| NATO |
1 |
More than half of Russians call for
strengthened contacts with NATO |
Interfax |
| Investment |
2 |
Russia may get investment grade after
'04 election |
Reuters |
| Media Repression |
3 |
"SELF-RESPECTING MEDIA OUTLETS
HAVE IMPOSED SELF-CENSORSHIP." And regional media is controlled by
regional leaders. Media, democracy, and censorship in Putin's Russia. |
Vedomosti
Anfisa Voronina |
| Reforms |
4 |
REFORM MORATORIUM. No radical reforms
during the lead-up to the next elections. |
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Ivan Rodin |
Chechnya,
Zakeyev |
5 |
Russia Blasts Britain on Freed
Chechen. (Zakeyev) |
AP |
Chechnya,
Zakeyev |
6 |
A Free Man in Copenhagen |
Wall Street Journal
editorial |
| Gorbachev Health |
7 |
Gorbachev 'recovering' after operation |
Ananova |
Islam, Russia,
Central Asia |
8 |
Islam and the Imperial Legacy in
Russia and Central Asia. (Robert Crews) |
Kennan Institute
event summary |
Business,
Russia & U.S. |
9 |
The Russian American Business
Dialogue: A New Mechanism for Strengthening U.S.-Russian Commerical
Relations (Tracy McKibben) |
Kennan Institute
event summary |
| Caspian Gas |
10 |
Investors stung by Kiss of Death with
Caspian gas |
Reuters |
| Primakov |
11 |
RUSSIA IN SEARCH OF ITS NEW ROLE. (re
Primakov) |
Rossiiskaya Gazeta
Fyodor Burlatsky |
| Russia-China-India |
12 |
Putin for trilateral cooperative
initiatives |
The Hindu (India)
Amit Baruah |
| Business, Banks,
Retail |
13 |
Russian Banks Unite To Conquer
Untapped Retail Sector |
Dow Jones |
| Business, Imports |
14 |
IMPORTS ARE LEADING AGAIN. Over 40%
of Russian enterprises are running at a loss. |
Trud
Vitalii Golovachev |
| Hostage Crisis Lawsuit |
15 |
Russians Become Litigious: Survivors
of Theater Siege Sue |
New York Times
Steven Lee Myers |
| Elections |
16 |
St Petersburg vote focuses on Putin's
rival |
Reuters |
| Elections |
17 |
Talk of Apathy Surrounds Elections |
St. Petersburg Times
Claire Bigg |
| Putin |
18 |
Everybody Loves Vladimir Putin |
The Globalist |
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