Civil Society, Census, Gessen & Gardner/ Sobchak, Pala/ North Pole, '71 Smallpox Outbreak, Hahn/ Reform in Regions, India & Russia, Czech Election, Stephanson/ Talbott, Mafia, Chechen Refugees

June 16, 2002: #6311

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1. pravda.ru: JUST 10% OF POLLED YOUNG THINK RUSSIA HAS NO CIVIL SOCIETY.
2. BBC: Caroline Wyatt, Russia launches population census.
3. Masha Gessen: RE: 6310-Belin.
4. Stephen H. Gardner: RE: ancient history about Sobchak.
5. Christopher Pala: New book, The Oddest Place on Earth: Rediscovering the North Pole.
6. Washington Post: David Brown, Soviets Had '71 Smallpox Outbreak. Report: 3 Die, 43,000 Vaccinated After Test of Biological Weapon.
7. The Russia Journal: Gordon Hahn, Long arm of Putin’s reform reaching Russia’s regions.
8. UPI: Deadly Chechen bombing solved, says Russia.
9. UPI: M. D. Nalapat, India and Russia: With China or the U.S.?
10. pravda.ru: RUSSIAN IS NOT NATIONALITY BUT STATE OF MIND.
11. Los Angeles Times: David Holley, Czech Voters Take a Left Turn. Elections: Ruling Social Democrats win, but Communists make a strong showing.
12. Los Angeles Times book review: Anders Stephanson, The Bill and Boris Show. (re Talbott's The Russia Hand)
13. The Observer (UK): Nick Paton Walsh, $9bn money laundering ring broken. 50 arrests across Europe as police smash Russian mafia operation.
14. Baltimore Sun: Douglas Birch, Chechen refugees afraid to go home. Families say they live under Russian pressure to return to battle zone.]

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