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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#77 :: 24 April 2013
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TSARNAEV

1. New York Times: Unraveling Boston Suspects’ Online Lives, Link by Link.
2. AP: Bomb Suspect Influenced By Mysterious Radical.
3. Reuters: Chechen relative of Boston suspects alleges Russian plot.
4. Boston Globe: Russia contacted US government ‘multiple’ times.
5. Moscow Times: Andrei Soldatov, Both Sides Dropped the Ball on Tsarnaev.
6. Moscow Times: Yulia Latynina, Why Didn’t Tsarnaev Attack Dagestan?
7. RIA Novosti: Boston Suspects’ Russian Parents to Visit US.
8. Boseman Daily Chronicle (Montana): Chechnya: ‘Crucible of pain, anger and frustration.’ Montanan sees link to Boston bombing in Chechnya’s history of bloody war, revenge. (Thomas Goltz)
9. The Economist: Islam, the Caucasus and Boston. Disasters and their side-effects.
10. RFE/RL: Daghestani Insurgency Denies Any Role In Boston Bombings.
11. Wall Street Journal: Glen Howard, The Terrorist’s Sojourn in a Most Dangerous Place. Tamerlan Tsarnaev spent seven months in Dagestan, where the capital sees violent attacks weekly, if not daily.
12. Christian Science Monitor: Janusz Bugajski, After Boston bombings: Beware Russia-US cooperation on counter-terrorism.
13. CNBC.com: Dina Gusovsky, Marathon Bombings: Russia’s ‘I told You So’ Moment?
14. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Daghestan a Failed State and Must Be ‘Built Anew,’ Abdulatipov Says.
15. Reuters: In Boston’s wake, Sochi eyes Olympics, Chechens.

POLITICS

16. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Apr. 24, 2013.
17. Russia Beyond the Headlines: ‘Operative in the Kremlin’: De-mystifying Putin. (interview with Fiona Hill)
18. BBC Monitoring: Veteran TV presenter lists 10 questions to Putin. (Vladimir Pozner)
19. Politkom .ru: Putin Seen Preferring Control Over Government to Dismissing Medvedev. (Tatyana Stanovaya)
20. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Popularity of radical opposition in Russia declining.
21. Reuters: Putin foe Navalny urges Russian court to throw out charges.
22. Interfax: Most Russians’ attitude to opposition activist Navalnyy is negative – poll.
23. Vedomosti: Jailed Russian tycoon urges united front against ‘political trials.’ ( Mikhail Khodorkovskiy)
24. Valdai Discussion Club: Political storm around Navalny. (interview with Gleb Pavlovsky)
25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Moscow unveils designated ‘Hyde Park’ protest sites.
26. Human Rights Watch: Russia: Worst Human Rights Climate in Post-Soviet Era. Unprecedented Crackdown on Civil Society.
27. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, If Russia Is A ‘Dying Nation’ So Is Every Other Country In Eastern Europe.
28. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russian Regions Increasingly Hollowing Out Demographically, Statistics Show.
29. RIA Novosti: Russia’s Smoking Ban to Save 200,000 Lives a Year – Medvedev.

ECONOMY

30. Moscow Times: Experts Predict Recession Driven by Internal Factors.
31. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Shedding light on Russia’s tax system. Why the country’s tax system is more trustworthy than those in most European countries.
32. Moscow Times: Sobyanin Says Investment in City Economy Hits Pre-Crisis Level.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

33. Valdai Discussion Club: Europeans still struggle to understand logic of decision-making in Russia. (interview with Georgy Bovt)
34. Russia Beyond the Headlines: U.S. foreign strategy to create new global order. Sergey Rogov, Director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, explains why Washington’s establishment of two giant economic coalitions is pushing Moscow to develop a new strategy.
35. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Expert Sees Deterioriation in Russia’s Relations With the West As A Sham. (Stanislav Belkovskiy)
36. Reuters: Russia studying U.S. missile defense moves, still seeks guarantees.
37. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Moscow Daily: USA Drawing Russia Into ‘New Arms Race’ Over Tactical Nuclear Weapons.
38. Reuters: Russia plans to deploy fighter jets, base in Belarus.
39. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Ogoniok magazine: Fyodor Lukyanov, What to expect after Iran’s presidential election.
40. BBC Monitoring: Russian foreign minister tells Georgia not to join NATO.
41. Christian Science Monitor: Saakashvili’s party seeks relevancy in the Georgia it created.

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