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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#85 :: 8 May 2013
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POLITICS

1. ITAR-TASS: Most Russians positive about first year of Putin’s third presidency.
2. RIA Novosti: Review: 12 Months of Putin’s Presidency.
3. The National Interest: Wll Pomeranz, Putin’s Unsteady Year.
4. Deutsche Welle: Ingo Mannteufel, Opinion: Putin’s fragile stability.
5. Interfax: Half of Russians live customary life, 25% restrain themselves – poll
6. Interfax: Most Russians do not support slogan ‘Russia without Putin’ – poll.
7. Interfax: Russians readying to celebrate Victory Day – poll.
8. Bloomberg editorial: Strongman Putin Is No Match for Corruption.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, May 8, 2013.
10. Moscow Times: Putin Blasts Cabinet for Poor Performance.
11. BBC Monitoring: Putin finds fault with cabinet’s work on his policy decrees but sacks no-one.
12. Reuters: Russia’s Putin ousts former grey cardinal, blow to PM. (Surkov)
13. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Farewell, Vladislav Surkov: The Kremlin’s ‘Grey Cardinal’ Was Just Fired.
14. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexei Mukhn, Implementation problems of Vladimir Putin’s election program.
15. RIA Novosti: Three More Russian NGOs Branded ‘Foreign Agents’ – Report.
16. RIA Novosti: Rights Champions: Kremlin Wants to Close Russian NGOs.
17. ITAR-TASS: Ever more NGOs in Russia are given ‘foreign agent’ status.
18. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow, but momentum weakened.
19. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, Bolotnaya One Year On.
20. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, What Do Russians Think About The Anti-Putin Opposition?
21. Valdai Discussion Club: Natalia Narochnitskaya, Emotions of Bolotnaya Square are different from other protests in Russia.
22. Sean’s Russia Blog: Sean Gullory, The Cold Civil War.

ECONOMY

23. Moscow Times: Businesses Expect Russian Economy to Grow.
24. Reuters: Jason Bush, Analysis – Putin can’t blame global ills for Russia’s economic crunch.
25. Moscow Times: Titov Wants to Free 100,000 Jailed Entrepreneurs.
26. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Ever Fewer Russians Interested in Starting Their Own Businesses.
27. ITAR-TASS: More Russians prefer unemployment benefits to working.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

28. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. John Kerry visits Moscow to come to terms with Russia.
29. Reuters: U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels sceptical.
30. New York Times: Dmitri Trenin, Finally, the U.S. and Russia Team Up.
31. Moscow Times: Rights Activists Tell Kerry About State Pressure.
32. Moscow Times: Oops. McFaul Outed in Government Transcript of Off-the-Record Call.
33. US Department of State: Background Briefing on the Secretary’s Trip to Russia.
34. Eurasia Review: Salma Yusuf, Russia Pivots North: The Lesser-Known Diplomatic Shift Of Twenty-First Century – Analysis.
35. New York Times: U.S. Hopes Russian Aid in Inquiry on Boston Bombings Signals Future Collaboration.
36. Moscow Times: Tsarnaevs’ Story Reveals Web of Ethnic Ties and Tensions in CIS.
37. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, How Survival Mode Destroyed the Tsarnaevs.