Johhnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#131 :: 19 July 2013

Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#131 :: 19 July 2013
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POLITICS

1. RIA Novosti: Tanks, Days Off, Abortions: 24 Things Russia Gives the Most Of.
2. RIA Novosti: Mayakovsky Still One of Russia’s Most Popular Poets – Poll.
3. ITAR-TASS: Legal output of vodka sliding in Russia but Russians drinking as much as always.
4. Reuters: Russia opposition leader freed on bail, protests rattle Kremlin.
5. Interfax: Navalny promises to make decision on Moscow mayoral elections soon.
6. www.russiatoday.com: Thousands rally in support of opposition activist Navalny in Russia.
7. Reuters: Jailed Navalny embodies generation of rebellious Russians.
8. Reuters: Factbox: Court cases against Russian opposition, Kremlin critics.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, July 19, 2013.
10. Interfax: Prime Minister Medvedev is best known blogger of Russia – poll.
11. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The expenses of state officials remain in secret.
12. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Oppositionist Navalny is sentenced to five-year term.
13. Interfax: Russian rights official says Navalnyy sentence could have dramatic consequences. (Vladimir Lukin)
14. BBC Monitoring: Russia: Navalnyy’s guilty verdict to ‘blow up political life’ – pundits.
15. Interfax: Conviction turns Navalny into nationwide political figure – analyst. (Gleb Pavlovsky)
16. Interfax: Protests against Navalny’s conviction will be insignificant – pro-Kremlin analyst. (Sergei Markov)
17. Moscow Times: Navalny Sentence a Blow to Business.
18. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Russia faces economic costs from Navalny’s conviction.
19. The Independent (UK): Mary Dejevsky, Alexei Navalny’s conviction isn’t proof that Putin is too strong – rather it shows the opposition is too weak. But this case calls into question Putin’s claim not to prosecute citizens for their politics.
20. Valdai Discussion Club: Irina Hakamada, Navalny’s Sentence: an Act of Political Repression.
21. PBS Newshour: Navalny Case Offers ‘Chilling Effect’ for Russians Considering Political Action. (interview with Fiona Hill)
22. New York TImes editorial: Mr. Putin Tries to Crush Another Rival.
23. The New Republic : Julia Ioffe, The Most Dangerous Blogger in the World: How Aleksey Navalny changed Russian politics.
24. RFE/RL: Pyotr Ofitserov: The Man Who Stood Beside Navalny To The Bitter End.
25. RIA Novosti: Russian Railways CEO Denies Navalny’s Allegations of Corruption.
26. Moscow Times: Audit Says Golos Owes 2.3M Rubles in Back Taxes.
27. Moscow Times: Miriam Lanskoy and Elspeth Suthers, Putin vs. Civil Society: Outlawing the Opposition.

ECONOMY

28. Kommersant: Former Russian Finance Minster Pens Article To Criticize State Budget. (Kudrin)
29. Moscow Times: New Privatization Scheme Unveiled.
30. Reuters: Russia’s car market to be Europe’s biggest by 2020 -report.
31. Reuters: ANALYSIS-Little chance of Europe breaking Russia’s gas dominance.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

32. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. China may replace the United States in the role of superpower.
33. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Vladimir Putin and Europe: Winning the image battle? Outdated stereotypes served by the mass media leave Europe with an often inaccurate and incomplete image of Russia, which in turn affect cooperation between them.
34. New York Times: Obama May Cancel Moscow Trip as Tensions Build Over Leaker.
35. Center for American Progress: Cory Welt, What the Snowden Affair Says About U.S.-Russian Relations.
36. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel Felgenhauer, Russian Intelligence Intends to Gag Snowden and Keep Him in Russia.
37. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Why Putin Despises Snowden.
38. Washington Post: U.S. asylum-seekers unhappy in Russia.
39. Interfax: Moscow suggests U.S. State Dept report authors. (re arms control report)
40. PONARS Eurasia: Ivan Kurilla, Knowledge, Values, or Pragmatism: HOW TO BUILD TRUST IN U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
41. New York Times: Litvinenko Inquiry Blocked to Avoid Upsetting Russia, British Official Suggests.
42. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV shows supposed chemical storage of Syrian rebels.
43. Kommersant: Russian President’s Visit to Ukraine Previewed.
44. Forbes: Mark Adonmanis, The Baltic Demographic Disaster: Since 1992 The Region Has Lost More Than 20% Of Its Population.