Starobin/ Russia's New Wealth, K-19, Arms Treaties, Reforms Praised, Apartment Bombings, Russian Tea Room, Latsis/ Foreign Loans, Lavelle, Menshikov, Oligarchs, Robinson/ Military Reform, Kursk

July 27, 2002: #6373

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1. Business Week: Paul Strobin with Catherine Belton, Russia's New Wealth. The oil business is mostly cleaned up. Now, Moscow's biznesmen want to move into farming, banking, and more. Have these young tycoons found the next frontier?
2. pravda.ru: K-19, PROTOTYPE OF HOLLYWOOD THRILLER, TO BE CUT UP.
3. AFP: US sees future without arms treaties with Russia.
4. AP: US official praises Russia reforms.
5. AP: FSB strikes back at ex-agent Litvinenko.
6. pravda.ru: NATIONALIST EDITOR APPOINTED FSB DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
7. Crain's New York Business: Russian Tea Room to close.
8. The Russia Journal: Otto Latsis, Back to the money-lender.
9. The Russia Journal: Peter Lavelle, Stepashin's mile-long stroll for a Camel.
10. Moscow Tribune: Stanislav Menshikov, INFIGHTING AT THE TOP. Second round.
11. pravda.ru: VAGIT ALEKPEROV IS EVEN COOLER THAN HE SEEMS. Putin's team has a present for the oligarchs.
12. Center for Defense Information: Colin Robinson, Russian Armed Forces Reform: Reaching Fitfully Toward a Professional Force.
13. Europe-Asia Studies - New Issue Alert.
14. AFP: Mothers of Russian sailors dead in Kursk tragedy reject inquiry results.

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