Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#175 :: Wednesday 25 September 2013

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#175 :: 25 September 2013
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POLITICS

1. RIA Novosti: Most Russians Satisfied With September Polls, Say Results Fair.
2. Moscow Times: Soggy September Breaks 130-Year-Old Rainfall Record.
3. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Russia’s new regulatory overlord.
4. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Four Very Different Russias Moving in Four Very Different Directions, Zubarevich Says.
5. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 25, 2013.
6. Russia Direct: Timofey V. Bordachev, What the Russian elite really discussed in Valdai. Behind the scenes, participants attending the 10th anniversary meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club analyzed the Syrian crisis and the Eurasian integration of former Soviet states.
7. Izvestia: ‘Sensational’ Valday Conference Seen As Personal Triumph for Putin. (Boris Mezhuyev)
8. Russia Direct: Jeffrey Mankoff, Valdai 2013: Russia faces a moment of accountability. At this year’s annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, the presence of the opposition and television cameras ratcheted up the pressure on Russian officials to give candid answers.
9. Moscow Times: Denying Putin Wedding, Peskov Says Leave the President Alone.
10. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Vladimir Putin does not plan to participate in United Russia party congress.
11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia’s Human Rights Council Advises Electoral Blocs Should Return.
12. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Surkov’s Comeback in ‘Secondary Role’ of Presidential Adviser Seen of No Great Significance. (Mikhail Rostovskiy)
13. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Prokhorov’s Model Versus Navalnyy’s Model — Is It Possible to Put Russian Political System on Two-Party Footing.
14. Moscow Times: United Russia Lawmaker Backs Amnesty for Bolotnoye Suspects.
15. ITAR-TASS: Russian authorities try to resolve ethnic tension with no experience in the matter.
16. New York Times: Putin Defends Seizure of a Greenpeace Vessel.
17. Interfax: Ombudsman Lukin hopes Greenpeace activists detained in Russia will not be too severely punished.
18. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, One Day in the Life of Pussy Riot: A jailed artist shines light on Russian prisons .
19. ITAR-TASS: Human rights inspectors visit penal colony housing Pussy Riot member.
20. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Returning Nationality to Passports Is a Bad Idea.

ECONOMY

21. RIA Novosti: World Bank Cuts Russian Economic Growth Forecasts, Urges Reform.
22. Reuters: Now not the time for deeper austerity in Russia: Finance Minister.
23. Interfax: Capital outflow putting pressure on ruble, forcing forecast revisions.
24. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Majority of Russian businesses dodge taxes.
25. Reuters: REUTERS SUMMIT-Moscow Exchange: no downside left for stock market.
26. Interfax: Russia aiming for 20 percent of world LNG market by 2030.
27. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Consumer rights not protected in Russia.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

28. Valdai Discussion Club: Dmitry Babich, Western Politicians: a Fatal Love for Russia.
29. Russia Direct: Alexey Fenenko, Why don’t the Americans (and John McCain) like Vladimir Putin? From a historical perspective, America’s attitude to a Russian leader appears to depend primarily on Russia’s willingness to implement nuclear disarmament and support nuclear non-proliferation.
30. BBC Monitoring: Russia, USA have common understanding on how to proceed on Syria – Lavrov.
31. Reuters: Q+A-Russia, West at odds over plan to rid Syria of chemical arms.
32. RIA Novosti: Moscow Suspects Syrian Rebels of Holding CW Components.
33. Interfax: Saudi Arabia ‘a root’ of Syrian crisis – Russian expert.
34. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Syrian crisis: between unilateralism and collective effort. Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, talks on Syria.
35. Reuters: U.S. shift needed for Syria peace deal: Putin ally.
36. The National Interest: An Interview with Alexey Pushkov.
37. Svobodnaya Pressa: Expert Discusses Russians, CIS ‘Mercenaries’ Fighting For Syrian Opposition. (Yevgeniy Satanovskiy)
38. YaleGlobal Online: Thomas Graham, For Now, Putin Struts on the World Stage.
39. Interfax: 95% Russian natives returning to Russia are from CIS countries – Federal Migration Service.
40. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Ukraine does not give up the hopes that European integration will not hamper the country to cooperate with the Customs Union.
41. RIA Novosti: ‘Gas War’ With Russia Impossible Now ­ Ukrainian FM.
42. Interfax: Saakashvili intends to train winemakers, new political elite of Georgia.
43. Russia Direct: Is the American dream losing its appeal? Globalization is undergoing a re-think as Russian and American sociologists and political experts consider how globalization impacts income inequality and social mobility.
44. Moscow Times: Wealthy Russians Hear London Calling and Answer.

OTHER RESOURCES

45. Alexander Domrin: New issue of Konstitutsionny Vestnik on the the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution.
46. New issue of Russian Analytical Digest: Navalny and the Moscow Mayoral Election.

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