Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#140 :: 2 August 2013

Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#140 :: 2 August 2013
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POLITICS

1. Interfax: Putin discontented with fight against corruption in Russia.
2. Interfax: Putin has no plans to end his political career for now.
3. www.russiatoday.com: Putin opposes communist initiative for government dissolution.
4. RIA Novosti: Putin Questions Jail Term for Opposition Leader Navalny.
5. RAPSI: Putin: NGO ‘foreign agent’ law needs to be adjusted.
6. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Carelessness as a Russian National Trait.
7. Valdai Discussion Club: Nikolai Zlobin, Everyone eat our dust! (re Navalny)
8. RBTH: Russia honors fallen WWI soldiers for the first time.
9. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Top 10 must-see places in Russia you won’t find in a tourist guide.
10. Bloomberg: Putin Shows Global Mojo to Russians as U.S. Fumes Over Snowden.
11. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Aug. 2, 2013.
12. Vedomosti: Sobyanin Said Being Advised To Run Low Key Campaign in Moscow Election.
13. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Reset of Relations With the Opposition. Power Could Have the Advantage in Objective Debate, if It Can Secure It.
14. BBC Monitoring: State propaganda is persuading people that Navalnyy is guilty – Russian expert. (Lev Gudkov)
15. Russia!: Sean Guillory, Navalny’s Neoliberalism.
16. Izvestia: Kremlin To Recruit ‘Popular Bloggers’ To Shape Public Opinion on ‘Urgent Problems’
17. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russian blogosphere finds something fishy about Putin’s pike.
18. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Anti-piracy law enters legal force in Russia [scroll down – buried under articles on different topics].
19. RIA Novosti: Russian Village Reformer Jailed on Retrial.
20. Interfax: Almost 60% of Russians assert tension in North Caucasus – poll.
21. www.russiatoday.com: Russian ‘anti-gay propaganda law’ won’t be enforced at Sochi 2014 Olympics.
22. www.russiatoday.com: Gay rights in Russia: Facts and Myths.
23. Interfax: Sergei Filin hopes to attend opening of new season at Bolshoi Theater.

ECONOMY

24. RIA Novosti: Government Backs Skolkovo High-Tech Hub With Funding Pledge.
25. Moscow Times: Consumers Feel No Benefit From WTO, Producers Suffer.
26. www.eurasiareview.com: Rosneft: The New Star Of Russian Energy.
27. www.russiatoday.com: Gazprom CEO: Shale gas not Russia’s concern this century.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

28. RIA Novosti: Edward Snowden ‘In Safe Place With Friends’ ­ Russian Lawyer.
29. New York Times: U.S. and Russian Envoys Discuss Snowden, Among Other Topics.
30. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Edward Snowden leaves transit zone.
31. ITAR-TASS: Russian experts support decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden.
32. Interfax: Russian expert doubts relations with U.S. will go off track over Snowden. (Fyodor Lukyanov)
33. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, After airport exit, what will Edward Snowden do in Russia?
34. ITAR-TASS: Expert: U.S. and Russian leaders cope successfully with negative influence from Snowden Case.
35. Carnegie Moscow Center Eurasia Outlook: Dmitri Trenin, The Snowden Case as the Mirror of U.S.-Russia Contentions.
36. RIA Novosti: Simon Saradzhyan, Snowden Has Left the Building: A Gift to US-Russian Relations.
37. Bloomberg: Snowden Asylum Undercuts Obama’s Efforts on Russia Ties.
38. Moscow Times: 10 Tips for a Free Snowden.
39. New York Times”: Obama’s Fall Moscow Trip Is Even More in Doubt.
40. China.org.cn: China must switch modes in dealing with Russia.
41. Gazeta.ru: Russian Pundit Eyes Prospect of Improved US-Iranian Relations Under New President Ruhani. (Fedor Lukyanov)
42. Svobodnaya Pressa: Russian Experts Comment on Implications of Iranian Nuclear Program.
43. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Kommersant: Chechen Wahhabis aid militants in Syria.
44. Bloomberg: Putin Sway Over Lukashenko Bolstered as Potash Bet Backfires.