JRL #6596

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Constitution	1	Russians differ on role of Constitution in their life, poll shows	Interfax
Europe	2	Russia may have to choose between Europe and America	The Globe and Mail (Canada) Andrei Piontkovsky
Islam	3	Russia's Muslim heritage. Moscow's battle with the Chechens is not so much a clash of civilizations or a war on terror as it is a failure to deal with its own multi-ethnic heritage and history.	Taipei Times Andreas Kappeler
Islamic Extremism	4	Russia's top Muslim cleric "alarmed" by spread of Islamic extremism	Interfax
Chechnya, Economy	5	Chechnya: "Life Is Horrible." There's little progress in reviving its economy.	Business Week Paul Starobin
Zakayev Extradition	6	Chechen rebel Zakayev appears in London court	Reuters
News	7	TV1 Review	Luba Schwartzman
Putin Call-In	8	PRESIDENT PUTIN TO APPEAR IN A LIVE CALL-IN ON DEC. 19	RIA Novosti
Media Repression	9	Russia: Code of rules for journalists to be issued	BBC Monitoring
Iraq Oil	10	Russian oil giants try to beat US to Iraqi reserves	The Guardian (UK) Nick Paton Walsh
Iraq Oil	11	Talks Between U.S. and Russia On Oil and Iraq Are Confirmed	Wall Street Journal Jeanne Whalen
Copyright Piracy	12	A pirates' bazaar in Moscow offers treasured bootleg media. Popular market poses copyright nightmare	Baltimore Sun Douglas Birch
World Bank, Political Risk Insurance	13	World Bank Arm Pushes Political Risk Insurance	Moscow Times Victoria Lavrentieva
Spying, Canada	14	MOSCOW AND OTTAWA SWAPPED SPIES. The Foreign Intelligence Service looks at diplomats at home and abroad.	Nezavisimaya Gazeta Igor Korotchenko
Soviet Union	15	A child's eye view of the Soviet Union	Vladivostok News Vasily Avchenko
Political Parties	16	Russian ministry registers 47 political parties	ITAR-TASS
Putin Administrative Reform	17	Putin aide: administrative reform will pass power down to local government	BBC Monitoring
Elections	18	Elections changed little in Russia's second biggest city	BBC Monitoring
Child Health	19	Russia's Maternal & Child Health Crisis: Socio-Economic Implications and the Path Forward	EastWest Institute Policy Brief Stephen Massey

 
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