JRL Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#160 – 5 September 2012

Johnson’s Russia List
2012-#160
5 September 2012
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POLITICS

1. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev sets 6 tasks for social development of Russian villages.
2. Moscow Times: Sergei Guriev and Oleg Tsyvinsky, Crunching the Numbers to Find Out if a Crisis Will Give Russia a Democracy.
3. The New Times: LONG AUTUMN. VLADIMIR PUTIN’S THIRD TERM OF OFFICE BEGINS WITH THE ONSET OF THE NEW POLITICAL SEASON. No experts anticipate considerable political changes in the foreseeable future.
4. Moscow TImes: Kremlin Faces Brezhnev-Style Gerontocracy.
5. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. RF Pesident raises age requirement for top officials to 70 years.
6. Da Russophile: Anatoly Karlin, Russia Is Now An Internet Society.
7. Kommersant: Amount of Average Bribe Has Increased 33-Fold Since 2008.
8. Moscow News: Moscow loses its shine for Russians.
9. RIA Novosti: Most Russians resent Moscow – survey.
10. www.foreignpolicy.com: Paul Starobin, Bullish on the Bear. It’s hard to find people who are optimistic about the future of Russian democracy. Leon Aron explains why he’s one of them.
11. Moscow TImes/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 5, 2012.
12. Moscow Times: No Fireworks Expected at First Gubernatorial Elections.
13. Izvestia: COMMON DATABASE TO BE PUT TOGETHER. FIGHTING EXTREMISM, THE SILOVIKI WILL ALSO CONTROL ELECTIONS.
14. Kommesant: BASTRYKIN IS NOT TO BE LEFT ALONE. Endless reforms within law enforcement agencies and security structures fail to promote their efficiency.
15. Deutsche Welle: Russia’s opposition prepares new protests.
16. Vedomosti: WRONG SELECTION. SCANDALS ACCOMPANY SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
17. Moscow News: That old-time religion. Orthodox activists are making waves in Moscow, but critics question their motives.
18. Interfax: Church will increase spiritual influence on authorities, society – Patriarch Kirill.
19. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Roger McDermott, Russia’s ‘Military Reform’: Flowers, Weeds and AWOL Gardeners.
20. RIA Novosti: Putin Denies Role in Pussy Riot Case.
21. Interfax: Russian human rights ambassador warns West against lecturing on Pussy Riot case.
22. Komsomolskaya Pravda: William Dunkerley, 100,000 Euros to Love the Blasphemers.
23. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexei Vlasov, What is wrong with higher education in Russia?

ECONOMY

24. Interfax: Russian Economy Can Develop Normally At Oil Price of $80/barrel – Ministry.
25. RIA Novosti: Russia Ranked 67 in WEF Global Competitiveness Index.
26. Interfax: Forced Growth Envisaged in Presidential Decree Fraught With Macroeconomic Imbalances – Ministry.
27. Business New Europe: Kingsmill Bond, Russia as a petrostate – market implications.
28. Reuters: Banner of Lenin flies over would-be Russian farm boom.
29. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. European Commission lauches antitrust investigation against Gazprom.
30. Forbes.com: Matthew Hulbert, Europe Might Regret Getting Tough With Gazprom.
31. Moscow Times: What Awaits Investors in the Far East After APEC.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

32. RIA Novosti: Putin Ready to Work with Next U.S. President.
33. www.russiatoday.com: Russia wildcard in Obama-Romney faceoff.
34. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Matthew Rojansky, U.S.-Russia Cooperation Beyond 2012.
35. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia turns its gaze eastward with APEC economic summit.
36. http://us-russia.org: Vlad Sobell, Russia and APEC: Increased Cooperation Will Aid Russia’s Modernization.
37. www.russiatoday.com: Quest for peace: Russia continues contacts with Syrian opposition.
38. Fars News Agency (Iran): Russia To Transfer Full Control Of Bushehr N. Power Plant To Iran.
39. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russia and Turkey’s Relationship: A Great Example of the Changing International Order.
40. Washington Times: Jacob Resneck, New energy between Cold War foes Turkey, Russia.
41. www.russiatoday.com: Tymoshenko blasts forthcoming Ukrainian poll as illegitimate.