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Johnson’s Russia List
2013-#17
25 January 2013
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POLITICS

1. Government.ru: Interview with Bloomberg TV. (Medvedev)
2. Government.ru: Plenary session of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Speech by Dmitry Medvedev.
3. Government.ru: A working breakfast with foreign investors in Davos. (Medvedev)
4. Government.ru: A panel discussion on the G20 in Davos. (Medvedev)
5. Government.ru: Dmitry Medvedev’s interview with NTV.
6. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Jan. 25, 2013.
7. RIA Novosti: Russians Less Interested in Public Polls -­ Survey.
8. ITAR-TASS: Russian corruption scandals seem to be endless.
9. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Most Russians want to elect governors independently.
10. ITAR-TASS: Direct gubernatorial elections should be everywhere or nowhere ­- experts.
11. Bloomberg: Russia Weakens Anti-Smoking Law Before Key Second Reading.
12. www.russiatoday.com: Communists urge revival of moral values in Russia.
13. Moscow Times: Party Conflict Highlights Divisions in Opposition.
14. RBC Daily: GARAGE MARCH. In spring the opposition will hold two rallies in Moscow.
15. The Economist: Organised crime in Russia. Fathers and sons. An upsurge of violence on the streets points to rising instability.
16. Wall Street Journal: After Adoption Law, Russia Debates Seizure of Children.
17. RIA Novosti: As New Ban Looms, Gays in Russia Face Uphill Battle.
18. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Kirill Moving Russian Church from Feudalism to ‘Enlightened Absolutism,’ Mitrokhin Says.
19. BBC Monitoring: NTV Sees Russian Church as Victim of Soviet-Era Style Attacks.
20. BBC Monitoring: Russian socio-cultural news website to be funded solely through reader donations. (www.colta.ru)

ECONOMY

21. ITAR-TASS: RF science to advance should be demanded in economy -­ Nobel Prize-winning physicist Alferov.
22. International Herald Tribune: On Russia’s To-Do List at Davos: Buff Image.
23. Russia Beyond the Headlines/RBC Magazine: Esther Dyson on start-ups, science and space. American entrepreneur and angel investor Esther Dyson urges Russia to create an environment that fosters innovation in business, and to pursue its dreams of exploring Mars.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

24. Valdai Discussion Club: Valdai Club considers development of the new Image of Russia 2030 a priority task.
25. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Moscow Daily Warns West Against Use of ‘Colonial Means’ in Mali, North Africa. (Fedor Lukyanov)
26. Interfax: Rogozin dismisses Kudrin’s reproaches of militarizing Russia.
27. RIA Novosti: Kerry ‘Confident’ US-Russia Ties Can Be Improved.
28. Interfax: U.S. foreign policy will become more uncompromising in Obama’s second term – Igor Ivanov.
29. Washington Post: U.S. quits joint panel with Russia on civil society.
30. RIA Novosti: Russia’s Internal Affairs No Concern of US – Putin Spokesman.
31. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Let Those Orthodox Jewish Books Go.
32. James Beadle: Re: 2013-#13-Johnson’s Russia List (re Robert Bridge on the Moscow Times)
33. www.opendemocracy.net: Jonas Parello-Plesner, Will Russia pivot East or West?
34. Moscow Times: Georgia-Russia Relations Warming.
35. BBC Monitoring: Russian pundits consider North Korea’s intentions, US position.

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