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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#81 :: 30 April 2013
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POLITICS
1. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, Why I Love Russia (Despite Everything).
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Muscovites to spend May Day holidays rallying.
3. Moscow News: Simon Speakman Cordall, What to make of May Day? Overshadowed by dramatic Victory Day celebrations, the May 1 holiday has yet to be redefined in the post-Soviet landscape.
4. http://news.heartland.org: Russian Scientists Predict Onset of Global Cooling.
5. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 30, 2013.
6. Politkom.ru: Commentator Analyzes Putin ‘Direct Line’ Call-In. (Tatyana Stanovaya)
7. Gazeta.ru: Gazeta.Ru Has Analyzed Putin’s Campaign Promises Made a Year Ago in the Field of Domestic Policy. The President Will Hold the Premier to Account for His Own Promises.
8. Gazeta.ru: Russian Regime, Opposition Seen Lacking Responsibility To Society. (Aleksey Melnikov)
9. BBC Monitoring: Russian veteran TV host looks at Navalnyy trial, Putin’s phone-in, NGO checks. (Leonid Parfenov)
10. Interfax: Authorities to sum up results of the NGO inspections.
11. RIA Novosti: Rights Group Slams Order to Register as ‘Foreign Agent’
12. Interfax: Russian Public Chamber comes to defence of NGOs under attack.
13. Moscow News: Anna Arutunyan, Trying to please. The NGO checks are not just political they are also busy work in action.
14. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Even Russian Nationalists Now Reject Slogan ‘Russia for the Russians,’ Demushkin Says.
15. ITAR-TASS: Why Orthodox believers are converting to other Christian denominations.
TSARNAEV
16. RFE/RL: Tsarnaev Case Highlights Communication Breakdown Between Daghestani Agencies.
17. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Russian Security Services Offer Surprising Revelations About Boston Bombings.
18. Time.com: The Boston-Bomber Trail: Fresh Clues in Rural Dagestan.
19. House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Andranik Migranyan, Testimony on Russian-American Relations on the Question of Chechnya.
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Boston blast: Jihadists at the gates. In the wake of the marathon bombings, Dmitry Babich recalls the Chechnya of the Nineties and the lessons it can teach us about Islamist terrorism.
ECONOMY
21. Interfax:Russian economy could grow 6% annually in 2014-2016 with structural modernization – minister.
22. ITAR-TASS: RF govt to cut unjustified presence of state in economy.
23. Bloomberg: Andrey Kostin, How Elvira Nabiullina Can Improve Russia’s Central Bank.
24. Moscow News: AmCham finds business as usual. (American Chamber of Commerce in Russia)
25. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Analysts Urge America to Stop Impeding Country’s Energy Projects in Europe.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
26. New York Times: After Boston Bombing, American Ties With Russia Improve.
27. Christian Science Monitor: Can cooperation on Boston bombings bridge US-Russia distrust? It will be hard.
28. Interfax: Resolving missile shield issue to bring Russia, U.S. closer – Lavrov.
29. Business New Europe: COLD WAR II: Russia sets up airbase in Minsk, sells missile system.
30. Moscow Times: James Carden, U.S. Should Remove Its Magnitsky Halo.
31. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Europe reacts to the Magnitsky list.
32. Washington Post: David Kramer, No time for White House to ignore Russia’s growing human rights abuses.
33. Christian Science Monitor: Japan and Russia want to finally end World War II, agree it is ‘abnormal’ not to.
34. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Vladimir Putin discusses with Shinzo Abe peace treaty issue, bilateral cooperation.
35. Interfax: Tbilisi gives conditions to establish diplomatic ties with Moscow.
36. RFE/RL: Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania: ‘We Need To Outsmart Russia’
37. US-Russia.org: Expert Panel Discussion, Can President Obama’s fresh approach toward Russia succeed?
POLITICS
1. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, Why I Love Russia (Despite Everything).
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Muscovites to spend May Day holidays rallying.
3. Moscow News: Simon Speakman Cordall, What to make of May Day? Overshadowed by
dramatic Victory Day celebrations, the May 1 holiday has yet to be redefined in the
post-Soviet landscape.
4. http://news.heartland.org: Russian Scientists Predict Onset of Global Cooling.
5. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 30, 2013.
6. Politkom.ru: Commentator Analyzes Putin ‘Direct Line’ Call-In. (Tatyana Stanovaya)
7. Gazeta.ru: Gazeta.Ru Has Analyzed Putin’s Campaign Promises Made a Year Ago in the
Field of Domestic Policy. The President Will Hold the Premier to Account for His Own
Promises.
8. Gazeta.ru: Russian Regime, Opposition Seen Lacking Responsibility To Society.
(Aleksey Melnikov)
9. BBC Monitoring: Russian veteran TV host looks at Navalnyy trial, Putin’s phone-in,
NGO checks. (Leonid Parfenov)
10. Interfax: Authorities to sum up results of the NGO inspections.
11. RIA Novosti: Rights Group Slams Order to Register as ‘Foreign Agent’
12. Interfax: Russian Public Chamber comes to defence of NGOs under attack.
13. Moscow News: Anna Arutunyan, Trying to please. The NGO checks are not just
political they are also busy work in action.
14. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Even Russian Nationalists Now Reject Slogan
‘Russia for the Russians,’ Demushkin Says.
15. ITAR-TASS: Why Orthodox believers are converting to other Christian
denominations.
TSARNAEV
16. RFE/RL: Tsarnaev Case Highlights Communication Breakdown Between Daghestani
Agencies.
17. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Russian Security Services Offer
Surprising Revelations About Boston Bombings.
18. Time.com: The Boston-Bomber Trail: Fresh Clues in Rural Dagestan.
19. House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Andranik Migranyan, Testimony on Russian-
American Relations on the Question of Chechnya.
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Boston blast: Jihadists at the gates. In the wake of
the marathon bombings, Dmitry Babich recalls the Chechnya of the Nineties and the
lessons it can teach us about Islamist terrorism.
ECONOMY
21. Interfax:Russian economy could grow 6% annually in 2014-2016 with structural
modernization – minister.
22. ITAR-TASS: RF govt to cut unjustified presence of state in economy.
23. Bloomberg: Andrey Kostin, How Elvira Nabiullina Can Improve Russia’s Central
Bank.
24. Moscow News: AmCham finds business as usual. (American Chamber of Commerce in
Russia)
25. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Analysts Urge America to Stop Impeding Country’s
Energy Projects in Europe.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
26. New York Times: After Boston Bombing, American Ties With Russia Improve.
27. Christian Science Monitor: Can cooperation on Boston bombings bridge US-Russia
distrust? It will be hard.
28. Interfax: Resolving missile shield issue to bring Russia, U.S. closer – Lavrov.
29. Business New Europe: COLD WAR II: Russia sets up airbase in Minsk, sells missile
system.
30. Moscow Times: James Carden, U.S. Should Remove Its Magnitsky Halo.
31. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Europe reacts to the Magnitsky list.
32. Washington Post: David Kramer, No time for White House to ignore Russia’s growing
human rights abuses.
33. Christian Science Monitor: Japan and Russia want to finally end World War II,
agree it is ‘abnormal’ not to.
34. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Vladimir Putin discusses with Shinzo Abe peace
treaty issue, bilateral cooperation.
35. Interfax: Tbilisi gives conditions to establish diplomatic ties with Moscow.
36. RFE/RL: Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania: ‘We Need To Outsmart Russia’
37. US-Russia.org: Expert Panel Discussion, Can President Obama’s fresh approach
toward Russia succeed?