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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#22 :: 1 February 2013
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POLITICS

1. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Dmitry Medvedev unveils government’s plans until 2018.
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Most Russians value Vladimir Putin for his experience.
3. Vedomosti: Putin Plans Institutional Revolution in Russia.
4. Interfax: Civil society needs to be supported, strengthened – Putin.
5. Kremlin.ru: Putin chairs meeting on government priorities through 2018.
6. The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon): Kevin Cape, Given the alternatives, life is good for Russians.
7. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Feb. 1, 2013.
8. Russia Beyond the Headlines: United Russia proposes bill allowing regions to forgo direct gubernatorial elections.
9. Interfax: Power decentralization should be gradual, finite process – Matviyenko.
10. Slon.ru: Dismantling of Medvedev Legacy Shows Prognosis for Belykh ‘Hardly Optimistic.’ (Tatyana Stanovaya:)
11. Interfax: Shoigu the most popular Russian minister – poll.
12. Osobaya Bukva: Russian Commentators Discuss Shoygu’s Growing Popularity, Putin Succession.
13. BBC Monitoring: Russian Deputy PM Rogozin gives wide-ranging interview to liberal TV channel.
14. Moscow Times: Last Year’s Repression ‘Worst’ in Decades.
15. Interfax: Russian official experts say Human Rights Watch politically biased.
16. www.russiatoday.com: Russian rights watchdog accuses police of provocations during anti-Putin rally – report.
17. Interfax: Patriarch Kirill on four years as patriarch: a lot has been done, a lot remains to do.
18. The Economist: Religion in Russia. A question of faith. A new look at religion in post-1991 Russia.
19. RIA Novosti: Andrei Zolotov, Jr., Church vs. Nukes: The Dilemma of a Secret Russian Town.
20. Reuters: Stalingrad victory offers Putin patriotic platform.
21. ITAR-TASS: On anniversary of Battle of Stalingrad Russians argue whether heroic city should be renamed after bloody tyrant.
22. Moscow Times: After Attack, Rivalries at Bolshoi Draw Scrutiny.

ECONOMY

23. Moscow Times: Medvedev Outlines Economic Program.
24. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev says improvement of business climate in Russia is among government priorities.
25. Moscow Times: Officials Call for Budget Discipline.
26. Reuters: G20 should focus on debts, not Japan-bashing: Russia.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

27. Interfax: Main risks for Russia are internal, not external – Medvedev.
28. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, Why Russia’s Soft Power Is Too Soft.
29. Interfax: Russians warming to West, keener on EU than US – poll.
30. Moscow Times: U.S., Russia to Resume Arms Reduction Talks.
31. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The United States may propose to Russia to continue to reduce the nuclear weapons.
32. www.russiatoday.com: Obama’s Russia visit unlikely before September – Pushkov.
33. BBC Monitoring: Reset with USA fails but no need to be overly pessimistic, says Russian TV.
34. Valdai Discussion Club: Timofei Bordachev, Russia-US: Outlook for bilateral relations.
35. Kommersant: The Donee Patient Is Recovering. Russia No Longer Needs US Money for Combating Drugs and Crime.
36. The National Interest : Andranik Migranyan, Russia and Obama’s Second Term. There is little potential for a broad strategic dialogue between Washington and Moscow.
37. Moscow Times: Robert Shlegel, The West’s Flawed ‘Civilization Burden’
38. Moscow Times: Super Bowl Fans Set for 4 a.m. Party.
39. Jamestown Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel Felgenhauer, Medvedev comes under attack for being too pro-Western. US-Russian Relations Wither as the Kremlin Seeks out Internal and External Enemies.
40. Vedomosti: Russian Authorities Seen Sending ‘Contradictory Signals’ to Syrian Regime.
41. The National Interest: E. Wayne Merry, Aother Regional War in the Wings. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh could resume.

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