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JRL 2004 Excerpts

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Russian bombers to test launch missile in 2005
From Interfax; JRL #8494, Dec. 12, 2004.
 

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Request for information on nuclear missiles
From Jim Oberg; JRL #8483, Dec. 6, 2004.
 

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2004 And Beyond: In Russia, Tragedy Furthers Kremlin Vision Of Centralized State
By Daisy Sindelar from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #8505, Dec. 18, 2004.
 

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Putin's Methods Counterproductive in Russian Fight on Corruption and Terrorism
From RFE/RL; JRL #8507, Dec. 19, 2004.
 

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The mere tip of the iceberg
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8505, Dec. 18, 2004.
 

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MOST RUSSIANS BELIEVE THAT YANUKOVICH'S VICTORY WOULD MEET RUSSIA'S INTERESTS
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #8505, Dec. 18, 2004.
 

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WILL GOVERNORS RESIGN VOLUNTARILY?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8501, Dec. 16, 2004.
 

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Russian election reform meets Euro standards - experts
From Interfax; JRL #8501, Dec. 16, 2004.
 

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Russia: Putin Signs Bill Eliminating Direct Elections Of Governors
By Jeremy Bransten, from RFE/RL; JRL #8497, Dec. 14, 2004.
 

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Liberals admit Russia not ready for "street democracy"
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #8495, Dec. 12, 2004.
 

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CIVIL CONGRESS EXAMINES PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #8495, Dec. 12, 2004.
 

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Comment on Dmitri Trenin's point/ 8506 [re: U.S.-Russian Relations; Security Strategy; Preemptive War]
From Albert L. Weeks; JRL #8507, Dec. 19, 2004.
 

•     RUSSIAN STOCKS IN CONFUSION OVER NON-TRANSPARENT YUGANSK AUCTION
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #8507, Dec. 20, 2004.
 
•     Mystery Bidder Wins Yugansk for $9.4Bln
By Catherine Belton and Guy Faulconbridge, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8507, Dec. 19, 2004.
 
•     Menatep Promises Years of Litigation
By Guy Faulconbridge, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8507, Dec. 19, 2004.
 
•     The Perfect Solution for the Yugansk Fiasco
By Maxim Kononenko, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8507, Dec. 19, 2004.
 
•     Yukos suit to protect reputation of foreign managers
From Interfax; JRL #8501, Dec. 16, 2004.
 
•     Russia: Analysts Say Kremlin Seeks Control Of Oil Sector Through Yukos Sale
By Jeremy Bransten, from RFE/RL; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 
•     Enron, Yukos and the Gatekeepers
By Sergei Guriev, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 
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The United States and Russia: the Next Four Years
Alexander Vershbow, U.S. Ambassador to Russia

U.S. State Department transcript of remarks at Princeton; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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Washington Profile Survey: America’s Most Influential Russians in 2004
From Scott Stephens; JRL #8475, Nov. 30, 2004.
 

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Ukraine’s Election: Next Steps: Testimony by Ambassador John Tefft, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
Transcript of prepared remarks before House International Relations Committee; JRL #8488, Dec. 8, 2004.
 

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After Ukraine, A Turn East?
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8486, Dec. 7, 2004.
 

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Eastern Ukraine Views Kyiv With Suspicion
By Valentinas Mite, from RFE/RL; JRL #8486, Dec. 7, 2004.
 

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LESSONS OF THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #8488, Dec. 8, 2004.
 

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CORNERED BY THE WEST OVER UKRAINE, PUTIN COURTS ALLIES ELSEWHERE
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #8488, Dec. 8, 2004.
 

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Agreeing to Disagree - Again
Tension Continues in Ukraine as Another Deal Falls Through

Dmitry Babich and Thomas Rymer, from Russia Profile; JRL #8488, Dec. 8, 2004.
 

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UKRAINE: EVERYBODY LOST IN THE SECOND ROUND. WHO STANDS TO WIN THE THIRD?
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #8486, Dec. 7, 2004.
 

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A Negative Link to Islam: A Scholar on Islam Says the Koran and Suicide Bombers Don't Mix
Interview with Alexander Ignatenko, from Russia Profile; JRL #8483, Dec. 5, 2004.
 

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Beslan: Three Months after the Tragedy
By Ludmila Butuzova, from The Moscow News; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

•     Number of people in poverty declines in Russia - government statistics
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 
•    

3 Regions Reject the Kremlin's Picks
By Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8487, Dec. 7, 2004.
 

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REFORMS OF RUSSIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM MUST NOT SPOIL RELATIONS WITH WEST
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8487, Dec. 7, 2004.
 

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United Russia: rumors of its death have been exaggerated
From Eugene Ivanov; JRL #8483, Dec. 5, 2004.
 

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Fear Makes a Comeback
By Yevgenia Albats, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8485, Dec. 6, 2004.
 

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RUSSIAN STYLE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8485, Dec. 6, 2004.
 

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Russian and Ukrainian languages - rivals or brothers?
From Dmitry Mikheyev; JRL #8484, Dec. 5, 2004.
 

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JRL #8480: Antonova on Ukrainian and Russian languages
From Andreas Umland; JRL #8482, Dec. 4, 2004.
 

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RE: 8481 Ukraine [re: language, insult]
From Anna Badkhen; JRL #8482, Dec. 4, 2004.
 

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Ukraine and the Lessons of History
By Alexei Bayer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8485, Dec. 6, 2004.
 

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YANUKOVICH STANDS NO CHANCE AT ELECTION RERUN
RIA Novosti; JRL #8485, Dec. 6, 2004.
 

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WESTERN PROPAGANDA OF YUSHCHENKO'S LEGITIMACY FREES UP MOSCOW'S HANDS
RIA Novosti; JRL #8482, Dec. 4, 2004.
 

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US doesn't see Ukraine as area of conflict with Russia
From Interfax; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

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WHO WILL GAIN FROM THE YANUKOVICH-YUSHCHENKO HANDSHAKE?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8479, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

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Javier Solana: EU and Russia working together to overcome Ukraine crisis
From Interfax; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

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Ukraine: Youthful Protesters Find That 'Times Are Changing'
By Valentinas Mite, from RFE/RL; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

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WILL TYHYPKO REPLACE YANUKOVYCH?
By Oleg Varfolomeyev, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

•    

The Different Evolutionary Paths of Democracy in East and West Ukraine: How Did We Get to 2004?
From Joseph Dresen, Kennan Institute event announcement; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

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NEW BILL ON PROCEDURES TO ELECT GOVERNORS PASSED IN 2ND READING
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

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Political Opposition Poised To Hit Radar Screen
By Valery Vyzhutovich, from The Moscow News; JRL #8478, Dec. 2, 2004.
 

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Crafting Democracy: How Novgorod Has Coped with Rapid Social Change
From Nicolai Petro, re: his new book, now available in Russian as a free download at http://www.ino-center.ru/publications/petro.html; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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President Putin's Introductory Remarks at the VI National Congress of Judges
Kremlin.Ru transcript; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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Putin Tells Judiciary to Clean Up Its Act
By Nabi Abdullaev, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

•     What the Dickens Is Going On?
A Novel Analysis of Russian-Western Business Relations

By Godfrey Cromwell, featured in Russia Profile; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 
•     Ware/Chechnya and Islam
From Tom de Waal; JRL #8470, Nov. 30, 2004.
 
•     CAPITAL FLIGHT TO REACH $9 BILLION THIS YEAR
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8474, Nov. 30, 2004.
 
•     SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF RUSSIAN BUSINESSES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8473, Nov. 28, 2004.
 
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Russia denies new nukes will be targeted at anyone
From Interfax; JRL #8466, Nov. 22, 2004.
 

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re: Pushkov 8461 [re: media repression]
From Ira Straus; JRL #8466, Nov. 22, 2004.
 

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PUTIN'S "WONDER" MISSILES: BLUFF, THREAT, OR PEP TALK?
By Pavel K. Baev, from the Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8466, Nov. 22, 2004.
 

•     Russian ever more attractive to foreign capital - Putin
From Interfax; JRL #8454, Nov. 16, 2004.
 
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NEW BOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION IN RUSSIA
From Andreas Umland, re: The Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in Russia:
Philosophical, Legal, and Empirical Studies
; JRL #8450, Nov. 13, 2004.
 

•     WHY RUSSIAN OFFICIALS WELCOME AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8449, Nov. 12, 2004.
 
•     OUTFLOW OF CAPITAL FROM RUSSIA THIS YEAR TO AMOUNT TO ABOUT $12 BILLION
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8446, Nov. 10, 2004.
 
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Re: Ukraine
From Jerry Hough; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

•     YUGANSK AUCTION: FINAL CHAPTER IN YUKOS SAGA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8446, Nov. 10, 2004.
 
•     ILLARIONOV: YUGANSKNEFTEGAZ SALE NOT NECESSARY FOR RUSSIAN ECONOMY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8446, Nov. 10, 2004.
 
•     KYOTO PROTOCOL: RUSSIA'S POSITION
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8443, Nov. 8, 2004.
 
•     "IT IS NOT GOOD" TO SELL YUGANSKNEFTEGAZ, SAYS RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL AIDE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8431, Oct. 28, 2004.
 
•     Foreign special services interested in studying Beslan
JRL #8432, Oct. 29, 2004.
 
•     U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: Russia [re: terrorism]
JRL #8431, Oct. 28, 2004.
 
•     54% OF RUSSIANS SAY INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS HAVE NOT DECLARED WAR ON RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8431, Oct. 28, 2004.
 
•     DEPUTY ECONOMICS MINISTER UPDATES MEDIA ON YUKOS AFFAIR, GAZPROM'S ROSNEFT TAKEOVER BID
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8427, Oct. 26, 2004.
 
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Now Ukraine Has Earned Its Independence
By Anders Aslund, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8477, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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Russia/Ukraine: Did President Putin Miscalculate In Ukraine?
By Jeremy Bransten, from RFE/RL; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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Why Putin Worked Yanukovych's Corner
By Yulia Latynina, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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Moscow Playing Risky Game in East Ukraine
By Simon Saradzhyan, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8477, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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UKRAINE CRISIS WILL HAVE REPERCUSSIONS FOR RUSSIAN ECONOMY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8477, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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REVOLUTION SCENARIO WILL NOT BRING OPPOSITION SUCCESS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8476, Dec. 1, 2004.
 

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The Ukraine List and the Extraordinary Events in Ukraine
From Dominique Arel; JRL #8471, Nov. 27, 2004.
 

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West, Ukraine and Russia
From Dmitry Mikheyev; JRL #8475, Nov. 30, 2004.
 

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Democratic Precedent Is Real Threat
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8471, Nov. 27, 2004.
 

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PRESIDENT PUTIN SPEAKS OUT ON JUDICIAL BRANCH'S INDEPENDENCE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8475, Nov. 30, 2004.
 

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Political Reform in Russia -- An Alternative
From John Wilhelm; JRL #8454, Nov. 13, 2004.
 

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Putin's Impossible Dream
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8474, Nov. 30, 2004.
 

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Spin Doctors Blame Yanukovych
By Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8475, Nov. 30, 2004.
 

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A Major Setback for Putin
By Nikolai Petrov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8473, Nov. 29, 2004.
 

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WEST TO INTERFERE WITH RUSSIA AFTER UKRAINE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8473, Nov. 29, 2004.
 

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Comparing Roses and Chestnuts
By James Wertsch, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8473, Nov. 29, 2004.
 

•    

LONG CRISIS TO TEAR UKRAINE APART?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8472, Nov. 28, 2004.
 

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UKRAINIAN PUBLIC PROTEST STAGED ABROAD? POSSIBLE, SAYS RUSSIAN POLITICAL EXPERT
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8472, Nov. 28, 2004.
 

•    

The Crisis in Ukraine
From Roman Szporluk; JRL #8468, Nov. 24, 2004.
 

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Recognizing the Yushchenko Victory: Russia's true interest
From Ira Straus; JRL #8469, Nov. 24, 2004.
 

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DID RUSSIA BACK THE WRONG UKRAINIAN CANDIDATE?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8469, Nov. 24, 2004.
 

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Putin's High-Stakes Gamble in Jeopardy
By Simon Saradzhyan, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8468, Nov. 24, 2004.
 

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PUTIN GREETS YANUKOVICH ON VICTORY IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN UKRAINE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8466, Nov. 22, 2004.
 

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Russia Can Be the Elder, Not the Bully
By Konstantin Sonin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8453, Nov. 16, 2004.
 

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Is the Kremlin making contingency plans for a Yushchenko victory?
PUTIN RETURNS TO UKRAINE UNDER VEIL OF SECRECY

By Igor Torbakov, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8452, Nov. 15, 2004.
 

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POLITICAL REFORM IN UKRAINE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ELECTIONS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8452, Nov. 15, 2004.
 

•    

Russia: Poll Reveals 50 Percent of Russians Want Neutrality in Ukraine Election Runoff
From Interfax; JRL #8450, Nov. 13, 2004.
 

•    

WHO SAID YUSHCHENKO WAS BAD FOR RUSSIA?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8450, Nov. 13, 2004.
 

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"WE MUST AVOID ANY LOSSES WHILE US FOREIGN POLICY TAKES A RADICAL TURN"
By Konstantin Kosachev, featured by RIA Novosti; JRL #8454, Nov. 16, 2004.
 

•    

The Cooling Trend Will Continue
By Andrew C. Kuchins, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8452, Nov. 15, 2004.
 

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GOOD FOR RUSSIA, OR GOOD FOR PUTIN? [re: Bush re-election]
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; JRL #8449, Nov. 12, 2004.
 

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WILL UNITED RUSSIA RESEMBLE SOVIET UNION'S COMMUNIST PARTY?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8450, Nov. 13, 2004.
 

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Response to comment by Ray Finch (#8447) re: Putin’s reforms.
From Vlad Sobell; JRL #8447, Nov. 12, 2004.
 

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Comment re 8444-Sobell/ Putin's Reforms
From Ray Finch; JRL #8447, Nov. 11, 2004.
 

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Putin’s political reforms need not be viewed as anti-democratic
From Vlad Sobell, his article for Daiwa Institute of Research Europe Limited; JRL #8444, Nov. 9, 2004.
 

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Powell's resignation wouldn't affect relations - expert
From Interfax; JRL #8456, Nov. 16, 2004.
 

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RE: 8453-Kuchins [re: U.S.-Russian Relations, Bush]
From Andrew C. Kuchins; JRL #8454, Nov. 16, 2004.
 

•    

Russian-Americans Are Divided About the State Of the US Economy After the Presidential Election
From Ilya Merenzon; JRL #8454, Nov. 16, 2004.
 

•     American-Russian Volunteer Initiative launched
From Interfax; JRL #8446, Nov. 10, 2004.
 

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THE BERLIN WALL AND RUSSIA'S VERTICAL POWER STRUCTURE
By Pavel K. Baev, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8447, Nov. 11, 2004.
 
•    

Gorbachev Says Politicians Squandered Chance To Create New World Order
From Interfax; JRL #8447, Nov. 11, 2004.
 

•     DELAY OF EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT SPELLS RELIEF, BUT WON'T STOP MOSCOW'S U.S. DRIFT
By Angela Charlton, from RIA Novosti; JRL #8446, Nov. 10, 2004.
 
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Positive Feedback on Full Volume
By Yulia Latynina, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8447, Nov. 11, 2004.
 

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Russian administration to set up three-party political system
The two-party system, the US model, is considered the best and most efficient political structure of the society

From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8446, Nov. 10, 2004.
 

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NO PARTIES WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED IN RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8446, Nov. 10, 2004.
 

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Russia's lobbying rates
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8446, Nov. 10, 2004.
 

•     U.S. AMBASSADOR: WASHINGTON'S RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA NOT TO CHANGE DURING BUSH'S SECOND TERM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8442, Nov. 5, 2004.
 
•     THE REELECTION OF BUSH SUITS RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8440, Nov. 4, 2004.
 
•     WILL RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS COOL DOWN?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8440, Nov. 4, 2004.
 
•     PRESIDENT PUTIN'S AIDE CRITICIZES RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8443, Nov. 8, 2004.
 
•     The Breaking Point: Masha Gessen takes a hard look at life under Stalin to determine where compromise ends and guilt begins.
By Rebecca Reich, from "Context" by The Moscow Times; JRL #8442, Nov. 5, 2004.
 
•     WORLD BANK TO STUDY RUSSIAN COMPANIES' COMPETITIVENESS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8438, Nov. 3, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA'S GDP GROWTH RATE IS AMONG THE LOWEST IN FORMER SOVIET UNION-RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8432, Oct. 29, 2004.
 
•     DEPUTY ECONOMICS MINISTER UPDATES MEDIA ON YUKOS AFFAIR, GAZPROM'S ROSNEFT TAKEOVER BID
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8427, Oct. 26, 2004.
 
•     Veshnyakov reports no serious electoral violations in U.S.
From Interfax; JRL #8438, Nov. 3, 2004.
 
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IS MOSCOW READY TO TONE DOWN POLITICAL REFORM ON THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE'S DEMAND?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8436, Nov. 2, 2004.
 

•     What Happens After the Victory of Viktor Y.?
As Expected, Ukraine’s Presidential Elections Head Into a Second Round

By Gennady Petrov, featured in Russia Profile; JRL #8436, Nov. 2, 2004.
 
•     Perplexed by Putin's Bet in Ukraine
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8435, Nov. 1, 2004.
 
•     ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE AND BELARUS HIGHLIGHT PUTIN'S 2008 PREDICAMENT
By Angela Charlton, featured in RIA Novosti; JRL #8412, Oct. 16, 2004.
 
•    

APPOINTMENT OF MAYORS POSTPONED?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8436, Nov. 2, 2004.
 

•    

Analysis: How Will Russian Governors Be Appointed?
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; JRL #8436, Nov. 2, 2004.
 

•     OUTCOME OF U.S. ELECTIONS MAY BE DECIDED BY COURT, SAYS RUSSIAN EXPERT
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8438, Nov. 3, 2004.
 
•    

Electoral Reform Is Bazaar
By Nikolai Petrov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8435, Nov. 1, 2004.
 

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POLITICIANS AND EXPERTS COMMENT ON SOME OF RUSSIAN REGIONS' RELUCTANCE TO APPROVE ELECTION SYSTEM CHANGES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8435, Nov. 1, 2004.
 

•    

STATE DUMA PONDERS RUSSIA'S FUTURE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8434, Oct. 31, 2004.
 

•    

Thousands at Rival Election Rallies
By Oksana Yablokova, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8432, Oct. 29, 2004.
 

•     Between “Good” and “Bad” Separatists:
A dialogue with Nikolai Zlobin and Vladislav Inozemtsev: Two prominent American and Russian political scientists reflect on why Russia isn’t working harder to bring stability to the Caucasus region

From Azerbaijanskie Izvestia; JRL #8426, Oct. 26, 2004.
 
•    

Time to Put Kyoto Treaty to Work
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8431, Oct. 28, 2004.
 

•    

THREE MYTHS ABOUT RUSSIAN FEDERALISM
By Paul Goble, from RFE/RL; JRL #8430, Oct. 28, 2004.
 

•    

PRESIDENT'S INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN POWER VERTICAL LEGAL
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8430, Oct. 28, 2004.
 

•     Russian pundits consider possible changes to presidential term limits
DOES MOSCOW REALLY WANT LUKASHENKA TO BE PRESIDENT-FOR-LIFE?

By Igor Torbakov, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8426, Oct. 26, 2004.
 
•     ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE AND BELARUS HIGHLIGHT PUTIN'S 2008 PREDICAMENT
By Angela Charlton, featured in RIA Novosti; JRL #8412, Oct. 16, 2004.
 
•    

Putin aide assures investors democracy not being curtailed in Russia
From Interfax; JRL #8431, Oct. 28, 2004.
 

•     Report: Bush Win Is Better for Russia
By Lyuba Pronina, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8436, Nov. 2, 2004.
 
•     Predicting the Outcome of U.S. Election
By Konstantin Sonin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8436, Nov. 2, 2004.
 
•     BUSH'S REELECTION OPTIMAL FOR RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8435, Nov. 1, 2004.
 
•     51% OF RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS SUPPORT BUSH AND 46% SUPPORT KERRY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8434, Oct. 31, 2004.
 
•     INTRIGUE AT ELECTIONS OF US PRESIDENT WILL PERSIST TILL LAST MOMENT
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8435, Nov. 1, 2004.
 
•     George Bush as Manna From Heaven [re: Putin Endorsement]
By Alexei Bayer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8421, Oct. 22, 2004.
 
•     Russia: Rumors, Theories Still Swirl Around Beslan Tragedy
By Valentinas Mite, from RFE/RL; JRL #8428, Oct. 27, 2004.
 
•     Only the Terrorists Learned Their Lessons
By Nabi Abdullaev and Simon Saradzhyan, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8429, Oct. 27, 2004.
 
•     Terrorists' Not-So-Little Helpers
Official Corruption is Their Number One Weapon

By Dmitry Babich, featured in Russia Profile; JRL #8429, Oct. 27, 2004.
 
•     The Paradoxes of Living With Terror
Our Lives Will Have to Change, But How?

By Alexei Pankin, featured in Russia Profile; JRL #8429, Oct. 27, 2004.
 
•     Neither Freedom Nor Security: Why Nothing Will Change With the New Anti-Terror Measures
By Yelena Rykovtseva, featured in Russia Profile; JRL #8427, Oct. 26, 2004.
 
•    

Russia Wars: The Lost Hope [re: Government, Putin Power]
From Alexander Nechushkin; JRL #8426, Oct. 26, 2004.
 

•    

Election Official: Russian Constitution Should Stay Unchanged for Next 10 Years
From Interfax; JRL #8426, Oct. 26, 2004.
 

•    

Yabloko Party Finds Itself at a Crossroad
By Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8426, Oct. 26, 2004.
 

•    

Many Russians say authorities aren't threat to freedom - poll
From Interfax; JRL #8426, Oct. 26, 2004.
 

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WHAT WILL APPOINTED GOVERNORS BE LIKE?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8427, Oct. 26, 2004.
 

•    

Rally held in Russia's Tatarstan against Putin electoral reform plans
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8424, Oct. 24, 2004.
 

•     George Bush as Manna From Heaven [re: Putin Endorsement]
By Alexei Bayer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8421, Oct. 22, 2004.
 
•     President Putin's Meeting with Chairman and CEO of General Electric Jeffrey Immelt
Transcript from Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8421, Oct. 22, 2004.
 
•     U.S. Ambassador discusses relations with Moscow
POLICYMAKERS, ANALYSTS DEBATE THE PROSPECTS OF A RUSSIAN-U.S. PARTNERSHIP

By Igor Torbakov, from the Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8422, Oct. 22, 2004.
 
•     Interview With The USA Today Editorial Board
Secretary Colin L. Powell [excerpt]

From U.S. State Department; JRL #8419, Oct. 21, 2004.
 
•     ON-LINE INTERVIEW WITH AMBASSADOR ALEXANDER VERSHBOW
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8417, Oct. 20, 2004.
 
•     Bush v Kerry: Who suits Russia the most
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8407, Oct. 13, 2004.
 
•     Analysis: Is The Balance Of Power Shifting In Chechnya?
By Liz Fuller, from RFE/RL; JRL #8422, Oct. 22, 2004.
 
•     TALKS WITH MASKHADOV INADMISSIBLE, SAYS MIRONOV
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8421, Oct. 22, 2004.
 
•    

Russian liberal hints independent MP Ryzhkov may lead "democratic coalition"
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8419, Oct. 21, 2004.
 

•    

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF STRATEGIC, RESEARCH, CULTURE AND EDUCATION FACILITIES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8419, Oct. 21, 2004.
 

•    

THE KREMLIN SETS UP LIBERAL PARTY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8420, Oct. 21, 2004.
 

•    

Analysis: Putin's Secret Plan To Combat Corruption?
By Julie A. Corwin, from RFE/RL; JRL #8419, Oct. 21, 2004.
 

•     Most Russians feel Al-Qaeda is Russia's enemy
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8424, Oct. 24, 2004.
 
•     Russian political scientists comment on stricter U.S. policy on Belarus
Interfax; JRL #8418, Oct. 21, 2004.
 
•     Lukashenko Leads CIS Into Trouble
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8418, Oct. 20, 2004.
 
•     Open Letter to Lukashenko on European Humanities University closure
By Jonathan F. Fanton, forwarded by John Slocum; JRL #8412, Oct. 16, 2004.
 
•     BELARUS DECIDES LUKASHENKO'S FATE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8413, Oct. 17, 2004.
 
•     The Terrorist Basayev as a Major Political Actor in Russia
By Vladimir Shlapentokh; JRL #8417, Oct. 20, 2004.
 
•     WILL YUGANSKNEFTEGAZ BE SOLD TO GAZPROM?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8418, Oct. 20, 2004.
 
•    

Analysis: The Dismantling Of Russian Oil Giant Yukos
By Roman Kupchinsky, from RFE/RL; JRL #8416, Oct. 19, 2004.
 

•    

Yugansk Could Be Sold for $3.75 Bln
By Valeria Korchagina, From The Moscow Times; JRL #8415, Oct. 19, 2004.
 

•     Nukes Will Not Be Used
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8415, Oct. 19, 2004.
 
•     More and more evidence implicates authorities in Beslan disaster: BESLAN'S TRAGIC END: SPONTANEOUS OR PLANNED?
By Andrei Smirnov, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8415, Oct. 19, 2004.
 
•     WESTERN INVESTORS ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE RUSSIA, THOUGH POLITICAL RISKS WORRY THEM, BRITISH EXPERT SAYS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8416, Oct. 19, 2004.
 
•     INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS PONDER RUSSIAN RISKS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8404, Oct. 12, 2004.
 
•     Chechen emissaries may have faked attacks on themselves - Russian security service
From Interfax; JRL #8412, Oct. 16, 2004.
 
•     TERROR-BEREAVED AVENGERS BEHIND ZAKAYEV ARSON? "MAYBE," SAY INTELLIGENCE BOSSES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8412, Oct. 16, 2004.
 
•    

Russian reform will always comply with Constitution - Putin
From Interfax; JRL #8418, Oct. 20, 2004.
 

•    

A Plan for Reinventing the Wheel
By Sergei Mitrokhin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8416, Oct. 19, 2004.
 

•    

Political Parties in Crisis
By Nikolai Petrov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8413, Oct. 18, 2004.
 

•     Report: Yukos Value Slashed for Fire Sale
By Guy Faulconbridge, Valeria Korchagina and Catherine Belton, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8411, Oct. 15, 2004.
 
•     The Truth About Beslan “Too Scary” to Reveal ­ -- Parliamentary Committee
From MosNews.com; JRL #8406, Oct. 13, 2004.
 
•    

In the Wake of Beslan, Open Debate Is Key
By Valery Dzutsev, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8406, Oct. 13, 2004.
 

•     BESLAN TRAGEDY MUST NOT BE REPEATED
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8405, Oct. 12, 2004.
 
•    

Re: 8405 Hahn/Straus/Shenfield/Russian federalism
From Ira Straus; JRL #8413, Oct. 17, 2004.
 

•    

The Battle of the Letters/JRL, #8409, 14 October 2004
From Gordan Hahn; JRL #8411, Oct. 15, 2004.
 

•    

KOZAK: POWER CENTRALIZATION - A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY MOVE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8411, Oct. 15, 2004.
 

•     New Book: The Russian Military: Power and Policy
From Martin Martin; JRL #8406, Oct. 13, 2004.
 
•     ARMED FORCES TO BE REDUCED BY 100,000 BY YEAR END
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8406, Oct. 13, 2004.
 
•     Putin Continues Hard-Line Policy Toward Chechnya
By Andrι de Nesnera, from Voice of America; JRL #8411, Oct. 15, 2004.
 
•     Chechnya Continues to Be Problematic for Russian Leaders
By Andrι de Nesnera, from Voice of America; JRL #8406, Oct. 13, 2004.
 
•     ALKHANOV NEGATES POSSIBILITY OF TALKS WITH MASKHADOV AND BASAEV
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8404, Oct. 12, 2004.
 
•    

Overcoming Russia's History
By Robert Skidelsky, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8408, Oct. 14, 2004.
 

•    

The Streamlining of Loyalties
By Vladimir Pribylovsky, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8407, Oct. 13, 2004.
 

•    

EXPERT: UNITED RUSSIA-HOMELAND CONFRONTATION ABSURD
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8407, Oct. 13, 2004.
 

•     President Putin's Interview with the Chinese newspapers Renmin Ribao, Chinese Young Correspondent, and the television channel Chinese Central Television
Kremlin.Ru transcript; JRL #8408, Oct. 14, 2004.
 
•    

Have Pity on President Putin
By Alexei Pankin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8303, Oct. 11, 2004.
 

•    

REMARKS BY VLADIMIR RYZHKOV, DEPUTY OF THE STATE DUMA, AT THE CONFERENCE "GOVERNMENT REFORM IN RUSSIA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8403, Oct. 11, 2004.
 

•    

REMARKS BY IRINA KHAKAMADA AT THE CONFERENCE "GOVERNMENT REFORM IN RUSSIA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8403, Oct. 11, 2004.
 

•    

REMARKS BY GEORGY SATAROV AT THE CONFERENCE "GOVERNMENT REFORM IN RUSSIA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8403, Oct. 11, 2004.
 

•    

REMARKS BY BORIS NADEZHDIN AT THE CONFERENCE "GOVERNMENT REFORM IN RUSSIA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8403, Oct. 11, 2004.
 

•    

REMARKS BY YEVGENY YASIN AT THE CONFERENCE "GOVERNMENT REFORM IN RUSSIA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8403, Oct. 11, 2004.
 

•    

Re Ware and Peter Lavelle JRL/8401
From Lois DuPey; JRL #8402, Oct. 10, 2004.
 

•    

Re: JRL#8396/ Kraus
From Marina Barnett; JRL #8401, Oct. 9, 2004.
 

•     U.S. Russia’s Enemy Number One ­ Poll
From MosNews.com; JRL #8404, Oct. 12, 2004.
 
•     Three Russia experts give their views on some of the main threats facing Russia today[: Jensen, Setser, Woodruff].
From Washington ProFile; JRL #8400, Oct. 8, 2004.
 
•    

RE: 8396-Kraus/ Open Letter [Government, Putin Power]
From Celeste Wallander; JRL #8399, Oct. 7, 2004.
 

•    

Re: 8397-Hahn
From Ira Straus; JRL #8399, Oct. 7, 2004.
 

•     The Present Oil Boom
From Leslie Dienes, including excerpt from her conference presentation; JRL #8399, Oct. 7, 2004.
 
•     THE FIRST SAINT OF THE CHECHEN WAR
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8396, Oct. 6, 2004.
 
•    

18 warnings issued to Russian media
From Interfax; JRL #8397, Oct. 6, 2004.
 

•     Over ten Al Qaeda functionaries active in Chechnya - FSB official
From Interfax; JRL #8397, Oct. 6, 2004.
 
•    

Putin's federative reforms
From Gordon Hahn; JRL #8397, Oct. 6, 2004.
 

•    

Experts Call President Putin's Reforms Undemocratic
Andrι de Nesnera, from Voice of America; JRL #8399, Oct. 7, 2004.
 

•    

Re: 8390- Shenfield/Reddaway-Orttung/Putin/state of Russian federalism
From Ira Straus; JRL #8392, Oct. 3, 2004.
 

•     Kimmage, Conventional Wisdom, Economics
From Ed Dolan; JRL #8393, Oct. 4, 2004.
 
•     IMF UNVEILS REPORT ON RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8393, Oct. 4, 2004.
 
•     Alexander Vershbow: The United States does not acknowledge the legitimacy of the separatist Chechen government
Ambassador Vershbow interview with Interfax; JRL #8385, Sept. 29, 2004.
 
•    

Illarionov Says Kyoto Will Be Ratified
By Greg Walters, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8385, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH NIKOLAI ZLOBIN, DIRECTOR OF RUSSIAN AND ASIAN PROGRAMS OF THE CENTER FOR DEFENSE INFORMATION
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8383, Sept. 28, 2004.
 
•     US envoy in Moscow defends his government's record on Chechnya
From Interfax; JRL #8384, Sept. 28, 2004.
 
•    

Legal Affairs magazine debate on Russia
From Nicholas Hengen; JRL #8396, Oct. 6, 2004.
 

•    

Return to Sender [re: Letter on Russian Democracy]
By Eric Kraus, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8396, Oct. 6, 2004.
 

•    

Analysis: The Kremlin Vs. Valerii Zorkin?
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; JRL #8397, Oct. 6, 2004.
 

•    

Judges Who Lost Their Jobs Speak Out
By Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8396, Oct. 6, 2004.
 

•    

BILL ON NEW GOVERNOR REPLACEMENT ROUTINE MAY BE CHANGED
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8396, Oct. 6, 2004.
 

•    

Constitutional Deadlock
By Yevgeny Natarov, from MosNews.Com/Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8394, Oct. 5, 2004.
 

•     Authorities still unclear on identity of Beslan terrorists
WHO ATTACKED BESLAN? PROFILING THE TERRORIST GROUP

By Andrei Smirnov, from the Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8394, Oct. 5, 2004.
 
•     New grassroots antiterror organization starts work in Russia
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8394, Oct. 5, 2004.
 
•    

Russian Democracy
From Robert Bruce Ware; JRL #8395, Oct. 5, 2004.
 

•     Kudrin's comments re Yukos
From Sarah C. Carey; JRL #8395, Oct. 5, 2004.
 
•     Yukos to Be Sold for Fair Price -- Russian Finance Minister Kudrin
From MosNews.com; JRL #8394, Oct. 5, 2004.
 
•    

Forget About the Constitution
By Vladimir Ryzhkov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8395, Oct. 5, 2004.
 

•    

PARTIES TO BE FORCED TO BECOME MASS ASSOCIATIONS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8395, Oct. 5, 2004.
 

•    

Rolling Back Democracy
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8395, Oct. 5, 2004.
 

•    

The Case Against a Lapdog Judiciary
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8393, Oct. 4, 2004.
 

•    

Patriarch calls on Vatican to stop proselytizing in Russia
From Interfax; JRL #8393, Oct. 4, 2004.
 

•    

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HAS 26,590 PARISHES: PATRIARCH
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8393, Oct. 4, 2004.
 

•    

Russian church objects to canonization of Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible
From Interfax; JRL #8393, Oct. 4, 2004.
 

•     Georgia: Minister Says Tbilisi To Seek Common Ground With Russia
By Robert McMahon, from RFE/RL; JRL #8386, Sept. 29, 2004.
 
•     Russia: Historic Kazan Icon Stands At Center Of Religious Issues
By Don Hill, from RFE/RL; JRL #8346, Aug. 29, 2004.
 
•     Putin signs decree on state protection of human rights movement
From Interfax; JRL #8383, Sept. 28, 2004.
 
•     The Wrong Deterrence: The Threat of Loose Nukes Is One of Our Own Making
By Bruce Blair, featured in The Washington Post; JRL #8374, Sept. 19, 2004.
 
•     Russia calls for more to be done to combat threat of nuclear terror
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8374, Sept. 19, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN PATRIARCH NOTES CERTAIN RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC CHURCHES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8223; May 26, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA WEEPS WATCHING MEL GIBSON'S CHRIST FILM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8176; April 21, 2004.
 
•     Transcript of ... President Putin's meeting at Novo Ogarevo on Monday September 6 2004 with a group of foreign academics and journalists.
From Jonathan Steele, courtesy of The Guardian; JRL 8368 and JRL 8369, Sept. 15, 2004
 
•     [David Johnson Interview  ~ streaming audio]
Moscow Interview: Putin, Terrorism, Chechnya

Following the terrorist attacks in Russia, Lisa Mullins of The World, a joint project of Public Radio International, the BBC, and WGBH talks with David Johnson about his participation in a recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (streaming audio, requires WinAmp)
 
•     David Johnson's Informal Notes on the Meeting with President Putin on September 6
JRL #8362; Sept. 13, 2004
 
•    

POLITICIANS ON JUDICIAL REFORM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8393, Oct. 4, 2004.
 

•    

The Return of Paternalism
By Nikolai Petrov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8393, Oct. 4, 2004.
 

•    

Keystone Kops Take on Terrorism
By Yulia Latynina, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8386, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•     26% OF RUSSIAN FAMILIES LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8389, Oct. 1, 2004.
 
•    

Russian TV Pundit Pozner Resigns Over Mounting Pressure on Media
From MosNews.com; JRL #8388, Oct. 1, 2004.
 

•    

OVER 1,000 PERIODICALS REGISTERED IN RUSSIAN INTERNET
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8388, Oct. 1, 2004.
 

•    

48% of Russians hope Basayev will be neutralized
From Interfax; JRL #8389, Oct. 1, 2004.
 

•     THE SPECIFICS OF RUSSIAN POVERTY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8383, Sept. 28, 2004.
 
•     CAPITAL FLIGHT THIS YEAR MAY BE AS HIGH AS $10-15 BILLION - ZHUKOV
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8384, Sept. 28, 2004.
 
•     Russian political risk constrains oil and gas sector - Fitch
From Interfax; JRL #8383, Sept. 28, 2004.
 
•     Multinationals Say Russia Needs a Makeover
By Greg Walters and Maria Levitov, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8383, Sept. 28, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL DEVELOPS NEW CONCEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY, SAYS IVANOV
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8386, Sept. 29, 2004.
 
•     Russia's Putin urges religious leaders to resist terrorist provocation
From Interfax; JRL #8386, Sept. 29, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN: FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM IS FIGHT FOR NATIONAL UNITY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8386, Sept. 29, 2004.
 
•     Kremlin Goes on a Western Offensive
By Simon Saradzhyan, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8382, Sept. 27, 2004.
 
•     North Caucasus: Growing Instability Keeps Aid Out Of Chechnya
By Ahto Lobjakas, from RFE/RL; JRL #8386, Sept. 30, 2004.
 
•     AUSHEV AND OTHERS WARN OF POSSIBLE OSSETIAN-INGUSH CONFLICT
By Charles Gurin, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8386, Sept. 29, 2004.
 
•     Chechen president-elect slams media over Chechnya
From Interfax; JRL #8382, Sept. 27, 2004.
 
•    

Bill Puts President in Charge of Judges
By Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8388, Oct. 1, 2004.
 

•    

Liberal Party Warns of Russia’s Return to Soviet Times
From MosNews.com; JRL #8388, Oct. 1, 2004.
 

•    

Bill Lets Putin Hire and Fire Governors
By Anatoly Medetsky, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8387, Sept. 30, 2004.
 

•    

A pig in a poke: Russian regional leaders to be elected no more
By Vadim Gorshenin, from Pravda.Ru; JRL #8387, Sept. 30, 2004.
 

•    

An Open Letter to the Heads of State and Government Of the European Union and NATO
Forwarded by Celeste Wallander; JRL #8385, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•    

Russian official clarifies provisions of Putin's bill on governors
From Interfax; JRL #8385, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•    

VLADIMIR PUTIN TUNING UP DEMOCRATIC PIANO
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8385, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•    

KREMLIN DOES NOT CONSIDER WEST'S CONCERN OVER NEW GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION PROCEDURE GROUNDED
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8385, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•    

SURKOV: REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO SHAPE UP AFTER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PATTERN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8385, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•    

EXPERTS ON NUANCES OF GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION REFORM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8386, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•    

The 'living dead' try to retrieve Yeltsin's past
Three parties of the Russian parliament strive for the abolishment of election results

By Vadim Gorshenin, from Pravda.Ru; JRL #8386, Sept. 29, 2004.
 

•    

President Putin's Final words at the World Congress of News Agencies
Transcript from Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8381, Sept. 26, 2004.
 

•    

On Putin's proposed governmental reforms
From Nicolai N. Petro; JRL #8381, Sept. 26, 2004.
 

•    

Party of Stem Cells
From MosNews.Com/Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8381, Sept. 26, 2004.
 

•    

What is the true image of Russia?
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes criticism

Dmitry Chirkin, from Pravda.Ru; JRL #8381, Sept. 26, 2004.
 

•     U.S. Business Relations with the Member Countries of the EuroAsian Economic Community (EurAsEC)
Ambassador Alexander Vershbow; JRL #8378, Sept. 22, 2004.
 
•     IN JANUARY-AUGUST REAL DISPENSABLE POPULATION INCOMES UP BY 9.2 PERCENT - STATISTICAL SERVICE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8378, Sept. 22, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH FIRST DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ANNE KRUEGER
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8372, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     Washington Distancing Itself From Impulsive Friend: Following announcement of Kremlin’s planned reforms, positions held in U.S. by anti-Russian camp gather momentum
By Nikolai Zlobin, from Nezavisimaya Gazeta; JRL #8377, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•     The Wrong Deterrence: The Threat of Loose Nukes Is One of Our Own Making
By Bruce Blair, featured in The Washington Post; JRL #8374, Sept. 19, 2004.
 
•     NO RADICAL CHANGES IN RUSSIA-U.S. RELATIONS AFTER AMERICAN ELECTIONS, SAYS KUCHINS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8377, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•     Trading Blood for Money
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8376, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•    

Russia after Beslan
Putin’s strengthening of regional oversight is a return to Russia’s political tradition, hopefully as a prelude to authentic Russian democracy

From Vlad Sobell; JRL #8377, Sept. 21, 2004.
 

•     A STABILITY PACT FOR THE CAUCASUS?
By Ulrich Buechsenschuetz, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8377, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•     Moscow Must Admit Its Mistakes in Chechnya
By Diederik Lohman, By Ulrich Buechsenschuetz, from RFE/RL; JRL #8377, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•     On the brink of another tragedy: The town of Beslan is no longer in mourning
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8378, Sept. 22, 2004.
 
•     Duma Regroups With Eye on Terror
By Nabi Abdullaev and Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8376, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•     BESLAN SCHOOL STORM UNINTENDED: FSB CHIEF TO SENATORS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8376, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•     The Law of Unnatural Selection
By Konstantin Sonin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8377, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•     YUKOS HITS BACK
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8377, Sept. 21, 2004.
 
•     Operation to find Basayev, Maskhadov underway in Chechnya
From Interfax; JRL #8374, Sept. 19, 2004.
 
•     American friends of Chechnya
From Michaela Pohl; JRL #8375, Sept. 20, 2004.
 
•     Russians and the Chechen tragedy: A socio-psychological comment
From Yann Breault; JRL #8374, Sept. 19, 2004.
 
•     Moscow and Washington Courting Disaster By Going Their Separate Ways
From James Schumaker; JRL #8373, Sept. 18, 2004.
 
•     President Bush's comments on Russia
From the White House Office of the Press Secretary; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     U.S. Assistance to Russia ­ Fiscal Year 2004
From U.S. State Department e-mail news service; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     mental trauma of chechen IDPs - medical study
From Polly Markandya/ Medicins Sans Frontieres; JRL #8369, Sept. 15, 2004.
 
•     Russia preparing for preventive actions against terrorists
From Interfax; JRL #8372, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     MOSCOW CARNEGIE CENTRE DISCUSSES TERRORISM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8371, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     Most Russians support tighter control over travel into and from country -poll
From Interfax; JRL #8372, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     Last Bastion of Democracy
By Nikolai Petrov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8375, Sept. 20, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN REEXAMINED
From Mike Averko; JRL #8375, Sept. 20, 2004.
 
•     ELECTION REFORM: WHAT WILL RUSSIAN POLITICAL SPIN DOCTORS DO?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8375, Sept. 20, 2004.
 
•     Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin Speak out Against Putin’s Reforms
From MosNews.com; JRL #8371, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA AT THE TURNING POINT
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8372, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     Chess Player Kasparov Calls Putin ’Exemplary Stalinist’
From MosNews.com; JRL #8372, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     WHY ARE SO MANY ELECTED LEADERS IN RUSSIA READY TO GIVE UP ON ELECTIONS?
By Julie A. Corwin, from RFE/RL; JRL #8371, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN'S ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM CATCHES RIGHTS UNAWARES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8372, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     Governors Look for the Silver Lining
By Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8371, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     WILL RUSSIAN PUBLIC SUPPORT PUTIN'S PLAN TO APPOINT GOVERNORS?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8371, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     GIVING MORE MUSCLE TO AUTHORITIES - OPINIONS DIVIDE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8372, Sept. 17, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN REINVENTS THE NORTH CAUCASUS WHEEL
By Liz Fuller and Julie Corwin, from RFE/RL; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     Paving Way for a Presidential Coup d'Etat
By Andrei Piontkovsky, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     WHY PUNISH THE GOVERNORS FOR BESLAN?
By Angela Charlton, from RIA Novosti; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     Secretary Colin L. Powell: Interview by Arshad Mohammed and Saul Hudson of Reuters [excerpt]
From U.S. State Department e-mail news service; JRL #8368, Sept. 15, 2004.
 
•     MINISTER: US STATE SECRETARY'S CLAIMS ABOUT INFRINGEMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA UNFOUNDED
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8369, Sept. 15, 2004.
 
•     $17 BN TO GET OUT OF RUSSIA?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     Gazprom-Rosneft to the Rescue
From The Moscow Times; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     State Duma to form commission to investigate Beslan attack
From Interfax; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     STATE COMMISSION PUBLISHES DETAILS OF AUGUST AIR CRASHES INVESTIGATION
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     STATE COMMISSION PUBLISHES DETAILS OF AUGUST AIR CRASHES INVESTIGATION
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     IGOR YURGENS: OLIGARCHS DO NOT EXPECT FAVORS AS THE GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS AGAINST TERRORISM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8370, Sept. 16, 2004.
 
•     REVIEW OF THE OTHER SIDE OF RUSSIA
By Taras Kuzio, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8348, Aug. 31, 2004.
 
•     WHERE 'PUTIN' IS 'PUTSIN': RUSSIAN NATIONALIST DISCONTENT IN BELARUS
By Paul A. Goble, from RFE/RL; JRL #8349, Sept. 1, 2004.
 
•     Lukashenko slams U.S. senators' call for his ouster
From Interfax; JRL #8340, Aug. 24, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN COMMENTS ON US SENATOR'S STATEMENT ON US PLANS TO OVERTHROW LUKASHENKO
From RIA Novsti; JRL #8340, Aug. 24, 2004.
 
•     USA prepared to crack down on Belarus president
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8340, Aug. 24, 2004.
 
•     Between a Rock and a Hard Place [re: election]
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8348, Aug. 31, 2004.
 
•     Chechen leadership will insist on ban on federal troops wearing masks
From Interfax; JRL #8348, Aug. 31, 2004.
 
•     There Will Be Life After Yukos
By Eric Kraus, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8350, Sept. 1, 2004.
 
•     PRESS POLLS RUSSIAN BIZ ON YUKOS AFFAIR
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8348, Aug. 31, 2004.
 
•     NEW EDITOR: "FORBES RUSSIA" WILL BE THE SAME
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8348, Aug. 31, 2004.
 
•     When Turnabout Is Not Fair Play
By Mikhail Delyagin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8347, Aug. 30, 2004.
 
•     POST-OLYMPIC THOUGHTS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8349, Sept. 1, 2004.
 
•     Anti-American Frenzy in Olympics Coverage
By Ekho Moskvy's Yevgenia Albats, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8347, Aug. 30, 2004.
 
•     Russian athletes lived up to nation's hopes at Olympics - Putin
From Interfax; JRL #8347, Aug. 30, 2004.
 
•     ELECTION COMMISSION AMENDS ELECTORAL LEGISLATION
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8346, Aug. 28, 2004.
 
•     FRADKOV ON RELATIONS WITH GOVERNMENT MEMBERS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8346, Aug. 28, 2004.
 
•     Human rights activists to lecture in Russian schools
From Interfax; JRL #8350, Sept. 1, 2004.
 
•     Police Are at War With the Russian People
By Yulia Latynina, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8323, Aug. 11, 2004.
 
•     The Winning 'Spirit' of the 1930s?
By Yevgenia Albats, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8320, Aug. 8, 2004.
 
•     Olympics 2004: After Medal-Winning Glory, What Next For Former Soviet Athletes?
By Antoine Blua, from RFE/RL; JRL #8320, Aug. 8, 2004.
 
•     Analysis: A Hard-Line Agenda For Putin's Second Term (Part Two)
By Victor Yasmann, from RFE/RL; JRL #8343, Aug. 26, 2004.
 
•     Analysis: A Hard-Line Agenda For Putin's Second Term (Part One)
By Victor Yasmann, from RFE/RL; JRL #8342, Aug. 25, 2004.
 
•     The Short Time Horizon in the Russian Mind
From Vladimir Shlapentokh; JRL #8338, Aug. 23, 2004.
 
•     Russian Government to Approve Putin-Friendly  Budget
From MosNews.com; JRL #8338, Aug. 23, 2004.
 
•     Kudrin forecasts net outflow of private capital at $9 billion
From Interfax; JRL #8344, Aug. 26, 2004.
 
•     Where's the Money, Roman?
What happened to the IMF loan to Russia? A London Times correspondent believes that he is on the right track

From The Moscow News, MosNews.com; JRL #8343, Aug. 26, 2004.
 
•     DOES RUSSIA NEED A CONVERTIBLE RUBLE?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8343, Aug. 26, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA'S BUSINESS EDUCATION SYSTEM SHIFTING TOWARDS AMERICAN MODEL
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8343, Aug. 26, 2004.
 
•     Russia's GDP growth could top official forecast of 6.9% - Dvorkovich
From Interfax; JRL #8341, Aug. 25, 2004.
 
•     DVORKOVICH: THE MAIN TASK IS TO IMPROVE RUSSIANS' LIFE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8341, Aug. 25, 2004.
 
•     Russia Should Store Up for Lean Years Ahead
By Rudiger Ahrend and William Tompson, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8339, Aug. 24, 2004.
 
•     Liberalizing the Market at the Micro Level
By Konstantin Sonin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8340, Aug. 24, 2004.
 
•     Report Warns of Crisis in Workforce
By Simon Ostrovsky, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8339, Aug. 24, 2004.
 
•     Why Google Is Not a Russian Company
By Alexander Kim, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8338, Aug. 23, 2004.
 
•     Analysis: Will Moscow's Man Be Elected Chechnya's New Leader?
By Alia Samigullina, from MosNews.com/Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8345, Aug. 27, 2004.
 
•     Peace, Stability on Chechens’ Minds Before Election
By Alia Samigullina, from MosNews.com/Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8345, Aug. 27, 2004.
 
•     Money, Phones for Chechen Voters
By Timur Aliev, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8345, Aug. 27, 2004.
 
•     THE CAUCASIAN VORTEX
By Robert Bruce Ware, from RFE/RL; JRL #8344, Aug. 26, 2004.
 
•     Remembering Basayev's Raid Five Years On
By Zaira Abdullaeva, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8343, Aug. 26, 2004.
 
•     A Conflict That's Right Out of a Gogol Play
By Yulia Latynina, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8342, Aug. 25, 2004.
 
•     NERVOUSNESS PLUS INCOMPETENCE EQUALS CRISIS?
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; JRL #8333, Aug. 19, 2004.
 
•     The Chilean or Indonesian Model?
By Christopher Weafer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8332, Aug. 18, 2004.
 
•     Russian Business Schools
From Alistair Brett; JRL #8333, Aug. 19, 2004.
 
•     U.S. Blinded by Its Love Affair With Saakashvili
By Mark Almond, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8322, Aug. 10, 2004.
 
•     Bill Lets Bureaucrats Lead Political Parties
By Francesca Mereu, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8321, Aug. 9, 2004.
 
•     Keeping Yukos Guessing
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; JRL #8323, Aug. 11, 2004.
 
•     Is Dubai's ruling family behind Yukos bailout offer?
PERSIAN GULF INVESTORS MAKE A BID FOR YUKOS

By Charles Gurin, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8322, Aug. 10, 2004.
 
•     Interior Ministry Reform Is Just Starting
By Nikolai Petrov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8321, Aug. 9, 2004.
 
•     The Kremlin Shows Its True Face
By Yevgenia Albats, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8310, Aug. 1, 2004.
 
•     State Will Tell What It Is Doing for a Fee
By Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8310, Aug. 1, 2004.
 
•     Open Season for Sloth and Sleaze
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8308, July 31, 2004.
 
•     Kremlin provides absolute security for top officials
It is not ruled out that the Russian president will soon fly to work by helicopter

From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8304, July 23, 2004.
 
•     MASKHADOV VOWS TO STEP UP ATTACKS
By Charles Gurin, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8310, Aug. 1, 2004.
 
•     Reply to Robert Bruce Ware/8300
From Lawrence Uzzel; JRL #8304, July 26, 2004.
 
•     North Caucasus: Is A Chechnya-Style Conflict Brewing In Ingushetia?
By Jeremy Bransten, from RFE/RL; JRL #8289, July 13, 2004.
 
•     Hahn on Pipes/Lukin etc.
From Gordon Hahn; JRL #8305, July 28, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8300-Pipes vs.Lukin
From Irina Pavlova; JRL #8304, July 23, 2004.
 
•     The Iron Grip: Even Stalin's most fearsome henchmen were putty in the dictator's hands, a new study by Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk maintains.
By Sam Thorne, book review of Cold Peace: Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945­1953; from "Context" by The Moscow Times; JRL #8304, July 23, 2004.
 
•     Reply to Charles Fairbanks 8305
From Nicolai N. Petro; JRL #8307, July 30, 2004.
 
•     Reply to Lieven 8304 (Managed Democracy!)
From Charles Fairbanks; JRL #8305, July 28, 2004.
 
•     Russian Union of Journalists head comments on recent censorship poll
From Interfax; JRL #8305, July 28, 2004.
 
•     CPJ CALLS ON PUTIN TO ENSURE EDITORS' KILLERS ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE
From Alex Lupis, forwarding Committee to Protect Journalists letter by Ann K. Cooper faxed to Vladimir Putin; JRL #8321, Aug. 9, 2004.
 
•     The Foreign Press Is Blinded by Illusions
By Alexei Pankin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8305, July 28, 2004.
 
•    

Russian Business Schools
From Peter Ekman, including his Moscow Times letter-to-the-editor; JRL #8327, Aug. 16, 2004.
 

•    

Re: Russian Business Schools
From Edwin Dolan; JRL #8327, Aug. 16, 2004.
 

•     Russian govt. to seek additional GDP growth
F
rom Interfax; JRL #8310, Aug. 1, 2004.
 
•     KERRY TREADS IN BUSH'S RUSSIAN FOOTSTEPS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8305, July 28, 2004.
 
•     TAKE YOUR SPIN DOCTORS, PLEASE
By Julie A. Corwin, from RFE/RL; JRL #8304, July 23, 2004.
 
•     Ukraine: Crimea's Tatars -- A Return To A Homeland Burdened By Ethnic Divisions (Part 4)
By Askold Krushelnycky, from RFE/RL; JRL #8304, July 23, 2004.
 
•     Ukraine: Crimea's Tatars -- A Return To A Homeland Burdened By Ethnic Divisions (Part 1)
By Askold Krushelnycky, from RFE/RL; JRL #8304, July 23, 2004.
 
•     REVIEW OF THE OTHER SIDE OF RUSSIA
By Taras Kuzio, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8348, Aug. 31, 2004.
 
•     Alexander Vershbow: U.S. presidential elections won't change U.S. - Russia relations
From Interfax; JRL #8297, July 19, 2004.
 
•     Analysis: Will The Media Pay For Russia's Banking Crisis?
By Robert Coalson, from RFE/RL; JRL #8307, July 30, 2004.
 
•     70% of Russians Don't Bank
By Guy Faulconbridge, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8305, July 28, 2004.
 
•     NATURAL MONOPOLY REFORM AND SOUND COMPETITION POLICIES TO HELP RUSSIA DOUBLE GDP: ECONOMY & TRADE MINISTER
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8287, July 11, 2004.
 
•     REMARKS BY PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISER ANDREI ILLARIONOV AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON RESULTS OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND KYOTO PROTOCOL SEMINAR IN MOSCOW
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8291; July 14, 2004.
 
•     Central Asia: Aral Sea Catastrophe Leaving Its Mark On DNA Of Local Populations
By Antoine Blua, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #8287; July 11, 2004.
 
•     More Russians think Khodorkovsky trial is objective - poll
F
rom Interfax; JRL #8301, July 21, 2004.
 
•     YUKOS CASE WILL NOT STOP PRIVATE INVESTORS
F
rom RIA Novosti; JRL #8301, July 21, 2004.
 
•     Russia: Will Government Make A Deal Or Act To Bankrupt Yukos?
By Mark Baker, from RFE/RL; JRL #8290, July 13, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON YUKOS AFFAIR
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8290, July 13, 2004.
 
•     Not Much Cause for Optimism
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8258, June 18, 2004.
 
•    

PROTEST WITHOUT EXTREMISM: INTERVIEW WITH IGOR BUNIN, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIES CENTER
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8301, July 21, 2004.
 

•     Lonely at the Top
By Anders Aslund , featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8289, July 13, 2004.
 
•     President Putin's Address at the plenary session of ambassadors and permanent representatives of Russia
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8290, July 13, 2004.
 
•     Putin Tells Diplomats to Do PR for Russia
By Oksana Yablokova, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8290, July 13, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN HIGHLIGHTS RUSSIA'S BUDGET PROBLEMS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8290, July 13, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN'S BUDGET MESSAGE ON TAX REFORM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8290, July 13, 2004.
 
•     RADIO INTERVIEW WITH YABLOKO LEADER GRIGORY YAVLINSKY
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8286, July 9, 2004.
 
•     RE: Russia's liberals mull merging
From Eugene Ivanov
; JRL #8262, June 21, 2004.
 
•     KEEP OUT CORPORATE LOBBY IN FISCAL LAWMAKING, CALLS RUSSIA'S HEAD AUDITOR
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8287, July 11, 2004.
 
•     Banking Crisis Russian-Style
By Yulia Latynina, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8284, July 7, 2004.
 
•     REMARKS BY CHRISTOF RUEHL, CHIEF ECONOMIST OF THE WORLD BANK'S MOSCOW OFFICE, ON CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN RUSSIA
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8282, July 6, 2004.
 
•     BUSINESS INFLUENCE AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
By Peter Rutland, from the Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8283, July 6, 2004.
 
•     Russia to privatize over 2,000 properties in 2005 - ministry
From Interfax; JRL #8283, July 6, 2004.
 
•     Judge Finds Against Shleifer, Hay and Harvard
By David Warsh, from Economic Principals.Com; JRL #8282, July 6, 2004.
 
•     Harvard Files Surgut ADRs Test Case
By Caroline McGregor, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8275, June 30, 2004.
 
•     Revising Reagan's Role in Soviet History
By Alexei Pankin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8241, June 6, 2004.
 
•     America's Chechnya
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8261, June 20, 2004.
 
•     US STATE DEPARTMENT REFERS ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING PUTIN'S STATEMENT ON SADDAM'S PLANS TO AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8260, June 19, 2004.
 
•     Remembering about Reagan and Russia
From Ira Strauss; JRL #8241, June 6, 2004.
 
•     Untimely-thoughts.com: Robert Bruce Ware - Reagan and Russia: Illusion and Reality
From Peter Lavelle; JRL #8246, June 9, 2004.
 
•    

Russia views nukes as basis for global stability
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8260, June 19, 2004.
 

•     Russians polled on WWII
From Interfax; JRL #8261, June 20, 2004.
 
•     ANDROPOV'S LEGACY IN PUTIN'S FOREIGN POLICY
By Pavel Baev, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8260, June 19, 2004.
 
•     Illarionov backs IMF take on Russia's economy
From Interfax; JRL #8275, June 30, 2004.
 
•     IMF ON GDP DOUBLING IN RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8275, June 30, 2004.
 
•    

SMF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC MISSILE FORCES TO BE MANNED 85-86% IN 2004
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8260, June 19, 2004.
 

•     Defence Ministry rules out leaks of nuclear weapons from Russia
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8260, June 19, 2004.
 
•     Broadening the Chechen Peace Process
By Yulia Latynina, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8275, June 20, 2004.
 
•     Flight of Russian strategic bomber to U.S. likely to be cancelled
From Interfax; JRL #8259, June 18, 2004.
 
•     Eye to Eye. Freedom of expression or freedom of religion -- what is the Sakharov Center trial all about?
By Anatoly Medetsky, from "Context" by The Moscow Times; JRL #8259, June 18, 2004.
 
•     Putin's support for Bush: little substance
RUSSIA BACKS U.S. ON IRAQ RESOLUTION -- BUT LITTLE ELSE

By Charles Gurin, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8252, June 14, 2004.
 
•     Speech at the presentation of a Russian passport to Andrei Shmeman
Transcript of Putin remarks, From Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8246, June 9, 2004.
 
•     [Transript of Putin] Press conference following the G-8 summit
From Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8251, June 13, 2004.
 
•     MOSCOW MARKS DAY OF RUSSIA WITH PAGEANTRY ON RED SQUARE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8251, June 13, 2004.
 
•     PRESIDENT PUTIN TAKES PART IN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS ON MOSCOW'S RED SQUARE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8251, June 13, 2004.
 
•     ONE-THIRD OF DOCUMENTS PREPARED FOR SIGNATURE AT GROUP OF EIGHT SUMMIT IS "RAW" - SOURCE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8246, June 9, 2004.
 
•     G8 concept familiar to most Russians - Poll
From Interfax; JRL #8241, June 6, 2004.
 
•     ONE-THIRD OF DOCUMENTS PREPARED FOR SIGNATURE AT GROUP OF EIGHT SUMMIT IS "RAW" - SOURCE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8246, June 9, 2004.
 
•     G8 concept familiar to most Russians - Poll
From Interfax; JRL #8241, June 6, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA HAS NOT JOINED WTO YET, BUT RECEIVED ENTRANCE TICKET
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8247, June 10, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH WORLD BANK PRESIDENT JAMES WOLFENSOHN
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8243, June 8, 2004.
 
•     Advocates of Russia's WTO membership outnumber opponents - Poll
From Interfax; JRL #8241, June 6, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN WILL ATTEND CELEBRATION IN NORMANDY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8241, June 6, 2004.
 
•     Putin sends congratulations to allied veterans on D-Day anniversary
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8241, June 6, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WILL HAND RUSSIAN PASSPORT TO EMIGRANT ANDREI SHMEMAN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8241, June 6, 2004.
 
•     TYRANT AND THE BEAUTY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8208; May 15, 2004.
 
•     A Note to scholars, analysts, and journalists covering Ukraine
From Celeste Wallender, re: Zbigniew Brzezinski and trip to Ukraine; JRL #8235, June 2, 2004.
 
•    

Re Taras Kuzio in JRL #8270
From Alexander Mikhailenko; JRL #8275, June 30, 2004.
 

•     Re: 8205-Rancour-Laferriere/ Masochism
From Andrew Gentes; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     Ambivalence about Russian Masochism
From Daniel Rancour-Laferriere; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     New book: RUSSIA GETS THE BLUES: MUSIC: CULTURE AND COMMUNITY IN UNSETTLED TIMES
From Michael Urban; JRL #8191; May 1, 2004.
 
•     MAPS's first bulletin
From Clementine Cecil, The Moscow Architectural Preservation Society (MAPS); JRL #8260, June 19, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA'S FILM INDUSTRY: REVENUES GROW, PROBLEMS PERSIST
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8251, June 13, 2004.
 
•     INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF POETS WRITING IN RUSSIAN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8242, June 7, 2004.
 
•     Bering Correction
From Wallace Kaufman; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     Rejoinder to Prof. Brown's Rejoinder/ 8162 #9
From Sergei Roy; JRL #8173; April 19, 2004.
 
•     East: The Black Economy -- How Can You Measure What Is Hidden?
By Mark Baker, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #8251, June 13, 2004.
 
•     Russia: Widespread Protests Erupt Over Government's Economic Plans
By Jeremy Bransten, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #8251, June 13, 2004.
 
•     Transfer Pricing and Calculating Russian GDP
By Nat Moser, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8247, June 10, 2004.
 
•     Doubling Russian GDP by 2010 unlikely - Fitch analyst
From Interfax; JRL #8246, June 9, 2004.
 
•     Russian Deputy PM Zhukov hopes other leading rating agencies will follow Moody's in assigning investment rating to Russia
From Interfax; JRL #8240, June 6, 2004.
 
•     Transfer to new economy depends on corporate governance - research
From Interfax; JRL #8240, June 6, 2004.
 
•     REGISTRATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEGINS IN CHECHNYA
F
rom RIA Novosti; JRL #8252, June 14, 2004.
 
•     Russia Must Be True to Its Words in Chechnya
By Andrei Piontkovsky, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8236, June 3, 2004.
 
•     Where Is Chechnya Going?
By Boris Kagarlitsky, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8243, June 7, 2004.
 
•     IMPOSSIBLE TO DISCUSS MANY ISSUES WITHOUT RUSSIA, SAYS PUTIN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8250, June 11, 2004.
 
•     Rights Group Says Situation in Russia ‘Worsening’
By Stephanie Ho, from Voice of America; JRL #8250, June 11, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA: ARE RIGHTS IN RETREAT?
U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commision) briefing, featuring Ronald J. Mcnamara, Ludmilla Alexeeva, Arseni Roginsky, Alexei Simonov, and Mara Polyakova; JRL #8247, June 10, 2004.
 
•     NUMBER OF RUSSIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE WEST IS DOWN-UNHCR
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8239, June 5, 2004.
 
•     NUMBER OF RUSSIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE WEST IS DOWN-UNHCR
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8239, June 5, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH PIR CENTER EXPERTS REGARDING THE UPCOMING G-8 SUMMIT
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8243, June 8, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH USA AND CANADA STUDIES INSTITUTE DIRECTOR SERGEI ROGOV
FedNews.Ru; JRL #8243, June 8, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN STRATEGISTS DEBATE KREMLIN POLICIES ON CIS INTEGRATION
By Igor Torbakov, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #8239, June 5, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT FOR SECRET DECISION-MAKING. EXPERTS BAFFLED
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8225; May 27, 2004.
 
•     Poker Face: Two new books dig beneath the surface of Vladimir Putin the dictator -- or is it Vladimir Putin the democrat?
By William Flemming, from Context by The Moscow Times; JRL #8247, June 10, 2004.
 
•     Bill Hands Ivanov Full Control of Army
By Simon Saradzhyan, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8247, June 10, 2004.
 
•     Russia’s Present Condition: Why Putin Couldn’t Lose
Panel discussion featuring Gideon Lichfield, Masha Lipman, Adam Michnik, David Remnick, and Nina L. Khrushcheva, at New School University; JRL #8247, June 10, 2004.
 
•     Putin's Centripetal Reform
By Nikolai Petrov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8242, June 7, 2004.
 
•     DEMOCRACY RUSSIAN STYLE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8239, June 5, 2004.
 
•     Russian ministry source sets out position on US-UK resolution on Iraq
From Interfax; JRL #8223; May 26, 2004.
 
•     Which Way Forward?
By Dmitry Trenin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8193; May 3, 2004.
 
•     ANTIWAR SENTIMENT MUTED, BUT STILL PRESENT, IN EASTERN EUROPE AND EURASIA
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Catherine Fitzpatrick; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     Re JRL 8222, Freedom House's Nations in Transit 2004
From Ira Strauss; JRL #8224; May 26, 2004.
 
•     Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Hearing: Human Rights in Putin's Russia, Testimony of Edward Lozansky
JRL #8219; May 23, 2004.
 
•     Putin Seeks Control of Referendums
By Francesca Mereu, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8222; May 25, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8220-Higgins/Reform
From Dimofte Catalin; JRL #8222; May 25, 2004.
 
•     Russian Communist Party in crisis
By Petr Ermilin, from Pravda.Ru; JRL #8222; May 25, 2004.
 
•     Gorbachev resigns as Russian Social Democrat leader
From Interfax; JRL #8222; May 25, 2004.
 
•     re 8214-Karaganov/New CIS Strategy
From Alexander Mikhailenko; JRL #8222; May 25, 2004.
 
•     Re: “Children of the War. The intifada has come to Chechnya”, JRL 8217, #4
From Kirill Pankratov; JRL #8220; May 24, 2004.
 
•     NORTHERN EUROPE TO BE PROVING-GROUND FOR RUSSIA-NATO RELATIONS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8222; May 25, 2004.
 
•     WHAT CAN RUSSIA EXPECT FROM THE JUNE G8 SUMMIT?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8222; May 25, 2004.
 
•     Russians, Ukrainians, Belarussian see benefits of unity
From Interfax; JRL #8220; May 24, 2004.
 
•     Russian ministry source sets out position on US-UK resolution on Iraq
From Interfax; JRL #8223; May 26, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN PATRIARCH NOTES CERTAIN RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC CHURCHES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8223; May 26, 2004.
 
•     Why the USA is superpower
Reporter of US information agency "Washington ProFile" Alexander Grigoriev is speaking on his 4 years of experience of living and working in the USA in a PRAVDA.RU interview

From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8225; May 27, 2004.
 
•     President Vladimir Putin, Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
[State of the Nation Address]

Transcript (translation) from Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8225; May 27, 2004.
 
•     PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS DEVOID OF THEORIZING AND TARGETS ORDINARY PEOPLE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8225; May 27, 2004.
 
•     IS DEMOCRACY POSSIBLE IN RUSSIA?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8225; May 27, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN OUTLINES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8224; May 26, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN PRESIDENT'S AIDES COMMENT ON HIS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8224; May 26, 2004.
 
•     Putin to Address the Rich and Poor
By Caroline McGregor, from The Moscow Times; JRL #8223; May 26, 2004.
 
•     Is There Light Or Death At The End Of The Chechen Tunnel?
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Liz Fuller; JRL #8215; May 20, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH SERGEI IVANENKO, GARRI KASPAROV, BORIS NEMTSOV AND OTHER COMMITTEE-2008 OFFICIALS
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8218; May 21, 2004.
 
•     RE: 8209 - Lilia Shevtsova/ Conservatism
From Eugene Ivanov; JRL #8216; May 20, 2004.
 
•     Authorities are afraid of direct democracy
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8215; May 20, 2004.
 
•     Bill Expands State's Control of Media
From The Moscow Times, by Caroline McGregor and Oksana Yablokova; JRL #8216; May 20, 2004.
 
•     Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-2004[: Excerpt on Russia]
From the U.S. State Department; JRL #8215; May 20, 2004.
 
•     Russia should abide by ruling on Gusinsky - ombudsman
From Interfax; JRL #8218; May 21, 2004.
 
•     FSB Critic Trepashkin Jailed for 4 Years
From The Moscow Times, by Anatoly Medetsky; JRL #8218; May 21, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA CAN RATIFY KYOTO PROTOCOL IF OFFERED MORE BENEFICIAL TERMS - EXPERTS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8215; May 20, 2004.
 
•     Russia and EU-NATO expansion
From Adam Wolf; JRL #8210; May 17, 2004.
 
•     RADIO INTERVIEW WITH SERGEI KARAGANOV, HEAD OF THE FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY COUNCIL
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8208; May 15, 2004.
 
•     What is the G-8 and Why is Russia in It?
By Ira Strauss, from In The National Interest; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     Russia could gain more clout in IMF
From Interfax; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     Igor Ivanov and the Russian Retreat to Moscow
By Mark Almond, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8205; May 12, 2004.
 
•     Gref Says Chechnya Will Be Easy to Fix
By Valeria Korchagina and Simon Saradzhyan, fromt The Moscow Times; JRL #8210; May 17, 2004.
 
•     Analysis: Who Could Succeed Kadyrov In Chechnya?
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Liz Fuller; JRL #8208; May 15, 2004.
 
•     Chechnya Is Litmus Test for Kremlin
Moscow Times editorial; JRL #8205; May 12, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST ON POSSIBLE CHECHEN SCENARIOS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     KADYROV'S LEGACY PUT TO THE TEST
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8205; May 12, 2004.
 
•     The Truth About Official Conservatism
By Lilia Shevtsova, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8209; May 16, 2004.
 
•     Linguistic Highlights of the Putin Presidency
By Lilia Shevtsova, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8209; May 16, 2004.
 
•     Putin's man in Siberia urges reform to lessen dependence on state budget
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8208; May 15, 2004.
 
•     Exposing a Kremlin Myth
By Stephen Schmida, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     Russia's Liberal Project: A Political Obituary
By Stephen Schmida, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIANS PLACE MORE TRUST IN PANELS OF JURORS THAN ORDINARY COURTS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     KUDRIN HAS NO DOUBTS THAT RUSSIA WILL RESTORE ITS COMPETITIVE POWER
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8205; May 12, 2004.
 
•     Centuries after the East-West identity debate began, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington finds that Russians are aligning themselves ever more closely with Asia.
By Walter Laqueur; JRL #8210; May 17, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8205-Rancour-Laferriere/ Masochism
From Andrew Gentes; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     Ambivalence about Russian Masochism
From Daniel Rancour-Laferriere; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     TYRANT AND THE BEAUTY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8208; May 15, 2004.
 
•     Bering Correction
From Wallace Kaufman; JRL #8206; May 13, 2004.
 
•     Russia - 2004 Annual report
From Reporters Without Borders; JRL #8194; May 4, 2004.
 
•     GEORGIA WON'T SEND LAW-ENFORCERS INTO ADZHARIA ON EXPIRATION OF TEN-DAY ULTIMATUM - AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8194; May 4, 2004.
 
•     Comparison: NeGa Article and 2015 [re: National Intelligence Council Assessment of Russia's Future]
From George Kolt; JRL #8192; May 2, 2004.
 
•     The Ultimate Terrorism
By Valery Yarynich, featured in The Washington Post; JRL #8190; April 30, 2004.
 
•     Allegations re CIA
From George Kolt; JRL #8190; April 30, 2004.
 
•     U.S. ADOPTS SANCTIONS ON CHECHEN TERRORISTS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8190; April 30, 2004.
 
•     Which Way Forward?
By Dmitry Trenin, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8193; May 3, 2004.
 
•     Ombundsman demands observation of human rights in Baltic states
From Interfax; JRL #8191; May 1, 2004.
 
•     Contribution from Moscow Consul General
From James D. Pettit, Consul General, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, forwarded by Thomas M. Leary, Press Attache, U.S. Embassy, Moscow; JRL #8189; April 30, 2004.
 
•     RICH AND POOR RUSSIANS' INCOME GAP WIDENS - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8191; May 1, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA'S LOSSES FROM EU ENLARGEMENT WILL BE MINIMAL
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8190; April 30, 2004.
 
•     GREF WANTS GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL POWER PLANT NATIONALIZATION
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8190; April 30, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA TO HAVE MORE OIL AND GAS THAN EXPECTED?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8191; May 1, 2004.
 
•     New book: RUSSIA GETS THE BLUES: MUSIC: CULTURE AND COMMUNITY IN UNSETTLED TIMES
From Michael Urban; JRL #8191; May 1, 2004.
 
•     LABOR DAY CELEBRATIONS IN RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8191; May 1, 2004.
 
•     RE: Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in JRL 8189
From Andrew Gentes; JRL #8190; April 30, 2004.
 
•     ALEXANDER BOVIN: OBITUARY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8190; April 30, 2004.
 
•     Scientist Sutyagin political prisoner - Amnesty
From Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8184; April 27, 2004.
 
•     Putin Pens Revisions to Bill on Public Rallies
From the Moscow Times, by Caroline McGregor; JRL #8184; April 27, 2004.
 
•     What Was in It for Russia? [re: Cyprus, UNSC]
By Pavel Felgenhauer, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8183; April 27, 2004.
 
•     Central Asian Perceptions In Transition
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Central Asia Report, by Daniel Kimmage; JRL #8183; April 27, 2004.
 
•     Kudrin briefs U.S. investors on Russian economic goals
From Interfax; JRL #8184; April 27, 2004.
 
•     Kremlin adviser backs IMF's Russian economic growth forecast
From Interfax; JRL #8183; April 27, 2004.
 
•     WHAT IS POVERTY FOR RUSSIANS?
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8184; April 27, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN TIRED OF THE VIRTUE OF POVERTY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8184; April 27, 2004.
 
•     Kremlin adviser backs IMF's Russian economic growth forecast
From Interfax; JRL #8183; April 27, 2004.
 
•     GOVERNMENT OPTS TO PLUG BUDGET GAPS WITH PETRODOLLARS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8183; April 17, 2004.
 
•     Visa Question
From David M. Rowell; JRL #8184; April 27, 2004.
 
•     Bard Music Festival: “Shostakovich and His World”
From Emily Darrow, re: Summer 2004 season; JRL #8184; April 27, 2004.
 
•     Statement on the Form of the Indictment Presented to Platon Lebedev
From Peter Clateman; JRL #8170; April 16, 2004.
 
•     Lebedev analysis: additions and clarifications/ 8170
From Peter Clateman; JRL #8170; April 16, 2004.
 
•     RICO V. RACKETEERS: STILL ALIVE AND WELL
From Bruce Marks; JRL #8173; April 19, 2004.
 
•     RICO v. Russia: A Lost Cause
By Sarah Carey, from Ora Biles; JRL #8169; April 16, 2004.
 
•     Reforming The Russian Bureaucracy: A Progress Report
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Julie A. Corwin; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     First step to fight corruption: President Putin raised income for himself and government officials
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     Flogging a Worn-Out Nag
By Andrei Piontkovsky, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8173; April 19, 2004.
 
•     Crisis of Khodorkovskyism
By Boris Kagarlitsky, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8171; April 16, 2004.
 
•     Grigorii Golosov - Political Parties in the Regions of Russia
From Deborah Knox, re: new book; JRL #8169; April 16, 2004.
 
•     New Russia (In an Old Trap) [re: Security Services]
From Perspective; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     European Union: Baltic Minorities, Kaliningrad Continue To Dog Accord With Russia
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Ahto Lobjakas; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     Most Russians consider NATO aggressive alliance - poll
From Interfax; JRL #8172; April 18, 2004.
 
•     Putin appoints chief foreign policy aide
From Interfax; JRL #8172; April 18, 2004.
 
•     Foreign Policy: U.S. First or Russia First
By Caroline McGregor, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8173; April 19, 2004.
 
•     Chechnya: Pro-Moscow President Rules With Iron Fist -- And Special Police
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Valentinas Mite; JRL #8169; April 16, 2004.
 
•     ANTIWAR SENTIMENT MUTED, BUT STILL PRESENT, IN EASTERN EUROPE AND EURASIA
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Catherine Fitzpatrick; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     Russia's chief auditor rules out "mandatory" revision of privatization
From Interfax; JRL #8173; April 19, 2004.
 
•     VICE-PREMIER ZHUKOV SPEAKS ON RUSSIAN ECONOMIC SITUATION AND OUTLOOK AT LONDON FORUM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8173; April 19, 2004.
 
•     THE PUTIN GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOCTRINE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8170; April 16, 2004.
 
•     BANKING SYSTEM IN RUSSIA DOES NOT CAUSE APPREHENSIONS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8170; April 16, 2004.
 
•     NEW ROUTES FOR RUSSIA'S OIL PIPELINES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     Rejoinder to Prof. Brown's Rejoinder/ 8162 #9
From Sergei Roy; JRL #8173; April 19, 2004.
 
•     KHRUSHCHEV'S SON BELIEVES AMERICANS HAVE A BETTER ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS FATHER THAN RUSSIANS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     Russian health care chief says Russia threatened by short life expectancy
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8170; April 16, 2004.
 
•     Contemporary Russian Art - Newsletter no. 3
From Nic Iljine; JRL #8171; April 17, 2004.
 
•     WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS--FELLOWSHIPS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES 2005-2006
From Joseph Dresen; JRL #8169; April 16, 2004.
 
•     Khodorkovsky's case may be sent to court in late May-early June
From Interfax; JRL #8168; April 15, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN FOR INCREASING TRUST IN COURT SYSTEM
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8168; April 15, 2004.
 
•     Former Yukos head apologizes for liberals' mistakes
From Interfax; JRL #8167; April 14, 2004.
 
•     'Spymania' Returns To Russia
By Victor Yasmann, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #8166; April 14, 2004.
 
•     MOSCOW BELIEVES NATO MAY DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN BALTIC REPUBLICS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8166; April 14, 2004.
 
•     Ambassador Vershbow/ Chechnya/ 8163
From Robert Bruce Ware; JRL #8167; April 14, 2004.
 
•     An Unsettling Score? [re: Regional Elections]
By Nikolai Petrov, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8167; April 14, 2004.
 
•     Altai Conservation Volunteers
From Susan Cutting; JRL #8167; April 14, 2004.
 
•     Number of reform opponents in Russia dwindling - poll
From Interfax; JRL #8166; April 14, 2004.
 
•     Experts on price growth in Russia
Most Russians are troubled with price growth for utilities, public transport fares and consumer goods.

From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8166; April 14, 2004.
 
•     Human Rights in Russia: A Darker Side of Reform
From Jonathan Weiler; JRL #8166; April 14, 2004.
 
•     Defense minister's possible role in Yandarbiyev murder denied
From Interfax; JRL #8162; April 12, 2004.
 
•     [Verhsbow:] U.S.-Russian Relations: Taking Relations to a Higher Level
Ambassador Vershbow remarks at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations; JRL #8163; April 12, 2004.
 
•     REMARKS BY CHRISTOF RUEHL, CHIEF ECONOMIST OF THE WORLD BANK'S RUSSIA COUNTRY OFFICE, ON CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN RUSSIA
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8164; April 13, 2004.
 
•     Russia, WB agree on poverty reduction strategy
From Interfax; JRL #8165; April 13, 2004.
 
•     Russia to run out of oil in six years?!
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8165; April 13, 2004.
 
•     RE: 8161-Roy/ Brown
From William Mandel; JRL #8165; April 13, 2004.
 
•     re Andrei Grachev: Re: 8155/ 8156
From Jeff Temple; JRL #8165; April 13, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8155/ 8156 - reply to Sergey Roy
From Andrei Grachev; JRL #8162; April 12, 2004.
 
•     Rejoinder to Sergei Roy/ 8161
From Archie Brown; JRL #8162; April 12, 2004.
 
•     Sergei Roy's Reply to Archie Brown's Reply to Sergei Roy/ 8156
From Sergei Roy; JRL #8161; April 12, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH USA AND CANADA STUDIES INSTITUTE DIRECTOR SERGEI ROGOV
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8163; April 12, 2004.
 
•     Igor Sutyagin
From Robert B. Brannon; JRL #8157; April 9, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8155- Panktatov/ Spy Stories
From Brian Taylor ; JRL #8156; April 9, 2004.
 
•     Response from Pavel Podvig (Sutyagin case)
From Kirill Pankratov, including forwarded commentary by Pavel Podvig; JRL #8156; April 9, 2004.
 
•     Re: Sutyagin and other spy stories
From Kirill Pankratov; JRL #8155; April 8, 2004.
 
•     U.S. intelligence most active in operations against Russia
From Intefax; JRL #8157; April 9, 2004.
 
•     US INTELLIGENCE STEPS UP RECRUITMENT WORK IN RUSSIA, SAYS RUSSIAN SOURCE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8157; April 9, 2004.
 
•     Reply to Sergei Roy/ 8155
From Archie Brown; JRL #8156; April 9, 2004.
 
•     REMARKS BY PRESIDENTIAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT TOP OFFICIALS AT A CONFERENCE OF THE HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8158; April 9, 2004.
 
•     TSIK MOVES TO CUT OFF DISCUSSION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Robert Coalson; JRL #8155; April 8, 2004.
 
•     German correspondent challenges media stereotypes about Russia
From Nicolai N. Petro; JRL #8156; April 9, 2004.
 
•     Biased, Biased West
Why Western journalists provide biased accounts of Russian events?

From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8156; April 9, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA GETTING READY FOR EASTER
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8155; April 8, 2004.
 
•     Khodorkovsky denies writing liberalism article
From Interfax; JRL #8153; April 6, 2004.
 
•    

re: 8150 -- Gessen on MT editorial [Moscow Times business editor on Gessen]
From Bradley Cook; JRL #8153; April 6, 2004.
 

•     Re: 8149--Moscow Times [Khodorkovsky, YUKOS, Kompromat, Moscow Times Editorial Policy]
From Masha Gessen; JRL #8150; April 3, 2004.
 
•     Interview with Boris Fedorov, Former Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Finance and Former member of Duma of the Russian Federation
From Voice of America's
Larisa Glad; JRL #8153; April 6, 2004.
 
•     Ambassador Vershbow Remarks at the Russian Academy of Sciences
State Department transcript; JRL #8153; April 6, 2004.
 
•     Book Discussion: Russia in Search of Itself Woodrow Wilson Center Event Announcement, Washington, D.C.
From Joseph Dresen; JRL #8152; April 6, 2004.
 
•     Sutyagin Found Guilty of Treason
From The Moscow Times, by Oksana Yablokova; JRL #8152; April 6, 2004.
 
•     Traces of dictatorship in modern Russia
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8152; April 6, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH WELL KNOWN SATIRE WRITER ARKADY ARKANOV
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8152; April 6, 2004.
 
•     Russia: Despite Occasional Xenophobic Attacks, Study Says Such Views Decreasing
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Jeremy Bransten; JRL #8152; April 6, 2004.
 
•     NTV JOURNALISTS COMMENTS AND TV INTERVIEW WITH NATIONAL STRATEGY INSTITUTE PRESIDENT STANISLAV BELKOVSKY ON VLADIMIR PUTIN AND MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8151; April 5, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8149--Moscow Times [Khodorkovsky, YUKOS, Kompromat, Moscow Times Editorial Policy]
From Masha Gessen; JRL #8150; April 3, 2004.
 
•     New law on protest rallies first step to anti-Utopia
From Gazeta.Ru, by Mikhail Fishman; JRL #8150; April 3, 2004.
 
•     April Fool's Day no laughing matter for Russia's economy
From Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8151; April 5, 2004.
 
•     Most Russians do not believe poverty can be halved in 4 years
From Interfax; JRL #8151; April 5, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE ON MODERNIZATION OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES WITH ALEXEI ARBATOV, SERGEI KARAGANOV AND OTHER OFFICIALS OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8150; April 3, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA AS A FACTOR OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE USA [Russian Information Ministry on U.S. Politics, G8]
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8150; April 3, 2004.
 
•     Duma Rethinks Ban on Protests
From The Moscow Times, by Caroline McGregor; JRL #8151; April 5, 2004.
 
•     Putin by Any Other Name
From The Moscow Times, by Andrei Piontkovsky; JRL #8151; April 5, 2004.
 
•     NATO Expansion Shows Signs of 'Growing Pains'
From Voice of America, by Roger Wilkison; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     [Democracy & Fair Elections:] Re: 8148-Veshnyakov Interview
From Ethan Burger; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     A prisoner always has a strategy of his own
Gleb Pavlovsky, chairman of the Effective Policy Foundation, comments on Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s article published in the Russian newspaper Vedomosti on 29 March

From Gazeta.Ru; April 2, 2004.
 
•     GENERAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE: KHODORKOVSKY, LEBEDEV INFLICT DAMAGE WORTH OVER $1 BILLION
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     KHODORKOVSKY SUSPECTED OF PRIVATISATION SWINDLE
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     SUMMING-UP: GOVERNMENT TO MAKE RUSSIA'S TOP MANAGERS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     Putin notes advantages of Common Economic Space
From Interfax; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     Russian parliament expands meeting rights
From Nicolai N. Petro; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     Reviving the Lubyanka Method
By Yevgenia Albats, featured in The Moscow Times; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     [Khodorkovsky Case:] The Unbearable Richness of Being
Moscow Times Editorial; JRL #8149; April 2, 2004.
 
•     [Vershbow on] Ending Discrimination in Russia
JRL #8147; April 1, 2004.
 
•     Meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov in Washington
From CDI; JRL #8148; April 1, 2004.
 
•     Uzbekistan: Who's Behind The Violence?
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #8147; April 1, 2004.                                                       
 
•     Duma Bill Sharply Restricts Rallies
From The Moscow Times, by Caroline McGregor; JRL #8147; April 1, 2004.
 
•     Demonstrations near Embassies to be prohibited in Russia
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8147; April 1, 2004.
 
•     OVERHAULING THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
From RIA Novosti; #8148; April 1, 2004.
 
•     After Vote, Investors Hope for a Spring of Reform
From CDI; JRL #8148; April 1, 2004.
 
•     Post-revolution consolidation
From Gazeta.Ru, including portion of Vladimir Mau interview; JRL #8147; April 1, 2004.
 
•     Russia's Evolving Liberalism
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Robert Coalson; JRL #8144; March 31, 2004.
 
•     [Russian Federation Information Agency on Khodorkovsky Letter:]
AUTHORSHIP OF KHODORKOVSKY'S ARTICLE DOUBTED

From RIA Novosti; JRL #8144; March 31, 2004.
 
•     [Russian Federation Information Agency on Khodorkovsky Letter:]
A VOICE FROM MATROSSKAYA TISHINA PRISON

From RIA Novosti; JRL #8144; March 30, 2004.
 
•     Khodorkovsky's about turn
From Nick Holdsworth; JRL #8144; March 30, 2004.
 
•     Putin's victory seen as unfair, scary
From Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8144; March 30, 2004.
 
•     MOSCOW TO DEMAND THAT NEW NATO MEMBERS JOIN CFE TREATY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8144; March 30, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH RF COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VLADIMIR LUKIN
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8143; March 30, 2004.
 
•     Presidium of Russian Supreme Court upholds Budanov's sentence
From Interfax; JRL #8144; March 30, 2004.
 
•     WAR DANGER LEVEL IS NOT HIGH FOR RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8144; March 30, 2004.
 
•     MOSCOW SATISFIED WITH WASHINGTON'S ASSURANCES CONCERNING US TROOPS IN CENTRAL ASIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8144; March 30, 2004.
 
•     Russia Risks Becoming a “Miniature China”
From Izvestia, "View from Washington" by Nikolai Zlobini; JRL #8143; March 30, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE GERMAN GREF, MINISTER OF FINANCE ALEXEI KUDRIN AND MINISTER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MIKHAIL ZURABOV
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8135; March 25, 2004.
 
•     "Iron Fist" for oligarchs
Kremlin has prepared a "revolutionary" surprise for Russian businesses

From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8135; March 25, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIANS SKEPTICAL ABOUT RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8135; March 25, 2004.
 
• RAS #23 ~ March 2004:
POLITICS:
Patrick Armstrong. The fallacy of neo-Kremlinology
• Putin's relations with regional leaders • ECONOMICS: Bringing Western economics to Russia • SOCIETY: The developmental education movement • Daniil Granin on the decline of altruism • ECOLOGY: Soil erosion • Endangered tigers -- and endangering crabs • MILITARY AFFAIRS: Russia's new military program • The mouse flies high  • RUSSIA AND ITS NEIGHBORS: Russia--Kazakhstan: border adjustments? • HISTORY: The man who disagreed with Stalin
 
•     Analysts Wonder How Putin Will Further Solidify Power
From Voice America, by Lisa McAdams; JRL #8129; March 21, 2004.
 
•     PUTIN: TREAT GAZPROM GENTLY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8133; March 23, 2004.
 
•     Electronic album on repression victims released in Russia
From Interfax; JRL #8134; March 24, 2004.
 
•     FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN'S INTERVIEW WITH RIA NOVOSTI
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8132; March 23, 2004.
 
•     Russian, Qatari leaders talk on the phone
From Interfax; JRL #8133; March 23, 2004.
 
•     VLADIMIR PUTIN: THE AGONY OF RIGHT-WINGERS
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8134; March 24, 2004.
 
•     A FUTURIST ARK
Matchless archive of art and writings from avant-garde Russia, and an old man at the mercy of the West.

From Tony Woods, his article in New Left Review; JRL #8132; March 23, 2004.
 
•     Elections commission officially announces Putin's victory
From Interfax; JRL #8132; March 23, 2004.
 
•     RE: 8128 [Ambassador Vershbow comments on Putin election, media, Russian political system, and RIA Novosti article referencing Ambassador Vershbow]
From Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation; JRL #8129; March 21, 2004.
 
•     My response to Gideon Lichfield
[Re: The Economist's Editorial in # 8112:

How to check Vladimir Putin. What the West should be doing about Russia:]

From Matthew Maly, responding to Gideon Lichfield of The Economist; JRL #8123; March 17, 2004.
 
•     Re: The Economist's Editorial in #8112
[How to check Vladimir Putin. What the West should be doing about Russia:]

From Gideon Lichfield of The Economist, responding to Matthew Maly; JRL #8119; March 16, 2004.
 
•    

The Economist's Editorial in # 8112
[How to check Vladimir Putin. What the West should be doing about Russia:]

From Matthew Maly; JRL #8113; March 12, 2004.
 

•     No date set for Putin's inauguration yet
From Interfax; JRL #8123; March 17, 2004.
 
•     Russia's Glass Is Half Full and Leaking
By Michael McFaul, featured by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #8119; March 16, 2004.
 
•     Speech at a meeting with the government
Putin address, from Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8119; March 16, 2004.
 
•     DOCILE MEDIA PAVED THE WAY FOR PUTIN'S VICTORY
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Robert Coalson; JRL #8121; March 16, 2004.
 
•     Russian media and election debate at the Frontline Club, London
From Jennifer Morgan, including event transcript; JRL #8121; March 16, 2004.
 
•     What next for Russia and what future for a free and independent media?
Transcript of Frontline Club debate featuring Boris Berezovsky, Harold Elletson, Richard Sakwa, and Nikolai Gorshkov; JRL #8121; March 16, 2004.
 
•     Some regions spoil president's election party
From Gazeta.Ru, by Yelena Rudneva and Alia Samigullina; JRL #8120; March 16, 2004.
 
•     We did everything we could - Khakamada
From Gazeta.Ru, by Anton Brazhitsa; JRL #8119; March 16, 2004.
 
•     ELECTION RETURNS: EXPERT ASSESSMENTS AND HOPES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8121; March 16, 2004.
 
•     LIVE AT CARNEGIE - Russia: After the Elections
From Maura Keaney; JRL #8119; March 16, 2004.
 
•     Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States [excerpt re: Russia]
DIA Director Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, USN, Senate Testimony; JRL #8117; March 15, 2004.
 
•     NBC News Meet the Press March 14, 2004 With National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice
Excerpt re: Russian election; JRL #8118; March 15, 2004.
 
•     War In Chechnya Out Of Sight, Not Necessarily Out Of Mind, Ahead of Russian Vote
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Jeremy Bransten; JRL #8115; March 13, 2004.
 
•     The Meaning of the Western Media Attacks on the Elections
From Ira Straus; JRL #8115; March 13, 2004.
 
•     INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS TO SUBMIT FIRST REPORT ON RUSSIAN PRESIDENT'S ELECTIONS ON MARCH 15
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8115; March 13, 2004.
 
•     Putin Takes Us Back to the Future
Moscow Times commentary; JRL #8117; March 15, 2004.
 
•     Yabloko challenges Duma election results in court
From Gazeta.Ru, by Ilya Zhegulyov; JRL #8111; March 11, 2004.
 
•     Half of Russians don't know new prime minister
From Interfax; JRL #8111; March 11, 2004.
 
•     Corruption, Biased Media Turn Russian Election Into "Farce"
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #8108; March 10, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN MEDIA TACTFULLY COVER ELECTION CAMPAIGN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8110; March 11, 2004.
 
•     [Throwing Out Russian Election Results:]
Re: 8104-Hoagland/Putin

From Vladimir Radyukhin; JRL #8106; March 9, 2004.
 
•     The 60th Annniversary of the 1944 Chechen and Ingush Deportation: History, Legacies, Current Crisis
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum lecture announcement, Washington, D.C.; JRL #8110; March 11, 2004.
 
•     Swords and Sustenance: The Economics of Security in Belarus and Ukraine
From Celeste Wallender, re: new book she coauthored; JRL #8108; March 9, 2004.
 
•     Richard Sakwa, Putin: Russia's Choice
From Richjard Sakwa, re: his new book; JRL #8108; March 10, 2004.
 
•     THE RUSSIAN ‘TRANSITION’ AND BEYOND
From Richjard Sakwa, excerpt from his new book, Putin: Russia's Choice; JRL #8108; March 10, 2004.
 
•     Russian Insecurity is Our Problem [re: Putin Nuclear Exercises]
By Celeste A. Wallander and Robert C. McMullin, featured in CSIS "On the Agenda," forwarded by Robert C. McMullin; JRL #8103; March 6, 2004.
 
•     Some 45% of Russians approve of Stalin's policy - poll
From Interfax; JRL #8104; March 8, 2004.
 
•     Re: Few notes of the Shleifer and Treisman article
From Kirill Pankratov; JRL #8105; March 8, 2004.
 
•     The Petersburg Experience: Putin’s Political Career and Russian Foreign Policy
By Samuel Charap, from Problems of Post-Communism; JRL #8097; March 3, 2004.
 
•     Russia: Moscow Failing To Abide By Key CFE Treaty
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Askold Krushelnycky; JRL #8098; March 3, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIAN ELECTIONS AND BEYOND: ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
From Ariel Cohen, invitation to Heritage Foundation event; JRL #8098; March 3, 2004.
 
•     New book on Putin's Russia
From Andrew Jack; JRL #8098; March 3, 2004.
 
•     Job at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
From Alan Rousso; JRL #8098; March 3, 2004.
 
•     PM-designate teases Duma with big red carrots
From Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8098; March 3, 2004.
 
•     KIDS ON WEB: NO SUBSTITUTE FOR OLD CULTURE FORMS, WARNS RUSSIA'S CULTURE MINISTER
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8097; March 3, 2004.
 
•     Who is Fradkov?
From Matthew Maly; JRL #8096; March 2, 2004.
 
•     Two versions but little optimism as Fradkov nominated for PM
From Gazeta.Ru, by Irina Alyoshina and Aron Tsypin; JRL #8096; March 2, 2004.
 
•     GREF PRAISES MIKHAIL FRADKOV
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8096; March 2, 2004.
 
•     RADIO INTERVIEW WITH MIKHAIL LYUBIMOV, WRITER AND FORMER KGB AGENT [Re: Qatar Assassination]
From FedNews.Ru, transcript of Ecko Moskvy interview; JRL #8096; March 2, 2004.
 
•     Russian passions [re: recent JRL debates]
From Dmitry Mikheyev; JRL #8096; March 2, 2004.
 
•     Russia's New Power Struggle: Autocracy vs. Oligarchy
From Dmitry Mikheyev, re: his new article in The New Leader; JRL #8095; March 2, 2004.
 
•     Russian special services silent on Qatari nationals' detention
From Interfax; JRL #8092; Feb. 29, 2004.
 
•     Former tax police chief named as candidate for PM
From Gazeta.Ru; JRL #8094; March 1, 2004.
 
•     TEAM OF RUSSIAN LAWYERS ARRIVES IN QATAR
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8092; Feb. 29, 2004.
 
•     Russia will defend its citizens detained in Qatar - ministry
From Interfax; JRL #8092; Feb. 29, 2004.
 
•     RE: 8093 and 8092: Glazyev
Bill Mandel; JRL #8094; March 1, 2004.
 
•     Shleifer and Treisman’s Economic Comparisons are Wrong
From Vladimir Shlapentokh ; JRL #8091; Feb. 28, 2004.
 
•     The Worldwide Threat 2004: Challenges in a Changing Global Context
Testimony of Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Excerpt re: Russia; JRL #8089; Feb. 27, 2004.
 
•     Envoy says progress made with arrested Russians in Qatar
From Interfax; JRL #8090; Feb. 27, 2004.
 
•     The Sources of Russian Conduct
From The National Interest, by Nikolas K. Gvosdev; JRL #8090; Feb. 27, 2004.
 
•     Freedom in Putin's Russia - a view from the Urals
Vlad Brovkin; JRL #8090; Feb. 27, 2004.
 
•     Wolpin/ Normality and Inequality/ 8087
From Ed Dolan; JRL #8089; Feb. 27, 2004.
 
•     History according to Safire/8088 [re: Latvia, Soviet Union, Nazi Germany]
From Branko Milanovic; JRL #8089; Feb. 27, 2004.
 
•     JRL Research & Analytical Supplement ~ February 2004
POLITICS: Skinheads • Regional Officials & Mafia • SOCIETY: Labor • ECOLOGY: Forest Fires • FOREIGN POLICY: War on Terrorism, Public Opinion • RUSSIA AND ITS NEIGHBORS: Belarus • ARCHIVE: Narochnitskaya Interview • Moscow Ethnic Minorities • CORRESPONDENCE;
JRL #8026.
 
•     State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003: Russia Excerpt
JRL #8086; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     RUSSIA'S INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DOES NOT COMMENT ON RUSSIAN NATIONALS' ARREST IN QATAR 
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8088; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     Moscow not connected to Yandarbiyev murder - Ivanov
From Interfax; JRL #8088; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     Response to article by Rev. Lapidus (Feb. 18th)/8072 [re: Russian Orthodox and Catholics]
From Adam Wolf; JRL #8088; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8087-Dolan-Merry-Wolpin/ Normal Country?
From Neil McGowan; JRL #8088; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     Normal or Not?
[re: Russia, Schleifer/Treisman piece]

From Ed Dolan; JRL #8087; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     Re: "A Normal Country" by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman in the current issue of "Foreign Affairs" (JRL 8078)
[re: Whether Russia is Normal]

From Wayne Merry; JRL #8087; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     Comment on Schleifer/ Treisman
[re: Whether Russia is Normal]

From Joseph Wolpin; JRL #8087; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     COME BACK, WE'RE READY NOW: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF MEDIA ASSISTANCE IN RUSSIA/ Gessen Discussion
From Aleksei Pankin, including his article from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Media Matters; JRL #8087; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     Correction re World Russian Forum
From Edward Lozansky; JRL #8087; Feb. 26, 2004.
 
•     STATE DUMA DEPUTY SPEAKER: NEW GOVERNMENT TO BE FORMED AFTER PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8082; Feb. 24, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH GERMAN GREF, MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8082; Feb. 24, 2004.
 
•     PRESS CONFERENCE WITH CHRISTOF RUEHL, CHIEF ECONOMIST OF THE WORLD BANK, RUSSIA
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8082; Feb. 24, 2004.
 
•     My comment on A Normal Country by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman
From Matthew Maly; JRL #8082; Feb. 24, 2004.
 
•     [Assessing Russia:] Comment on Shleifer Triesman/ 8078
From Steven Halliwell; JRL #8081; Feb. 24, 2004.
 
•     Afghanistan: Experts Say Soviet Military Withdrawal Holds Lessons For Future
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Ron Synovitz; JRL #8076; Feb. 20, 2004.
 
•     Gideon-Moscow 45 - The Master and Ivan [re: Rybkin Mystery]
From Gideon Lichmield; JRL #8074; Feb. 20, 2004.
 
•     Anti-Liberal Perestroika: A New “Transition” in Russia
From Vladimir Shlapentokh; JRL #8075; Feb. 20, 2004.
 
•     Why Russia is confusing
From Vlad Sobell; JRL #8076; Feb. 20, 2004.
 
•     Gessen JRL 8073
From Robert Bruce War, re: Russia and media; JRL #8076; Feb. 20, 2004.
 
•     Totalitarian v revisionists/ Gessen
From Tony Phillips; JRL #8076; Feb. 20, 2004.
 
•     When things were better
From Peter Ekman, re: Russia and media; JRL #8075; Feb. 20, 2004.
 
•     Russia debate
From Paul Starobin; JRL #8075; Feb. 20, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8071-Ekman/Ware
From Masha Gessen, re: Russia and media; JRL #8073; Feb. 19, 2004.
 
•     Dealing with the Realities of Media Hostility to Putin and to Russia
From Ira Strauss; JRL #8073; Feb. 19, 2004.
 
•     Thoughts on the recent discussion
From Peter Lavelle; JRL #8073; Feb. 19, 2004.
 
•     Old ICBMs, Old Thinking
From The Moscow Times, by Pavel Felgenhauer; JRL #8070; Feb. 17, 2004.
 
•     Re: Conspiracies and conspirators (Felgenhauer, 8057 #13, Lichfield, 8064 #15)
From Kirill Pankratov; JRL #8070; Feb. 17, 2004.
 
•     Re: 8068-Heath
From Masha Gessen; JRL #8070; Feb. 17, 2004.
 
•     Blast Stirs Up Conspiracies
From The Moscow Times, by Pavel Felgenhauer; JRL #8057; Feb. 10, 2004.
 
•     Oligarchic Capitalism in Putin's Russia:
The Khodorkovsky Case
 
Kennan Institute event summary; JRL #8057; Feb. 10, 2004.
 
•     Democracy and War 
From The Moscow Times, by Andrew Kuchins; JRL #8058; Feb. 10, 2004.
 
•     Top Russian security official seeks "additional powers" in war on terror 
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8057; Feb. 10, 2004.
 
•    

Invitation: HIV / AIDS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE CIS: "REVERSING THE EPIDEMIC: FACTS AND POLICY OPTIONS"  
From Sandra Pralong; JRL #8058; Feb. 10, 2004.
 

•    

Totalitarianists and Revisionists  
From Robert Service, forwarding private e-mail sent from Stephen Cohen to Robert Service plus addendum by Robert Service; JRL #8058; Feb. 10, 2004.
 

•    

References to "fascism" by Gessen and Cohen in JRL nos. 8045, 8053, 8054, 8055 
From Andreas Umland; JRL #8058; Feb. 10, 2004.
 

•  Re Rodina "fascist" party (JRL #8054 - Gessen/ Cohen) 
From Nickolai Butkevich; JRL #8058; Feb. 10, 2004.
 
•     Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror (New Book)
From Paul Murphy; JRL #8058; Feb. 10, 2004.
 
•    

REMARKS BY AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN RUSSIA PRESIDENT ANDREW SOMERS, RF MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE GERMAN GREF, US AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA ALEXANDER VERSHBOW AND EXPERT INSTITUTE DIRECTOR YEVGENY YASIN AT THE 5TH ANNUAL AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN RUSSIA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE
From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8056; Feb. 9, 2004.
 

•    

Re: 8054-Lavelle  
From Janet Keeping, re: debates, analysis, politics; JRL #8055; Feb. 9, 2004.
 

•    

RE: 8054-Lavelle and Rutland  
From Masha Gessen, re: JRL debates; JRL #8055; Feb. 9, 2004.
 

•    

Totalitarian/Revisionist (re: JRL #8049)  
From Arch Getty re: election, politics, history, revisionists; JRL #8056; Feb. 9, 2004.
 

•    

Review of The Chechen Wars  
From Robert Bruce Ware, e-mailing links to book review; JRL #8056; Feb. 9, 2004.
 

•    

Regime change in Russia and the USA
From Mischa Gabowitsch, soliciting author; JRL #8056; Feb. 9, 2004.
 

•    

THE TIMES AND Mr. PUTIN:
re Gessen vs Starobin
  
From Peter Rutland; JRL #8054; Feb. 8, 2004.
 

•    

Strategic War Games Off Target
Moscow Times Editorial; JRL #8046; Feb. 3, 2004.
 

•    

The Presidential Crisis In Lithuania:
Its Roots And The Russian Factor
 

From Richard Krickus, text of his Jan. 28, 2004, address at the Woodrow Wilson Center; JRL #8046; Feb. 3, 2004.
 

•    

Russian Transformation in Historical Perspective
From Eric Lohr, including English translation of his recent article from La Vanguardia; JRL #8046; Feb. 3, 2004.
 

•    

THE RETURNS STARTS THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6!
From Samantha Levine, re: new film; JRL #8046; Feb. 3, 2004.
 

•    

Russian authorities refuse Danish journalist accreditation
From Reporters Without Borders; JRL #8045; Feb. 3, 2004.
 

•    

Will Russian VCs invest in Russian startups or will Russian startups move to America?
From Laura Mack; JRL #8044; Feb. 2, 2004.
 

•    

Comment on Gideon Lichfield -- Do I Look Presidential (#8041)
From Steve Shabad; JRL #8042; Jan. 31, 2004.
 

•    

Gideon - Moscow 43 - Do I look Presidential?
From Gideon Lichfield; JRL #8041; Jan. 30, 2004.
 

•    

Opening Remarks At the Civil Society Event
Secretary Colin L. Powell;
Ambassador Alexander Vershbow

State Dept. transcript; JRL #8038; Jan. 29, 2004.
 

•    

NPRI SYMPOSIUM: THREE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT (DAY 2)
From Robert Burns, regarding nuclear conference; JRL #8038; Jan. 29, 2004.
 

•    

Opening Remarks At the Civil Society Event
Secretary Colin L. Powell;
Ambassador Alexander Vershbow

State Dept. transcript; JRL #8038; Jan. 29, 2004.
 

•    

Preserving the Pushkin Heritage
An Interview with Kenneth Pushkin of the Pushkin Fund

Washington ProFile interview; JRL #8036; Jan. 28, 2004.
 

•    

Secretary Colin L. Powell: Opening Remarks With Russian President Vladimir Putin
State Dept. transcript; JRL #8034; Jan. 27, 2004.
 

•    

Secretary Colin L. Powell: Press Briefing With Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov
State Dept. transcript; JRL #8034; Jan. 27, 2004.
 

•    

Whispers of Nabokov's Ghost
[re: Russian decline, corruption]

From
Melvin Anders; JRL #8033; Jan. 26, 2004.
 

•    

The origins and future of Putin’s “managed democracy”
From
Vlad Sobell; JRL #8034; Jan. 27, 2004.
 

•    

Dunlop (8027), Starr (8032) [Re: Moscow Hostage Crisis, Apartment Bombings, FSB]
From Robert Bruce Ware; JRL #8034; Jan. 27, 2004.
 

•    

Re: 8027-Dunlop [re: Moscow Hostage Crisis, Apartment Bombings]
From
Frederick Starr; JRL #8032; Jan. 26, 2004.
 

•    

Letters by Peter Rutland and Robert Bruce Ware (JRL 8021) [re: Moscow Hostage Crisis, Apartment Bombings]
From
John Dunlop; JRL #8027; Jan. 22, 2004.
 

•    

Re John Dunlop’s analysis of the Nord Ost hostage taking. (JRL 8017)
From Peter Rutland; JRL #8021; Jan. 18, 2004.
 

•    

Ten Questions for John Dunlop (JRL 8017)
From Robert Bruce Ware; JRL #8021; Jan. 18, 2004.
 

•    

THE OCTOBER 2002 MOSCOW HOSTAGE-TAKING INCIDENT
From Radio Liberty, by
John B. Dunlop; JRL #8017; Jan. 16, 2004.
 

•    

Cato Moscow Conference ~ A Liberal Agenda for the New Century: A Global Perspective
Announcement from
Marian Tupy; JRL #8025; Jan. 21, 2004.
 

•    

Amending the Russian Constitution
From
Harley D. Balzer; JRL #8023; Jan. 20, 2004.
 

•    

New RFE/RL Website
From
Donald Jensen; JRL #8023; Jan. 20, 2004.
 

•    

Cox Newspapers Job Announcement
From
Rebecca Santana, deadline Feb. 13; JRL #8026; Jan. 21, 2004.
 

•    

Re: Browder in 8025 [re: Putin]
From Melvin Anders; JRL #8026; Jan. 21, 2004.
 

•    

re 8022-Alcohol [re: Mongols & intermingling]
From
John Varoli; JRL #8023; Jan. 20, 2004.
 

•    

Gideon-Moscow 41 - Me and my chinelle
From
Gideon Lichfield; JRL #8026; Jan. 21, 2004.
 

•    

Details on http://www.uznay-prezidenta.ru/
From Melvin Anders; JRL #8024; Jan. 20, 2004.
 

•    

PRESS CONFERENCE ON POSSIBLE AGENDA FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN'S SECOND PRESIDENCY WITH VALERY KHOMYAKOV, IOSIF DISKIN AND SERGEI MARKOV, OFFICIALS OF THE COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL STRATEGY
From Interfax and FedNews.Ru; JRL #8022; Jan. 19, 2004.
 

•    

Kasyanov Sets Tone For New Duma
From The Moscow Times, by
Valeria Korchagina; JRL #8022; Jan. 19, 2004.
 

•    

Poll shows Yavlinsky falls off popularity list
From Interfax; JRL #8022; Jan. 19, 2004.
 

•    

Fans on Filming Tolkien
From The Moscow Times/Metropolis, by
Alexander Osipovich; JRL #8022; Jan. 19, 2004.
 

•    

PRESIDENT OPENS WEBSITE FOR CHILDREN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8022; Jan. 19, 2004.
 

•    

Re: 8010/sitcoms
From Celeste Wallender, re: Russian image; JRL #8014; Jan. 14, 2004.
 

•    

Russia: Leadership Struggles With Yukos Affair
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Sophie Lambroschini; JRL #8014; Jan. 14, 2004.
 

•    

For Trepashkin, Bomb Trail Leads to Jail
From The Moscow Times, by
Anatoly Medetsky; JRL #8014; Jan. 14, 2004.
 

•    

2nd Annual Red Shift Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival to open in New York on Wednesday, January 14
From
Dimitri Klimentov; JRL #8014; Jan. 14, 2004.
 

•    

Vladimir Putin’s Speech at the First Session of the Council under the  President for the Fight against Corruption
From Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8014; Jan. 14, 2004.
 

•    

Vladimir Putin’s opening speech at a Government session
From Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8014; Jan. 14, 2004.
 

•    

Monolithic New Duma Is Just an Illusion
From The Moscow Times, by Nicolai Petrov; JRL #8014; Jan. 14, 2004.
 

•    

Re: 8009 Larry Uzzell on Danilov Bells
From
Andrew Shinn; JRL #8010; Jan. 13, 2004. 

•    

Announcement for Russia: All 89 Regions, Trade and Investment Guide
From
Veronika Krasheninnikova-Berger of CTEC Publishing; JRL #8010; Jan. 13, 2004.
 

•    

Sitcoms getting Russia right?
From Melvin Anders; JRL #8010; Jan. 13, 2004.
 

•    

Book Review of Sarah L. Henderson’s "Building Democracy in Contemporary Russia: Western Support for Grassroots Organizations"
From Sally W. Stoecker; JRL #8009; Jan. 12, 2004.
 

•    

Re: 8008-Danilov Bells
From Larry Uzell; JRL #8009; Jan. 12, 2004.
 

•    

Foreign Capital Sinks to New Low
From The Moscow Times, by Alex Nicholson; JRL #8009; Jan. 12, 2004.
 

•    

A stewardess called Luda - Russia's First Lady
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8009; Jan. 12, 2004.
 

•    

Chauncy D. Harris 1914-2003
From Phil Straus, forwarding memorial release from University of Chicago; JRL #8008; Jan. 10, 2004.
 

•    

[Vershbow:] U.S.-Russian Relations after the Duma Election:
Where Do We Go From Here?

Ambassador Vershbow address in Washington; JRL #8008; Jan. 10, 2004.
 

•    

Danilov Bells
From Christopher Stone; JRL #8008; Jan. 10, 2004.
 

•    

RE: 8007-Georgia
From LTC Ken Chance; JRL #8008; Jan. 10, 2004.
 

•    

Perspectives on the Caspian Sea Dilemma
From Catherine L. McKeon, regarding new papers available through AAAASS; JRL #8008; Jan. 10, 2004.
 

•    

Jumping to Conclusions on Kyoto
From The Moscow Times, by
Michael Grubb; JRL #8008; Jan. 10, 2004.
 

•    

Kazakhstan: Putin Visit To Focus On Baikonur, CIS, Oil Resources
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Charles Carson; JRL #8008; Jan. 10, 2004.
 

•    

Love of Foreigners to Russia Now 77 per cent Stronger
From Pravda.Ru, re: foreign investment; JRL #8008; Jan. 10, 2004.
 

•    

Report: Russia's Tactical Nuclear Weapons
From
Charles L. Thornton, including link to PDF of first half of report; report also available by e-mail and in print version; JRL #8007; Jan. 9, 2004.
 

•    

Re: Lebed
From
Raymond Finch; JRL #8007; Jan. 9, 2004.
 

•    

INTERVIEW WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE GERMAN GREF
OGONYOK WEEKLY transcript from FedNews.Ru; JRL #8007; Jan. 9, 2004.
 

•    

More on the Danilov bells
From Nicolai N. Petro; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ANDREI ILLARIONOV, ECONOMICS ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8006; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

RUSSIAN ELECTION BOYCOTT:
TREADING A FINE LINE
.
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Catherine Fitzpatrick; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

A FEW BAD MEN
(re:
Khodorkovskii arrest, business)
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Daniel Kimmage; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

OVER 3,000,000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN CHRISTMAS DIVINE SERVICES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8006; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

Russia: Artists Facing Prison For Controversial, Religious-Themed Work
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Sophie Lambroschini; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

Eight reasons to be frustrated in 2004
From Pravda.Ru, by Anna Bazhina; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

Report: Russia's Tactical Nuclear Weapons
From
Charles L. Thornton, including link to PDF of first half of report; report also available by e-mail and in print version; JRL #8007; Jan. 9, 2004.
 

•    

Re: Lebed
From
Raymond Finch; JRL #8007; Jan. 9, 2004.
 

•    

INTERVIEW WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE GERMAN GREF
OGONYOK WEEKLY transcript from FedNews.Ru; JRL #8007; Jan. 9, 2004.
 

•    

More on the Danilov bells
From Nicolai N. Petro; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ANDREI ILLARIONOV, ECONOMICS ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION From FedNews.Ru; JRL #8006; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

RUSSIAN ELECTION BOYCOTT:
TREADING A FINE LINE
.
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Catherine Fitzpatrick; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

A FEW BAD MEN
(re:
Khodorkovskii arrest, business)
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Daniel Kimmage; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

OVER 3,000,000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN CHRISTMAS DIVINE SERVICES
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8006; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

Russia: Artists Facing Prison For Controversial, Religious-Themed Work
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Sophie Lambroschini; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

Eight reasons to be frustrated in 2004
From Pravda.Ru, by Anna Bazhina; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

"Russia is not an overlord and we are not colonies" - Georgian president-elect
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8005; Jan. 8, 2004.
 

•    

Russian ruling party to control all parliamentary committees
From Interfax; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

•    

Georgia: Regional Reaction Generally Cautious About Saakashvili's Election Victory
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Charles Carlson; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

•    

RUSSIANS CELEBRATING ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS TODAY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

•    

ORTHODOXY IS PART OF RUSSIAN CULTURE - VLADIMIR PUTIN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

•    

Russia draws up global defence project
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

•    

FREE TRIAL ISSUES - INTERFAX Daily New Bulletin
From Alicia Chong of Interfax-America; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

•    

Georgia: Moscow Watches Warily As Saakashvili Comes To Power
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Sophie Lambroschinio; JRL #8002; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

FIVE YEARS AFTER LIBERAL RUSSIAN DEPUTY'S SLAYING, THE TRIAL BEGINS
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Vladimir Kovalev; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

The NEW RUSSIAN DUMA:
A PATHWAY TO NEO-STALINISM?

By Inna Rogatchi; JRL #8001; Jan. 5, 2004.
 

•    

[Putin] Speech at the first session of the fourth State Duma
From Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

[Putin] New Year’s Eve Televised Address
From Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

The Year in Review
From Metropolis (Moscow Times); JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

DOES THE NUCLEAR THIEF STAND A CHANCE IN RUSSIA?
From RIA Novosti, by Tatyana Sinitsina; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION MAKES 50%
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

10 REAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8002; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

News of Moscow Metro
From Pravda.Ru; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

•    

2004 forecast: Russia to face great future
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8001; Jan. 5, 2004.
 

•    

Psychiatric disorders on the rise in Russia, experts say
From Interfax; JRL #8001; Jan. 5, 2004.
 

•    

Nothing is the same anymore
From Izvestia, by Nikolai Zlobin (re: situation in Russian and U.S.-Russian Relations); JRL #8001; Jan. 5, 2004.
 

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Russian ruling party to control all parliamentary committees
From Interfax; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

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Georgia: Regional Reaction Generally Cautious About Saakashvili's Election Victory
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Charles Carlson; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

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RUSSIANS CELEBRATING ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS TODAY
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

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ORTHODOXY IS PART OF RUSSIAN CULTURE - VLADIMIR PUTIN
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

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Russia draws up global defence project
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

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FREE TRIAL ISSUES - INTERFAX Daily New Bulletin
From Alicia Chong of Interfax-America; JRL #8004; Jan. 7, 2004.
 

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Georgia: Moscow Watches Warily As Saakashvili Comes To Power
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Sophie Lambroschinio; JRL #8002; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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FIVE YEARS AFTER LIBERAL RUSSIAN DEPUTY'S SLAYING, THE TRIAL BEGINS
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, by Vladimir Kovalev; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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The NEW RUSSIAN DUMA:
A PATHWAY TO NEO-STALINISM?

By Inna Rogatchi; JRL #8001; Jan. 5, 2004.
 

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[Putin] Speech at the first session of the fourth State Duma
From Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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[Putin] New Year’s Eve Televised Address
From Kremlin.Ru; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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The Year in Review
From Metropolis (Moscow Times); JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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DOES THE NUCLEAR THIEF STAND A CHANCE IN RUSSIA?
From RIA Novosti, by Tatyana Sinitsina; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION MAKES 50%
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8003; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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10 REAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN RUSSIA
From RIA Novosti; JRL #8002; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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News of Moscow Metro
From Pravda.Ru; Jan. 6, 2004.
 

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2004 forecast: Russia to face great future
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #8001; Jan. 5, 2004.
 

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Psychiatric disorders on the rise in Russia, experts say
From Interfax; JRL #8001; Jan. 5, 2004.
 

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Nothing is the same anymore
From Izvestia, by Nikolai Zlobin (re: situation in Russian and U.S.-Russian Relations); JRL #8001; Jan. 5, 2004.
 

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