Chemical Weapons	1	Russia left to tackle chemical stockpile alone	Asia Times Sergei Blagov
Schism in the West	2	The West: the Specter of a Schism	Moscow News Alexander Yanov
Military Reform	3	Downsize or capsize for Russia’s Army	The Russia Journal Alexander Golts
Arms Exports	4	Global arms sales: Russia only $1.3bn behind US	RosBusinessConsulting
Russia & Ukraine	5	Kuchma, Putin admit strained Russia-Ukraine ties	AFP
Putin Perks	6	Putin’s new summer residence to cost 120 million pounds	The Scotsman Chris Stephen
Theater	7	Coming ashore. “Les Mis” for intellectuals or a theatrical tour-de-force?	The Economist (UK) Tom Stoppard
Anti-Extremism Law	8	Russia cracks down on hate. Controversial law aims to fight neo-Nazi violence	MSNBC Ursula Owre Masterson
NATO	9	Nato's new role	Financial Times (UK) Charles Grant
Corporate Scandal	10	Russia's Enron Mirror	TheNation.com Matt Bivens
Ethnicity	11	RUSSIANS ARE ASIANS. By 2010 Chinese will become the second-largest ethnic group in Russia	Nezavisimaya Gazeta Andrei Vaganov
Putin	12	2004: THE MANAGER PRESIDENT VERSUS THE PRESIDENT OF HOPE. President Putin actually suits everyone. (report of roundtable conference)	Rossiya Alexander Tsipko