| Quality of Life, Poll |
1 |
Poverty, rising prices, unemployment
largest concerns of Russians - poll |
Interfax |
| Corruption, Putin,
Oligarchs |
2 |
Business elite urge Russia's Putin to
curb corruption, bureaucracy |
AFP |
| Putin & Citizen
Messages |
3 |
Putin received 2,000 citizens'
messages a day in 2002 |
ITAR-TASS |
| Government Reform |
4 |
Russian Government Aims to Move Away
From Traditional Structure |
BBC Monitoring |
| Elections, Regions |
5 |
EXPANSION OF THE ELECTIONS. An ideal
way of uniting regions has been found. The Kremlin is aiming to combine
elections at different levels. |
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Olga Tropkina |
| Political Parties |
6 |
THE NON-PARTY SYSTEM. An update on
political parties in Russia. |
Gazeta
Olga Redichkina |
| News |
7 |
TV1 Review |
Luba Schwartzman |
| Oil, Gref |
8 |
Gref Says It's Time to Squeeze Big Oil |
Moscow Times
Victoria Lavrentieva |
| Media, NTV |
9 |
Media Notes: NTV RIP, Again. Even “controlled
democracy” in Russia’s media industry is too much for the Kremlin. |
Transitions Online
Vladimir Kovalev |
| Poverty, Starvation |
10 |
36 Million Russians Cannot Afford
Eating Every Day. Overcoming of poverty does not belong to the Russian
government top-priorities. |
pravda.ru |
| U.S. Investment |
11 |
U.S. BUSINESSES SAY THEY ARE VICTIMS
OF RUSSIAN OLD BOY NETWORK |
Hearst Newspapers
Stewart M. Powell |
| Oil Pipeline |
12 |
If Trees Are Family, an Oil Pipeline
Is Ungodly |
New York Times
Sabrina Tavernise |
| Slave Trade |
13 |
Moscow targets sex trade at last |
The Guardian (UK)
Nick Paton Walsh |
| Population, Far East |
14 |
Repopulating the East |
Wall Street Journal Europe editorial |
| Chechnya, Berezovsky |
15 |
Separatist Web Site Sums Up Russian
Tycoon Berezovskiy's "Chechen Plan." |
BBC Monitoring |
| Ruble |
16 |
Russia's New Secret Weapon? (the
ruble) |
Moscow Times
Valeria Korchagina |
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