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Johnson’s Russia List
2012-#187
24 October 2012
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POLITICS

1. Vedomosti: THREE SCENARIOS. Results of a special study show growing distrust in all institutions of the Russian state. DISSATSFIED WITH THE REGIME AS THEY ARE, THE RUSSIANS KNOW THAT THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE WAY OF DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
2. RIA Novosti: Valdai Experts Lament Poor Institutions in Russia.
3. Moscow News: The nuts and bolts of it. (re legal reform)
4. Business New Europe: MOSCOW BLOG: Liberals take off gloves in first clash with Kremlin old guard.
5. Voice of America: James Brooke, Analysis: Political Winter Descends on Russia.
6. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Stanislav Belkovskiy, Putin Leaves the Kremlin; Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven Is Nigh.
7. Vedomosti: Russian Pundit Gontmakher Discusses “Putin’s Doctrine”
8. RIA Novosti: Russia’s Rising Red Dawn.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 24, 2012 .
10. RBC Daily: “I WAS SHOWN EMPTY CELLS.” Scandal over Leonid Razvozjayev’s alleged surrender is gaining momentum.
11. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The Left Front oppositionist is. charged with masterminding a coup d’etat, the leader of this organization also faces arrest.
12. AFP: Russia activist told ‘confess or your children die’
13. RIA Novosti: Putin Foe Udaltsov Vows to Battle Charges.
14. Moscow Times: Udaltsov Won’t Flee Russia, Lawyer Says.
15. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The protest movement elected the Coordination Council.
16. Moscow News: Rocking the vote? The opposition’s elections have been labeled a ‘toy project’ ­ but proved to be colorful.
17. Moscow Times: Navalny, Kasparov Win Seats in Opposition’s ‘Shadow Government’
18. Reuters: Russia’s parliament votes to expand definition of high treason.
19. RIA Novosti: Pussy Riot Members Transferred to Penitentiary – Lawyer.
20. Interfax: Russian Orthodox Church Not ‘Coalescing’ With The State – Patriarch.
21. Moscow Times: Dubrovka’s Former Hostages Seek Justice 10 Years On.
22. www.opendemocracy.net: Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov, Nord-Ost, ten years on.
23. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Moscow’s ‘Selective Secularism’ Counterproductive, Analyst Says.
24. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, Why Lying Has Become a National Pastime.

ECONOMY

25. Moscow Times: Investment and Business Climate Rankings Up.
26. Valdai Discussion Club: Vladimir Popov, Two evils for Russia: record-high oil prices or record-low prices.
27. Moscow Times: TNK-BP Deal a Boon for State, Welcome Sign for Foreigners.
28. Bloomberg: Rosneft Deal Shows Ex-KGB Spy’s Influence Under Putin: Energy.
29. Moscow Times: Chris Weafer, Why the Kremlin Needs BP.
30. Financial Times: Nick Butler, Vladimir Putin changes trains: energy and power in Russia.
31. Moscow Times: Anders Aslund, Rosneft Is Foundation of Putin’s State Capitalism.
32. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The Russian president is concerned over the changes on the gas market.
33. Reuters: Putin tells Russian gas exporters to look east.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

34. Nezavisimaya Gazeta editorial: BUDGET CHALLENGE. The military is to be underfunded again.
35. Moscow Times: Russian Lawmakers to Observe U.S. Elections.
36. Moscow Times: Foreign Ministry Slams U.S. on Human Rights.
37. Interfax: Pushkov: Russia has ‘spoiled’ U.S. by not criticizing rights violations in U.S.
38. RIA Novosti: US Responds to Russia Human Rights Report: ‘Bring it On’
39. RIA Novosti: Russia’s Lavrov Says Relations With USA Improving, Missile Defence Main Obstacle.
40. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, How Will Mitt Romney Demonstrate ‘Backbone’ With Vladimir Putin?
41. Christian Science Monitor: In Russia, with love? Ukraine president meets Putin as options dwindle.
42. Reuters: Ukraine’s economy nears post-election crunch time.

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