JRL #5587 Contents:
1. BBC Monitoring: Prior of Moscow's monastery says Putin is a true believer. 2. UPI: Russia may extend presidential term. 3. AFP: Putin says Russia still seeking full NATO voice. 4. AFP: US-Russia relations "fundamentally improved" - Powell. 5. New York Times: Patrick Tyler, In Spat Over Russia in NATO, Rumsfeld Loses Out to Powell. 6. AP: Soviet Collapse Anniversary Marked. 7. Interfax: Theft impossible from Russian nuclear enterprises - official. 8. Moscow Tribune: Stanislav Menshikov, RUSSIA CHOOSES OPEC But Better Stabilising Schemes Are Possible. 9. Interfax: Russian nationalist leader Zhirinovskiy ditches anti-West stance. 10. The Russia Journal: Otto Latsis, No progress on housing reform. 11. New York Times letter: Boris Jordan, Control of Russian TV. 12. Financial Times (UK): Andrew Jack, Ruins of a republic still at war. CHECHNYA RECENT ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE NORMAL LIFE HAVE HAD LITTLE SUCCESS. 13. Krasnaya Zvezda: EQUAL RUSSIA-USA PARTNERSHIP AN EARNEST OF GLOBAL STABILITY. 14. Anatol Lieven, Morality and Reality in Approaches to War Crimes: The Case of Chechnya.
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