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1. Baltimore Sun: Douglas Birch, Russians numb to killing of government
officials. Assassinations common; professional hit men rarely caught,
punished; 'It's all about the money'
2. AP: Russians Hope to Export Harvests.
3. Boston Globe: David Filipov, Russia backpedals on North Korea.
Nuclear assistance said to be long over.
4. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Margaret Coker, Russian cash
crisis unleashes bio threat.
5. RIA Novosti: PRESIDENT PUTIN APPROVES COMPOSITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION.
6. RIA Novosti: PRESIDENT PUTIN MEETS HEAD OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
7. TimeEurope.com: Yuri Zarakhovich, Living Monuments. What should happen
to the statue of the man who founded the Soviet secret police?
8. AP: Official: Russia Abortion Rate High.
9. American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC) launches new
website, www.peaceinchechnya.org
10. RIA Novosti: YEVGENY PRIMAKOV: RUSSIA COULD SUPPLY US WITH UP TO
50 MILLION TONS OF OIL NEXT YEAR.
11. RIA Novosti: YEVGENY PRIMAKOV: U.S. ADMINISTRATION UNDERESTIMATES
AFTERMATHS OF STRIKE AT IRAQ.
12. pravda.ru: Russian Capital to be Repatriated. The National Investment
Council compiles a black list of Western banks profiting from laundering
Russia’s dirty money.
13. Financial Times (UK): Robert Cottrell, Lamy seeks to salvage
WTO membership bid by Russia.
14. Trud: RUSSIA TAKES MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL SECURITY.
(re restrictions on foreigners)
15. Moscow Times: Yevgenia Borisova, A Visa Headache Looms for
Expats.
16. RFE/RL: Gregory Feifer, Centrists Propose Changing Electoral Law.
17. US Department of State: Vershbow Says Russia is Key to NATO’s
New Agenda.
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