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Iran Nuclear Program & Russia	1	Russia 'halting Iran nuclear help.'	BBC
Trade, Bush & Chicken	2	George Bush Sees Chicken as Key to US-Russian Relations	Rosbalt
St. Petersburg Tricentennial, Media	3	Russian media sees fanfare, little progress at anniversary bash	AFP
St. Petersburg Tricentennial	4	Sixty billion rubles spent on St. Petersburg festivities	Interfax-Northwest
Putin Judo	5	Putin Says Judo Values Help Him Win	ITAR-TASS
Media	6	Russian major independent TV to be cut off for debts	Interfax
Prisons	7	Russian prison population decreasing	Interfax
Economic Reform, Kudrin	8	Russian finance minister hopes structural reform will boost economic growth	ITAR-TASS
Human Rights	9	Russia: the Coronation of the Godfather. (French Philosopher Criticizes West's Leniency Toward Russian Human Rights Abuses)	Le Monde Andre Glucksmann
Budget, Illarionov, Putin	10	Illarionov Says Putin Stands for Reducing Unsupported Budget Spending	ITAR-TASS
Budget & Putin	11	Putin Warns as Budget Debate Begins	Moscow Times Valeria Korchagina
Russian Economy	12	Bear Market for President	Moscow Times Boris Kagarlitsky
News Summary	13	TV1 Review	Luba Schwartzman
UES, Chubais	14	UES chief puts his faith in capitalism. (Chubais)	Financial Times (UK) Arkady Ostrovsky
Iraq & Russia	15	Russia's future in Iraq still vague	gazeta.ru
EU Summit	16	Russia: Good-Natured Atmosphere Of EU Summit Belies Deeper Problems	RFE/RL Jeremy Bransten
China & Putin	17	Russia: On the Edge of a Multipolar World. Putin says relations with China are at “their highest level ever” as he tries to narrow the rift with Washington	Transitions Online Sergei Borisov
China & Putin	18	The Great Game in the Far East. The more important summit in Russia this week was arguably not between Putin and Bush, but between Putin and China’s new president.	Transitions Online editorial
Business, Consumer Trends	19	Consumer Trends in Russia	BISNIS Bulletin (US Department of Commerce) Polina Belkina
Vershbow on U.S.-Russian Relations	20	Getting U.S.-Russian Relations Back on Track	Izvestia Alexander Vershbow

 
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