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Johnson’s Russia List
2012-#154
27 August 2012
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In this issue

POLITICS

1. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring. What the Papers Say, Aug. 27, 2012.
2. Moscow Times: Reformer Stolypin Held Up as Model for Putin.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The salaries of federal public servants keep growing.
4. Interfax: Based on Levada Center Poll on Presidential Term Experts Say Voters Becoming More Demanding.
5. Patrick Armstrong: POPULARITY.
6. Valdai Discussion Club: Sergey Aleksashenko, Membership of Prime Minister’s Expert Council.
7. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Medvedev Must Give Up His Presidential Dreams.
8. New York Times: Radical Islamic Attacks in a Moderate Region Unnerve the Kremlin.
9. Interfax: Nationalism Propaganda Must Be Opposed by Lessons of Tolerance — Putin.
10. Vedomosti: MIGRANTS. CHAIRED BY PRESIDENT PUTIN, FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR ETHNIC RELATIONS TOOK PLACE IN SARANSK.
11. ITAR-TASS: Russian authorities versus xenophobia.
12. AP: Russian activist’s mayor bid seen as Kremlin test.
13. Profil: DAME VS GENTLEMEN. Khimki is the only town where non-parliamentary opposition stands a chance of winning the election.
14. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The hackers may be made equal to the terrorists: the authorities are concerned about growing activities of the opposition in the Internet.
15. www.russiatoday.com: Facespook: Russian spies order $1mln software to influence social networks.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Pussy Riot: Are Russians paying attention? While Pussy Riot verdict garnered a lot of international attention, many ordinary Russians remain indifferent.
17. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The symbols of the Orthodox Christian faith are being destroyed in Russia.
18. Moscow TImes: Court Unexpectedly Clears Kasparov of Illegally Rallying for Pussy Riot.
19. New York Times: 2 Band Members in Russia Said to Flee to Avoid Arrest.
20. Moscow Times: Peter Rutland, What Links Pussy Riot With Dostoevsky.
21. www.russiatoday.com: Russian Embassy in UK, One more time about Pussy Riot rights.
22. PONARS: Samuel Greene, How Much Can Russia Really Change? THE DURABILITY OF NETWORKED AUTHORITARIANISM.
23. www.russiatoday.com: Extremist makeover: Communists blast Lenin ‘witch-hunt’
24. Interfax: Russians no longer hope to receive quality education in their country.
25. Interfax: Over 700,000 Held in Detention Facilities, Corrective Establishments in Russia – Prosecutor General’s Office.
26. New York Times: Masha Gessen, The Fog of News. (re www.fognews.ru)

ECONOMY

27. Interfax: Russians aware of entry into WTO, know little about WTO goals – poll.
28. The Globe and Mail (Canada): Piotr Dutkiewciz, The Russian bear comes in from the cold.
29. Financial Times: Russians spend it while they’ve got it.
30. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Dvorkovich-Sechin Rift Documented.
31. SG Alpha: Russia: Overlooked ­ Misunderstood.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

32. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Fyodor Lukyanov, The Eurasian misconception. Putin’s plan to create a Eurasian Union may actually not be a bad idea, but the proof will be in the implementation.
33. Interfax: Putin Reaffirms Russia’s Commitment to Nuclear Disarmament.
34. Council on Foreign Relations: Anya Schmemann, Pussy Riot, the WTO, and a Clash of Civilizations.
35. RIA Novosti: Russian Experts Mull Prospect Of Syrian Conflict Prompting Civil War In Lebanon.
36. PONARS: Ekaterina Stepanova, The Syria Crisis and the Making of Russia’s Foreign Policy.
37. Israel Today: Russian Chess in the Middle East – Part I.
38. Israel Today: Russian Chess in the Middle East – Part II.
39. Interfax: Deals with Pentagon are best advertisement for Russian helicopters – official.
40. Reuters: Ukraine’s Yanukovich flirts with Russia as election looms.
41. Interfax: Four parties likely make it into parliament – polling data.
42. Asia Times: M K Bhadrakumar, A playboy for the Pamirs.

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