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Johnson’s Russia List
2013-#1
2 January 2013
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In this issue

POLITICS

1. Russia Beyond the Headlines/ Russky Repoter: Ten reasons for Russians to be proud of their country.
2. Kremlin.ru: New Year’s Address to the Nation.
3. AP: Russia rings in new year with ban on kiosk beer sales.
4. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, After The Storm: Trends To Watch In Russia In 2013.
5. Pravda.ru: Russia’s three most important events in 2012.
6. Russia Beyond the Headlines/RIA Novosti: The most frequently asked questions on Yandex in 2012. In the outgoing year, Internet users were interested in love, the Russian presidential elections, the European Football Championship, and shampoo.
7. Interfax: Patriarch Kirill urges Christian Orthodox bloggers to stop insulting each other.
8. The National Interest: William Partlett, Putin’s Artful Jurisprudence.
9. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: US Adoption Ban Seen As Moral High Ground Opportunity for Opposition. (Oleg Noskovich)
10. www.foreignpolicy.com: Anders Aslund, You’re a Mean One, Mr. Putin. Was 2012 the year Russia’s president finally lost it?
11. Financial Times: Muscovites benefit from city’s makeover.
12. The Guardian: Jules Boykoff, The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics is a political tinderbox for Russia.
13. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian Magic Tales: A mix of folk stories and Soviet bureaucracy. Robert Chandler’s compendium of folk tales and short stories makes a valuable addition to any bookshelf.
14. Russia & India Report: How a ‘theatre play’ evoked Stalin to revive Christmas tree tradition in Russia.

ECONOMY

15. RIA Novosti: Russians Anticipate Higher Wages, Higher Prices in 2013.
16. Russia Now: Divide between rich and poor increases in Russia.
17. Reuters: Rosneft leads Russian oil output to new high.
18. New York Times: Malls Blossom in Russia, With a Middle Class.
19. Interfax: YEAR IN REVIEW: Cold war – state and private companies lock horns over Arctic shelf.
20. Russia & India Report/Gazeta.ru: Russia lags behind in renewable energy ‘game.’ Why is Russia lagging behind in renewable energy and why are Russian scientists failing to come up with relevant innovations?
21. Interfax: Greediness prevents Russian businesses from gaining foothold on foreign markets – diplomat.
22. China Daily: China-Russia oil pipeline records 30m tons in delivery.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

23. ITAR-TASS: Dima Yakovlev law comes into force.
24. The National Interest: Robert Merry, The Frivolous U.S.-Russian Relationship.
25. The Voice of Russia: 2012 Recap. Russia-US: Is there room for maneuver?
26. New York Times: Samuel Charap, Why Russia Won’t Help on Syria.
27. Washington Post letter: Orphans in Russia fare poorly later on.
28. Washington Post: David Kramer and Arch Puddington, Russian children: Pawns in Putin’s power play.
29. New York Times: With U.S. Set to Leave Afghanistan, Echoes of 1989.
30. The National Interest : Ilan Greenberg, Rough Year Ahead for Central Asia.
31. Interfax: 20 Georgian wine and mineral water producers preparing to resume exports to Russia.
32. www.foreignaffairs.com: Thomas de Waal, No America in the Caucasus. The False Promise of Westernization in Georgia.