Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#141 :: 5 August 2013

Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#141 :: 5 August 2013
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POLITICS

1. Civil Georgia: On Fifth Anniversary of August War, Medvedev Speaks of Ties with Georgia.
2. Interfax: Russia had no intention to occupy Tbilisi, topple Saakashvili in Aug 2008 – Medvedev.
3. Government.ru: Dmitry Medvedev’s interview to Russia Today TV channel.
4. Kremlin.ru: Seliger 2013 Youth Forum.
5. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Aug. 5, 2013 .
6. Interfax: Putin says Russia needs no chaos, no new priests Gapons.
7. RIA Novosti: Putin Younger Than His Age, Swims to Deal With Stress – Kremlin Doctor.
8. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Near East Lessons for Russia. Relying on the ‘Conservative Majority’ Alone Splits Society.
9. Russki Pioneer: Vladislav Surkov: I was by a Great Man’s Side (part II).
10. Novaya Gazeta: Igor Bunin Interviewed on Future of United Russia, Medvedev Team, Fall of Surkov, Moscow Elections.
11. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW . Registration of candidates for September 8 elections almost finished.
12. Interfax: Russian human rights org opens website to report 8 Sept election violations. (Golos)
13. Interfax: Russians aren’t enthusiastic about new parties – Public Opinion Foundation.
14. ITAR-TASS: Over 50% Muscovites ready to vote for Sobyanin.
15. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Mikhail Rostovskiy, Sobyanin as Hamlet, Navalnyy as The Moor.
16. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Navalny Rises as Head of Post-Soviet Generation.
17. Moscow News: Anna Arutunyan, Russian nationalism: tip of the iceberg.
18. Osobaya Bukva: Public Opinion Poll Shows Most Russians Accept State Media Censorship.
19. Interfax: Moscow Helsinki Group head says law on NGOs must be cancelled.
20. RIA Novosti: Activists Who Reported ‘Putin’s Palace’ Jailed for Extortion.
21. Moscow Times: Victor Davidoff, Dangerous Alliance Between Church and State.
22. Financial Times: Cossacks ride again as Russia seeks to fill ideological void.
23. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, It’s Not Just Moscow: Saint Petersburg Is Also Booming.
24. ITAR-TASS: A memorial service for the late Russian writer, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, was held at Moscow’s Donskoy Monastery.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

25. Russia Direct: Is the West ready for the rise of the Russian elite? A new report from the Valdai Discussion Club forecasts how the values and attitudes of the Russian elite will impact Russian domestic and foreign policy and spurs debates among experts.
26. Interfax: Russians like EU more than USA – poll.
27. RIA Novosti: No Changes to Planned Putin-Obama Meeting – Kremlin Spokesman.
28. Moscow Times: U.S. Rock Group Ignites New Tensions.
29. Reuters: History shows Snowden may face tough exile in Russia.
30. Russia Beyond the Headlines/ Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Fyodor Lukyanov, Snowden: Protagonist in a tragicomedy. Edward Snowden’s story started out as a spy thriller, went on to become a farce, and is about to turn into a drama laced with elements of human tragedy.
31. CNN.com: Daniel Treisman, Snowden is an unwanted guest in Putin’s Russia.
32. BBC Monitoring: USA, West should blame themselves for nurturing terrorists – Russian expert. (Yevgeniy Satanovskiy)
33. Global Times: Far Eastern desolation unnerves Russians.
34. Carnegie Moscow Center Eurasia Outlook: Dmitri Trenin, Eurasian Union: Useful, But Modest.
35. BBC Monitoring: Georgian envoy, opposition offer mixed reaction to Russia PM’s 2008 war comments.