| Putin Elf |
1 |
Dobby the house-elf could face court
for looking like Putin |
BBC Monitoring |
| Health |
2 |
Good healthcare is impossible to get
in Russia, Russians say |
Interfax |
| Drugs, Crime,
Terrorism |
3 |
Russians call drugs, crime, terrorism
greatest social problems |
Interfax |
| Russian Deaths |
4 |
Ever more Russians die of unnatural
causes as population declines |
ITAR-TASS |
| Youth |
5 |
Back in the USSR: for Russian
youngsters, Soviet kitsch is way cool |
AFP |
| Media, NTV |
6 |
U.S. boss of Russian TV out as Kremlin
tightens grip |
Reuters |
| Media, NTV |
7 |
Jordan's Lese-Majeste |
Moscow Times
Yulia Latynina |
| Hostage Lawsuit |
8 |
In Moscow, a test case for government
accountability. A lawsuit brought by survivors of the theater hostage
crisis continues this week. |
Christian Science Monitor
Fred Weir |
| Economic Growth |
9 |
IS RUSSIAN GROWTH BOUND TO DISAPPEAR? |
Jamestown Foundation Russia and Eurasia
Review
Jacques Sapir |
| Chechnya Peace
Negotiations |
10 |
Chechen exile president slams Kremlin
peace plan |
Reuters |
Chechnya,
Human Rights |
11 |
Rights Groups Say Brutality On Rise
Among Russian Troops In Chechnya |
RFE/RL
Valentinas Mite |
| Chechnya, Europe |
12 |
Russia and Europe: Two Viewpoints
about Chechnya. The hostage crisis changed Europe’s attitude to
Chechnya, but not for long. |
pravda.ru |
| Nuclear Arms Control |
13 |
PARLIAMENTARIANS CONDUCTING TACTICAL
MANEUVERS AROUND STRATEGIC TREATY |
Izvestia
Dmitry Litovkin |
| Russian Homosexuals |
14 |
Russia's ``Girl-loves-girl'' pop act
conquers the world. (Tatu) |
AFP |
Computers,
Microsoft Code |
15 |
Russian official welcomes source code
agreement with Microsoft |
ITAR-TASS |
| North Korea |
16 |
KOREAN DIPLOMACY BACK ON ITS TRACKS |
RIA Novosti |
| Vershbow on
U.S.-Russian Relations |
17 |
U.S. Envoy Sees U.S., Russian
Interests Converging
(Alexander Vershbow at Russian Academy of Sciences) |
US Department of State |