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Johnson’s Russia List
2012-#221
14 December 2012
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In this issue

POLITICS

1. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Dec. 14, 2012.
2. Interfax: Medvedev comments on proposed way to fight corruption.
3. www.russiatoday.com: Russia to join Open Government Partnership.
4. Bloomberg: Russian Power Tandem Wobbles as Medvedev Spars With Putin.
5. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Medvedev’s Gaffe And The Elite’s Jitters.
6. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Pundits divided in their opinions on Putin’s speech.
7. The Economist: Russian politics. A new ideology for political ends. Vladimir Putin’s state-of-the-nation address.
8. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, Putin’s Do-Nothing Speech.
9. Washington Post: In Russia, a bumpy road to power. (re Yaroslavl)
10. Interfax: Opposition protests change nothing in Russia – poll.
11. Reuters: Russia investigates Putin critic before new protest. (re Alexei Navalny)
12. Moscow Times: Georgian Organized Clashes, Investigators Say.
13. Interfax: Russians favor immigration restrictions – poll.
14. Moskovskiye Novosti: Sharp Rise in Number of Initiatives on Illegal Immigrants.
15. RIA Novosti: Ex-Policeman Sentenced Over Politkovskaya Killing.

ECONOMY

16. Moscow TImes: David Owen (Deloitte), 2013 Offers Russia Window for Reform.
17. Reuters: Russia’s diversification drive falls flat – EBRD.
18. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia’s Oil Mistake. Western Experts Are Convinced That Country Has No Chances For Modernization.
19. www.russiatoday.com: Gazprom named Russia’s most notorious company.
20. Reuters: Putin summit vital to stop EU/Russia trade spat escalating.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

21. RIA Novosti: Fyodor Lukyanov, A Bastion of Morality in a Sea of Uncertainty.
22. www.russiatoday.com: Russia prioritizes sovereignty and common good in view of global turmoil.
23. Reuters: Russia denies shifting policy on Syria.
24. www.foreignpolicy.com: Andrew Weiss, Did Russia Just Throw Assad Under the Bus? Not really. Watch what the Kremlin does, not what it says.
25. RIA Novosti: NGO Says Russia Ordered It Out Over USAID Funding. (International Republican Institute)
26. www.russiatoday.com: Putin on Magnitsky Act: Why do those behind Guantanamo lecture us on human rights?
27. www.russiatoday.com: Russian response to US Magnitsky Act passes 1st reading in parliament.
28. Reuters: Factbox – Details of U.S. bill on Russia trade, human rights.
29. Russia Beyond the Headlines: U.S.-Russia ties take a hit. As the Jackson-Vanik amendment is finally repealed, the controversial Magnitsky act provokes similar legislation from Russia and may hamper U.S.-Russia relations.
30. Moscow TImes: Russia Implicated in Litvinenko Death.

LONG ITEM

31. Kremlin.ru: Address to the Federal Assembly.

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