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JRL Table of Contents :: 2012-#155 – 28 August 2012

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Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#155 28 August 2012 davidjohnson@starpower.net A World Security Institute Project www.worldsecurityinstitute.org JRL homepage: www.russialist.org JRL on Facebook: www.facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: www.russialist.org/funding.php Your source for news and analysis since 1996 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: […]

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JRL Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#154 – 27 August 2012

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Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#154 27 August 2012 davidjohnson@starpower.net A World Security Institute Project www.worldsecurityinstitute.org JRL homepage: www.russialist.org JRL on Facebook: www.facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: www.russialist.org/funding.php Your source for news and analysis since 1996 In this issue POLITICS 1. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring. What the Papers Say, Aug. 27, 2012. 2. Moscow Times: Reformer Stolypin Held Up as Model […]

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11 POINTS FROM PUTIN: Starting from 2013, the effectiveness of the work of the governors will be evaluated in a new way

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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11 POINTS FROM PUTIN: Starting from 2013, the effectiveness of the work of the governors will be evaluated in a new way –  Vedomosti editorial – 8.24.12 [no link available to English-language translation] A Vedemosti editorial reports that a presidential decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 21, 2012, and effective in 2013, will change how regional governors […]

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For Russians, August is the cruelest month

Chechnya, Dagestan, North Caucasus, Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Disasters, History, Soviet Union, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

For Russians, August is the cruelest month – Washington Times – August 23, 2012 –  Marc Bennetts click here to read original article The Washington Times explains that August, or “Black August” has somehow been the month when some of the worst disasters in recent Russian memory have occurred:  in 1991, the attempted coup by communist hard-liners opposed to Gorbachev […]

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JRL Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#152 – 23 August 2012

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Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#152 23 August 2012 davidjohnson@starpower.net A World Security Institute Project www.worldsecurityinstitute.org JRL homepage: www.russialist.org JRL on Facebook: www.facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: http://russialist.org/funding.php Your source for news and analysis since 1996n0 “We don’t see things as they are, but as we are” In this issue POLITICS 1. Interfax: Poll: Only 4% of Russians care about […]

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JRL Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#151 – 22 August 2012

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Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#151 22 August 2012 davidjohnson@starpower.net A World Security Institute Project www.worldsecurityinstitute.org JRL homepage: www.russialist.org JRL on Facebook: www.facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: http://russialist.org/funding.php Your source for news and analysis since 1996 “We don’t see things as they are, but as we are” In this issue POLITICS 1. Moscow Times: Report on Putin’s ‘Politburo 2.0’

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POLITBURO 2012: Political scientists came up with the list of most powerful people in Russian politics

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and Moscow Environs Aerial View

POLITBURO 2012: Political scientists came up with the list of most powerful people in Russian politics – Moskovskiye Novosti 8.22.12 [no link available to English-language version] Moskovskiye Novosti listed out leading figures in Russian politics by category or venue, indicating they were basing their list on analysis from Minchenko Consulting that “determined individuals’ closeness to the pinnacle of political power […]

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Canadian Government Does Not See A Military Threat in the Arctic, Says Canadian Department of National Defence

Arctic, Military
Polar Bear on Ice, Looking Back at Camera

Canadian Government Doe  Not See A Military Threat in the Arctic, Says  DND (Department of National Defence) – David Pugliese – Ottawa Citizen (Canada) – August 16, 2012 click here to read original article David Pugliese writes in the Ottawa Citizen about Canadian military planning and its response to Russia’s heightened focus on the Arctic, playing down the notion that […]

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Michael Launer: “Re: Doing Business in Russia”

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 From: “Michael Launer” <mklauner@russtechinc.com> Subject: Re doing business in Russia My wife, Marilyn Young, is a subscriber to The Johnson List. Some time ago she printed out a number of messages regarding the perils of doing business in Russia. The attached message is a response to one of those messages that dealt with interpreters. I […]

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Your source for Russia news and analysis since 1996 The JRL is a project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University‘s Elliott School of International Affairs. Key Staff: David Johnson – davidjohnson@starpower.net Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Johnson’s Russia List “David Johnson: Navigator of Russian Media”, David Johnson interview in The Moscow News; JRL […]

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JRL E-Mail Newsletter

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Johnson’s Russia List, “the JRL,” has been a favored source of Russia-related information since it was founded by Editor-in-Chief David Johnson in 1996. Like an “Early Bird” focused on Russia and related subjects, the JRL since its beginning has been a voluminous, full-text e-mail newsletter, where its complete content resides. > click here for recent JRL tables of contents > […]

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