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1. AP: Experts: Russian Mob Disorganized.
2. AFP: Russia's Orthodox patriarch sends pope "Easter kiss"
3. Reuters: Ukraine's poll hit by dirty tricks row, killing.
4. BBC Monitoring: Russians lose trust in authorities - poll.
5. Kyodo News Service: U.S. overconfidence poses danger: Medvedev. (interview with Roy Medvedev)
6. UPI: Ex-Soviet states eye economic union.
7. BBC Monitoring: Libel case against Russia's Nezavisimaya Gazeta editor political - chief editor.
8. Financial Times (UK): David Stern, Russia reforms tax rules for smaller companies.
9. Los Angeles Times: Maura Reynolds, Russia Admits Abuses Occur in Chechnya Raids. Caucasus: Military leaders issue guidelines and acknowledge the problem of 'disappearances.'
10. Wall Street Journal editorial: A New Alliance. (re NATO)
11. New York Times book review: Janice Nimura, 'The Siege': When Hunger Meant Hunger in the Soviet Union. (re THE SIEGE by Helen Dunmore)
12. March 2002 – Some thoughts on Gazprom.

 
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