Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#187 :: Friday, 18 October 2013

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#187 ::18 October 2013
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POLITICS

1. Interfax: October poll puts Putin’s approval rating at 62%.
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Sixty two percent of Russians say they support activities of Vladimir Putin.
3. Legalweek.com: Paul Melling, Despite its reputation, Russia has come a long way in its fight against corruption. New anti-bribery laws and overseas legislation are having a positive impact on Russia’s business environment.
4. ITAR-TASS: Russia prepares large-scale system of public control over authorities.
5. Moscow Times: Russians ‘Most Well Educated’ in the World.
6. RIA Novosti: Russian Alcohol Intake Has Dropped By a Fourth Since 2010 ­- Official.
7. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russians Are Finally Drinking Less (Really)
8. Interfax: Internet audience in Russia reaches 66 million- Public Opinion Foundation.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 18, 2013.
10. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Ruling party stakes on single-seat constituency candidates.
11. Interfax: Kremlin source denies claims of governors’ upcoming dismissals.
12. Interfax: New head promises changes to Audit Chamber.
13. ITAR-TASS: Amnesty proposals by Russia’s human rights council trigger heated debate.
14. Gazeta.ru: Moscow Daily Mulls Navalnyy’s Political Prospects After Suspended Sentence Decision.
15. Kommersant: Moscow Mayor Sobyanin Interviewed on Biryulevo Violence.
16. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV talk show discusses Moscow anti-migrant riot, aftermath.
17. ITAR-TASS: Ombudsman calls for objective investigation of Yegor Shcherbakov’s murder.
18. Interfax: Presumption of innocence violated in Biryulyovo murder suspect’s case – Azeri Foreign Ministry.
19. RFE/RL: Ethnic Tensions Still High In Moscow In Wake Of Suspected Killer’s Arrest .
20. www.opendemocracy.net: Daniil Kislov, Fear and loathing in the Moscow suburbs.
21. The Economist: Riots in Russia. Dangerous game. The Kremlin and the opposition are both playing the nationalist card.
22. Reuters: Pussy Riot member to be moved to another jail after hunger strike.
23. The Economist: Russian prisons. Slave labour and criminal cultures. Russia’s prison colonies resemble the old Soviet camps.
24. AP: Russia media tycoons expand — with Kremlin’s help.
25. Vedomosti: Russian Commentator: Kremlin Manipulating Public Opinion Through Social Media. (Ilya Klishin)
26. Moscow Times: How Wealthy Russians Buy a 2nd Passport.

ECONOMY

27. Moscow Times: World Economic Forum Gathers Leaders to Reignite Russia’s Economy.
28. Moscow Times: Russian Corporate Giants Get Mixed Review From Transparency International.
29. Moscow Times: Martin Gilman, Structural Decline or a Cyclical Trough?
30. Moscow Times: Maria Snegovaya, Tight Autocracies and Disorderly Democracies.
31. Interfax: European politicians yet to realize shale gas production unprofitable – expert.
32. Financial Times: Oil and gas: Pipeline politics debate hots up.
33. UPI: Russia sees global advantage in oil.
34. Wall Street Journal: Russia, China in Deal to Develop East Siberia Oil, Gas Reserves. Moscow Eases Hesitation Over Energy Partnerships With Beijing in Russia’s Far East.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

35. ITAR-TASS: Russia-China committee to discuss bilateral cooperation in China.
36. Interfax: Asia becoming world center, Russia, China play key role in its development – experts.
37. Moscow Times: Pressure Growing on Putin to Free Greenpeace Activists.
38. Interfax: Gradual lift of sanctions against Tehran needed to resolve nuclear problem – expert.
39. Global Security Newswire: Analyst: Disarming Syria Could Open Russia to More Nuclear-Arms Cuts.
40. New York Times: Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia.
41. The Nation: Jesselyn Radack, My Visit With Edward Snowden. Although living in exile from the country he loves, Snowden is warm, centered and engaged and follows debates about surveillance with a keen legal acumen.
42. Interfax: 53% of Ukrainians are pro-EU, have doubts about association deal in Nov.
43. Interfax: Only 20% of Ukrainians support accession to NATO – poll.
44. Svobodnaya Pressa: Russian Experts Back Health Chief’s Claims of Threat from US Laboratory in Georgia.
45. BBC Monitoring: Four Georgian presidential candidates mull restoration of territorial integrity.
46. The Guardian (UK): How do you solve a problem like Russia? From its diplomatic triumph on Syria to the jailing of Greenpeace activists, the Kremlin’s newfound confidence is both confusing and concerning Europe. Should the EU be worried? We ask foreign policy experts. Correspondents from Le Monde, the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Gazeta Wyborcza, El País and La Stampa.

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