Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#129 :: 17 July 2013

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#129 :: 17 July 2013
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POLITICS

1. Reuters: Russia’s Putin puts U.S. ties above Snowden.
2. Kremlin.ru: Trip to Gogland Island.
3. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Gogland 2013 expedition participants.
4. ITAR-TASS: About 50,000 people take part in actions of remembrance of Russia’s Imperial Family.
5. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russia Stands before Abyss of a New Totalitarianism, Pastukhov Says.
6. Interfax: Pursuit of better life, self-actualization prompts emigration from Russia – poll.
7. Moscow News/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, July 17, 2013.
8. Business New Europe: Patriots still top but Reformers are catching up.
9. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Analyst Views Impact of Globalization on Russians’ Ideas of Democracy, Political Reform. (Konstantin Remchukov)
10. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Social Networks Surpass Radio as Source for News in Moscow, Poll Finds.
11. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians View Opposition Not as Alternative but as Communications Channel, New Study Finds.
12. Kommersant: Poll Suggests Center of Russian ‘Protest Activism’ Shifting From Moscow to Oblast Centers.
13. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Court allows first NGO not to register as foreign agent.
14. Moscow Times: U.S. State Department Offers Grants to Russian NGOs.
15. Interfax: Rally in support of arrested Yaroslavl mayor brings together 5,000 – organizers.
16. Moscow News: Opposition leader Navalny among six candidates registered to run for Moscow mayor.
17. BBC Monitoring: Latest poll puts Navalnyy clear second in Moscow election behind current mayor.
18. Bloomberg: Putin Foe Navalny Faces Jail as Investors Fret About Selloff.
19. RFE/RL: Vox Pop: Muscovites On The Navalny Verdict.
20. RFE/RL: Amid Controversy, New Pussy Riot Video Targets Oil Industry.
21. www.policymic.com: Yuri Barmin, Are Pussy Riot Heroic Feminists? Just Ask a Russian.
22. New Eastern Europe: Prisoner in the Urals. A conversation with Pyotr Verzilov, a Russian-Canadian artist and activist, the unofficial spokesperson of the band Pussy Riot when two of its members were arrested and jailed in 2012. Verzilov is married to Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
24. St. Petersburg Times: Cultural Institute Protests State Reforms.
25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Being gay in today’s Russia. Laws banning homosexual propaganda or the adoption of children by same-sex couples abroad are supported by public opinion polls ­ a manageable but difficult environment for Russian gays.

ECONOMY

26. Business New Europe: MOSCOW BLOG: Russia overtakes Germany to become 5th largest economy.
27. Moscow Times: Putin Angered by Lack of Far East Progress.
28. BBC Monitoring: Putin grills cabinet for failure to carry out set tasks.
29. Reuters: Russia can find niche in Asian gas market: Putin.
30. Bloomberg: Intel, IBM Feel Putin Pinch as Medvedev Tech Hub Falters.
31. ITAR-TASS: G20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting to focus on investments into economic growth.
32. Interfax: Russia urges G20 to tell market about its debt policy guidance.
33. Interfax: B20 publishes White Book of recommendations for G20 leaders.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS\

34. Moscow Times: Military Holds Largest Maneuvers Since Soviet Era.
35. BBC Monitoring: State TV gives generous coverage to ‘largest drill in Russia’s modern history’
36. www.russiatoday.com: Snowden has no plans to leave Russia, might seek citizenship – lawyer.
37. New York Times: Putin Does Not Expect Ties With U.S. to Be Harmed by Snowden Case.
38. ITAR-TASS: Snowden warned of inadmissibility of actions damaging US.
39. RIA Novosti: Refuge or Asylum? Snowden’s Options in Russia.
40. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Snowden, Russia’s Unwelcome Guest.
41. Interfax: Snowden has no grounds to apply for Russian citizenship – Russian human rights activist.
42. www.russiatoday.com: Russian politicians rebuke US senator’s call to boycott Sochi Olympics.
43. Valdai Dicussion Club: Alexei Fenenko, How to revive Russian-U.S. strategic dialogue.
44. AFP: Russia blocks bid for Antarctic sanctuary: NGOs.
45. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Road to Damascus.
46. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV shows foreign ‘mercenaries’ captured by Syrian authorities.
47. Asia Times: Ryskeldi Satke, Russia navigates uncertain Kyrgyz waters.
48. Interfax: Gorbachev proposes establishing global peace movement.