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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#92 :: 22 May 2013
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POLITICS

1. RIA Novosti: Brezhnev Beats Lenin as Russia’s Favorite 20th Century Ruler.
2. Interfax: Poll shows little appetite for protests in Russia.
3. Interfax: Russian premier gives wide ranging interview to pro-Kremlin tabloid.
4. RIA Novosti: Russian PM Medvedev Says Against Cabinet Reshuffle.
5. Reuters: Russia’s Putin out to silence independent voices: pollster.
6. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Vladimir Putin’s Approval Rate Is Still (Mostly) Holding Steady.
7. Reuters: Discovery of alleged Russian plot points to growing jitters.
8. www.counterpunch.org: Cesar Chelala, Moonshine Dreams. Why Alcohol May Doom Putin.
9. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, May 22, 2013.
10. Moscow Times: Dvorkovich Upbeat on His, and Russia’s, Future.
11. Kommersant: Kudrin Rules Out Premiership.
12. Interfax: Pushkov says Kudrin directly responsible for current state of Russian economy.
13. BBC Monitoring: Russian talk show quizzes top investigations body spokesman on ‘loud’ cases.
14. BBC Monitoring: Veteran Russian TV presenter complains of official pressure on media. (Vladimir Pozner)
15. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, The Russian Government’s No Good, Awful, Really Really Bad Decision To Target The Levada Center.
16. Sean’s Russia Blog: Sean Guillory, Sincerely Yours, Yakemenko. (re youth leader)
17. RIA Novosti: Navalny Defense Aided by Kirov Governor Testimony.
18. Reuters: Russia moves closer to jail terms for offending religion.
19. Interfax: Russian human rights activist, MPs criticize anti-blasphemy bill.
20. RIA Novosti: Russian Premier Calls For Better Weapons.
21. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Roger McDermott, Shoigu Kicks Serdyukov Reform Into Long Grass.
22. Interfax: Most Russians support non-intervention of church in state affairs – poll.
23. RIA Novosti: Russian Church Will Never Accept Gay Marriages, Patriarch Says.
24. Moscow Times: Masha Gessen Considers Leaving Russia.
25. Nature: Russian academy awaits new head. Reform is in the air at the nation’s oldest research body. (re Academy of Sciences)
26. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, How to Raise the Standard for Normal Behavior.

ECONOMY

27. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, MOSCOW BLOG: Russia’s economy – dustbin or dizzy heights?
28. www.russiatoday.com: Russia to become ‘next Greece’ with slowing economic growth – Renaissance Capital.
29. ITAR-TASS: Privatisation should be continued – Medvedev.
30. ITAR-TASS: WTO entry should teach how to manage cost of goods – Medvedev.
31. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s ex-finance minister stresses role of private investments in Russian economic growth. (Kudrin)
32. Moscow Times: Nikiforov Says State’s Weight Is Behind IT.
33. Moscow Times: Anders Aslund, Putin’s State Capitalism Means Falling Growth.
34. Asia Times: Igor Alexeev, Russia leads the way in post-Fukushima world.
35. Interfax: Dvorkovich says expects Russian-EU energy cooperation to enhance after Yekaterinburg summit.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

36. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Mikhail Rostovskiy, Taming of Russia: What America Really Wants from Kremlin — Behind the Scenes of Short Life, Strange Death, and Possible Resurrection of Reset. Part 1.
37. Interfax: Russia refuses to let Americans adopt 33 children.
38. AP: US lawmakers seek limits on Russia cooperation.
39. Moscow Times: Kremlin Grapples With Series of PR Disasters.
40. Interfax: Duma speaker says time for Council of Europe to stop monitoring Russia.
41. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russian confidence growing in its vision for ending Syrian war.
42. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Andrei Ilyashenko, Syria: Does the path to peace run through Geneva?
43. Valdai Discussion Club: Russia’s position on the global arms market.

LONG ITEM

44. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Medvedev Interviewed on Socioeconomic Achievements, Challenges (Part I)