Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#194 :: Wednesday, 30 October 2013

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#193 :: 29 October 2013
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POLITICS

1. Russia Beyond the Headlines: How to dress like Russian on Halloween.
2. Interfax: Russian experiment supports panspermia theory.
3. RIA Novosti: Russian Women In Search of a Cause.
4. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian opposition abandons street protests. The protest movement in Russia is dwindling and growing old.
5. Interfax: Russian society should not tolerate corruption – Putin.
6. RIA Novosti: Putin Named Most Powerful Person in World by Forbes
7. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: The Other Russia.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 30, 2013.
9. AFP: Putin recalls ‘romantic years’ of Soviet youth on Communist anniversary.
10. RIA Novosti: Putin Fires Slew of Top Interior Ministry Officials.
11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Commentator Compares Developing Russian Party System to Systems in Europe and America. (Nikolay Mironov)
12. The Nation: Alec Luhn, Russia’s Opposition Breaks Through at the Ballot Box.
13. Interfax: Communists to propose govt resignation after Nov 7 actions.
14. Reuters: Russia lays new theft charges against Putin foe Navalny.
15. BBC Monitoring: Russian opposition leader certain he will face another trial on ‘insane’ charges.
16. Moscow Times: Navalny’s Bid to Reform Utilities Sector Headed for Rejection.
17. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Andrey Isayev, Immigrants and the National Question. There Must Not Be a Purely Police Approach in the Resolution of Societal Problems.
18. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: The Most Important Question in Russia Today ­- What’s Your Nationality?
19. Interfax: Russia has political prisoners, head of rights council says.
20. AFP: Russia remembers Gulag chronicler Shalamov.
21. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Spying on Russians and Selling the Data.
22. Interfax: Russian Church advises Lenin advocates think about burying him.
23. Interfax: Unified history textbook concept endorsed, forwarded to president.
24. Bloomberg: Jake Rudnitsky, Putin’s $48 Billion Olympic Legacy Faces 100-Day Sprint to Open.
25. St. Petersburg Times: New Method For Developing Future Leaders.

ECONOMY

26. Medvedev welcomes Russia’s 92nd place in Ease of Doing Business ranking.
27. Wall Street Journal: Russia Gets Friendlier for Businesses but Analysts Want More.
28. Moscow Times: Government Sees WTO Dividend One Year On.
29. RIA Novosti: Prosecutors Expose Major Irregularities at Russia’s ‘Silicon Valley’
30. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Commentator: Russian Arctic Energy Projects Barely Profitable, Unprepared for Accidents. (Aleksey Khaytun)
31. Interfax: REVIEW: Russian govt selects Far East development model.
32. Reuters: Analysis: Black Sea gas bonanza remains elusive.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

33. Interfax: Medvedev: New influential alliances must be monitored.
34. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Roger McDermott, Russian defense expenditures prove too low to maintain sufficient military training levels. Shoigu Opts for Mystical Defense Plans.
35. RIA Novosti: Putin Checks Readiness of Russia’s Nuclear Deterrent.
36. Interfax: Realistic to hold intl conference for Syria – expert. (Vitaly Naumkin)
37. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Lawmakers prepare response to ‘Magnitsky act’
38. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Moscow Daily: Work on Missile Defense in Romania ‘Stumbling Block’ in Russian-US Relations.
39. Reuters: Russia denies Italian reports it spied on G20 leaders.
40. The National Interest: Denis Corboy, William Courtney, and Kenneth Yalowitz, How to Handle Russia.
41. Business New Europe: Mike Collier and Ben Aris in Moscow, A tug-of-war over Ukraine. (re EU’s summit in Vilnius)
42. Interfax: Consumers must pay for Russian gas, no more ‘gas communism’ – prime minister.
43. Reuters: Ukraine says hopes to settle Russian gas bill row soon.
44. Business New Europe: No more “Mr Nice Guy”: Gazprom hits Ukraine with huge $1bn gas bill.
45. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Gazprom may introduce advance payment system for gas for Ukraine, Russian citizens.
46. Vedomosti: Russia ‘Has Primarily Itself to Blame’ for Growing Rift with Ukraine.
47. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Fyodor Lukyanov, Can Ukraine afford a divorce from Russia?
48. Interfax: Tbilisi’s stance on diplomatic relations with Moscow unchanged – Georgian foreign minister.
49. International New York Times editorial: Democracy’s Test in Georgia.
50. Interfax: Saakashvili says his imprisonment in Georgia is among preconditions for normal relations with Moscow.
51. Interfax: Saakashvili says it’s time for Georgian people to take break from him.