JRL E-Mail Newsletter Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2013-#60 – 2 April 2013

April 2, 2013 JRL Russia List JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News

Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#60 :: 2 April 2013
E-Mail: davidjohnson@starpower.net
JRL homepage: www.russialist.org
JRL on Facebook: www.facebook.com/russialist
JRL on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi
Support JRL: http://russialist.org/funding.php

POLITICS

1. Moscow Times: Snowstorm a Cruel Joke for Muscovites on April Fools’ Day.
2. Interfax: Global warming will soon make white bears extinct – expert.
3. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Should Russia fear climate change forecasts? World Wildlife Fund expert Alexei Kokorin comments on the latest Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations forecasts. Why is the climate in Russia and the U.S. changing twice as fast as anywhere else? By how many degrees will the temperature in the Arctic rise by 2050, and what threat does that pose to the planet?
4. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis. Russia’s Demographics Are Now Better Than The Baltics’
5. RIA Novosti: Human rights violations common in Russia according to poll.
6. RIA Novosti: Medvedev Warns Ruling Party to Avoid Communists’ Fate.
7. Interfax: Russian premier praises liberal paper for ‘independent, responsible’ journalism. (Novaya Gazeta)
8. Moscow News: Konstantin von Eggert, Pistols at dawn. Until the police can be trusted, more Russians will want guns.
9. New York Times: An Ailing Gorbachev Makes a Fierce Attack on Putin and His Restrictions.
10. Kommersant: Gorbachev Calls for ‘New Perestroyka’
11. RIA Novosti: Putin Inaugurates New Home for His ‘Pet’ Humor Show.
12. RFE/RL: Interview: How Russia’s ‘Sistema’ Leads To The ‘Modernization Trap. (Alena Ledeneva)
13. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 2, 2013.
14. RIA Novosti: Putin Orders State Officials to Declare Expenses.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia takes yet another step against corruption. After large-scale embezzlement schemes revealed at major government agencies and state-owned companies, Russian authorities step up their anti-corruption campaign. The bill forbidding officials from holding foreign-issued assets will a step in the crusade.
16. RIA Novosti: Putin Signs Law Allowing Regions to Cancel Governor Polls.
17. Moscow Times: Traffic Law Enforcement Disparity ‘Destabilizes’ Society.
18. ITAR-TASS: All-Russia People’s Front not turning into new power-holding party yet.
19. Vedomosti editorial: Expediency-Driven Lawmaking Said Infringing Basic Rights.
20. Kommersant:Public Health Should Be Priority In Russia’s Plan For Socio-Economic Development. (Yevgeniy Gontmakher)
21. Moscow News: Raids on opposition spread to regions.
22. ITAR-TASS: Human rights ombudsman to look into massive checks of NGOs.
23. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, Why the Kremlin Is Targeting NGOs.
24. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Human rights NGOs hope to get government subsidies in Russia.
25. Moscow Times: Governor’s Favorite Declared Mayoral Vote Winner.
26. Russia Beyond the Headlines: More Russian politicians blog at their own risk. Having a blog is a modern trend in Russia’s politics. Yet sometimes it results in high-profile scandals.
27. BBC: Russia: Are efforts to help thousands of ‘abandoned’ children being resisted?
28. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Spring Draft Highlights Class, Ethnic Divides in Russian Federation.
29. Interfax: Russian official testifies in Magnitsky’s alleged tax evasion trial.
30. Interfax: Berezovsky funeral to take place in London by decision of his children – source.
31. ITAR-TASS: Berezovsky’s letter was delivered to Putin, won’t be published Chief of Kremlin staff Sergei Ivanov.
32. The Daily Telegraph (UK): Boris Berezovsky ‘sought Putin’s permission’ to return to Moscow.
33. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Berezovsky: The faded face of a bygone era. Analyst Yevgeny Gontmakher commemorates Berezovsky, who was not a hero but a face and a symbol of 90s.
34. International Herald Tribune: Art Paris Shines a Spotlight on Russia.

ECONOMY

35. Interfax: Russian GDP growth confirmed at 3.4% in 2012, Q4 growth slows to 2.1% – Rosstat.
36. Interfax: Putin calls for programs to return effective scientists to Russia from abroad.
37. Moscow Times/Reuters: Nabiullina Nomination as Chief Banker Reveals Policy and Personality Nuances.
38. ITAR-TASS: Russian government has no intention to help private depositors harmed by Cyprus crisis.
39. Moscow News: Mark Galeotti, Putin’s Cypriot win.
40. Moscow Times: Irina Ratushinskaya, In Cyprus, Echoes of Soviet-Era Robbery.
41. Brookings.edu: Erica Downs, China-Russia Energy Relations after Xi Jinping’s Visit to Moscow.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

42. Interfax: Putin credits Immanuel Kant with authorship of European unification idea.
43. Interfax: Russia ready for dialogue with U.S. on equality, non-interference terms – Foreign Ministry.
44. RIA Novosti: US Needs 5-7 GBIs to Intercept One Topol ICBM – Expert.
45. RIA Novosti: Russian Military Says CFE Treaty Has No Future.
46. Valdai Discussion Club: Dmitri Trenin, Russia’s Relations with the CIS Countries: Outlook for 2020.
47. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia going back to Afghanistan? Kremlin confirms it could happen.
48. ITAR-TASS: NATO appreciates Russian transit to Afghanistan as “indispensable”
49. Interfax: More Ukrainians like Russia than Russians like Ukraine – poll.
50. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Russia Says Time to Suspend ‘Unproductive’ Geneva South Caucasus Security Talks.