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Johnson’s Russia List
2012-#169
17 September 2012
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In this issue

POLITICS

1. Interfax: Number Of Putin’s, Medvedev’s Supporters Growing In Russia – Poll.
2. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: EMERGENCY BRAKE… for the White House. Experts: The powers-that-be themselves lack a clear understanding of the political course.
3. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Putin attempted to find out what Russian culture lacks.
4. Interfax: Putin: We Will Have to Toughen Punishment For Drunk Driving.
5. Moskovskiye Novosti: Experts Cited on Putin Reversing Medvedev Policies.
6. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Commentator Praises Medvedev Record As President. (Vladislav Inozemtsev)
7. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: Russia’s ‘Silent Majority’ Seen Supporting Tough Measures Against Opposition.
8. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Commentator Views ‘Failure’ of Russia’s Protest Movement. (Leonid Radzikhovskiy)
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Sept. 27, 2012.
10. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: MALFUNCTIONING FILTER. Controversial municipal filters within gubernatorial elections are to be discussed at a conference in St.Petersburg.
11. Izvestia: POLITICAL ALLIANCES MIGHT SUNDER THE OPPOSITION. MOVEMENTS OF THE OPPOSITION ARE PREPARED FOR POLITICAL ALLIANCES WITH THE REGIME.
12. Moscow Times: Billionaire Lebedev Charged With Hooliganism.
13. RBC Daily: DEFINITION. The Justice Ministry is instructed to explain what foreign agents are doing and how it means to keep them in hand.
14. Interfax: Law on Foreign Agents to Help Authorities Control Foreign Financial Flows to Russian NGOs – Russian Justice Ministry.
15. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russian NGOs in panic mode over proposed ‘high treason’ law.
16. Interfax: Over 80% of Russians support stricter punishment of religious feelings insult.
17. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Duma members to protect believers` feelings from provocateurs.
18. Moscow News: Religions split on sensibilities bill.
19. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV slams violations during election of presidential human rights council.
20. Moscow Times: Konstantij Sonin, Where are Russia’s Republicans?
21. New York Times: Russians Eagerly Participate in Medical Experiments, Despite Risks.

ECONOMY

22. RIA Novosti: Russian President Promises To Help World Economy.
23. Interfax: Putin Confirms Russia’s Adherence to WTO Rules.
24. Moscow Times: Cabinet Moderates Position in Turf War With Sechin.
25. Moscow Times: Anders Aslund, Big Setbacks Give Gazprom Impetus for Change.
26. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): Russia, world’s worst oil polluter, now drilling in Arctic. Climate change creates new opportunities, risks in Russia’s north.
27. Moscow Times: Education Gives China an Edge Over Russia, LSE Says.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

28. Kommersant: Russia Re-Orienting Foreign Policy Toward Asia-Pacific Region. (Sergey Strokan)
29. Moscow Times: Andrei Tsygankov, Why Putin Wants Obama to Win.
30. Sobesednik: Russian Pundit: ‘Reset’ Will Continue Whoever Is Elected Next US President. (Stanislav Belkovskiy)
31. Valdai Discussion Club: Fiona Hill, Russia’s Decision to Stop USAID.
32. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Dmitry Babich, Don’t mix politics and aid. Next week USAID will leave Russia. The closure of USAID’s office in Moscow is largely symbolic ­ and it is not a good signal.
33. Voice of America: James Brooke, Making the Kremlin Queasy: Massive American Aid Has Helped Russians Three Times in the Last Century.
34. RIA Novosti: Putin Slams West Over Syria.
35. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Fyodor Lukyanov, Preventing chaos in the Middle East. Despite the commercial and geopolitical interests that Moscow has in the Middle East, it seeks avoiding any unnecessary upheavals, not to mention conflicts between civilizations and religions.
36. Interfax: Senior Russian MP visiting NATO explains Moscow’s stance on missile defence.
37. RIA Novosti: Compromise on Missile Shield Possible ­ Vershbow.
38. Reuters: Georgia says scandal response shows it’s better than Russia.
39. Interfax: Prominent Georgian Moviemaker Compares Saakashvili Regime to USSR.
40. www.foreignpolicy.com: Thomas de Waal, Georgia Holds Its Breath. Rocked by a prison scandal and allegations from all sides over illicit campaigning, this tiny country’s election has become a brawl between political heavyweights.

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