Putin Czar of the Intelligentsia? Why do Russia's thinkers celebrate Putin?
14. Moscow Times: Victor Davidoff, Witch Hunt Against Gays.
15. Moscow News: Natalia Antonova, A good death.
ECONOMY
16. RIA Novosti: Utilities Russia's Worst Nightmare - Poll.
17. Interfax: SUMMARY: Global Economic Situation Remains Uncertain, IMF Says.
18. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Western investors changed their attitude to Russia.
19. Vedomosti: Reasons Behind Capital Flight From Russia and How It Affects the Economy.
20. Interfax: Capital Outflow From Russia Will Save Economy From Overheat - Moiseyev.
21. Kommersant: Russia Not United Over Kyoto-2 Economic and Political Goals.
22. Stratfor.com: Russian Energy, Part 1: The Foundation of Power.
23. Moscow News: The Far East: Bridging the gap.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
24. Kommersant-Vlast: Moscow Weekly Rates Influence of 'Think Tanks' on Russian Foreign Policy.
25. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Putin Isn't "Gaining Ground" Regardless of what Amir Taheri Says.
26. Kommersant: Russian Journalist Reports on Putin's Meeting with Iraq's Al-Maliki. (Andrey Kolesnikov)
27. RIA Novosti: Russian Politicians, Experts, Rights Activists Puzzled By EU's Nobel Prize.
28. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Commemorating the Cuban Missile Crisis. Eugene Ivanov writes a personal reflection on how he learned about the Cuban Missile Crisis as a child and how his son studied it in an American high school.
29. New York Times: Church's Muscle Helped Propel President's Rivals to Victory in Georgia.
LONG ITEM
30. US-Russia.org: Expert Panel. How Will History Judge Putin? (with Vald Sobell, Sergei Roy, William Dunkerley, Anatoly Karlin, Patrick Armstrong, Alexei Pankin, Richard Sakwa, Alexander Rahr, and Martin Seiff)
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2012-#180
12 October 2012
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POLITICS
1. Interfax: Poll Shows Increase In Support For Russian Leaders.
2. Reuters: Russia local elections seen extending Putin's power in regions.
3. Bloomberg: Putin Braces for First Russian Election Since Kremlin Return.
4. RIA Novosti: Russia Polls Revolve Around Moscow Suburb Vote.
5. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Why is Russia Ignoring PACE?
6. Canada.com: Matthew Fisher, No polar bears within few decades, Russian expert predicts.
7. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 12, 2012.
8. Vedomosti: MEDVEDEV WILL MEET KUDRIN. Dmitry Medvedev and Alexey Kudrin will discuss the situation around reforms in the country.
9. RIA Novosti: Russian Pundits Weigh Up Possible Scenarios In Test Case Election.
10. Vedomosti: Russian Supreme Court Reinstates Governor Denin as Candidate.
11. Svobodnaya Pressa: Political Experts Review Campaign Techniques for Russia's Oct 14 Elections.
12. ITAR-TASS: Pussy Riot band to go ahead with its activity, says released feminist.
13. RFE/RL: Freed Pussy Riot Member Says 'Art Must Be Political'
14. www.russiatoday.com: Freedom should not be destructive Russian Orthodox Church chief.
15. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Most of Russia Seen Unconcerned About Media Closures.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Documentary worries opposition. The documentary film Anatomy of Protest 2, which recently aired on Russian television, has sparked controversy around opposition leaders. The Russian television channel NTV has accused the opposition of preparing to use illegal force, while opposition leaders have promised to file lawsuits against defamation.
17. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Opposition leader Udaltsov tries to knock bottom out of anatomy of protest-2 film.
18. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Lots of Barking in the Kremlin.
19. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Moscow Daily: Officials 'Deceived' Public, Themselves About North Caucusus.
20. Moscow Times: Q&A: Navalny's Fundraiser Sees the Power of the Crowd. (Vladimir Ashurkov)
21. Interfax: Prokhorov Says He Will Focus on Politics.
22. Interfax: Moscow Helsinki Group chairman regrets that Nobel Peace Prize went to EU.
23. Interfax: Human rights activist Lokshina, who received SMS threats, leaves Russia.
24. ITAR-TASS: Creation of "Hyde parks" in Moscow not to affect rallying elsewhere - mayor.
25. Human Rights Watch: Russia: IOC Should Address Deteriorating Rights Climate.
26. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, 'Curing' Homosexuality in Russia and Ukraine.
ECONOMY
27. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russia unemployment lowest over past 12 years.
28. Interfax: Putin: Business Ombudsmen Should Defend Business People Whose Rights Have Been Violated.
29. Interfax: SUMMARY: Gazprom's Gas Pipeline Lineup.
30. Investment Europe: Wage growth in Russia makes consumer sector attractive, says Invesco.
31. Moscow Times: Education Deficiencies Limit Startups.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
32. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russia accused of supplying arms to Syria.
33. Kommersant: TURKEY-CAUGHT. The incident around the forced landing in Ankara of a plane flying from Moscow to Damascus can seriously damage Russian-Turkish relations.
34. New York Times: Russia Presses Turkey for Details on Plane's Cargo.
35. Xinhua "Analysis": "Russia, Iraq Find Common Ground as Old Ties Revived"
36. Der Spiegel: Putin Confidant Yakunin. 'Russia and the West Are Drifting Apart'
37. Moscow Times: Nuclear Dismantlement Program's End Draws Near.
38. CNN: Russia nuclear partnership not dead, State Department insists.
39. Jacob Kipp: Comment on John Arquilla JRL #179.
40. Interfax: Russian Official Hints At Possible Breakthrough At Talks With Georgia.
41. RIA Novosti: New Georgian leadership must launch dialogue with Russia. (Tedo Japaridze)
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2012-#179
11 October 2012
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POLITICS
1. RIA Novosti: Medvedev Pledges Education Spending to Match Defense.
2. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Vladimir Putin 2.0: A harder, eastward-looking presidency.
3. www.foreignpolicy.com: Youth group produces ultimate Putin meme mash-up... with sexy ladies, of course.
4. Valdai Discussion Club: Yevgeny Minchenko, Putin's public actions: A unique style is a competitive advantage.
5. Valdai Discussion Club: Irina Hakamada, Flights with Siberian white cranes and other PR events of Vladimir Putin.
6. New York Times: A Flock Too Stubborn for Even Putin to Control.
7. Bloomberg: Cigarette Makers Wage Final Battle to Tame Russian Bill.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 11, 2012.
9. Izvestia: SAVING GOVERNOR DENIN. MOST RUSSIANS LIKED THE PRESIDENT'S CRITICAL ATTITUDE TOWARD CABINET MEMBERS.
10. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Only one member of the Pussy Riot band released from prison.
11. AP: Russian judges in Pussy Riot case defend their decision to keep 2 band members behind bars.
12. Interfax: Samutsevich was freed because she didn't have time to shout in church - judge.
13. RBC Daily: PUSSY RIOT. THE POWERS-THAT-BE ARE OUT TO SPLIT PUSSY RIOT: ONE GIRL WAS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY.
14. Interfax: Samutsevich says she will continue involvement in Pussy Riot affairs.
15. Public Radio International: Russian Orthodox Church stakes out assertive role on social issues.
16. Novye Izvestia: UNDER WAY. Politial scientist: There are 38-39 million protesters in Russia. POLLSTERS SAY THAT PROTEST MOODS WITHIN SOCIETY ARE IRREVERSIBLE NOW.
17. Christian Science Monitor: Anti-Putin opposition groups still finding their way.
18. Interfax: Federation Council: Russian opposition should prove its political relevance by deeds. (Valentina Matviyenko)
19. RIA Novosti: Russian Protest Leader Quizzed Over Coup Claims. (Sergei Udaltsov)
20. RFE/RL: Smartphone App Lets Russians Call Out Bribes.
21. www.russiatoday.com: Russian Interior Minister sees ideological extremism as primary security threat.
22. Valdai Discussion Club: Viktor Litovkin, Russia tested its military reforms with maneuvers in the Caucasus.
23. New York Review of Books: Amy Knight, Russia: The New Struggle with Putin.
24. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel Baev, Putin's Jubilee Finds Him Clueless, Isolated and Ridiculed.
25. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Stalingrad and Stalinism Returning to Russia's Political Map, Pavlova Says.
ECONOMY
26. www.russiatoday.com: Russians are getting wealthier but inequality grows.
27. RIA Novosti: Putin Calms Russians Over Poor Harvest.
28. www.russiatoday.com: Capital outflow will stay at last year's level - regulator.
29. Russia Beyond the Headlines/RBC Daily: Gazprom to build two more lines. Following the launch of Nord Stream's second pipeline, Gazprom is expected to invest in a third and fourth line for gas delivery to Britain and Germany.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
30. Vedomosti editorial: REJECTION. MOSCOW REFUSES TO EXTEND THE NUNN-LUGAR PROGRAM. [Official Moscow is going too far with its rejection of foreign aid in dealing with major problems.
31. New York Times: Russia Won't Renew Pact on Weapons With U.S.
32. Bellona.org: Charles Digges, US Nunn-Lugar officials rebut reports of its demise as media seem to dig its grave.
33. RIA Novosti: Russia Protests Grounding of Syria-Bound Plane.
34. Russia Beyond the Headlines/VPK Daily: Yevgeny Satanovsky, Waiting for the moment of truth in the Middle East. The United States is no longer able to ignore the anti-Americanism of its erstwhile "clients," while Russia continues along its path of neutrality.
35. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: BAGHDAD NEEDS RUSSIAN ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS AND OILMEN. RUSSIA IS RETURNING TO THE IRAQI ARMS MARKET.
36. Reuters: Iraq wants Russians to replace Exxon at West Qurna: report.
37. Reuters: NATO must have U.N. mandate for post-2014 Afghan mission - Russia.
38. www.globalpost.com: Tom Balmforth, Russians back a second term for Obama. However, the country's leaders may find Mitt Romney's confrontational stance more useful.
39. www.globalpost.com: US Election: What if Russia could vote?
40. www.russiatoday.com: Romney has not learned a thing from Bush's failures Russia. (Aleksey Pushkov)
41. www.foreignpolicy.com: John Arquilla, Yes, Russia Is Our Top Geopolitical Foe. Why Mitt Romney is right about Moscow.
42. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Don't Wait for a Ivanishvili Thaw With Russia.
43. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, Saakashvili's Democratic Legacy.
44. Christian Science Monitor: US takes wait-and-see approach to Georgia's Ivanishvili.
45. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Georgia is Moving Toward the West And There Is No Need To 'Mourn' Mikhail Saakashvili.
46. Voice of America: James Brooke, Charm Alert! Georgia Welcomes Russian Tourists.
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2012-#178
10 October 2012
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POLITICS
1. Interfax: Health Ministry: Life expectancy in Russia reaches 70.3 years.
2. AP: Moscow appeals court frees 1 of jailed Pussy Riot members; upholds prison sentence for other 2.
3. www.russiatoday.com: Pussy Riot member released on probation, sentence upheld for 2 others.
4. The Economist: Pussy riot. Two go down, one goes free.
5. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, The Pussy Riot Trial, The Release Of Yekaterina Samutsevich, And Putinism.
6. RIA Novosti: 'Hachidan' Putin Promoted to Judo Elite
7. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 10, 2012.
8. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: ELECTIONS. MOST RUSSIANS DEMAND THE RETURN OF THE BOX "AGAINST ALL CANDIDATES" INTO BULLETINS.
9. Vedomosti: STRANGERS. The Muscovites think little of the Moscow municipal legislature.
10. www.russiatoday.com: Communist leader censured by comrades over ties with oligarchs and clergy.
11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: THIRD CHECHEN WAR. Civil war continues in the Caucasus.
12. Gazeta.ru editorial: The soldier returns.
13. Christian Science Monitor: Kremlin calls in top Russian protest leader for questioning. (Sergei Udaltsov)
14. Christian Science Monitor: Nobel Peace Prize: Could a Russian win this year?
15. Interfax: Moscow Helsinki Group head criticizes Russia's decision to tell UNICEF to close programs.
16. Moscow TImes: More Than 60% of Russians Back Online Censorship, Poll Says.
17. Interfax: Communication Ministry: Russian Internet regulation law to be 'very soft' and 'creative'
18. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Putin's Politics Police.
19. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Phoebe Taplin, Beyond the Black Square, a brave new world. "Frozen Dreams," the first comprehensive survey of contemporary Russian art, is ground-breaking, ambitious and thought-provoking.
20. RIA Novosti: Natalia Antonova, A Long Painful Death: Why Russia Is A Bad Place to be Terminally Ill.
21. AP:Nataliya Vasilyeva, An AP correspondent on trials of cycling in Moscow as capital splashes out to be bike-friendly.
ECONOMY
22. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The IMF gave a worse forecast for Russian GDP growth.
23. Interfax: Putin: Land market in Russia permeated with corruption.
24. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia to Establish New Financial Regulator.
25. Moscow Times: Martin Gilman, Russia Overtakes Portugal and Spain Is Next.
26. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Trade unions demand changes in social policy.
27. Financial Times: Sechin's hard sell at western investors.
28. Financial Times: Putin supports TNK-BP sale plan.
29. Reuters: Russia expects tax reforms to boost oil output.
30. RIA Novosti: Russia's Internet Market to Grow 30% in 2012 Survey.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
31. www.russiatoday.com: West looking to 'reanimate' Russia's adversary image - Lavrov.
32. Interfax: Russia insists on NATO guarantees missile defense not targeted against its nuclear forces - Lavrov.
33. Voice of America: October Marks 50th Anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis.
34. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Rossiyskaya Gazet: Fyodor Lukyanov, Key to U.S.-Russian long-term cooperation lies with Asia, not NATO. NATO today is neither a treacherous threat, nor a coveted partner to Russia. In fact, the oranization's role is largely symbolic. Russia and the United States would do well to turn their gaze toward cooperation in Asia, instead.
35. RIA Novosti: Russia Walks Out of Nunn-Lugar Agreement Paper.
36. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russia intends to dispose the nuclear arsenals by its own forces.
37. Moscow Times: Diplomat Criticizes Magnitsky Bill at AmCham Forum.
38. Moscow Times: Report: Romney Helped Market Cigarettes.
39. Interfax: Russia sees NATO terms on resuming control over weapons in Europe as unrealistic.
40. AFP: Russia unveils $4.2 bn Iraq arms deals.
41. Asia Times: M K Bhadrakumar, Russia bridges Middle Eastern divides.
42. ITAR-TASS: Tbilisi-Moscow relations to get slightly better after Georgian opposition takes power.
43. Novaya Gazeta: OLIGARCHIC REVOLUTIONS. LINE WAS DRAWN UNDER THE ERA OF COLOR REVOLUTIONS IN POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES.
44. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Tbilisi Now Ready for "Everything Short of Recognition" of Abkhaz and South Osetian Independence, Markedonov Says.
45. Moscow Times: Yulia Latynina, Georgian Dream Will Be Shattered.
46. Sergei Roy: Re Anatoly Karlin JRL #176, 8 October 2012. (Georgia)
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1. October 7 NTV program on Putin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_g4XsaZ7XY&feature=player_embedded
2. Interfax: Poll: Russians like Putin epoch more than perestroika, Yeltsin's rule.
3. Moscow Times: Public Support Slides for Anti-Kremlin Protests, Poll Says.
4. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PUTIN'S NEW MAJORITY. Experts say that President Vladimir Putin distrusts the intelligentsia.
5. http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope: Dmitri Trenin, What Russians Think.
6. RIA Novosti: Vote Meddling Rampant Despite Kremlin Reform--Watchdog.
7. ITAR-TASS: Russian teenagers smoke less than before - experts.
8. ITAR-TASS: Health Ministry for higher tobacco excise tax, experts warn of social discontent risks.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 9, 2012.
10. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The Russian government opposes that the public servants should urgently sell their foreign property.
11. www.russiatoday.com: Duma council to be manned with popular bloggers - MP.
12. http://globalvoicesonline.org: Russia: Winners & Losers in Round 1 of the Opposition's Debates.
13. Moscow News: Anna Arutunyan, Public displays of affection. On Putin's birthday, I enjoyed pop art and was accidentally detained.
14. Washington Times: Rocker shocks Russians with run for mayor. (Sergei Troitsky)
15. Moscow News: Oscar winners to promote Orthodoxy in Russia.
16. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Putin Considers Pardon Of Ex-Yukos Oil Executive.
17. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, Using Shame and Humiliation on Schoolchildren.
ECONOMY
18. Moscow Times: World Bank: Russian Economy Growing Slowly.
19. Kommersant: Get to Work. (re World Bank)
20. RIA Novosti: Kudrin Denies Regulator Post Offer.
21. RIA Novosti: Mega-Regulator Idea Harmful to Competition Experts.
22. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Corruption behind Fifty Percent of Inflation in Russia, Khasbulatov Says.
23. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Foreign Investors Affirm Interest in Russia Despite Street Rallies.
24. Reuters: Gazprom expands Nord Stream without gas supply rise.
25. Kremlin.ru: Video address marking the inauguration of the second section of the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
26. Financial Times: Gazprom's North Stream: not everybody is celebrating.
27. AP: TNK-BP's Russian shareholders may sell out.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
28. Moscow Times: Lavrov Pushes Hard on Start of Visa-Free Regime with Europe.
29. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Revising the U.S. plans on ABM. The European component of America's anti-ballistic missile system is not only ineffective, but it also creates unnecessary tensions in the region, experts say.
30. www.foreignpolicy.com: Celeste Wallander, Rocket Science 101. Why we need to cooperate with Russia on missile defense.
31. AFP: 'No flexibility' with Putin on missile defense: Romney.
32. RIA Novosti: Romney Keeps Playing Russian Card in Presidential Bid.
33. The American Interest: Lilia Shevtsova and David J. Kramer, Obama vs. Romney: Who Would Putin Pick?
34. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Officials disagree over latest Russia-U.S. spy scandal. Russia's Foreign Ministry does not see a political agenda behind the recent arrests of "Russian spies" in the United States, but experts remain skeptical.
35. Moscow Times: Alexander Golts, Why Russia Smuggles U.S. Electronics.
36. RIA Novosti: Iraq PM Confirms $4 Bln Arms Deal With Russia.
37. New York Times: Georgian Leader Emerges as an Enigma.
38. Reuters: Georgian tycoon expects NATO entry after poll victory.
39. RIA Novosti: Russia Hopes Georgia Will Improve Relations With Neighbors.
40. Moscow News: Georgia on our mind. The defeat of Saakashvili's party opens a narrow window for Russia-Georgia ties.
41. Reuters: Business in Georgia pins hopes on new government, Russia ties.
42. RFE/RL: News Analysis: Ivanishvili And The Russians.
43. www.russiatoday.com: 'No plans' for CSTO to fill NATO vacuum in Afghanistan.
44. ITAR-TASS: Russia-Tajikistan relationship is getting onto the normal track.
45. Asia Times: Dmitry Shlapentokh, Kyrgyzstan flirts with Russian ambitions.
46. Kyiv Post: Will Ritter, In Ukraine, right is left and left is right.
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1. Bloomberg: Putin at 60 Has Rule Rated Positive by Majority, Poll Shows.
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Vladimir Putin has marked his 60th Birth Anniversary.
3. Interfax: Pundits argue that Putin became a symbol of stability, but his policy should be adjusted to future challenges.
4. Reuters: Plaudits vie with "pensioner" jibes as Russia's Putin turns 60.
5. Moscow Times: Putin's Birthday Marked With Praise and Protests.
6. Los Angeles TImes: Vladimir Putin turning 60: Russia's hero and most interesting man.
7. New York Times: Happy Birthday, Mr. President: Putin Turns 60, and Russians Pay Notice.
8. www.russiatoday.com: Birthday-boy Putin 'trusts his instincts', public concurs.
9. Interfax: Putin says "talented, smart people" will emerge in opposition.
10. ITAR-TASS: Putin believes sentence imposed on Pussy Riot is fair.
11. www.russiatoday.com: Putin the Unknown: TV host walks & talks with Russian president.
12. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians Divided on How and How Much Putin has Mattered.
13. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, TANDEMOLOGY 2.0: PUTIN'S RETURN, MEDVEDEV'S DECLINE, AND TANDEM SPATS.
14. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 8, 2012.
15. Kommersant: REGIONS SET RECORDS. Regional elections will be elected in six Federation subjects in a week.
16. RIA Novosti: Kremlin's Candidate Removed from Polls in Bryansk.
17. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Moskovskiye Novosti: Russian internet users to monitor promises of politicians. Russian citizens can find out which officials and politicians keep their promises and which do not. A number of specialized websites are monitoring how promises are kept amongst Russia's statesmen.
18. Moscow Times: Opposition Expose Incites Investigation.
19. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Documentary about protest movement leaders met with big public response.
20. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Russia Has Its Own Tea Party With Rodina.
21. RIA Novosti: Russian Military Pay Rises, But Draft to Remain - Chief.
22. Sean's Russia Blog: Sean Guillory, Six and Sixty. (re Politkovskaya and Putin)
23. New York Times: Masha Gessen, Remembering Politkovskaya.
ECONOMY
24. RIA Novosti: Kudrin Offered Mega-Regulator Job.
25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia's President promises a new model for economic growth. Vladimir Putin approves of the country's economic growth indicators so far, but wants to take solutions for development in a new direction. He proposes shifting emphasis away from the energy sector and toward new investments and infrastructure.
26. Interfax: World Bank lowers Russia GDP growth forecast to 3.5% in 2012, 3.6% in 2013.
27. www.russiatoday.com: World Bank: The oily black hole could swallow Russian economy.
28. Moscow Times: Kremlin Struggling With Pension Time Bomb.
29. The Economist: Russian pensions. An unaffordable system. Russia's prime minister signs a disastrous pension reform.
30. RIA Novosti: Nord Stream Set to Grow After Second Leg Goes on Stream.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
31. Interfax: Putin hopes U.S. does not view Russia as adversary.
32. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Ogoniok: Putin struggles to resolve current international problems. Fedor Lukyanov reveals the Russian President's international image.
33. www.russiaotoday.com: 'Russia capable of neutralizing US missile defense threat'
34. AP: WHY IT MATTERS: US missile defense could spike tensions with Russia and China.
35. Moscow Times: Andrei Soldatov, Treating Smugglers as Spies.
36. The Journal of Turkish Weekly: Habibe Ozdal, Russian-American Relations During Obama's Term: Cyclical Convergence Analysis.
37. RIA Novosti: Putin: Saakashvili to 'Cling to Power'
38. AFP: Georgia's Ivanishvili looks West with first cabinet.
39. RIA Novosti: Georgia to Improve Relations with Russia - Minister.
40. Moscow Times: New Georgian Cabinet Sees No Quick Fix for Russian Ties.
41. US-Russia.org: Does the Georgian Election Signal a New paradigm? Experts panel with Vlad Sobell, Edward Lozansky, Patick Armstrong, Sergei Roy, Anatoly Karlin, and Slava Kolodyazhniy.
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1. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Moskovskiye Novosti: Russian students don't mind the president's firm hand. Researchers have created an image of the ideal president for Russia's 20-somethings.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian civil society goes online. RBTH presents the five most efficient web-based social projects in Russia.
3. Bloomberg: Facebook Flirts With Local Geeks in Battle for Russia.
4. RBC Daily: Putin Turns Sixty, Russian Officials Celebrate.
5. Valdai Discussion Club: Vladimir Putin turns 60. With Timothy COLTON, Thomas GOMART, Alexander RAHR, and Richard SAKWA.
6. www.russiatoday.com: Sergei Strokan, Putin 60.
7. Washington Post: Moscow's Sretensky Monastery Choir visits D.C.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 5, 2012.
9. Business New Europe: Russia's unnoticeable elections - unnoticeable results?
10. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Russky Reporter: The leader of Russia's lower house speaks on controversial issues. Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin discusses the "Gudkov case," "foreign agents" and civil servants' property.
11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PARTY PLANKTON IS FLOCKING IN BLOCKS. The first meeting of the Council of the non-parliamentary parties has taken place in the state Duma.
12. Izvestia: Human Rights Council Dissatisfied with Treason Law.
13. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, The Innocence of Censorship.
14. Moscow Times: Teachers Reveling in Growing Technology.
15. Current History: Daniel Treisman, Inequality: The Russian Experience. From the turmoil of recent decades, Russians have inherited . . . a belief that the existing income distribution is arbitrary and unjust.
ECONOMY
16. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Authorities admit: Russians will have to work more to be paid a better retirement benefit.
17. Moscow Times/Vedmosti: Putin's Faith In Miracles Is Bad Policy.
18. RIA Novosti:Russia Ranked Sixth For Billionaires.
19. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Is Russia Ready For Life After Oil?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Kommersant-Vlast: Kremlin calls in independent experts to join foreign policy ranks. Kommersant-Vlast tried to figure out the extent to which external experts influence Moscow's foreign policy decisions. The feedback turned out to be highly controversial.
21. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia keeps door open to Pakistan after Putin cancels trip.
22. Moscow Times: Foreign Ministry Plays Down U.S. Smuggling Arrests.
23. www.russiatoday.com: Defense industry got nothing from people charged in US Rogozin.
24. National Public Radio: Russia May Be Poised To Regain Influence In Region.
25. Reuters: Russia extends Tajik base lease to curb militant threat.
26. Izvestia: IVANISHVILI WILL DEVELOP A FOREIGN POLICY WITH RUSSIA. New Georgian authorities intend to restore relations with Russia.
27. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Paul Goble, The Vote in Georgia: Why Saakashvili Lost, Why Ivanishvili Won, and What This Means for the Future.
28. Financial Times: Georgia: Ivanishvili's economic dream.
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1. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Moskovskiye Novosti: Svetlana Babaeva, A new social contract for Russia? Although the protest movement in Russia is waning, society and authorities are still at odds. The only way out is to learn to find compromises.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Moskovskiye Novosti: Russia's brewing social unrest may foretell a system collapse. Sociologist Olga Kryshtanovskaya talks about the political risks facing the Russian authorities.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Material wants of Russians up by 30 percent.
4. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Soviet Values Re-Intensified Under Putin, Sociologist Says.
5. AFP: Battling protests, Putin turns 60.
6. Moscow Times: New NTV Documentaries Likely to Cause a Stir.
7. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 4, 2012.
8. Moscow Times: Putin Signs Law Creating Single Voting Day in September.
9. Novye Izvestia: ONE DAY. Ballot day in Russia: the ruling party is fixing the rules to its own advantage.
10. Kommersant: ELECTIONS CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS. Brief analysis of the gubernatorial campaigns under way in five Federation subjects.
11. Vedomosti: CHIRIKOVA IS NUMBER THREE. An update on the campaign in Khimki where the mayor is soon to be elected.
12. Moscow News: Levada Center releases report on the protest movement 'without a plan'
13. Interfax: Most Russians Welcome Opposition MP's Expulsion From State Duma - Poll.
14. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV show discusses bill criminalizing religious offences.
15. www.russiatoday.com: Presidential Council prepares strategy for interethnic peace - report.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Sergei Markedonov, Russia needs to sort out the "Caucasian Issue" before Sochi Olympics. Over the past few years the so-called "Caucasian Issue" has featured ever more heavily on Russia's political agenda. In 2014, the city of Sochi on the Black Sea will welcome the world for the Winter Olympics, inextricably linking the world's largest sporting event with this hot-button issue.
17. RIA Novosti: Prominent Russian Rights Worker Threatened. (Tanya Lokshina)
18. Moscow Times: Russia Left Out of Top 200 Universities List.
19. Interfax: Russian Environmentalists Sceptical As Spy Chief Blames Al Qa'idah For Wildfires.
20. New York Times: Despite Predictions, Jewish Homeland in Siberia Retains Its Appeal.
21. Sarah Lindemann-Komarova: USAID Russia Lessons Learned.
ECONOMY
22. Interfax: Not Possible to Support Social Protections, Large Army, Many State Properties Simultaneously - Dvorkovich.
23. Business New Europe/VTB Capital: Russia's new model of economic growth.
24. Moscow News: New extended holiday schedule to hit GDP.
25. Gazeta.ru editorial: The country of hardworkers.
26. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Wave of pessimism bypasses Russian investment market.
27. Financial Times: Russia faces end of petrodollar surplus.
28. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Zuckerberg Visit Sparks Brain-Drain Debate in Russia.
29. Moscow Times: Altai and Chechnya "Greenest Economies" in New Integrated Index.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
30. Moskovskiye Novosti: Analysts Assess Prospects of 'Closing Off' Russia From the West.
31. Moscow Times: Andreas Gross, A Tough Friendship With Russia.
32. Valdai Discussion Club: Jeffrey Mankoff, What they mean when they talk about Russia.
33. AP: Winner of Georgian election to visit US first.
34. Vedomosti: NOT WITHOUT SAAKASHVILI. Transition period in the political system of Georgia compels Bidzina Ivanishvili to negotiate with the president.
35. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Georgia wants better relations with Moscow.
36. www.russiatoday.com: Fyodor Lukyanov, Georgia has chance for normal development.
37. Voice of America: James Brooke, Is Ivanishvili a Trojan Horse for Russia's Return to Georgia?
38. New York Times: Job Henning and Nino Japaridze, Georgian Democracy on the March.
39. New York Times editorial: Georgia Speaks Its Mind.
40. CNN: Matthew Rojansky, US Needs Ukraine Priorities Straight.
41. www.opendemocracy.net: Paul Rogers, Central Asia, the power-contest.
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1. RIA Novosti: Tanks on Moscow's Streets During October 1993 Revolt.
2. Moscow Times: Friends and Foes to Mark Putin's 60th.
3. RIA Novosti: Russia's Putin Uses Third Tenure To Implement Old Projects - Pundit. (Aleksey Mukhin)
4. Interfax: Medvedev: Firing Shots in Display of Joy Unacceptable.
5. RIA Novosti: Russia Says Won't Treat European Foundations as it did USAID.
6. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 3, 2012.
7. Moscow Times: Yulia Latynina, Navalny 1, Udaltsov 0.
8. Interfax: Best Known Showbiz Opposition Figure In Russia Is Kseniya Sobchak - Poll.
9. Interfax: Poll Shows 43 Per Cent Of Russians Consider Pussy Riot Sentence Too Lenient.
10. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Three Demographic Bottlenecks for Moscow.
11. Moscow Times: Mark Gay, A Newspaper for Its Time. (re Moscow Times)
12. The New Republic: Julia Ioffe, What I Will (and Won't) Miss About Living in Moscow.
ECONOMY
13. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Putin: Authorities will not allow crisis.
14. Interfax: Putin Sympathizes With Europe Governed By 17 Captains of Different Vessels.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia's Ministry of Finance takes decisive steps. Despite gloomy forecast about the impact that Russian former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin's resignation may have on the country's Finance Ministry, it has proven to be wrong.
16. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: BUDGET PROJECTIONS SHATTERED BY DRAIN OF CAPITALS. MASSIVE DRAIN OF CAPITALS FROM RUSSIA MAKES RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPOSSIBLE.
17. Moscow Times: Putin Targets Corruption at Gazprom.
18. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Russia's Turn To Grow Slow.
19. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV sees ulterior motive in Facebook founder's visit to Moscow.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
20. Reuters: Russia's Lavrov says "reset" with U.S. cannot last forever.
21. Kommersant: "RELOAD COULD NOT LAST LONG." An interview with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
22. Svobodnaya Pressa: Experts Appraise US Attitudes Toward Russia, China. (Sergey Grinyayev and Aleksandr Konovalov)
23. RIA Novosti: Council of Europe Chides Russia in New Report.
24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: The Syrian crisis tests the UN. The UN is currently in session and discussions about the Syrian crisis are still stuck in the rut of a propaganda war. The real discussion is about how effective the international organization is and how well the UN is suited for the role of main international arbitrator between the biggest players in global politics.
25. Moscow Times: Medvedev Praises Win by Georgian Opposition.
26. ITAR-TASS: Georgia intentions to join NATO shouldn't hamper relations with RF.
27. RIA Novosti: Georgian Dream Denies Call for President to Quit.
28. Izvestia: THEY HOPE IN GEORGIA THAT IVANISHVILI WILL RESTORE RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. Politicians are confident of the impending restoration of contacts between Tbilisi and Moscow.
29. RIA Novosti: Georgian Vote Spells No Reset with Russia Analysts.
30. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV commentator welcomes outcome of Georgian election.
31. www.foreignpolicy.com: Thomas de Waal, Upset. No one really expected Georgia's opposition to win this election. So, what now?
32. Time.com: Simon Shuster, Inside the Prison That Beat a President: How Georgia's Saakashvili Lost His Election.
33. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Is Bidzina Ivanishvili 'Pro-Russia?' Mikhail Saakashvili And His Surrogates Certainly Think So!
34. Interfax: Ukrainian voters split on geopolitical, language issues - poll.
LONG ITEM
35. Kremlin.ru: VTB Capital RUSSIA CALLING! Investment Forum (with Putin Q&A)
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1. Moscow Times: Meg Bortin, How The Moscow Times Was Born 20 Years Ago.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines: What really angers Russians. Research by sociologists indicates that Russians accept the death penalty more readily than they tolerate gays and lesbians, while the downsides of tax evasion are ranked alongside the risks of betting at a casino.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The Russian patriarch and the head of the presidential administration discussed the national idea.
4. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Patriarch Kirill Comes out for Russian History.
5. RIA Novosti: Twenty Days in the Life of Vladimir Putin.
6. Financial Times: Putin: quit smoking and drinking, watch the World Cup.
7. RIA Novosti: Natalia Antonova, The Tao of Mark Zuckerberg.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 2, 2012.
9. Moscow Times: USAID Gone, Kremlin Tightens Control Over Non-Profits.
10. Washington Post: As USAID stops work in Russia, activists wonder how they can continue operations.
11. Novye Izvestia: COORDINATORS. Expert: Incapable of anything worthwhile, they set up commissions and councils.
12. RIA Novosti: Kudrin Refuses to Rejoin Govt. Over State Policies.
13. RBC Daily: CHANGING FILTERS. Experts analyze the first application of the municipal filter.
14. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, Why the Kremlin Is Still Afraid of Elections.
15. Moscow News: Politics from scratch. Are the opposition's elections a dress rehearsal or a budding political body?
16. Moscow News: A tale of two cities. As Moscow and New York are rocked by rallies, what can a protester expect in each city?
17. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. A member of the punk band Pussy Riot refused from the lawyer.
18. The Atlantic: Jeffrey Tayler, What's Next for Russia's Protest Movement? With the Pussy Riot affair marking another escalation in its conflict with the Kremlin, the opposition is playing an uncertain game on a changing chess board.
19. RIA NovostI: Ex Prison Official on Trial over Magnitsky Death.
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: 'Innocence of Muslims' no longer innocent in Russia. The "Innocence of Muslims" ban hasn't stirred any noticeable reaction from Russia's human rights ombudsman while some Muslim readers praised this stance as a positive sign.
21. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: Immigrant Children Will Soon Account for 30 percent of Class in Russian Schools.
22. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Economics Not Ethnicity Said Powering Separatism in Russian Federation.
23. Moscow News: Mark Galeotti, What is the army for? Recent military exercises and the new budget both point to military ambitions.
ECONOMY
24. RIA Novosti: Putin Outlines 2013 Anti-Crisis Measures.
25. Reuters: Russian economy to keep up four percent growth pace: Putin.
26. Moscow News: Budgets, pension reforms and $5.8Bln in stake sales. The Cabinet's draft budget sticks to the oil price rule, while Shuvalov estimates close to $6 billion in September's privatizations.
27. RIA Novosti: Putin Pledges Tax Changes to Ease Foreign Investment.
28. Moscow News: Clearer skies ahead. While Russia's investment climate still requires improvement, the foundations for growth are in place and opportunities abound.
29. New York Times: Zuckerberg Meets With Medvedev in a Crucial Market.
30. Reuters: Russian oil output seen flat to 2020-EconMin.
31. Moscow Times: New Mortgages Estimated at Record $32Bln in 2012.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
32. US-Russia.org: Discussion Panel. The End of USAID in Russia Exacerbates US-Russia Tensions. With Vlad Sobell, Alexei Pankin, Anatoly Karlin, Nicolai Petro, Dmitry Babich, Sergei Roy, Edward Lozansky, Patrick Armstrong, and Eric Kraus.
33. RFE/RL: PACE Report Strongly Criticizes Russia.
34. www.russiatoday.com: Russia warns PACE over critical resolution, double standards.
35. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, Obama Caves In to Kremlin Repression.
36. www.russiatoday.com: Moscow warns NATO on itchy trigger finger in Syria.
37. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia interested in the Russian diaspora living abroad. How is life treating Russians living abroad and what sort of challenges are they facing there? How often do they come back to Russia? How efficient is the program for promoting the return of compatriots living abroad?
38. Bloomberg: Georgia Billionaire Scores Shock Vote Upset Over Saakashvili.
39. ITAR-TASS: Georgian opposition will continue course towards integration with EU & NATO.
40. Interfax: Matviyenko expects Russia-Georgia ties to improve after election.
41. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, RESPONSE TO ESTONIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S ERRONEOUS ARTICLE. Problems of Expansionism: Russia, NATO, and Georgia.
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1. ITAR-TASS: Russia marks Internet Day.
2. AP: Putin Rolls Back Protege's Modest Liberal Legacy.
3. Financial TImes: Infighting weakens Putin's aura of authority.
4. Argumenty Nedeli: Commentator Feels 'Unachievability' of Tasks Could Cost Medvedev His Premiership. (Andrey Uglanov)
5. Osobaya Bukva: Civil Society Should Fund Its Own Projects Independently, Activists Say.
6. Interfax: Lukin Calls For Distinguishing Between Espionage, Contacts With Foreigners.
7. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 1, 2012.
8. New York Times: The Tip of Putin's Wedge Between Urban and Rural.
9. Washington Post: Shoring up Putin in Russian countryside.
10. Kommersant: LOCAL EMERGENCY. An update on the forthcoming elections in the Moscow region.
11. Moscow Times: Ilya Ponomaryov, Why I Lost My Right To Speak in the Duma.
12. Moscow Times: Rogozin's Rodina Party Reinstated.
13. Moscow Times: Working Group Supports Closing Entire Websites.
14. Kommersant: Foreign Influence over the Russian Internet Grows.
15. Interfax: Nearly 40% of Russians Justify Islamic Anger With Innocence of Muslims - Poll.
16. BBC Monitoring: Russian radical leader slams mainstream opposition for 'surrendering' protest. (Eduard Limonov)
17. AP: Russian Orthodox Church asks for clemency for jailed Pussy Riot rockers if they repent.
18. Reuters: Russian court adjourns punk band appeal hearing.
ECONOMY
19. www.opendemocracy.net: Dmitri Travin, Russia is running out of cash.
20. The Independent (UK): Mark Dampier, Time to invest in a country that's amazing but cheap - and that's Russia.
21. www.russiatoday.com: High oil price: fuel for Russian manufacturing, decelerator for Europe.
22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Giving up oil dependence. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev promised to cut the budget loose from its dependence on oil prices, seeing this as a vital step in guaranteeing the country's economic security.
23. AP: Natural gas drilling boom rattles Russia.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
24. RIA Novosti: USAID Stops Operations in Russia.
25. Gazeta.ru editorial: Global Cooling. Politically, Russia Is Moving Ever Farther From The West, Which Has No Opportunities To Turn This Movement Around.
26. BBC Monitoring: Pundit says Russia drifting away from Europe. (Dmitry Trenin)
27. Interfax: USA 'Deserved' Anti Islam Film Unrest For Its Arab Spring Support - Russian Poll.
28. Politkom.ru: Russian Commentary Sees No Possibility of 'Good Solution' for Syria. (Georgiy Mirskiy)
29. New York TImes: Fearing Rigged Vote, Georgians Prepare for Elections.
30. Ogonyok: NOXIOUS ROSES. Georgian society is sundered and enraged on the eve of the parliamentary election.
31. Moscow Times: Moscow Silent Ahead of Key Georgian Vote.
32. New York Times editorial: Democracy in the Former Soviet Republics.
33. Center for American Progress: Cory Welt, 5 Things You Need to Know About Georgian Parliamentary Elections.
LONG ITEM
34. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia: Transcript of the interview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov in the "Charlie Rose Show" September 25, 2012.
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1. Moscow Times: Medvedev Seen Hanging in the Balance.
2. AFP: Facebook's Zuckerberg to meet Russian PM.
3. Moskovskiye Novosti: Russia's Future Elite Will Be Loyal to Authorities: Facebook's Zuckerberg to meet Russian PM.
4. Izvestia: USAID ACTIVITIES IN RUSSIA WILL BE CONTINUED BY NDI AND THE FORD FOUNDATION.
5. Washington Post: Russian activists stand firm against Putin.
6. Reuters: Russian Orthodox leader defends ties with Kremlin.
7. www.russiatoday.com: Head of Russian church opposes 'mindless copying' of western values.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 28, 2012.
9. New York Times: Not in Script for Kremlin: A Real Race for Governor.
10. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Free Elections Are Coming To Russia! No, Really!
11. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Kudrin to Mildly Reprove Russia.
12. Reuters: Russian opposition lawmaker banned from speaking in parliament. (Ilya Ponomaryov)
13. Moscow Times: Sobchak to Get Her Money Back.
14. RIA Novosti: Pussy Riot Members Unmasked - Nashi Head.
15. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Russia Is Turning Into Iran.
16. Prospect (UK): James Sherr, WILL PUTIN LOSE RUSSIA?
17. Moscow Times: Marily Murray, When Hopelessness Becomes a Deadly Tyrant.
18. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Where is Russia's Norton Anthology? Alexander Genis ponders whether an analog of Norton anthology of literature could exist in Russia.
19. Sergei Roy: rejoinder to Alexander Rahr.
ECONOMY
20. ITAR-TASS: RF 2013-15 budget to be social despite strict budget rule.
21. Reuters: Putin's promises return to haunt Russian budget.
22. Reuters: Russia's richest man is out to prove a point. (Alisher Usmanov)
23. Reuters: Kremlin oil control drive could backfire.
24. Valdai Discussion Club: Sergei Dubinin, New wave of privatization in Russia.
25. www.rbth.ru: Alexander Yakovenko, APEC fosters pragmatic partnerships with a global dimension. Russian ambassador in UK strongly believes that Russia can reap a lot of benefits on the Asia-Pacific region. The APEC CEO summit allows the country to promote its interest globally.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
26. The Nation: Michael Klare, Putin's Pivot on Asia. Surprisingly, the United States seems pleased that Putin wants to reposition Russia as a major Asian power.
27. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexie Pilko, What is soft power and how should Russia use it?
28. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Duma speaker refuses to go to Strasbourg to attend PACE session.
29. http://www.nato.int: Address by NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow to the International Conference ''Russia-NATO: 15 years on the way to partnership''
30. http://www.nato.int: Remarks by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow at the Security and Defence Agenda Rountable ''Next steps in Missile Defence''
31. www.russiatoday.com: Robert Bridge, Moscow calling but NATO not answering.
32. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel Felgenhauer, Russia is building an "iron fist" to deter the West. A National Consensus in Moscow on Pursuing a Revisionist Strategy.
33. Izvestia: "SO FAR THE RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA ARE HOPELESS." The ruling "United national movement" of Georgia expects to retain its majority in Parliament in the result of elections.
34. The Economist: Georgia's election. Pain and grief in Georgia. Modernisation is one thing, democracy another. Georgia faces a dangerously polarised election.
35. Bloomberg: Georgia Abuse Outcry Lifts Russia-Linked Billionaire in Vote.
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1. Interfax: Number Of Putin's, Medvedev's Supporters Growing In Russia - Poll.
2. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: EMERGENCY BRAKE... for the White House. Experts: The powers-that-be themselves lack a clear understanding of the political course.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Putin attempted to find out what Russian culture lacks.
4. Interfax: Putin: We Will Have to Toughen Punishment For Drunk Driving.
5. Moskovskiye Novosti: Experts Cited on Putin Reversing Medvedev Policies.
6. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Commentator Praises Medvedev Record As President. (Vladislav Inozemtsev)
7. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Russia's 'Silent Majority' Seen Supporting Tough Measures Against Opposition.
8. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Commentator Views 'Failure' of Russia's Protest Movement. (Leonid Radzikhovskiy)
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 27, 2012.
10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: MALFUNCTIONING FILTER. Controversial municipal filters within gubernatorial elections are to be discussed at a conference in St.Petersburg.
11. Izvestia: POLITICAL ALLIANCES MIGHT SUNDER THE OPPOSITION. MOVEMENTS OF THE OPPOSITION ARE PREPARED FOR POLITICAL ALLIANCES WITH THE REGIME.
12. Moscow Times: Billionaire Lebedev Charged With Hooliganism.
13. RBC Daily: DEFINITION. The Justice Ministry is instructed to explain what foreign agents are doing and how it means to keep them in hand.
14. Interfax: Law on Foreign Agents to Help Authorities Control Foreign Financial Flows to Russian NGOs - Russian Justice Ministry.
15. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russian NGOs in panic mode over proposed 'high treason' law.
16. Interfax: Over 80% of Russians support stricter punishment of religious feelings insult.
17. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Duma members to protect believers` feelings from provocateurs.
18. Moscow News: Religions split on sensibilities bill.
19. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV slams violations during election of presidential human rights council.
20. Moscow Times: Konstantij Sonin, Where are Russia's Republicans?
21. New York Times: Russians Eagerly Participate in Medical Experiments, Despite Risks.
ECONOMY
22. RIA Novosti: Russian President Promises To Help World Economy.
23. Interfax: Putin Confirms Russia's Adherence to WTO Rules.
24. Moscow Times: Cabinet Moderates Position in Turf War With Sechin.
25. Moscow Times: Anders Aslund, Big Setbacks Give Gazprom Impetus for Change.
26. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): Russia, world's worst oil polluter, now drilling in Arctic. Climate change creates new opportunities, risks in Russia's north.
27. Moscow Times: Education Gives China an Edge Over Russia, LSE Says.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
28. Kommersant: Russia Re-Orienting Foreign Policy Toward Asia-Pacific Region. (Sergey Strokan)
29. Moscow Times: Andrei Tsygankov, Why Putin Wants Obama to Win.
30. Sobesednik: Russian Pundit: 'Reset' Will Continue Whoever Is Elected Next US President. (Stanislav Belkovskiy)
31. Valdai Discussion Club: Fiona Hill, Russia's Decision to Stop USAID.
32. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Dmitry Babich, Don't mix politics and aid. Next week USAID will leave Russia. The closure of USAID's office in Moscow is largely symbolic and it is not a good signal.
33. Voice of America: James Brooke, Making the Kremlin Queasy: Massive American Aid Has Helped Russians Three Times in the Last Century.
34. RIA Novosti: Putin Slams West Over Syria.
35. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Fyodor Lukyanov, Preventing chaos in the Middle East. Despite the commercial and geopolitical interests that Moscow has in the Middle East, it seeks avoiding any unnecessary upheavals, not to mention conflicts between civilizations and religions.
36. Interfax: Senior Russian MP visiting NATO explains Moscow's stance on missile defence.
37. RIA Novosti: Compromise on Missile Shield Possible Vershbow.
38. Reuters: Georgia says scandal response shows it's better than Russia.
39. Interfax: Prominent Georgian Moviemaker Compares Saakashvili Regime to USSR.
40. www.foreignpolicy.com: Thomas de Waal, Georgia Holds Its Breath. Rocked by a prison scandal and allegations from all sides over illicit campaigning, this tiny country's election has become a brawl between political heavyweights.
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24 September 2012
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1. Moscow Times/AP: Deadly Hobby of Dog Hunting Gains Popularity.
2. Moscow News: Drunk driver kills 7 when he hits a bus stop at 190 kph.
3. The Vancouver Sun (Canada): Matthew Fisher, West's depiction of Putin's woes is nothing more than wishful thinking. While criticisms of Russian President Vladimir Putin are heavily covered in the western media, it would be a mistake to think the Russian public at large is hankering for change.
4. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring. What the Papers Say, Sept. 24, 2012.
5. AFP: Russia quietly marks anniversary of Putin 'job swap'
6. Interfax: Protest sentiment abating over restructuring in civil society. (Kudrin)
7. Interfax: Russian Opposition Leaders See Their Name Recognition, Disapproval Ratings Go Up.
8. Vedomosti: CANDIDATES. An update on election of the opposition's Coordinating Council.
9. Los Angeles Times: Russian opposition figure takes dim view of anti-Putin movement. (Vladimir Milov)
10. Interfax: Kremlin considering resumption of election bloc practice.
11. Moskovskiye Novosti: United Russia Deputies Reluctant to Divest Foreign Property.
12. Moscow Times: Treason Bill Gains Momentum.
13. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The State Duma voted for amendments in the articles of the Criminal Code over high treason and espionage.
14. BBC Monitoring: Outspoken tycoon says Putin not corrupt but victim of system. (Aleksandr Lebedev)
15. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, On Pension Plan, Putin Shows He's Not a Leader.
16. AFP: Russia's Chechen war mastermind Grachev dies at 64.
17. Financial TImes editorial: Uncivil society.
18. www.russiatoday.com: Russian consumer rights watchdog seeks to defrock Orthodox Patriarch.
19. Moscow TImes: Politics, Orthodoxy a Potent Mix at Winzavod.
20. Eliot Borenstein: Blog "All the Russias," http://jordanrussiacenter.org/all-the-russias/
ECONOMY
21. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, With Continued Economic Growth, Russia's Unemployment Rate Hit an All-Time Low in August.
22. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Jim Rogers' Newfound Love For Russia And The Gradual Improvement In Its Image Among Investors.
23. www.russiatoday.com: Too much of Government is bad enough - Sochi Forum.
24. Washington Post: Cumbersome Gazprom losing its clout.
25. Moscow Times: Gazprom Neft Delays Arctic Drilling for Safety Reasons.
26. www.imassera.com: Tourism Biggest Industry In Russia.
27. Bloomberg: Russian Food-Store Tsar Rings Up Billions as Wal-Mart Wavers.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
28. www.russiatoday.com: Fyodor Lukyanov, Responsibility versus liberty.
29. Asia Times: Yong Kwon, Siberia placed to be the new Middle East.
30. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Straddling between Asia and Europe. Historian and scholar Yakov Berger talks about misconceptions of Russia's plans for development in the Far East, and discusses the benefits of Russia's presence and relationships in Asia.
31. Cesran International: Richard Rousseau, The Cracks in the Russia-China Tandem.
32. Valdai Discussion Club: Stephen Pifer, Geopolitical reality makes US seek Russian cooperation.
33. www.policymic.com: Georgi Ivanov, Russia Strategic Review: With NATO Expansion, New Ballistic Missiles Signal Shift in Moscow.
34. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, A Pyrrhic Victory Over USAID.
35. www.russiatoday.com: Veronika Krasheninnikova, USAID looks for ways around Russian ban.
36. www.buzzfeed.com: Romney Invests In "Number One Geopolitical Foe" Russia.
37. DPA: Latvian memorial to Waffen SS sparks tension with Russia.
38. Reuters: OSCE gives thumbs-down to Belarus poll.
39. www.russiatoday.com: Georgian prison tortures demand inquiry - Moscow.
40. Civil Georegia: Saakashvili: Those Who Want to Bring in 'Putinist Rules' will be Disappointed.
41. The Atlantic: Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr., Georgia's Prison Rape Scandaland What It Says About the Rose Revolution. The tragedy of Mikheil Saakashvili.
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23 September 2012
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1. Russia Beyond the Headlines: John Evans, Putin and Russians need a break. Should Russia copy the American model of democracy? Former U.S. Consul General in St. Petersburg John Evans explains why it shouldn't.
2. Reuters: Macho image fades as Russia's Putin nears 60.
3. Moscow Times: Medvedev Reacts to Putin's Barbs.
4. Reuters: Russia's Medvedev offers rare criticism of Putin.
5. New York Times: Putin's Russia Hits the 'Clear' Button on the Medvedev Era.
6. Politkom.ru: Three Areas of Disagreement Between Kremlin, Government Explored. (Tatyana Stanovaya)
7. Moscow Times: USAID Exit to Hit Small Organizations Hard.
8. Interfax: Golos Vows to Carry on Monitoring Despite USAID Moscow Office Shutdown.
9. Interfax: Senior MP Says USAID Knew Russia Was Unhappy With It.
10. Interfax: USAID Financed One Russia Programmes For Many Years - Opposition Leader.
11. www.russiatoday.com: United Russia denies participation in USAID programs.
12. New York Times: With Aid Cutoff, Kremlin Recalibrates.
13. Interfax: Russian Veteran Rights Organization Says It Will Not Register As 'Foreign Agent'
14. AFP: Russia advances sweeping new spy bill that targets civil groups working with foreigners.
15. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, The 'Cold War' In The Kremlin.
16. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Islamic Fundamentalists in the Kremlin.
17. Valdai Discussion Club: Gleb Pavlovsky, Opposition has to spread the protest to the Russian regions.
18. Interfax: Opposition Activist Has Slim Chances In Vote For Moscow Region Town Mayor - Poll.
19. Interfax: Russian Duma to Review Filtering System For Gubernatorial Election Candidates.
20. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV talk show discusses opposition MP expulsion, protests.
21. Moscow Times: In the Spotlight. Anna Malpas writes her last column for The Moscow Times after six years of watching bad television and writing about Ksenia Sobchak.
ECONOMY
22. Interfax: Trust Is Main Condition of Global Development - Russian Premier.
23. Interfax: Rules For Doing Business in Russia Must Be Globally Competitive - PM.
24. Reuters: Russia on the brink of stagnation-Kudrin.
25. Vedomosti: SECHIN WITHOUT ENERGY. The Government has found a way to finance the pre-election promises of Vladimir Putin.
26. Business New Europe: Battle between liberals, Siloviki heats up over Rosneftegaz cash.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
27. Interfax: Russian way to EU, NATO blocked - State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee head.
28. www.russiatoday.com: Neither East nor West for Russia.
29. BBC Monitoring: Senior MP Nikonov discusses US failure in the Middle East.
30. Interfax: Events in Syria Likely Prompted By Saudi Arabia, Qatar - Russian Senator.
31. Interfax: External Intervention In Syria Akin To Putting Out Fire With Petrol - Duma MP.
32. Global Times (China): Charles Kupchan, Russia and US can drop Cold War attitude to missile defense.
33. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, Confident Putin Buries Reset.
34. Valdai Discussion Club: Ariel Cohen, Russia and the US: strained relations and ways to fix it.
35. Washington Post: David Kramer, Will Obama stand up against Putin's abuses?
36. Christian Science Monitor: Russia bolsters influence in Kyrgyzstan as US nears airbase exit.
37. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, China-Japan Tensions Who Stands to Gain?
38. Reuters: Lukashenko sneers at opposition boycott as Belarus votes.
39. Business New Europe: Scandal at jail breaks Georgia election wide open.
40. Reuters: Opposition says Georgia vote a choice between "good and evil"
41. Interfax: Campaign Against Georgian Govt Is Financed From Russia - Saakashvili.
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1. Moscow News: Baby, it's cold outside. When the weather turns sour, some Russians splurge on saunas but those who can afford it go abroad.
2. Moscow Times: Foreign Ministry Accuses USAID of Meddling in Politics.
3. Christian Science Monitor: Kremlin boots USAID for 'interference' in Russian politics.
4. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ministry says Russia's 'mature' society can do without USAID.
5. www.russiatoday.com: Putin agrees: USAID meddling in Russian politics.
6. RIA Novosti: Russian Analysts, Rights Activists, Opposition Comment On USAID Closure.
7. Interfax: USAID Sums Up Outcomes of Its Activities in Russia Before Closure.
8. ITAR-TASS: US reiterates commitment to supporting civil society in Russia.
9. Washington Post editorial: U.S. should redouble effort to boost Russian democracy.
10. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Richard Sakwa's Outstanding Analysis of the Putin System's Past, Present, and Future.
11. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexander Rahr, Who is Mr. Medvedev today?
12. RBC Daily: PRESIDENT'S AUTUMN. Sociologists and political scientists warn that President Putin might start losing popularity before very long.
13. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The head of the Russian presidential administration urges the state authorities and the society to unite in the struggle against corruption.
14. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 20, 2012.
15. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: USING THE DUMA AGAIN. SCANDAL MIGHT CAUSE UNPREDICTABLE PROCESSES IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF POLITICAL FORCES IN THE DUMA.
16. Kommersant: WAR ON CORRUPTION. PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR SERGEI IVANOV APPEALED TO THE POWERS-THAT-BE AND PEOPLE TO COMBINE EFFORTS.
17. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: LATE OFF THE STARTING LINE. Success of the opposition depends on the ability of its leaders to combine efforts.
18. Interfax: Next Mass Protest Postponed Until December - Russian Opposition Activist. (Sergey Udaltsov)
19. BBC Monitoring: Dozhd, New Russian talk show discusses future of opposition movement.
20. Interfax: Russia's Yabloko Cannot Accept Leftist Dominance In Protest Movement - Leader.
21. Kommersant: Russian Federal TV Channels Show Oppositionist Navalnyy Speaking.
22. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Experts Comment on Desertion of Protest Movement by 'Creative Class'
23. Moscow TImes: Vladimir Ryzhkov, The Church Has Replaced the Communist Party.
24. Interfax: Duma May Call For Stronger Liability For Insulting Religious Feelings on Sept 25.
25. Moscow Times: Russia Puts Renewed Hope in Repatriation Program.
26. Moscow News: Mark Galeotti, Liberals in epaulettes.
27. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Alexei Zakharov, Russia Attacked by Masons! Aliens! Americans!
28. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, MAKE IT STOP: ANOTHER MSM CARICATURE OF RUSSIA.
29. Voice of America: James Brooke, Russia's Tibet' Opens to the Outside World. (Altai Republic)
ECONOMY
30. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The IMF makes worse forecasts for Russian economy.
31. Moscow Times: Putin Slams Officials Over Election Promises.
32. Interfax: Russian Finance Minister Answers Putin's Criticism Of Three Year Federal Budget.
33. Interfax: Russian Deputy Finance Minister Denies Abnormal Capital Flight From Country.
34. Interfax: Top Official Unfazed By Russia's Standing In 'Subjective' Corruption Ratings.
35. ITAR-TASS: Kremlin chief of staff supports call for anti-corruption map in Russia.
36. Interfax: Europe-western China Corridor to Become Shortcut Between Europe, Asia-pacific - Putin.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
37. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexei Fenenko, Russia's Eurasian priorities.
38. www.russiatoday.com: Reset to Reroute: Should Russia rethink Western relations? (Vyacheslav Nikonov)
39. Reuters: USTR Kirk eyes vote on Russia trade bill after election.
40. Reuters: Russia cuts Kyrgyz debt for military, power deals.
41. AP: Protests against brutal abuse of prisoners grow in Georgia.
42. BBC Monitoring: Georgia elections: Furious PR battle for Western minds.
43. New York Times: Race Is On as Ice Melt Reveals Arctic Treasures.
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1. RIA Novosti: Russia is world's most educated country.
2. Moscow Times: Medvedev Calls for Pussy Riot Release.
3. Interfax: Lawyer expresses hope Medvedev's words mean Pussy Riot convicts will go free soon.
4. Interfax: Putin Stresses Role Of Patriotism In Upbringing Of Young Russians.
5. Interfax: Putin Says Against "ideological Censorship"
6. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 13, 2012.
7. Moscow Times: Gudkov Faces Duma Dismissal Friday.
8. ITAR-TASS: Gudkov case stirring wide public response.
9. RBC Daily: DOUBLES. SAME OLD DIRTY TRICKS USED AGAINST THE OPPOSITION IN THE REGIONAL ELECTIONS.
10. Kommersant: MEDVEDEV DOES NOT CARE ABOUT OTHERS' REAL ESTATE ABROAD. Premier Medvedev questioned expediency of the proposed ban to civil servants to own real estate abroad.
11. Vedomosti: Income Declarations Do Little to Fight Corruption.
12. AFP: Moscow allows new mass anti-Putin protest.
13. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The opposition is getting ready for a March of Millions on Saturday.
14. Izvestia: Khakamada Predicts Country's Future Political Agenda.
15. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Mikhail Rostovskiy, Why There Is No Normal Opposition in Russia.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Izvestia: Human-rights organizations to boycott new law on NGOs.
17. Wall Street Journal Europe: Ousted Magazine Editor Meets With Putin. (Masha Gessen)
18. Interfax: Moscow Court Defends Ruling On Keeping Socialite TV Host's Seized Cash. (Ksenia Sobchak)
19. RIA Novosti: Kremlin Dismisses European Criticism Over Human Rights Violation.
20. Interfax: Pussy Riot Trial Brought No Changed To Public Attitude To Russian Justice - Poll.
21. Moscow Times: William Dunkerly, How Pussy Riot and Berezovsky Plot Revolutions.
22. BBC Monitoring: Punk band stunt was part of conspiracy against Russia, TV film claims.
23. RIA Novosti: Kremlin Oligarch Foe Denies Funding 'Demonic' Pussy Riot.
24. Michigan State University News: Russia fails to grasp democratic ideals. (re Vladimir Shlapentokh)
ECONOMY
25. Interfax: Govt Expects to Launch Privatization Process Soon - Dvorkovich.
26. Interfax: Major Russian Companies Told To Coordinate Actions With Kremlin.
27. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, One Foot in WTO, the Other Protects.
28. Interfax: Russian Official Describes EU's Gazprom Inquiry as Pressure To Change Prices.
29. Forbes.com: Matthew Hulberg, Gazprom: Beyond The Point Of Commercial Return.
30. Reuters: Russia will not cut emissions under extended Kyoto climate pact.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
31. Moscow Times: Sergei Karaganov, A Strong Military Doesn't Mean a Strong Nation.
32. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, How the Arab Spring Muddied Post-9/11 Clarity.
33. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Moscow Daily 9/11 Anniversary Editorial Reviews 11 Years of Antiterror Struggle.
34. Financial Times: David Pilling, Russia begins its slow pivot to Asia.
35. New York Times: Russians Say Anti-U.S. Attack in Libya Vindicates Their Position.
36. Interfax: West Accepts Terror Attacks When It's Politically Expedient - Russian Minister.
37. Interfax: Putin Sees Positive Aspect in Romney's Blunt Remarks About Russia.
38. Christian Science Monitor: Putin: I'm 'grateful' to Romney for proving me right about missile defense.
39. www.russiatoday.com: Russia warns US on consequences of regime change.
40. Interfax: Israel Might Strike Iran After U.S. Presidential Elections - Russian Analyst. (Alexei Arbatov)
41. Antiwar.com: Robert Bruce Ware, Iran Attack Could Spark Caucasus War and Economic Trouble.
42. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Vzglyad: Russia is worried about U.S. plans to set up missile defenses in the East.
43. www.russiatoday.com: Race for Arctic resources shouldn't spark new Cold War Russian official.
44. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: AMERICAN UMBRELLA FOR TBILISI. An update on the American-Georgian military cooperation.
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1. Vedomosti: WESTERN WAYS ARE NOT MANDATORY. Vladimir Putin's interview to the 'Russia Today' TV Channel is to show his confidence in the face of the West.
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Vladimir Putin gave his first interview after the presidential inauguration.
3. Interfax: Russian Opposition Figures Comment On Putin's TV Interview.
4. Moscow Times: Leadership 101: Learning to Talk Like Putin.
5. Interfax: Putin Admits Piloting of Fighter Jet Easier Than Hang-gliding.
6. RIA Novosti: Spokesman Peskov Bewildered By Online Reaction To Putin's Hang Glider Flight.
7. RIA Novosti: U.S. Praises Putin's Participation in Crane Saving Project.
8. Business New Europe: Evgeny Gavrilenkov, Russia electorate's priorities are changing.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 7, 2012.
10. Svobodnaya Pressa: Russian Expert Sees Signs of Impending 'Major Conflict' in Caucasus. (Aleksandr Khramchikhin)
11. RIA Novosti: Playing with Religion in Russia Dangerous - Putin Spokesman.
12. ITAR-TASS: Scandals continue bedeviling Russian Orthodox Church.
13. RFE/RL: Who Is Chopping Down Russia's Crosses?
14. Interfax: Preliminary Probe in Politkovskaya Case Over - Spokesman.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Lev Lyubimov, How to improve Russia's secondary education.
16. Moscow Times: John Freedman, New Beginnings Bode Well for Theater Season.
17. BBC Monitoring: Film maker says spoof documentaries mock Russia's TV 'zombies'
18. Valdai Discussion Club: Geoffrey Hosking, Russia and the Napoleonic War
ECONOMY
19. Reuters: Russia's Putin warns on global economy, looks east.
20. Izvestia: The Ministry of Finance is going to deprive the deputies of the state Duma of the right to interfere in the budget.
21. Interfax: Shuvalov: Russia must join OECD as soon as possible.
22. Reuters: Exxon CEO says Russia deal a model for the rest.
23. Wall Street Journal: Russia Wants to Steer Clear of 'Gas War'
24. Bloomberg: Putin Looks East for Growth as Indebted Europe Loses Sheen.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
25. Vedomosti editorial: VALVE IN THE EAST. The APEC Summit will be an impetus for the development of the Russian Far East.
26. The Economist: Russia's Far East. A bridge to Asia? The country's far-flung eastern territories need more than big projects to thrive.
27. www.russiatoday.com: Key change in ballad of East versus West.
28. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: MOSCOW HAS NAMED THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT IN SYRIA. The U.S. and allies are at risk of repeating the mistakes made in Afghanistan.
29. Christian Science Monitor: Russian nuclear support for Iran limited by distrust. Russia has trained hundreds of Iranian nuclear scientists and blocked international action against Tehran. But beneath the surface, there is profound distrust.
30. RIA Novosti: Russian Officials See Little Flexibility for Obama in Second Term.
31. Interfax: Peskov: No confrontation will hopefully show in Russia-U.S. relations whoever wins U.S. elections.
32. Interfax: Kremlin Aide Previews Meeting Between Russian President, US Secretary Of State.
33. Interfax: Washington faces missile defense dilemma - Russian diplomat.
34. Interfax: Russia Will Not Make Unilateral Nuclear Arms Cuts - Ryabkov.
35. Interfax: NATO shirks suppression of Afghan drugs on purpose - Putin.
36. Reuters: Romney backs Russia trade bill only with human rights added.
37. Interfax: Moscow hopeful of eventual visa-free travel to U.S.
38. Moscow Times: Under New Visas, Mind the Fine Print.
39. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian digital diplomacy: clicking through. In recent years it often looks like diplomacy has moved from the "smoke filled rooms" of international gatherings to the touchpad screens so much has been said about the new dimension of public diplomacy labelled e-diplomacy, twiplomacy, etc.
40. www.atlantic-community.org: John Taylor, Redefining the West's Relations with Russia.
41. Kommersant: USA's Increased Activity in Asia-Pacific Region 'Aimed Against China'
42. Interfax: Georgia Has NATO as a Friend - Rasmussen.
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1. Reuters: Russia's Putin defiant on Syria, says Romney "mistaken"
2. Kremlin.ru: Interview by President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Russia Today TV Channel.
3. AP: Putin leads young Siberian cranes in flight.
4. RIA Novosti: For Putin, Folksy Phrases a Personal Affair.
5. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russia's Demographics Continue to Improve, Natural Population Growth Likely in 2012.
6. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 6, 2012.
7. RIA Novosti: Medvedev Says Enjoys Prime Minister's Duties.
8. Kommersant: MAKING THE ELITE DOMESTIC. Expert: The president is out to reestablish control over bureaucracy.
9. Reuters: Unlikely Putin foe faces ouster from Russia assembly. (Gennady Gudkov)
10. Kommersant: MERGING PLATFORMS. DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IS HAVING ANOTHER GO AT UNIFICATION.
11. Kommersant: CANDIDATES RANKED. An update on the campaign in Khimki, Moscow region.
12. Moscow News: Moscow's March of Millions under question.
13. ITAR-TASS: Chechnya-Ingushetia territorial dispute may throw Caucasus off balance.
14. Moscow Times: Boris Kagarlitsky, The Pussy Riot Conspiracy.
15. National Public Radio: Educated Russians Often Lured To Leave.
ECONOMY
16. RIA Novosti: Russia Prepared for Second Global Crisis, Putin Says.
17. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Kommersant-Vlast: Will Russia avoid the global financial crisis?
18. Moscow Times editorial: Why Moscow Isn't as Bad as You've Heard.
19. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, MOSCOW BLOG: Sentiment pendulum swinging back in Russia's direction?
20. Moscow Times: Gazprom Strikes Back at EU Panel.
21. Interfax: Russia not yet decided on Kyoto second commitment period.
22. AP: Russia bets billions on turn toward Asia.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
23. AFP: Asia-Pacific region key to Russia's future: Putin.
24. RIA Novosti: Kremlin Aide Spells Out Russia's Priorities For APEC Summit.
25. Interfax: Lavrov Denies That Moscow Now Prioritizes East Over West in Its Policy.
26. RIA Novosti: Putin Warns West's Syria Policy could Backfire.
27. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Expert Views Syrian 'Catastrophe,' Implications for Broader Near East. (Georgiy Mirskiy)
28. www.russiatoday.com: Attacking Iran would be 'disastrous' Russia warns.
29. Interfax: Russian authorities argue that Moscow does not dramatize Romney's pledge of less flexibility in relations with Russia.
30. RIA Novosti: Romney's Tough Russia Rhetoric An Election Ploy, Analysts Say.
31. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Fyodor Lukyanov, Is Russia really relevant in the U.S. foreign policy? Despite the relatively prominent presence of a Russian theme in the Republican party's platform and its candidate's declarations, it is clear that Russia is not really very relevant in the U.S. election context.
32. Interfax: Half of Georgians Regard Russia as Threat to Their Country - Poll.
OTHER RESOURCES
33. Gordon Hahn: New issue of Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER).
34. CSIS Conference: Religious and Ethnic Tolerance in South Caucasus and Central Asia--Sept.11.
35. BBG ROUNDTABLE: New Russian Laws: Tightening the Noose on Free Speech? September 19.
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1. Reuters: Alissa de Carbonnel, INSIGHT-Brutality, anger fuel jihad in Russia's Caucasus.
2. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Aug. 31, 2012.
3. Moscow Times: Education Reform Inching Forward.
4. ITAR-TASS: All-Russia People's Front distancing itself from United Russia party.
5. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The opposition makes public the unmasking information about the incomes of deputies in the ruling party.
6. The Economist: Putin's perks. Nice work.
7. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Ogoniok: Mapping Russia's religious landscape. For the first time, Russian sociologists have compiled an atlas of Russia's religions. Given the current debate on relations between the church, state and society, this atlas offers a timely and valuable look into the nature of Russian worship.
8. Kommersant: Vladislav Surkov to Chair Commission on Religious Associations.
9. RIA Novosti: Vitaly Milonov: Laying Down God's Law in Russia.
10. RFE/RL: Plight Of Blogger, Pussy Riot Highlight Church's Political Ambitions.
11. The Economist: Russia and Islam. The end of peaceful coexistence? Until recently traditional Muslims and Salafists lived harmoniously side-by-side in Tatarstan. No longer.
12. Svobodnaya Pressa: Intensifying Religious Animosity in Dagestan Anticipated.
13. ITAR-TASS: Opposition plans to organize March of Millions in Moscow on September 15.
14. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Moscow to get two Speakers' Corners. A bid to create Moscow's Hyde Park becomes reality as Gorky and Sokolniki parks are designated free speech zones.
15. Politkom.ru: Forthcoming Khimki Mayoral Election's Importance Analyzed. (Aleksey Makarkin)
16. Interfax: Former Kremlin Strategist Sees Pussy Riot Poll As Evidence Of Split In Society. (Gleb Pavlovskiy)
17. Reuters: Russian killer wrote Pussy Riot on wall to mislead police.
18. http://fitzhenrymac.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/pussy-riot: Pussy Riot Videos.
19. http://mercouris.wordpress.com: Alexander Mercouris, PUSSY RIOT AFTER THE JUDGMENT.
ECONOMY
20. Gazeta.ru: Moody's Downgrades G20 Growth Forecast for 2012.
21. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Russian Authorities 'Lax' In Taking Measures Against Looming Crisis.
22. Moscow Times: Russian Consumers Determined to Cut Spending.
23. Interfax: Analysts Welcome Shtokman Project Delay.
24. Financial Times: Abramovich/Berezovsky: Russia the loser.
25. Moscow Times: Q&A: Getting the Most Out of Oligarchs and the West . (re Stuart Lawson)
26. Moscow Times: Gerard Wynn, Arctic Melt Will Prompt Energy Rush.
27. Financial Times: Oleg Deripaska, Russia must wake the sleeping Siberian tiger.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
28. Valdai Discussion Club: Gleb Ivashentsov, Russia's strategic aims in the Asia-Pacific Region.
29. RIA Novosti: Romney Talks Tough on Russia in Acceptance Speech.
30. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Romney's victory is a present to the hawks.
31. New York Times: Matthew A. Rojansky and Nikolas Gvosdev, The U.S. Should Still Talk to Russia.
32. RIA Novosti: Russian NGOs 'Not U.S. Agents' - Clinton.
33. Interfax: U.S. embassy in Russia reports reduction of visa fees.
34. Moscow Times: Russian Teens Find Surprises in U.S. Schools.
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1. AFP: Kremlin stokes patriotism for 1812 anniversary.
2. ITAR-TASS: Conference on Moscow in 1812 Patriotic War dedicated to feat of Russians.
3. RIA Novosti: Freedom of Speech 'More Important' for Russians than Rallies.
4. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, Putin Responsible for Good and Bad.
5. Da Russophile: Anatoly Karlin, Boris Releases His Eighth (?) Dud. (Boris Nemtsov)
6. RIA Novosti: Grozny Tops List of Happiest Russian Cities.
7. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial: Full plate: Putin has his hands full in governing Russia.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Aug. 30, 2012.
9. Kommersant: FAKE SIGNATURES. FIRST PHASE OF THE GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN IS DRAWING TO ITS END.
10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: LONGING FOR COUNCILS. Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin to the media: It is time we learned to listen to each other.
11. Moscow Times: What Awaits Pussy Riot Musicians in Prison.
12. AP: Officials: Russia killer demands Pussy Riot freed.
13. Bloomberg: Pussy Riot Jail Term Rated 'Fair' by Most Russians, Poll Shows.
14. Interfax: Russians' Awareness About Pussy Riot Case Climbs To 84 Per Cent, Poll Shows.
15. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Russia's Corrupt Crackdown on Corruption.
16. www.russiatoday.com: Islam is inseparable part of Russia's society and culture - Putin.
17. RFE/RL: Assassination Of Daghestan's Sufi Spiritual Leader Raises Specter Of New Violence.
18. RIA Novosti: Sheikh Murdered Over Religious Split Say Analysts.
19. ITAR-TASS: Bomber who killed Dagestani theologian was Russian actress married to Wahhabi.
20. www.russiatoday.com: Kremlin to set up mobile teams to tackle ethnic conflicts.
21. Interfax: Poll: More Russians call for restrictions on migration.
22. Interfax: Opposition applying to hold third March of Millions on Aug 31. (for September 15 date)
23. Interfax: Russian Opposition Blogger Sceptical About Fair Election In Moscow Region Town. (Navalny)
24. Interfax: Financial Proceedings Vs. Navalny Must Go Ahead, Court Says.
25. AP: Moscow's Hotel Metropol sold at auction.
26. Moscow News: 'Itchy and Scratchy' to be edited out of 'The Simpsons' in Russia.
27. RFE/RL: A Victory Of Courage And Coercion: British Historian On Stalingrad's Legacy. (interview with British historian Antony Beevor)
ECONOMY
28. Moscow Times: Gazprom Puts Shtokman and Partners on the Shelf.
29. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. One of the most high-profile Gazprom projects is frozen.
30. Wall Street Journal: Russia's Auto Market Shines Amid Gloom.
31. Moscow Times: Andrey Goltsblat, WTO Will Help Russia Become a Global Leader.
32. Investment Adventures in Emerging Markets: Mark Mobius, The Russian Evolution.
33. www.russiatoday.com: Russian central banker outperformed US Fed's Bernanke - rating.
34. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Russia looks east for business; cool on US-led Asia trade group.
35. AP: Feuding Russian tycoons face London court ruling.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
36. The Voice of Russia: Konstantin Garibov, What Russian, Chinese leaders may discuss during APEC summit.
37. Bloomberg: Romney Win to Drive Russia Stocks Down 10%, Citigroup Says.
38. www.russiatoday.com: Romney camp: Russia top geopolitical foe, 'reset' failed.
39. Pravda.ru: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan promise Russia Republican hell.
40. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Republicans in the Pursuit of Foreign Policy.
41. RIA Novosti: United States Expects Russia to 'Break with Assad'
42. Izvestia: RUSSIA, NATO, AND AFGHANISTAN. International operation in Afghanistan: preparations for termination continue.
43. New York Times: Georgia Frees Hostages Along Border With Russia.
44. AFP: Uzbekistan lawmakers ban foreign military bases.
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29 August 2012
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1. Interfax: Most Russians Not Expecting Political Repressions - Poll.
2. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Aug. 29, 2012.
3. Moscow Times: Putin's Taste for Luxury Compels Him to Stay in Power, Group Says.
4. Moscow Times: Wife of Opposition Activist Gets 8 Years on Drug Charges.
5. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The court sentenced the opposition activist to eight years in prison that is twice longer than the prosecutor demanded.
6. Interfax: Human Rights Council Will Likely Stay in Opposition - Expert.
7. Vedomosti: DEMOCRACY. COORDINATING OPPOSITION COUNCIL: ELECTION IS NEARING.
8. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Khimki Is a Litmus Test for Opposition.
9. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: BLOGGERS, BEWARE. United Russia aspires to control over the Internet.
10. www.opendemocracy.net: Asmik Novikova and Natalya Taubina, Russia's police: new name, but can it change its spots?
11. www.opendemocracy.net: Grigory Tumanov, The dark doings of Russia's Centre E.
12. AP: Kremlin's rights council blasts Pussy Riot verdict.
13. Los Angeles Times: Randall Roberts, Critic's Notebook: Pussy Riot is more about message than music. Pussy Riot is now Russia's most famous punk band, but is its music any good? It's retrogressive and poorly recorded, but the point is the politics.
14. The Guardian: Illana Ozernoy, Pussy Riot's jailing is just the latest chapter as Russia's church and state entwine.
15. Interfax: Erotic art museum attacked by Orthodox Christians.
16. Moscow Times: Lilia Shevtsova, Putin's Law of Repression May Force His Demise.
17. RIA Novosti: As Putin Urges Ethnic Peace, Violence Persists.
18. Interfax: Dagestan almost fully under Wahhabi influence - expert.
19. St. Petersburg Times: City Approves Skyscraper, Prompting More Protests. Opponents of the project fear it will pave the way for the construction of more skyscrapers around St. Petersburg.
20. Stratfor.com: The Future of Russia's Military: Part 3.
21. Moscow News: Putin assassination plot suspect changes his story.
22. PONARS Eurasia 2012: Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, American Lessons: On the Path Toward Russian "Progressivism"
ECONOMY
23. Kommersant: Banks Augment Reserves, Anticipate New Crisis.
24. RBC Daily: RETURN TO GAZPROM. Experts warn that the intended return of representatives of the state to Gazprom will do nothing to improve its efficiency.
25. Bloomberg: Russia's Oldest Funds Quit Moscow as Investors Curb Risk.
26. Financial Times: Gazprom shelves Shtokman project.
27. The Voice of Russia: Russian Arctic resources.
28. RFE/RL: Arctic Oil Rush Poses Environmental Risks And Challenges.
29. Bloomberg: Soviet Bonds Haunt Putin as Investors Hunt $785B.
30. Moscow News: Shuvalov calls for Russia to look east. Russia needs to realize the untapped potential of its proximity to Asia, the deputy prime minister says.
31. ITAR-TASS: Preparations for APEC summit practically over.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
32. Valdai Discussion Club: Ján Karnogurský, Russia puts too much stock in the West's opinion of it.
33. AP: US-Russia visa easing to start Sept. 9.
34. RIA Novosti: U.S. Hails Russia's Readiness for Nuclear Cuts.
35. www.noozhawk.com: Tom Donohue, PNTR for Russia Would Put America Back in the Game. Business opportunities and jobs are there for the taking, and we must be ready to seize them.
36. www.foreignpolicy.com: Romney camp doubles down on Russia as "geopolitical foe"
37. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Consequences of U.S. attack on Syria are "unpredictable." Arab studies expert Boris Dolgov spoke with Andrey Rezchikov of Vzglayd about the possible consequences of U.S. a raid on Syria's chemical weapons bunkers.
38. Reuters: Tymoshenko loses appeal, stays in Ukraine jail.
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1. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Most Russians disagreed that political repressions are being carried out in the country.
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Political experts dwell on 100 days of Dmitry Medvedev's government.
3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russians Prefer Civil Service Jobs.
4. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, In desecration of crosses, Russia's Orthodox church sees dark warning.
5. ITAR-TASS: Split in civil society grows in the wake of sentence passed on Pussy Riot.
6. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Aug. 28, 2012.
7. Moscow News: New Putin pamphlet. Oppositionist Boris Nemtsov says Putin lives like a a 'Persian Gulf monarch'
8. New York Times: For Putin, Report Says, State Perks Pile High.
9. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Printing Houses Refuse to Publish New Anti-Putin Pamphlet.
10. Moscow Times: Dissenting United Russia Member Faces Expulsion.
11. Izvestia: PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION WILL CHALLENGE UNITED RUSSIA...in the Duma. Parties of the opposition mean to undermine United Russia's dominant position.
12. RIA Novosti: Kremlin Announces Rights Council Shortlist.
13. Interfax: Council for Inter-Ethnic Relations should involve opposition in debates - Putin.
14. Reuters: Russian eco-warrior turns to politics to challenge Putin. (Yevgeniya Chirikova)
15. Moscow News: Prisoners of the other riot. The case of the May 6 detainees has ominous political overtones.
16. Moscow News: Mark Galeotti, Russia's stationary jihad.
17. Reuters: Female Punk rock band appeals conviction, Russian church critical.
18. Interfax: Senior Russian Priest Calls Pussy Riot, Anti Clerical Stunts 'Velvet Terrorism'
19. The Guardian (UK): Pussy Riot: 'we still burn with desire to take Putin's monopoly on power.' Yekaterina Samutsevich tells Guardian from cell that jail sentence handed to three band members shows Putin is scared.
20. www.opendemocracy.net: Sergei Lukashevsky, How God came to vote for Putin: the background to Pussy Riot.
21. Moscow Times: Alexei Pankin, West Is on the Wrong Side of Pussy Riot.
22. Emerging Money: Craig Mellow, Too much noise about Pussy Riot.
23. ITAR-TASS: Search at factory of Navalny's parents underway in Kirovles case.
24. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Judge Veklich's Rebellion. (re Garry Kasparov)
25. http://russiamil.wordpress.com: Dmitry Gorenburg, The Army and the Church.
26. Stratfor.com: Future of Russia's Military: Part 1.
27. Stratfor.com: Future of Russia's Military: Part 2.
28. Moscow Times: New Chief Architect Well-Grounded in History.
29. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, When Russian Children Are Allowed to Die.
30. PONARS: Juliet Johnson, Mission Impossible: Modernization in Russia after the Global Financial Crisis.
ECONOMY
31. Moscow News: Changing the trade rules. Russia's entry to the WTO could give Putin's cautious reform program the boost it needs.
32. Moscow News editorial: Is the WTO a sinking ship?
33. The Next Women: Top Ten Power Women in Russia.
34. Moscow News: Choking over spilled oil. Poor infrastructure and buck-passing are wreaking environmental havoc in the regions that have fed Russia's petro-boom.
35. RIA Novosti: APEC to Rival EU on Russian Trade 1st Deputy PM.
36. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Greater integration with Asia essential in reviving the Russian Far East. The idea of settling in the regions beyond Siberia will only appeal to Russians if they feel they can benefit from the booming economies of Asia.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
37. RIA Novosti: Alexei Pilko, Syria: What Next?
38. RIA Novosti: Russian Pundits See Geopolitical Gains In Georgian War, Split Over West's Role.
39. Valdai Discussion Club: Steven Pifer and Hannah Thoburn, What Ukraine's New Language Law Means for National Unity.
40. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: SEEKING AID FROM PUTIN. The Moldovan authorities close Russian schools in the republic.
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1. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring. What the Papers Say, Aug. 27, 2012.
2. Moscow Times: Reformer Stolypin Held Up as Model for Putin.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The salaries of federal public servants keep growing.
4. Interfax: Based on Levada Center Poll on Presidential Term Experts Say Voters Becoming More Demanding.
5. Patrick Armstrong: POPULARITY.
6. Valdai Discussion Club: Sergey Aleksashenko, Membership of Prime Minister's Expert Council.
7. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Medvedev Must Give Up His Presidential Dreams.
8. New York Times: Radical Islamic Attacks in a Moderate Region Unnerve the Kremlin.
9. Interfax: Nationalism Propaganda Must Be Opposed by Lessons of Tolerance -- Putin.
10. Vedomosti: MIGRANTS. CHAIRED BY PRESIDENT PUTIN, FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR ETHNIC RELATIONS TOOK PLACE IN SARANSK.
11. ITAR-TASS: Russian authorities versus xenophobia.
12. AP: Russian activist's mayor bid seen as Kremlin test.
13. Profil: DAME VS GENTLEMEN. Khimki is the only town where non-parliamentary opposition stands a chance of winning the election.
14. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The hackers may be made equal to the terrorists: the authorities are concerned about growing activities of the opposition in the Internet.
15. www.russiatoday.com: Facespook: Russian spies order $1mln software to influence social networks.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Pussy Riot: Are Russians paying attention? While Pussy Riot verdict garnered a lot of international attention, many ordinary Russians remain indifferent.
17. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The symbols of the Orthodox Christian faith are being destroyed in Russia.
18. Moscow TImes: Court Unexpectedly Clears Kasparov of Illegally Rallying for Pussy Riot.
19. New York Times: 2 Band Members in Russia Said to Flee to Avoid Arrest.
20. Moscow Times: Peter Rutland, What Links Pussy Riot With Dostoevsky.
21. www.russiatoday.com: Russian Embassy in UK, One more time about Pussy Riot rights.
22. PONARS: Samuel Greene, How Much Can Russia Really Change? THE DURABILITY OF NETWORKED AUTHORITARIANISM.
23. www.russiatoday.com: Extremist makeover: Communists blast Lenin 'witch-hunt'
24. Interfax: Russians no longer hope to receive quality education in their country.
25. Interfax: Over 700,000 Held in Detention Facilities, Corrective Establishments in Russia - Prosecutor General's Office.
26. New York Times: Masha Gessen, The Fog of News. (re www.fognews.ru)
ECONOMY
27. Interfax: Russians aware of entry into WTO, know little about WTO goals - poll.
28. The Globe and Mail (Canada): Piotr Dutkiewciz, The Russian bear comes in from the cold.
29. Financial Times: Russians spend it while they've got it.
30. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Dvorkovich-Sechin Rift Documented.
31. SG Alpha: Russia: Overlooked Misunderstood.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
32. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Fyodor Lukyanov, The Eurasian misconception. Putin's plan to create a Eurasian Union may actually not be a bad idea, but the proof will be in the implementation.
33. Interfax: Putin Reaffirms Russia's Commitment to Nuclear Disarmament.
34. Council on Foreign Relations: Anya Schmemann, Pussy Riot, the WTO, and a Clash of Civilizations.
35. RIA Novosti: Russian Experts Mull Prospect Of Syrian Conflict Prompting Civil War In Lebanon.
36. PONARS: Ekaterina Stepanova, The Syria Crisis and the Making of Russia's Foreign Policy.
37. Israel Today: Russian Chess in the Middle East - Part I.
38. Israel Today: Russian Chess in the Middle East - Part II.
39. Interfax: Deals with Pentagon are best advertisement for Russian helicopters - official.
40. Reuters: Ukraine's Yanukovich flirts with Russia as election looms.
41. Interfax: Four parties likely make it into parliament - polling data.
42. Asia Times: M K Bhadrakumar, A playboy for the Pamirs.
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