JRL E-Mail Newsletter Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2013-#54 – 25 March 2013

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#54 :: 25 March 2013
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POLITICS

1. Moscow Times: Berezovsky, Putin and an Absence of Respect.
2. Reuters: No radiation at Berezovsky home, no sign of outside role in death.
3. Interfax: Berezovsky dreamt of being buried near Moscow region church where he was baptized – newspaper.
4. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky died in Britain.
5. ITAR-TASS: Russian Prosecutor General’s Office to continue its legal actions to bring Berezovsky’s criminally acquired assets back to Russia.
6. RFE/RL: Robert Coalson, News Analysis: Berezovsky And Putin — The Real Tandem Of Putinism?
7. Moscow Times: Russian Language Second Most Popular on the Internet.
8. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russians Are Still Overwhelmingly Concerned With Basic Economic Issues.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Mar. 25, 2013.
10. Moskovskiy Komsomolets:Russian Commentator Criticizes Prime Minister Medvedev’s Unwillingness to Act. (Mikhail Rostovskiy)
11. Trud: Vice Premier Dvorkovich Anti-Kremlin Statement Seen Anticipating Dismissal.
12. Argumenty Nedeli: Russian Commentator Sees Duma Scandals as Targeting Medvedev. (Andrey Uglanov)
13. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russia regions may refuse from direct election of governors.
14. Izvestia: Ex-Finance Minister Report Suggests Parliamentary Rule for Russian Regions. (Kudrin)
15. New York Times: Russian Authorities Raid Amnesty International Office.
16. Interfax: Russian human rights activists expresses fears about closure of prominent NGOs in Russia.
17. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexander Konkov, Open Government Partnership: Go Russia?
18. ITAR-TASS: Zhirinovsky once again nominated for LDPR leader.
19. Interfax: Constitutional Court chairman on gay pride parades: Makhachkala is not Amsterdam.
20. Moscow Times: Jamison FIrestone, Managing Magnitsky in a Managed Democracy.
21. ITAR-TASS: Kremlin ready to react if US publishes Magnitsky List - Russian president’s aide Yuri Ushakov.
22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: New history textbooks may promote conservative values in Russia.
23. www.opendemocracy.net: Mikhail Loginov, New Russian laws: no chance of a drink or a smoke.
24. RIA Novosti: Medvedev Signs Off on Ambitious Olympic Medal Target.

ECONOMY

25. Interfax: Poverty rate in Russia went down in 2012 – Russia’s Statistics Agency.
26. Reuters: Russia backstops Cyprus bailout despite anger.
27. RIA Novosti: Cyprus Deposit Haircut is ‘Legalized Theft’ Says Russian Businessman.
28. Financial Times: Sergey Karaganov, Russia right to refuse Cyprus bail out but should back strong EU.
29. Moscow Times: Philip Hanson, Moscow Needs to be Shrewd on Cyprus.
30. New York Times: Russian Ties Put Cyprus Banking Crisis on East-West Fault Line.
31. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV talk show discusses possible implications of Cypriot banking crisis.
32. Business New Europe: Odd Per Brekk (IMF), THE INSIDERS: Policy challenges for Russia in 2013.
33. Business New Europe: Foreign companies operating in Russia saw little changes in the business environment in 2012.
34. ITAR-TASS: Expert opinions on Russian premier’s proposal to set up offshore zone mixed.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

35. Moscow Times: After Kremlin Talks, China’s Leader Takes Dig at U.S.
36; Reuters: Russia, China find compromise on gas deal after 15 year standoff.
37. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. China’s new leader visits Moscow.
38. Business New Europe: Russian rejects Cyprus to embrace China.
39. The Nation: Robert Dreyfuss, United States, China Compete for Russia’s Favor.
40. Washington Post: In China, Soviet Union’s failure drives decisions on reform.
41.Moscow Times: Andrei Tsygankov, U.S. Needs a Russia Strategy.
42. Valdai Discussion Club: Vitaly Naumkin and Veniamin Popov. Syria: Dialogue is the only option.