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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#71 :: 17 April 2013
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POLITICS

1. Moscow Times: Spring Arrives in Moscow.
2. RIA Novosti: Corruption Related Crimes up 25% in Russia – Report.
3. Reuters: Russian PM Medvedev defends record after Putin warning.
4. ITAR-TASS: Russian prime minister briefs State Duma on Cabinet’s first year in office.
5. Moscow Times: Anatoly Medetsky, Medvedev Addresses Duma at Noon (Live Blog)
6. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 17, 2013.
7. RIA Novosti: Putin Criticizes ‘Worthless’ Officials in Leaked Video.
8. Izvestia: Stepashin on Need for Public Control, Role of Audit Chamber.
9. Moskovskiye Novosti> Russian Academic Explains ‘Patriotic’ ‘New Rules of Play’ Governing Elite’s Foreign Assets. (Aleksandr Shatilov)
10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Experts Discuss Limitations of Income Declaration System for State Officials.
11. Moscow Times: Duma Endorses Election Reform in First Reading.
12. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Opposition’s Gudkov Calls on Protest Movement for Patient, Explanatory Efforts.
13. www.russiatoday.com: Navalny trial postponed at lawyer’s request.
14. New York Times: Fearful Atmosphere as Russian Activist Reports for Trial.
15. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The opposition is getting ready for the trial against Navalny.
16. Interfax: Russian opposition leader Navalnyy publishes his income declaration.
17. BBC Monitoring: Russian protest leader’s wife gives first ever interview to online TV channel.
18. Business New Europe: Julia Reed, Apathy in evidence as Russia opposition activist Navalny goes on trial.
19. Izvestia: Russian Opposition Figure Navalnyy’s Co-Defendant in Kirovles Case Regrets Doing Business with Him. (Petr Ofitserov)
20. RAPSI: Soldiers’ Mothers Group Declared ‘Foreign Agent’
21. New York Times: Russian Group Fears Fine After Talk With Americans. (Kostroma Center for the Defense of Public Initiatives)
22. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Interfax: Russia seeks arrest in absentia for Magnitsky boss Browder.
23. R-Sport: Sochi 2014 Chief Promises ‘Safest Games in History’
24. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Boston Marathon bombing has Russia concerned about its own event security.

ECONOMY

25. RIA Novosti: Medvedev Offers Prize for Plan to Diversify Economy.
26. Bloomberg: Putin Envoy Says Recession Should Spur Easing.
27. Interfax: Prokhorov says Russian economy already in recession.
28. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russia’s Economy Is Rapidly Slowing And Kremlin’s Options Are Limited.
29. Moscow News: Experts and officials spar over growth. Analysts call for reform of state institutions, while the government demands action from private and state companies.
30. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Vedomosti: Doing Business ranking: Russia close to 20th place.
31. St. Petersburg Times: Alan Maishman, Cyprus Exposes Perils Of Overseas Tax Havens. Russian deposits amount to $19 billion, of which more than half may be lost.
32. Moscow News: Investment questions for Russia’s closed cities.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

33. RIA Novosti: Simon Saradzhyan, Europe Ignores Collective Security System Flaws at Own Peril.
34. Interfax: Closed part of Russia’s response to Magnitsky List longer than open – source.
35. Moscow Times: Duma to Consider Lifting Ban on Child Adoptions.
36. BBC Monitoring: Russian politicians say relations with USA could improve after Boston blasts.
37. Moscow Times: Yulia Latynina, Putin Ignores Obama’s Goodwill Gesture.
38. Valdai Discussion Club: Ruslan Pukhov, Russia’s special opinion on the Arms Trade Treaty.
39. RIA Novosti: Saakashvili Wants Improvement in Relations with Russia.
40. BBC Monitoring: Georgian president worried by symptoms of government declaring ‘capitulation’
41. Interfax: Saakashvili untouchable, cannot be forced to be questioned on 2008 war – Georgia’s chief prosecutor.
42. The Messenger (Georgia): NDI survey outcomes published.