Blotsky/ Putin, Putin's Portraits, NATO Enlargement, Pankisi Gorge, Swedish Film, Helmer, Education, Corruption, Chechnya, Iraq, Axis of Evil Overtures, Putin Interview in Siberia

Sept. 1, 2002: #6416

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1. BBC Monitoring: Russian author tells about his relations with Putin, Kremlin administration.
2. BBC Monitoring: Putin's enamel portraits placed on watches.
3. Interfax: Mayor tells Putin Muscovites feel good about president.
4. Reuters: Enlargement could just make NATO's problems worse.
5. Chicago Tribune: Alex Rodriguez, Remote gorge at forefront of feud. U.S. keeps watch as Russia, Georgia trade accusations.
6. Reuters: Swedish Director Moodysson Films Life's Dark Side.
7. The Russia Journal: John Helmer, THE SECRET OF THE CHOCOLATE SHIPMENT.
8. Matthew Lister: two points on education.
9. Richard Hofer: corruption.
10. Johannes Wamberg Andersen: Human Dimension Delegation from Chechnya visits Olso, Copenhagen and Strasbourg.
11. Washington Post: Peter Baker, Russian-Iraqi Oil Ties Worry U.S. Moscow's Support for an Attack on Hussein May Depend on Economic Assurances.
12. New York Times: Steven Lee Myers with Michael Wines, Russia's Overtures to 'Axis of Evil' Nations Strain Its Ties With U.S.
13. BBC Monitoring: Putin calls for major reform of public services, admires the Siberian character.

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