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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#54 :: 25 March 2013
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POLITICS

1. Moscow Times: Most Russians Suspicious of Wealth, Survey Shows.
2. Interfax: Russian lawmakers are richer than ministers – poll.
3. ITAR-TASS: PM adopts long-term forecast of Russia’s socioeconomic development up to 2030.
4. Interfax: Russia moving away from totalitarianism but destination dim – minister. (Alexander Konovalov)
5. Interfax: Pushkov says liberal media fighting with State Duma, Kremlin over power.
6. Interfax: Foreigners adopt far more disabled children than Russians – deputy minister.
7. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Corruption is the Communism of Today, Russian Analyst Says. (Stanislav Belkovsky)
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Mar. 26, 2013.
9. Institute of Modern Russia: Alexander Podrabinek, A Bad Example. Despite their mutual aversion, the Russian government and the Russian opposition have one common trait­a tendency to oversimplify the image of their enemy for propagandistic purposes.
10. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, In Russia, no love lost over late ‘evil genius’ Boris Berezovsky.
11. RIA Novosti: Residence Issue Crucial to Berezovsky Estate Decision – Expert.
12. Moscow Times: ‘Berezovsky Was a Scapegoat and a Criminal’
13. Vedomosti: Russian Commentary: Berezovskiy Lost ‘Game That He Himself Devised’
14. www.russiatoday.com: Sergey Strokan, Boris Berezovsky: The death of a post-Soviet dream.
15. Moscow Times: Yevgeny Kiselyov, The Berezovsky Who I Knew.
16. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Zhirinovsky re-elected LDPR leader.
17. Interfax: Checks at Russian NGOs seek to identify ‘foreign agents’ – Justice Ministry.
18. Interfax: Amnesty Intl’s Russian office chief says may be summoned to prosecutor’s office.
19. Interfax: Prosecutors start audit of Memorial anti-discrimination center in St. Petersburg.
20. Interfax: Poll suggests over one-third of Russians want parole for Pussy Riot performer.
21. Interfax: Pussy Riot stunt was caused by moral decline – justice minister.
22. Moscow Times: Alexei Pankin, Putin Is a Gift From Heaven for Novaya Gazeta.
23. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russian Nationalism ‘Far More Terrible’ than Non-Russian Extremism, Novocherkassk Scholar Says.
24. Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Putin’s Russia. Moscow correspondent Norman Hermant takes a look at life in Russia under Vladimir Putin through the eyes of a writer who’s become a reluctant opposition voice, and a Siberian miner who’s an enthusiastic supporter of life in Putin’s Russia.
25. Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The middle class and radical Islam in Russia. In the second part of his look at Putin’s Russia, Moscow correspondent Norman Hermant explores the rise of the middle class and an attempt to rein in radical Islam.
26. Moscow Times: John Freedman, Prague Spring Comes to Moscow.
27. New York Times: A Clearer View of the Space Bullet That Grazed Russia.

ECONOMY

28. Moscow Times: Kremlin Backs Cyprus Bailout Deal.
29. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russian businesses not to avoid major losses in Cyprus.
30. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s financial losses in Cyrpus are anyone’s guess.
31. Financial Times: Russians seek ways to beat Cyprus curbs.
32. Moscow Times: Anders Aslund, The Cyprus Crisis Is a Postmortem for Russia.
33. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Conor Lenihan, Russian innovation now saddled up, and riding fast. Russia has been climbing rapidly up the innovation rankings over the last five years.
34. ITAR-TASS: No need to raise retirement age in Russia until 2050 – MP.
35. Bloomberg: Russia Lets China Into Arctic Rush as Energy Giants Embrace.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

36. Interfax: BRICS summit to discuss global economic recovery.
37. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia reveals its strategy for BRICS cooperation.
38. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexander Konkov, Towards new BRICS Summit: How to assess the economy.
39. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russian Analyst Says Closer Cooperation Does Not Mean Russia-China ‘Military Alliance.’ (Vladimir Skosyrev)
40. Asia Times: Brendan O’Reilly, Xi tightens bonds with Moscow.
41. Valdai Discussion Club: Tatiana Romanova, EU-Russian Relations: Tough Love Played by a Backstage Orchestra?
42. Interfax: Russian, US defence chiefs discuss need for ‘resumption of dialogue’ by phone.
43. Reuters: Russia say West seeks to use Syria probe for regime change.
44. www.foreignaffairs.com: Fiona Hill, The Real Reason Putin Supports Assad. Mistaking Syria for Chechnya.
45. Business New Eruope: Ben Aris, Ukraine’s pugilistic democracy.

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