Apartment Bombings, Nemtsov, Natasha Trade, Turkmenistan, Kaliningrad, Neizvestny, Sakharov, Uzbekistan, Krasnoyarsk Election, Russian Market, London Property, Georgian Politics

Sept. 7, 2002: #6425

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1. RFE/RL: Gregory Feifer, Three Years Later, Moscow Apartment Bombings Remain Unsolved.
2. Interfax: Probe ordered after Russian politician says his phone bugged. (Nemtsov)
3. RFE/RL Newsline: Taras Kuzio, THE 'NATASHA TRADE'
4. Asia Times: Sergei Blagov, Turkmenistan and its leadership cult.
5. St. Petersburg Times: Igor Leshukov, The Stand on Kaliningrad Is Ignoring Our Own Interests.
6. Andrew Yurkovsky: October World Press Review.
7. The New York Times book review: Harlow Robinson, The View From Khrushchev's Head. (re The Life and Art of Ernst Neizvestny by Albert Leong)
8. American Scientist book review: Greg Herken, "May all our devices explode." (re Sakharov: A Biography by Richard Lourie)
9. TimeEurope.com/tol.cz: Faruk Turaev, The Madness of Protesting. Russian protestors end up in psychiatric wards after complaining about discrimination in Uzbekistan's longest-ever street demonstrations.
10. The Economist (UK): Replacing Lebed. Krasnoyarsk.
11. Financial Times (UK): Steve Johnson, Russia scorns bear market. Russia is cleaning up its act, and with many of its former satellite states preparing for European Union membership, the feelgood factor is beginning to spread.
12. The Times (UK): Anne Spackman, Russian invaders look for profit in London property.
13. The Washington Post: Peter Baker, Allies Abandon Georgian Leader As Opposition's Strength Grows; Continuing Poverty, Corruption Spell Trouble for Shevardnadze.

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