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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#64 :: 8 April 2013
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POLITICS

1. Moscow News: New poll reveals lack of community in Moscow.
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Political analysts discuss ideology and political preferences of the Russian society.
3. ITAR-TASS: Putin says would like to supervise public issues upon completion of presidency.
4. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s 38 pct suffer from arterial hypertension.
5. ITAR-TASS: Russian Internet marks its 19th anniversary.
6. Interfax: Only 6% of Russians attest decline in corruption – poll.
7. Interfax: Poll shows improvement in perceptions about Russian ministers’ work.
8. BBC Monitoring: Russian opposition leader tells TV Putin’s policy ‘unacceptable.’ (Grigoriy Yavlinskiy)
9. Valdai Discussion Club/Russian Analytical Digest: David Lane, Divisions within the Russian Political Elites.
10. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, TANDEM 2.0: ITS NATURE, ORIGINS, AND CLOUDY FUTURE.
11. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 8, 2013.
12. Politkom.ru: Kremlin’s Anti-Corruption Drive Seen Taming Bureaucracy, Not Combating Corruption. (Tatyana Stanovaya)
13. ‘Argumenty Nedeli: Unwell’ Putin Said Being Obliged To Stay in Power by Inner Circle, United Russia. (Andrey Uglanov)
14. RIA Novosti: NGO Inspections Aim to Control Foreign Funding – Putin.
15. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Human rights experts disagree with president on foreign NGOs’ financing.
16. Interfax: Info on foreign funding received by Russian NGOs is overestimated – Alekseyeva.
17. BBC Monitoring: Russian protest leader sees mass rallies as only way to tackle authorities. (Aleksey Navalnyy)
18. Moscow Times: Documentary Series Shows ‘Hairs and Wrinkles’ of Opposition Leaders.
19. BBC Monitoring: Russian media personality turned opposition activist ‘hates children’ – TV. (Kseniya Sobchak)
20. Interfax: Khodorkovsky sentence fair, Pussy Riot ruling could be softened – Moscow City Court chairman.
21. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV show discusses calls to relax gun control laws.
22. Moscow Times: TV Boss Interview Sparks Uproar. (Konstantin Ernst)
23. BBC Monitoring: Russian newspaper defends article alleging social network, Kremlin collaboration. (Novaya Gazeta)
24. Moscow Times: Protest Movement Inspires a Flood of Anti-Kremlin Art.
25. Moscow News: They’re right here: Autism in Russia.

ECONOMY

26. Interfax: Minister gives gloomy outlook for Russian economy in 2013.
27. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev names tough observance of budget rule as precondition for macroeconomic stability.
28. ITAR-TASS: Putin hopes specialists will learn about Russia’s economy diversification.
29. Bloomberg: Russia Agreed to Restructure Bailout Loan to Cyprus, Putin Says.
30. Interfax: Russian science park project to continue despite doubts in viability – deputy PM. (Skolkovo)
31. Wall Street Journal: This Russian Tycoon Is All About Business. (Mikhail Fridman)
32. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Oligarchs’ offspring: Going solo. Many do not follow in their parents’ footsteps, setting up their own businesses instead.
33. Moscow News: Russians eyeing foreign property with caution in crisis.
34. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Ben Aris, Russia and China take great energy leap forward. Deepening economic ties with the new leadership in Beijing are evidence that Russia is increasingly looking towards Asia.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

35. New York Times: Protesters Greet Putin on German Economic Visit.
36. Reuters: Putin laughs off topless protest, defends NGO moves.
37. Moscow Times: Joseph Nye, BRICS Without Mortar.
38. Interfax: Moscow conference to compare security standpoints with NATO – Defense Ministry.
39. Russia Beyond the Headlines: NATO, Russia consider joint missile-defense system. NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow hopes that dialogue of deployment of an ABM system in Europe can be activated in the coming months.
40. Nezavisimaya Gazeta:Yesin, Rogov on Reaching Russian, US/NATO Understanding on European Missile Defense.
41. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, The Soviet Way Of War And The Failure Of Ballistic Missile Defense.
42. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russia considers a possible evacuation of the country’s embassy from North Korea.
43. BBC Monitoring: Russian MP says Moscow next target for Syria ‘terrorists.’ (acheslav Nikonov)

POLITICS
1. Moscow News: New poll reveals lack of community in Moscow.
2. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Political analysts discuss ideology and political

preferences of the Russian society.
3. ITAR-TASS: Putin says would like to supervise public issues upon completion of presidency.
4. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s 38 pct suffer from arterial hypertension.
5. ITAR-TASS: Russian Internet marks its 19th anniversary.
6. Interfax: Only 6% of Russians attest decline in corruption – poll.
7. Interfax: Poll shows improvement in perceptions about Russian ministers’ work.
8. BBC Monitoring: Russian opposition leader tells TV Putin’s policy ‘unacceptable.’ (Grigoriy

Yavlinskiy)
9. Valdai Discussion Club/Russian Analytical Digest: David Lane, Divisions within the Russian

Political Elites.
10. Russia: Other Points of View: Gordon Hahn, TANDEM 2.0: ITS NATURE, ORIGINS, AND CLOUDY

FUTURE.
11. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 8, 2013.
12. Politkom.ru: Kremlin’s Anti-Corruption Drive Seen Taming Bureaucracy, Not Combating

Corruption. (Tatyana Stanovaya)
13. ‘Argumenty Nedeli: Unwell’ Putin Said Being Obliged To Stay in Power by Inner Circle,

United Russia. (Andrey Uglanov)
14. RIA Novosti: NGO Inspections Aim to Control Foreign Funding – Putin.
15. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Human rights experts disagree with president on foreign

NGOs’ financing.
16. Interfax: Info on foreign funding received by Russian NGOs is overestimated – Alekseyeva.
17. BBC Monitoring: Russian protest leader sees mass rallies as only way to tackle authorities.

(Aleksey Navalnyy)
18. Moscow Times: Documentary Series Shows ‘Hairs and Wrinkles’ of Opposition Leaders.
19. BBC Monitoring: Russian media personality turned opposition activist ‘hates children’ – TV.

(Kseniya Sobchak)
20. Interfax: Khodorkovsky sentence fair, Pussy Riot ruling could be softened – Moscow City

Court chairman.
21. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV show discusses calls to relax gun control laws.
22. Moscow Times: TV Boss Interview Sparks Uproar. (Konstantin Ernst)
23. BBC Monitoring: Russian newspaper defends article alleging social network, Kremlin

collaboration. (Novaya Gazeta)
24. Moscow Times: Protest Movement Inspires a Flood of Anti-Kremlin Art.
25. Moscow News: They’re right here: Autism in Russia.
ECONOMY
26. Interfax: Minister gives gloomy outlook for Russian economy in 2013.
27. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev names tough observance of budget rule as precondition for macroeconomic

stability.
28. ITAR-TASS: Putin hopes specialists will learn about Russia’s economy diversification.
29. Bloomberg: Russia Agreed to Restructure Bailout Loan to Cyprus, Putin Says.
30. Interfax: Russian science park project to continue despite doubts in viability – deputy PM.

(Skolkovo)
31. Wall Street Journal: This Russian Tycoon Is All About Business. (Mikhail Fridman)
32. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Oligarchs’ offspring: Going solo. Many do not follow in their

parents’ footsteps, setting up their own businesses instead.
33. Moscow News: Russians eyeing foreign property with caution in crisis.
34. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Ben Aris, Russia and China take great energy leap forward.

Deepening economic ties with the new leadership in Beijing are evidence that Russia is

increasingly looking towards Asia.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
35. New York Times: Protesters Greet Putin on German Economic Visit.
36. Reuters: Putin laughs off topless protest, defends NGO moves.
37. Moscow Times: Joseph Nye, BRICS Without Mortar.
38. Interfax: Moscow conference to compare security standpoints with NATO – Defense Ministry.
39. Russia Beyond the Headlines: NATO, Russia consider joint missile-defense system. NATO

Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow hopes that dialogue of deployment of an ABM system

in Europe can be activated in the coming months.
40. Nezavisimaya Gazeta:Yesin, Rogov on Reaching Russian, US/NATO Understanding on European

Missile Defense.
41. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, The Soviet Way Of War And The Failure Of Ballistic Missile

Defense.
42. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russia considers a possible evacuation of the country’s

embassy from North Korea.
43. BBC Monitoring: Russian MP says Moscow next target for Syria ‘terrorists.’ (acheslav

Nikonov)