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Johnson’s Russia List
2012-#175
5 October 2012
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In this issue

POLITICS

1. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Moskovskiye Novosti: Russian students don’t mind the president’s firm hand. Researchers have created an image of the ideal president for Russia’s 20-somethings.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian civil society goes online. RBTH presents the five most efficient web-based social projects in Russia.
3. Bloomberg: Facebook Flirts With Local Geeks in Battle for Russia.
4. RBC Daily: Putin Turns Sixty, Russian Officials Celebrate.
5. Valdai Discussion Club: Vladimir Putin turns 60. With Timothy COLTON, Thomas GOMART, Alexander RAHR, and Richard SAKWA.
6. www.russiatoday.com: Sergei Strokan, Putin 60.
7. Washington Post: Moscow’s Sretensky Monastery Choir visits D.C.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 5, 2012.
9. Business New Europe: Russia’s unnoticeable elections – unnoticeable results?
10. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Russky Reporter: The leader of Russia’s lower house speaks on controversial issues. Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin discusses the “Gudkov case,” “foreign agents” and civil servants’ property.
11. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: PARTY PLANKTON IS FLOCKING IN BLOCKS. The first meeting of the Council of the non-parliamentary parties has taken place in the state Duma.
12. Izvestia: Human Rights Council Dissatisfied with Treason Law.
13. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, The Innocence of Censorship.
14. Moscow Times: Teachers Reveling in Growing Technology.
15. Current History: Daniel Treisman, Inequality: The Russian Experience. From the turmoil of recent decades, Russians have inherited . . . a belief that the existing income distribution is arbitrary and unjust.

ECONOMY

16. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Authorities admit: Russians will have to work more to be paid a better retirement benefit.
17. Moscow Times/Vedmosti: Putin’s Faith In Miracles Is Bad Policy.
18. RIA Novosti:Russia Ranked Sixth For Billionaires.
19. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Is Russia Ready For Life After Oil?

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

20. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Kommersant-Vlast: Kremlin calls in independent experts to join foreign policy ranks. Kommersant-Vlast tried to figure out the extent to which external experts influence Moscow’s foreign policy decisions. The feedback turned out to be highly controversial.
21. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia keeps door open to Pakistan after Putin cancels trip.
22. Moscow Times: Foreign Ministry Plays Down U.S. Smuggling Arrests.
23. www.russiatoday.com: Defense industry got nothing from people charged in US ­ Rogozin.
24. National Public Radio: Russia May Be Poised To Regain Influence In Region.
25. Reuters: Russia extends Tajik base lease to curb militant threat.
26. Izvestia: IVANISHVILI WILL DEVELOP A FOREIGN POLICY WITH RUSSIA. New Georgian authorities intend to restore relations with Russia.
27. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Paul Goble, The Vote in Georgia: Why Saakashvili Lost, Why Ivanishvili Won, and What This Means for the Future.
28. Financial Times: Georgia: Ivanishvili’s economic dream.

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