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U.S. Military Bases	1	PENTAGON INTENDS TO DISLOCATE ITS BASES FROM GERMANY TO RUSSIAN BORDERS	RIA Novosti
Art, Freedom	2	New generation of Russian artists finds freedom is a mixed blessing. Generous patronage of the Soviet era is gone.	Baltimore Sun Douglas Birch
Putin & West	3	Putin's Daunting Choice: Which West to Join	New York Times Michael Wines
Russia & Europe	4	A Europe-Russia split: empty ambitions	The Russia Journal Andrei Piontkovsky
Oil, Investment, BP	5	BP risks billions in a game of Russian roulette. As the oil giant does deals with old foes in the former Soviet Union, experts fear it may be in for a shock.	The Sunday Times (UK) Lucinda Kemeny
NATO	6	re JRL 7061 - Weisbrode 's untimely thought	Peter Lavelle
Economy, Yavlinsky	7	re JRL7057 Demodernization by Yavlinsky	Vlad Ivanenko
Putin, Russia & U.S.	8	Russia straddling the divide-II	UPI Sam Vaknin
Iraq War, U.S. Bases in Georgia	9	GEORGIA IS PREPARED TO BE A STAGING AREA FOR THE UNITED STATES	Nezavisimaya Gazeta
New Novel	10	A novel steeped in all things Russian. (The Commissariat of Enlightenment by Ken Kalfus)	Los Angeles Times book review Kai Maristed
Rice Interview	11	INTERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR BY ITAR-TASS
Ukraine	12	Current Political Situation in Ukraine. Viktor Yuschenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, speaks on current political situation in Ukraine and on his role as a member of the Ukrainian parliament.	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace meeting summary
Walking Together Youth Group	13	Russian Group Is Offering Values to Fill a Void. (Walking Together)	New York Times Steven Lee Myers

 
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