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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#72 :: 18 April 2013
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POLITICS

1. Moscow Times: Cabinet Under Fire After Putin Threatens Reshuffle.
2. Interfax: Putin generally happy with PM Medvedev’s Duma speech.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Dmitry Medvedev delivers report to State Duma members.
4. ITAR-TASS: Duma deputies positive on report about government performance.
5. RIA Novosti: Russian Communist Leader Zyuganov Slams Government Policy.
6. Moscow Times: Vladislav Inozemtsev and Yulia Zhuchkova, A Smarter Way to Fight Corruption.
7. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin Isn’t Restoring the USSR; He’s Seeking Support from Conservative Part of the Population, Gontmakher Says.
8. Interfax: Independent journalism is key to Russian democratic development, civil society – Putin.
9. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian muckrakers tell their stories in D.C.
10. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 18, 2013.
11. New York Times: Video Shows an Angry Putin Threatening to Dismiss Officials.
12. RIA Novosti: Russian Website Explains Decision To Publish ‘Secret’ Video Of Putin.
13. Reuters: Russia opens new probe into protest leader Navalny.
14. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, How the Navalny Trial Limits My Rights.
15. Reuters: Russian province in Caucasus to let Putin pick governor.
16. www.russiatoday.com: Full disclosure of NGO inspection results promised.
17. Washington Post: Putin pushes NGO foreign agent law.
18. Interfax: Leading Russian human rights groups speak out for embattled NGO. (Golos)
19. RFE/RL: Whistle-Blower’s Case Revives Concerns Of Punitive Psychiatry In Russia.
20. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The Moscow counterparts to the Speaker’s Corner in the London Hyde Park launched.
21. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Interfax: Investigators ready to start trial on Politkovskaya murder.
22. Moscow Times: John Freedman, Unmasked, Still Golden: Awards for Theater Elite.

ECONOMY

23. AFP: Russia growth slows drastically in 1st quarter amid crude drop.
24. ITAR-TASS: Russian economic growth possible at 3­4% of GDP in 2013 ­ Presidential Adviser Elvira Nabiullina.
25. Interfax: Russian govt institutions, many private companies suffered no losses from Cyprus crisis – Medvedev.
26. ITAR-TASS: No risk of recession in Russian economy this year ­- Kudrin.
27. RIA Novosti: Russia Can Break Oil Dependence This Century -­ Kudrin.
28. Reuters: No single debt target for all G20 countries – Russia.
29. Bloomberg: Police Raid Medvedev’s Innovation Hub Over Fraud Inquiry. (Skolkovo)
30. www.russiatoday.com: Global investor interest in Russia slashed by two thirds in a month.
31. Interfax: Most Russian regions would rank speculative grade – S&P.
32. Financial Times: Russia and less than $100 oil.
33. Reuters: Russia’s oil riches gained and lost as wheel of fortune turned. (interview with Thane Gustafson)
34. RIA Novosti: New Wealthy Russians Join Forbes Rich List.
35. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Moscow Lacks Funds to Maintain Arctic Monopoly as China Gains a New Opening in that Region.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

36. Interfax: U.S. tragic events show world becoming less safe – Kremlin administration chief. (Sergei Ivanov)
37. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Academics predict new world war for next decade.
38. Carnegie Europe: Judy Dempsey, Is There a Way for Europe to Deal With Russia?
39. www.russiatoday.com: Top diplomat warns US against meddling with Russian internal affairs.
40. RIA Novosti: Kerry Lauds US-Russia Work on ‘Big-Ticket’ Issues.
41. Valdai Discussion Club: Nikolai Zlobin, Magnitsky List runs counter to Russian and US interests.
42. Washington Post editorial: The president again turns a blind eye to Russia’s misdeeds.
43. RFE/RL: Interview: ‘Magnitsky List Is Anti-Rights Violators, Not Anti-Russia.’ (U.S. Representative James McGovern)
44. RIA Novosti: Moscow, Washington Agree Regular Dialogue on Adoptions.
45. International Herald Tribune: Denis Corboy, William Courtney, and Kenneth Yalowitz, Rising Tensions With Russia.
46. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Russian Pundit Eyes ‘Optimal Format’ for Relations With USA To Shape ‘Real Democracy’ in Russia. (Nikolay Rozov)
47. Interfax: Georgian minister blames Saakashvili for prompting Russia to recognize S. Ossetia, Abkhazia.
48. Interfax: Georgian parliamentarian slams Saakashvili recollection of U.S. role in Aug 2008 war.
49. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Vladimir Socor, Ivanishvili and Coalition Partners Threaten to Incriminate Georgia over 2008 Russian Invasion.

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