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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#70 :: 16 April 2013
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POLITICS

1. Moscow Times: Putin Offers to Assist in Boston Bombing Probe.
2. Reuters: Russia tightens security at world championships.
3. BBC Monitoring: Russian president and prime minister meet, discuss economy.
4. BBC Monitoring: Russian president’s spokesman on NGOs, relations with USA, Putin’s popularity. (Dmitriy Peskov)
5. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians Want Stability Even If Things Are Not Going Well, Polls Show.
6. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Training a post-Cold War generation of security experts ­ collaboratively. Russian students from a prestigious world politics program get diverse American perspectives first-hand.
7. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 16, 2013.
8. Slon.ru: Administration Seeking To Lessen Putin’s Exposure To Combat Falling Ratings.
9. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Information about Russian MP incomes published.
10. Interfax: Russians want to know MP’s income, spending, would ban foreign assets – poll
11. www.russiatoday.com: Russian Communist Party threatens Medvedev with govt dissolution.
12. www.opendemocracy.net: Mikhail Loginov, Down, boy! (re parliament)
13. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The human rights activists condemn the actions of the Prosecutor General’s Office during the inspections of the NGOs.
14. RIA Novosti: Second ‘Foreign Agent’ NGO Probed in Russia.
15. Interfax: Russian police says NGOs made no complaints over ‘foreign agent’ checks.
16. Interfax: Not all Russian NGOs with foreign funds controlled by Justice Ministry – ministry official.
17. RIA Novosti: Presidential Council Member Urges Clear Rules for NGO Checks.
18. Moscow Times: Nikolai Petrov, How Did Putin Conjure Up $1Bln for NGOs?
19. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Transparency International Director Panfilova on Putin’s Statement Regarding NGO Funding.
20. RFE/RL: Case Against Russia’s ‘Bolotnaya’ Protesters Gathers Steam.
21. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The trial against oppositionist Navalny expects to be high-profile.
22. Reuters: Russian protest leader faces trial after taking on Putin.
23. Time.com: Putin’s Public Enemy No. 1: A Visit With Alexei Navalny.
24. Moscow News: A dangerous profession. Lack of justice for journalists may stem from a code of loyalty.
25. Interfax: Moscow’s ‘Hyde Parks’ awaiting applications.
26. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. RF government discontent with defence budget use.
27. Moscow Times: Alexander Golts, A Paper Army.
28. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians Leaving Orthodox Church for Other Christian Denominations, Moscow Experts Say.

ECONOMY

29. Bloomberg: Putin Calls for Stimulus Plan After Recession Alarm.
30. Business New Europe: Economic Development Ministry proposed additional privatization transactions in 2013.
31. www.russiatoday.com: Crude drops below $88, Russia rethinks export strategy.
32. Moscow Times: Crowd-Funding Project Satisfies Foreigners’ Curiosity about Russia.
33. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrey Klepach, Government project for human capital development.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

34. Moscow Times: Putin and Obama Plan 2 Meetings to Tackle Tensions.
35. Moscow Times: Obama Sends Putin a Letter to Ease Tensions.
36. Interfax: Kremlin says Obama’s message at variance with Magnitsky List.
37. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, US and Russia take tentative positive step amid blacklist battle.
38. RIA Novosti: US Missile Shield No Threat to Russia – Deputy PM. (Dmitri Rogozin)
39. BBC Monitoring: Russian talk show slams Magnitskiy list, warns of ‘new cold war’
40. The National Interest : Matthew Rojansky, Magnitsky List’s Limited Impact.
41. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, Why Putin Sees Obama as a Weakling.
42. RIA Novosti: Blacklists Hang Over Future of US-Russia Ties.
43. The Voice of Russia: Dmitry Babich, Russia’s anti-Magnitsky List may have more teeth than expected.
44. Wall Street Journal editorial: Putin’s Got a List. The Russian President’s idea of moral equivalence.
45. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Russian Blacklist Fight Lacks Courage and Conviction.
46. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russians in America: Chasing a dream or unemployment? RBTH continues its coverage of the U.S. Work & Travel program by asking three former participants about their experiences.
47. Interfax: Most Georgians approve of planned resumption of wine exports to Russia – poll.
48. The Messenger (Georgia): Thomas Hammarberg says both parties severely violated human rights during the August war.

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