Media Problems, Iron Felix, G8, WTO, Consumer Spending, Georgia, Cartoonist, US-Russia-Oil, Mayak, Miss Universe, Ukraine, Positive Movies, Stalin's Victims

Sept. 28, 2002: #6461

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1. Asia Times: Sergei Blagov, Russian writers feel state heat.
2. gazeta.ru: Government's grip on media tightens.
3. UPI: Central Asian media complain of harassment.
4. Interfax: Most Russians support return of Dzerzhinsky monument - poll.
5. Reuters: Russia debates restoring KGB 'Iron Felix' statue.
6. Reuters: Russia's Kudrin takes first step to G8 membership.
7. Reuters: Russia WTO talks entering tricky stage -Zoellick.
8. Neil Munro: New data on RussiaVotes.
9. RosBusinessConsulting: Russian consumer spending underestimated by $100bn.
10. The Russia Journal: Otto Latsis, Another short victorious war?
11. RIA Novosti: GEORGIA-RUSSIA: WHO IS MOSCOW TO HOLD DIALOGUE WITH?
12. AP: Russia's Famed Cartoonist Turns 102. (Boris Yefimov)
13. New York Times: Sabrina Tavernise, Russia and U.S. to Discuss Collaborative Oil Ventures.
14. John Deever: Re: JRL 6459: Rice calls US "a very special country;" and Pacific Environment: On the Eve of High-Level Energy Summit, Environmentalists Call for End to Global Double Standard.
15. Reuters: Chevron sees high investment potential in Russia.
16. AP: Activists address Russia's radioactive legacy before disaster's anniversary.
17. Reuters: Ousted Russian Miss Universe goes back on the beat.
18. Reuters: U.S. sends envoy to Ukraine, casts doubt on probe.
19. The Guardian (UK): Nick Paton Walsh, Russian cinema holds out for a new type of hero. State will fund home-grown films that feature positive role models.
20. The Globe and Mail (Canada): Mark MacKinnon, Wooded pit holds Stalin's lost victims. Activists uncover a grave - and memories - that Russian officials would rather keep buried.

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