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Russian Bells	1	Our House, Our Bells. Sorry, St. Danilov, sending the Lowell bells back to Russia is crazier than communism.	Harvard Crimson editorial
Soviet Human Rights Abuses	2	Russia's Collective History. U.S. Returns Files Bearing Witness To Soviet Horrors. (Smolensk archive)	Washington Post Ken Ringle
Oligarchs & Kremlin	3	Once-Ruthless Entrepreneurs Cede Politics to Kremlin for Free Economic Rein	Washington Post Peter Baker
Chechen Zakayev Extradition	4	Extradition. Unwelcome guest. A fugitive Chechen diplomat goes to ground in London. (Zakayev)	The Economist (UK)
Weldon on WMD Disposal	5	Russia's Arms Stocks. (Curt Weldon)	New York Times letter
Sex Slave Trade	6	Press release from MiraMed Institute and the Angel Coalition regarding the draft anti-trafficking legislation
Energy Prices	7	Energy Monopolies Disappointed In Latest Price Increases	RFE/RL Michael Lelyveld
Gold Reserve	8	How Russian Gold Reserve Was Plundered	pravda.ru
Ukraine, Kuchma	9	'You can't really degrade his reputation.' Ukraine's Leonid Kuchma has been struck by scandals that would topple most leaders. But he continues to hold power, partly because he always has a scapegoat and partly because the citizens have stopped caring.	The Globe and Mail (Canada) Mark MacKinnon
Russian Immigrants, United States	10	Russian Seniors Cry Foul. Residents complain of language barrier at Brooklyn subsidized housing project billed as immigrant friendly.	The Jewish Weekly (New York) Adam Dickter
Art, Hermitage Film	11	Spectacular 'Russian Ark.'	Washington Post Desson Howe
Russia & China, Putin-Jiang Summit	12	Russian envoy confident of settling border dispute. A successful Jiang -Putin summit clears the way for a swift end to negotiations.	South China Morning Post Mark O'Neill
NATO, Chechnya	13	Russia's membership in NATO would spell alliance's end - Chechen web site	BBC Monitoring

 
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