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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#38 :: 25 February 2013
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POLITICS

1. Wall Street Journal: Russia Signs Anti-Smoking Law.
2. Government.ru: Dmitry Medvedev’s interview with the Brazilian newspaper O Globo.
3. Governent.ru: Dmitry Medvedev’s interview with Prensa Latina news agency, Cuba.
4. Washington Post: In Russia, Dmitry Medvedev is targeted by campaign of insults.
5. Sobesednik: Belkovskiy Links Reshuffles to Putin ‘Losing Patience’ with Corrupt Officials.
6. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, Coming to the Polling Station Near You - New Russian Conservatives.
7. Russia Beyond the Headlines: How to brand great Russian literature. Dmitry Bak, the new director of the Literature Museum, talked to a number of journalists about how the museum is developing and emphasized how classic Russian literature needs to be understood through the contemporary. To this end, the director suggests branding Russian literature - starting with unknown contemporary authors with bright futures ahead of them.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Feb. 25, 2013.
9. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s ruling party self-purging to bring down popular discontent.
10. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The Russian Communist Party held an anniversary congress.
11. Izvestia: Presidential Staff Fails to Circulate Spending Declaration Form.
12. Interfax: Civil servants may have problems selling their foreign assets – Kremlin representative.
13. Moscow News: Natalia Antonova, Russia’s registration rules: what goes around.
14. www.opendemocracy.net: Grigory Okhotin, Arrest and custody, Russian-style.
15. Socialistworker.org: Putin’s ongoing war on the left.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Viktor Litovkin, Army reform continues to march forward. The replacement of Anatoly Serdukov by Sergei Shoigu has not meant a retreat from the modernization of the Russian armed forces.
17. The Nation: Alec Luhn and StudentNation, Whither a Russian Student Movement?
18. Moscow Times: Dan Timms, 12 Months Left to Cement Olympic Reputation.
19. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, How Soviet System Left People in Survival Mode.

ECONOMY

20. Bloomberg: Russian Unemployment Hit Record Low Last Year, Revised Data Show.
21. Interfax: Russian economy still has challenges to face, Medvedev says.
22. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The taxation services will gain the access to the information on the accounts of Russian citizens.
23. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: West Vastly Underestimating Size of Illegal Capital Flight from Russia, Moscow Expert Says.
24. Moscow TImes: Presumed Putin Allies Get Most Construction Contracts.
25. Moscow Times: Alexei Pankin, No One Wants Glazyev at Central Bank.
26. www.russiatoday.com: Russia to ease foreign access to oil exploration.
27. Valdai Discussion Club: y Elena Bogdanova, Background knowledge of Russian business practices and the “right Russian person” approach.
28. Izvestia: Public Figure Defends Gaydar’s Economic Program, Advocates Reform. (Irina Khakamada)
29. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia Sells Cheap Energy to China, Limits Domestic Consumption.
30. Russia Beyond the Headlines: BRICS prepare for their summit in Africa.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

31. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Rossiyskaya Gazeta : Russia updates its Foreign Policy Concept.
32. Kommersant: Russia Seen Promoting ‘Soft-Power’ Techniques in Battle of Values With West. (Sergey Strokan)
33. China.org.cn: Are temperatures dropping to a new Cold War?
34. RIA Novosti: Russians Gloomier About Russia-US Relations – Poll.
35. Interfax: Lavrov sees some progress in U.S. on adoptions.
36. Moscow Times: McFaul Slams ‘Sensational Exploitation’ of Orphan’s Death.
37. New York Times editorial: The Nuclear Agenda.
38. ITAR-TASS: RF Foreign Ministry explains to bloggers details of Moscow-Brussels visa dialogue.
39. RIA Novosti: Moscow Concerned about Syria, Not Assad – Minister.
40. Moscow Times: Kremlin Writes Off Most of Cuba’s $30Bln Debt.
41. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Izvestia: Andranik Migranyan, US withdrawal may push Central Asia toward Russia. The balance of power will shift in Central Asia, after U.S. withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
42. RIA Novosti: No Talks on Georgia’s Breakaway Republics – Moscow.