Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#120 :: 2 July 2013

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#120 :: 2 July 2013
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POLITICS

1. Moscow Times: Luc Jones, Russian Reply Is Often Short, Simple and Stale.
2. Moscow News: Russian health folklore and ‘cure’ for the common cold.
3. Interfax: Russia is fated to become center of Christian world – priest.
4. Global Times: Alexander Kondrokov, Russia under threat from ethnic divisions.
5. RIA Novosti: Natalia Antonova, Foreign Agents, Small Towns, and ‘The Crucible’
6. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, July 2, 2013.
7. Gazeta.ru: Analysts View Sobyanin ‘Parallel’ Moscow Mayoral Campaigns, Attendant Scandals.
8. Moscow Times: Embattled Navalny Kicks Off Mayoral Run.
9. BBC Monitoring: Moscow election body settles dispute between police, opposition candidate.
10. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, Putin’s Economic Reshuffle Won’t Help.
11. Moscow Times: Duma Makes Nominations For Audit Chamber Chief.
12. ITAR-TASS: Insulters of believers’ feelings may turn up in jail in Russia now.
13. Moscow News: Natalia Antonova, Banning insults to religion in Russia: cui bono?
14. Interfax: Russian rights body urges Putin to improve authorities’ relations with NGOs.
15. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov , Kremlin’s New Attack on Human Rights.
16. Osobaya Bukva: Russian Security Services Seen Inventing ‘Nonexistent’ Terrorist Organizations.
17. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia’s ‘majoritarian’ crackdown on minorities rolls on with new anti-gay law.
18. Moscow News: Anna Artunyan, Why is Russia homophobic? Ask the 42 percent. Why gay pride parades aren’t getting us very far in Russia.
19. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russia’s Crackdown On ‘Gay Propaganda’ And Popular Illiberalism.
20. The Nation: Alec Luhn, Gay Pride Versus ‘Gay Propaganda’
21. New York Times: Masha Gessen, My Dinner With Valery. A conversation with a Russian MP, an insight into an altered reality.
22. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russian Academy of Sciences reform causes public outcry.
23. BBC Moniotoring: Reform plans for Russian Academy of Sciences run into trouble.

ECONOMY

24. Moscow Times: Global Gas Exporters Find Common Language in the Kremlin.
25. BBC Monitoring: Russia not worried about ‘shale gas revolution’ – Putin.
26. Interfax: Summary: Putin urges retention of basic principles in long-term gas contracts.
27. Reuters: FACTBOX-Russian oil output hits post-Soviet monthly record high.
28. www.russiaotherpointsofview.com: Chris Weafer, RUSSIA MACRO-POLITICS: NO MAGIC WAND–JUST A VERY BAD SPELL.
29. Moscow News: Moscow business conference explores competitiveness.
30. Interfax: Russian regulator proves first case of insider trading.
31. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Sergey Kulikov, Gazprom Is Preparing for a New Year’s War. It Is Planned To PunishObdurate Europe With Yet More Interruptions in Blue-Fuel Supplies.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

32. Bloomberg: Snowden Retracts Russia Asylum Bid as Refuge Options Narrow.
33. Moscow Times: Putin Says Snowden Must Pick Country and Leave.
34. Kremlin.ru: News conference following the working meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) summit. (excerpt re Snowden)
35. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Snowden asks for political asylum in Russia.
36. New York Times: Kerry, Meeting With Russian Counterpart, Seeks Syria Talks Soon.
37. Valdai Discussion Club: Iran’s new president and relations with Russia. Interview with Vitaly Naumkin.
38. The National Interest: Leslie Gelb and Dimitri Simes, Beware Collusion of China, Russia.
39. Moscow Times: Edward Lozansky and Martin Sieff, Don’t Fear a Eurasian Union.