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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#76 :: 23 April 2013
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TSARNAEV

1. Reuters: Special Report: The radicalization of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
2. Moscow Times: For Tsarnaev Brothers, Family Model Broke Down.
3. Wall Street Journal: Turn to Religion Split Suspects’ Home.
4. Wall Street Journal: U.S. Is Probing Suspect’s Alleged Links to Militants.
5. Interfax: Russian agency has suspected marathon bomber’s uncollected ID in its files – official.
6..Interfax: Tsarnaev brothers have not visited Dagestan in past few years – Interior Ministry.
7. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Boston Bombing Seen As Result of West’s Double Standards on Terrorism.
8. Christian Science Monitor: Akvar Ahmed, Motive in Boston bombings: Look to tribal code of honor.
9. RIA Novosti: Natalia Antonova, Boston and Moscow: a tale of two police forces.
10. Center for American Progress: Cory Welt, The Boston Marathon Attack, the North Caucasus, and U.S.-Russian Relations.
11. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Traces of Russia in Boston Bombing.
12. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Valery Dzutsev, Is the Boston Attack a Ripple Effect of the Conflict in the North Caucasus?
13. www.opendemocacy.net: Susan Richards, The motivation of the Boston Bombers. The ethnic background of the Tsarnaev family must provide some clues to mass murder.
14. Kommersant: Russian Expert: Russia-US Ties Lack Foundation, Still Subject to ‘Institutional Confrontations.’ (Dmitriy Polikanov)
15 MSNBC.com: Fiona Hill, The limits of cooperation with Russia.
16. RIA Novosti: Risks Seen as US Media Spotlight North Caucasus.
17. Slate.com: David Weigel, We Are All Rusians Now. Even American neocons were for Chechens before they were against them.

POLITICS

18. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, April 23, 2012.
19. BBC Monitoring: Spokesman previews Russian leader’s annual phone-in session, slams opposition.
20. ITAR-TASS: Kremlin hopes for constructive opposition sooner or later in Russia.
21. Moscow Times: Court Upholds Right to Appeal Election Results.
22. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russians can protest election results in courts.
23. Interfax: Kudrin denies discussing his possible transfer to Kremlin with Putin.
24. Moscow Times: Finn Andreen, Why Russians Should Complain More.
25. RFE/RL: Navalny’s Request For Further Trial Delay Rejected.
26. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, In Contrast to Bill Keller’s Theory, Alexey Navalny’s Popularity Is Actually Shrinking.
27. Der Speigel: The Kremlin’s Specter. Will Oligarch Khodorkovsky Be Released?
28. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Ethnically-Based Force Structures Make Clashes between Republics More Likely.
29. ITAR-TASS: Redecoration of Lenin’s tomb nearing completion on schedule.
30. www.russiatoday.com: Growing support among Russians for Lenin burial.
31. Interfax: Russian liberal TV channel suspends opposition activist’s political talk show. (Kseniya Sobchak)
32. www.opendemocracy.net: Zygmunt Dzieciolowski, Alexei Levinson, and Mikhail Sokolov, Talking to itself. (re Russian media)

ECONOMY
33. Moscow Times: Putin Seeks Proposals to Spur Economic Growth.
34. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The president discussed with the ministers and experts a possible recession in Russia.
35. Interfax: Belousov upbeat about investment inflow, says capital flight a myth.
36. Moscow Times: Dieter Wermuth, What Russia Must Do to Become a Normal Nation.
37. Interfax: Long-term consequences of extraordinary measures taken in Cyprus are not known yet – Putin.
38. ITAR-TASS: Cyprus crisis ­ a flick on Russia’s nose or guinea pig test?
39. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: The EBRD on Russian Opportunities: Diversifying Investments and Trade Links.

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