JRL #5565 Contents:
1. AFP: Exhausted Gorbachev to be treated for overwork. 2. Kommersant-Vlast: RUSSIA IN FIGURES. 3. Obshchaya Gazeta: CIVIL SOCIETY LINES UP FOR DISPLAY TO THE PRESIDENT. An interview with Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky. 4. Itar-Tass: Putin hails new inheritance laws in Russia. 5. Financial Times (UK) editorial: Comrades - but not yet in arms. 6. BBC Monitoring: German commentary warns against giving Russia veto in NATO decisions. 7. UPI: Martin Walker, Russia's 'Big Step' to NATO worries Poles. 8. Jerusalem Post (Israel): Janine Zacharia, Bush confident Putin will safeguard Russian Jews. 9. BBC Monitoring: Rebel web site says Russian authorities sanction rights abuses in Chechnya. 10. Novoye Vremya: STOP ADVERTISING. (poll re media) 11. Itogy: TO STOP STEALING...An interview with Auditing Commission head Sergei Stepashin. 12. Wall Street Journal: Jeanne Whalen, Russia Threatens to Negate OPEC's Cuts As Oil Firms Insist on Continued Growth. 13. Reuters: Oil falls, Saudi disappointed by Russia cut. 14. strana.ru: Russia and NATO to Be Equal Partners in The Group of "20." The Alliance is concerned with Moscow's role in a new format. 15. Trud: Vyacheslav Nikonov, WHY DO WE NEED RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE WEST? 16. Financial Times (UK): Andrew Jack, Cosy havens in Moscow: ENTERPRISE IN RUSSIA: A network of welcoming cafe clubs is appealing to the city's emerging middle class.
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