JRL Table of Contents :: 2012-#155 – 28 August 2012
Johnson’s Russia List
2012-#155
28 August 2012
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In this issue
POLITICS
1. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Most Russians disagreed that political repressions are being carried out in the country.
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Political experts dwell on 100 days of Dmitry Medvedev’s government.
3. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russians Prefer Civil Service Jobs.
4. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, In desecration of crosses, Russia’s Orthodox church sees dark warning.
5. ITAR-TASS: Split in civil society grows in the wake of sentence passed on Pussy Riot.
6. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Aug. 28, 2012.
7. Moscow News: New Putin pamphlet. Oppositionist Boris Nemtsov says Putin lives like a a ‘Persian Gulf monarch’
8. New York Times: For Putin, Report Says, State Perks Pile High.
9. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Printing Houses Refuse to Publish New Anti-Putin Pamphlet.
10. Moscow Times: Dissenting United Russia Member Faces Expulsion.
11. Izvestia: PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION WILL CHALLENGE UNITED RUSSIA…in the Duma. Parties of the opposition mean to undermine United Russia’s dominant position.
12. RIA Novosti: Kremlin Announces Rights Council Shortlist.
13. Interfax: Council for Inter-Ethnic Relations should involve opposition in debates – Putin.
14. Reuters: Russian eco-warrior turns to politics to challenge Putin. (Yevgeniya Chirikova)
15. Moscow News: Prisoners of the other riot. The case of the May 6 detainees has ominous political overtones.
16. Moscow News: Mark Galeotti, Russia’s stationary jihad.
17. Reuters: Female Punk rock band appeals conviction, Russian church critical.
18. Interfax: Senior Russian Priest Calls Pussy Riot, Anti Clerical Stunts ‘Velvet Terrorism’
19. The Guardian (UK): Pussy Riot: ‘we still burn with desire to take Putin’s monopoly on power.’ Yekaterina Samutsevich tells Guardian from cell that jail sentence handed to three band members shows Putin is scared.
20. www.opendemocracy.net: Sergei Lukashevsky, How God came to vote for Putin: the background to Pussy Riot.
21. Moscow Times: Alexei Pankin, West Is on the Wrong Side of Pussy Riot.
22. Emerging Money: Craig Mellow, Too much noise about Pussy Riot.
23. ITAR-TASS: Search at factory of Navalny’s parents underway in Kirovles case.
24. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Judge Veklich’s Rebellion. (re Garry Kasparov)
25. http://russiamil.wordpress.com: Dmitry Gorenburg, The Army and the Church.
26. Stratfor.com: Future of Russia’s Military: Part 1.
27. Stratfor.com: Future of Russia’s Military: Part 2.
28. Moscow Times: New Chief Architect Well-Grounded in History.
29. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, When Russian Children Are Allowed to Die.
30. PONARS: Juliet Johnson, Mission Impossible: Modernization in Russia after the Global Financial Crisis.
ECONOMY
31. Moscow News: Changing the trade rules. Russia’s entry to the WTO could give Putin’s cautious reform program the boost it needs.
32. Moscow News editorial: Is the WTO a sinking ship?
33. The Next Women: Top Ten Power Women in Russia.
34. Moscow News: Choking over spilled oil. Poor infrastructure and buck-passing are wreaking environmental havoc in the regions that have fed Russia’s petro-boom.
35. RIA Novosti: APEC to Rival EU on Russian Trade 1st Deputy PM.
36. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Greater integration with Asia essential in reviving the Russian Far East. The idea of settling in the regions beyond Siberia will only appeal to Russians if they feel they can benefit from the booming economies of Asia.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
37. RIA Novosti: Alexei Pilko, Syria: What Next?
38. RIA Novosti: Russian Pundits See Geopolitical Gains In Georgian War, Split Over West’s Role.
39. Valdai Discussion Club: Steven Pifer and Hannah Thoburn, What Ukraine’s New Language Law Means for National Unity.
40. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: SEEKING AID FROM PUTIN. The Moldovan authorities close Russian schools in the republic.