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1. Newsday: Matthew McAllester, The Chechen Connection.
2. The Russia Journal: Otto Latsis, Is authoritarian liberalism possible?
3. Chicago Tribune: Colin McMahon, Progress, yes, but Russia far from `normal.'
4. New York Times book review: Orlando Figes, 'Armageddon Averted': Who Lost the Soviet Union? (re Stephen Kotkin's ARMAGEDDON AVERTED. The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000)
5. Reuters: Russian Communists re-elect leader amid disputes.
6. stratfor.com: Putin Pleasing the Poles To Woo the West.
7. The Russia Journal: John Helmer, Kremlin decides how to feed bears.
8. TimeEurope.com: Yuri Zarakhovich, Putin Plays Follow the Leader. Is Stalin coming back in style?
9. theglobalist.com: Enron — The New U.S.-Russian Brotherhood.
10. RIA Novosti: RUSSIAN POLITICIAN CRITICISES AMERICAN AUTHORITIES FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST RUSSIANS RECEIVING AMERICAN ENTRY VISAS. (Nemtsov)
11. St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press: Dave Montgomery, Russians enjoying economic rebound.
12. The Observer (UK): Faded glories of the mainline to Moscow. The carriages are decrepit, the staff are surly and the food inedible. But, John Lee writes, the Trans-Siberian Express remains one of the world's great rail adventures.
13. The Electronic Telegraph (UK): Ben Aris, 50,000 children spend Russian winter on streets of Moscow.

 
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