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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#65 :: 9 April 2013
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POLITICS

1. Moscow Times: Corruption Market Estimated at a Whopping $300Bln.
2. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev approves state program Justice.
3. Interfax: Income declarations of Putin, his administration to be released in April – Peskov.
4. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: 70 Major Russian Company Towns Dying, Moscow Experts Say.
5. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV debate shows little public appetite for a second perestroyka.
6. RIA Novosti: Angels, Demons Are Taken for Aliens – Russian Cleric.
7. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 9, 2013.
8. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russian officials banned from keeping assets abroad.
9. Moscow Times: NGOs Slam Putin’s $1Bln Foreign-Funding Estimate.
10. AP: Russia to file case against respected elections-monitoring group. (Golos)
11. Interfax: Memorial challenges prosecutors’ inspection in court.
12. BBC Monitoring: Senior Russian judge defends courts and own conduct in high-profile cases.
13. BBC Monitoring: Russian talk show questions ruling party’s work, US adoption ban.
14. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, The World’s Largest Money Launderer.
15. Slon.ru: Commentator Claims Russia Could Have Had ‘Painless Democratization’ Had Regime Not Spurned Navalnyy. (Grigoriy Golosov)
16. Interfax: Anti-Semitism quite uncommon in Russia – report.
17. Interfax: Russians split in perception of attack on Bolshoi ballet chief – poll.
18. New York Times: Journalist in Russia, Badly Beaten in 2008, Dies. (Mikhail Beketov)
ECONOMY
19. Interfax: Putin vows to do his best to create favorable business climate in Russia.
20. Interfax: EU economy fundamentally strong, Russia has no major worries – Putin.
21. Interfax: Reasons for slowing of economic growth should be analyzed – Medvedev.
22. Vedomosti: State Policy Blamed for Russia’s Large Informal Labor Market.
23. Reuters: Nabiullina signals dovish shift at Russian central bank.
24. Financial Times: Putin’s central banker: how dovish?
25. Moscow Times: Vladimir Tchikine, Plenty of WTO Snags 8 Months On.
26. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Shell becomes Gazprom’s partner on Russia’s Arctic shelf.
27. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Moscow Daily Editorial Views Gazprom Doubts About Shale Gas ‘Revolution’
28. Moscow Times: Government Eases Visa Rules For Major Investors.
29. Financial Times: Russian reforms prove alluring.
30. ITAR-TASS: Slow-working Russian Post remains sitting duck for clients’ anger.
31. The National Interest: E. Wayne Merry, The Cyprus-Crisis Culture Clash.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
32. Reuters: Gay rights activists, topless protesters greet Putin.
33. BBC Monitoring: Gay rights not infringed in Russia – Putin.
34. Reuters: OSCE says Russia must not intimidate champions of media freedom.
35. Moscow Times: Olesya Zakharova, Linguistic Look at Russia’s Human Rights Record.
36. Valdai Discussion: Viktor Litovkin. CFE Treaty is Dead, Long Live 2011 Vienna Document.
37. RIA Novosti: Obama Opens Window for Russians to Contest Magnitsky Sanctions.
38. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia, US: Not the time to be throwing stones. International politics analyst Yevgeny Shestakov considers Russia and the U.S. should not resolve their differences via international conflicts like the Syria crisis.
39. www.foreignpolicy.com: John Kerry, Time to Face Facts. Three years in, New START has performed exactly as advertised.
40. The National Interest : Steven Pifer, Big Hurdles Ahead for Arms Control.
41. Valdai Discussion Club: M. K. Bhadrakumar, Tread softly, US-Russia dalliance is resuming.
42. The American Interest: David Kramer, The Debate Is On.
43. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Is Vladimir Putin’s Foreign Policy Unpopular? Not So Much.
44. New York Times: Bill Keller, Maggie and Gorby.
45. Interfax: N. Korea views its nuclear potential as security guarantee – diplomat.
46. Interfax: Russians troubled by N. Korea’s belligerent rhetoric and plans – poll.
47. RIA NovostI: Korean War Unlikely, But Risks for Russia Serious.
48. Interfax: Majority of Georgian wine, farm products to return to Russia by June – minister.
49. BBC Monitoring: Minister urges probe into 2008 war with Russia to be held in Georgia.

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