Amb. Ushakov on Visa Dispute	1	AMBASSADOR USHAKOV: U.S. VISA POLICY UNDERMINES DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA	RIA Novosti
Power Grid Blackout	2	CANDLELIGHT DINNER. A major blackout could happen in Russia as well.	Izvestia Ekaterina Kravchenko
U.S. Military at  Moscow Air Show	3	B-52 bomber lands at Moscow air show	U.S. Air Forces in Europe Public Affairs
Moscow Air Show	4	MAKS-2003 Is All Show	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
Media Xenophobia	5	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP MEASURES XENOPHOBIA IN THE RUSSIAN MEDIA. On the hate list: Chechens, Americans, Jews, and the Chinese.	Inostranets Valery Ponomarev
North Korea & Naval Exercises	6	N. Korea refused to observe joint naval exercises: Russia	AFP
Combat Readiness	7	Russia's Putin unhappy with army's combat readiness: minister	AFP
Chechnya War & United States	8	A Dog in the Fight (re Chechnya)	Moscow Times Matt Bivens
Chechnya Bloodshed & Putin	9	The Chechnya campaign. Putin should not ignore the realities of bloodshed.	The Asahi Shimbun (Japan) editorial
WMD Disposal Inspections	10	Russia's refusal of U.S. weapons inspectors threatens destruction program	Knight Ridder Newspapers Mark McDonald
Chemical Weapons Pollution	11	Russian chemical weapons may be polluting White Sea: scientist	AFP
Teens & WMD	12	Russian-American teens motivated by a real-life cause	The Post-Crescent (Wisconsin) Kathy Walsh Nufer
Military & Security Budgets	13	FINANCIAL MILITARISM. Draft budget for 2004 gives priority to security structures.	Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Defense Industry Obsolescence	14	80% of Russia's Defense Industry Is Obsolete	Rosbalt
Military Ill-Equipped	15	THE TRIUMPH IS NEARLY INVISIBLE. What weapons are Russian soldiers supposed to use? An update on implementation of the program of rearmament.	Trud
Black Sea Fleet	16	Demagoguery Comes with a Big Price Tag (re Black Sea Fleet)	Moscow News Dmitry Babich
YUKOS Probe & Sibneft Merger	17	Russia: End of the Yukos Affair? Authorities give the green light for Yukos to merge with Sibneft, creating Russia’s largest oil company.	Transitions Online Sergei Borisov
Nuclear Space Travel to Mars	18	One Nuclear Leap to Mars?	Science Magazine Richard Stone

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