JRL E-Mail Newsletter Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2013-#75 – 22 April 2013

Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#75 :: 22 April 2013
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1. Reuters: Hospitalized suspect in Boston bombings awaits charges.
2. Bloomberg: Bombing Motive Sought for Brothers Who Differed in Style.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Boston explosions organised by Chechen terrorists.
4. Moscow Times: Hunt for Boston Clues Reveals Tangled Caucasus Web.
5. New York Times: Search for Home Led Suspect to Land Marred by Strife.
6. RFE/RL: Interview: Father Of Boston Bombing Suspects Says Situation Is ‘Clear Setup’
7. www.russiatoday.com: ‘Tamerlan was not a religious fanatic’ ­ Tsarnaevs’ relative to RT.
8. Reuters: Russia’s Islamist rebels say not at war with Washington.
9. Interfax: No evidence of connection between Tsarnayev brothers and Doku Umarov – source.
10. Christian Science Monitor: US, Russia missed chances to intercept Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
11. Moscow Times: Boston Bombing Seen as U.S.-Russian Intelligence Failure.
12. BBC Monitoring: Russian experts comment on US bombing suspects’ effect on ties, police action.
13. Reuters: Boston bombings: a chance for U.S.-Russia cooperation.
14. Boston Globe: Simon Saradzhyan, Russia, US may face a shared threat.
15. www.thedailybeast.com: Andrew S. Weiss, Tsarnaev Brothers’ Impact on U.S.-Russian Counterterrorism Cooperation.
16. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Anti-Terror Cooperation Isn’t Going to Save Russian-American Relations.
17. New York Review of Books: Amy Knight, Russia After Boston: A Free Pass on Human Rights?
18. Moscow Times: After Boston, Putin Faces Questions About U.S. Visas on Call-In Show.
19. Moscow Times: Victor Davidoff, Blogosphere Sees CIA Plot in Boston Bombings.
20. Reuters: Boston accusations shock brothers’ former Kyrgyz hometown.
21. CNN.com: Thomas de Waal, Suspects’ culture of migration and machismo.
22. Sean’s Russia Blog: Sean Guillory, The Tsarnaevs’ Traumatic Narratives.
23. RIA Novosti: In Small Boston Diaspora, Echoes of Chechnya.
24. New York Times: Struggle at Home Intrudes on Chechen Haven in America.
25. www.thedailybeast.com: Liesl Schillinger, Turning to Tolstoy’s “Hadji Murad” As Boston Locked Down.

POLITICS

26. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 22, 2013.
27. Business New Europe: Big study of Russian youth sees Putin as a dragon.
28. Slon.ru: Tatyana Stanovaya, Who is lobbying for Medvedev’s dismissal?
29. ITAR-TASS: Call centre begins to receive questions to Russian president for special live program “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin”
30. www.russiatoday.com: Russia needs more responsible opposition ­- Kremlin press secretary.
31. RIA Novosti: State Officials Must Not Own Foreign Property – Kremlin.
32. ITAR-TASS: Russian president’s press secretary urges foreign media to give unbiased assessment of situation in Russia.
33. ITAR-TASS: Russian Presidential Council for Human Rights offers to abolish law on NGOs.
34. Interfax: Voters have the right to directly protest election returns in court – Constitutional Court.
35. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin may come back to power.
36. New York Times: Bill Keller, A Blogger on Trial. (re Aleksei Navalny)
37. Interfax: Attitude of Russians to Lenin becomes more moderate – poll.
38. Moscow TImes: Martin Sieff, What Putin and Thatcher Have in Common.
39. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV political talk show discusses labour migration.
40. Newsweek.com: Peter Pomerantsev, The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation. Inside the soul of a drunk and bitter country.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

41. Moscow Times/Reuters: U.S. Cites Human Rights Problems in Russia.
42. Reuters: Russia warns EU not to lift Syria arms ban as UK keeps pushing.
43. Valdlai Discussion Club: Syria as a terrorism hub: Potential threats to Russia.
44. Moscow TImes: Paul Rimple, Saakashvili Gives Birth To a Real Opposition.