| Winter |
1 |
Soul and Ice. Moscow’s Frigid Winters Warm the Hearts of
Russian Locals |
AP
Jim Heintz |
| Oil, Foreign
Investment, BP |
2 |
Sale Puts Russia Into New Stage. (BP) |
Moscow Times
Valeria Korchagina Victoria Lavrentieva |
| Economy |
3 |
Russian statistics lag behind fast economic changes |
Reuters |
| Migration |
4 |
Putin asks emigres of "old Russia" to unite in
support of homeland |
BBC Monitoring |
| Iraq: Germany, France,
Putin |
5 |
Putin supports everyone, but for how long? |
The Guardian (UK) Yelena Suponina
Pyotr Rozvalin
Yuri Shpakov |
| News |
6 |
TV1 Review |
Luba Schwartzman |
| CIA, Tenet Testimony
on Russia |
7 |
CIA's George Tenet on Russia
(Senate testimony) |
CIA |
| Energy Reform |
8 |
Russia PM demands parliament pass power reform laws |
Reuters |
| Kremlin Portraits |
9 |
New Tsar is born as artist gives facelift to regal past.
Putin and Kremlin chiefs trade places on canvas with old elite. |
The Guardian (UK) Nick Paton Walsh |
| Human Rights |
10 |
Ombudsman Mironov Faults Russia's Human Rights Record |
Vremya MN |
| Education, Health,
Putin |
11 |
RUSSIA TO CLING TO FREE EDUCATION, HEALTH SERVICE: PUTIN |
RIA Novosti |
| Oil Reserves, Yukos |
12 |
YUKOS chief says Russian oil underestimated |
Reuters |
Children,
Drugs & Alcohol |
13 |
56% of Russian Children Use Drugs and Alcohol |
Rosbalt |
| Corruption |
14 |
The new and improved corruption equilibrium |
Prime-TASS
Peter Lavelle |
| Military Decay |
15 |
Military Continues to Decay While Few Projects Are Funded |
Trud |
| Theater |
16 |
Theatre: Total theatre, Russian style. A major force in
Russian ballet swept back into London with his company last night. Boris
Eifman talks to NADINE MEISNER. |
The Independent (UK) |
| Vershbow on Iraq |
17 |
US AMBASSADOR: IN THEORY, SADDAM HUSSEIN MAY RETAIN POWER.
An interview with US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow. |
Vremya Novostei |
| Iraq: Russia, Europe,
United States |
18 |
Russia Aims for Role as Broker Between U.S., Europe |
Washington Post
Sharon LaFraniere |
| Iraq: Germany, France,
Putin |
19 |
RUSSIA: A MONKEY LOOKING DOWN ON FIGHTING TIGERS. An
interview with Timofey Bardachev, analyst with the Carnegie Foundation. |
Gazeta |
| Tobacco |
20 |
Tobacco Firms Scramble To Build Russian Brands |
Wall Street Journal
Erin White |
| Chechnya Referendum |
21 |
CHECHNYA: WHAT LIES AHEAD? The referendum may aggravate the
situation in Chechnya. |
Novaya Gazeta
Grigory Yavlinsky |