| World War
II Deaths |
1 |
ACCORDING TO LATEST DATA, USSR LOST 27 MILLION
PEOPLE IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR |
RIA Novosti |
| Stalin TV
Series |
2 |
Television series to break silence over
Russia's Stalinist past (Children of the Arbat) |
AFP |
| Human Rights |
3 |
THE STATE OF RUSSIA: FROM THE CITIZENS' POINT
OF VIEW |
RFE/RL Russian Political Weekly |
| Putin
Website |
4 |
Russian presidential website launches English
version. (www.kremlin.ru) |
ITAR-TASS |
| Chechnya
War Impact |
5 |
War in Chechnya Has Hidden Toll in Russia. As
Suffering Persists, Topic Is Taboo. |
Washington Post
Susan Glasser |
| Putin |
6 |
Putin's paradox: In public, he's boss; behind
scenes, he takes political cues |
Boston Globe
David Filipov |
Putin
Press Conference,
Economy, Iran |
7 |
Putin, Eyeing Reelection, Holds Forth on
Economy and Iran. In a nationally televised news conference, the Russian
president seeks to project an image of competence on domestic and foreign
issues. |
Los Angeles Times
David Holley |
Putin
Press Conference,
Volkova Interview |
8
|
Marina VOLKOVA on press conference | Rossiiskaya
Gazeta
Rossiiskaya Gazeta Comments |
| IMF,
Budget, Oil |
9 |
IMF tells Russia to tighten budget, save oil
cash |
Reuters |
| IMF, Taxes |
10 |
IMF Cautions Russia Against Extremely Weakened
Tax Policies |
Rosbalt |
| Energy
Summit, Business, Politics |
11 |
Business Is Ballast in Rocky Politics. (re Russia-US Second Commercial
Energy Summit in St. Petersburg)
|
Moscow Times
Caroline McGregor |
Gati on
Middle East, Russia,
International Security |
12 |
Changing Priorities in a Post-Saddam World: An Interview with Toby Gati
|
Washington Profile News Agency |
| Economy |
13 |
Russia's economy. Spend, spend, spend. Russia is booming again, inviting
comparisons with the heady days before its 1998 crash. Bust coming?
|
The Economist (UK) |
| Britain
& Russia |
14 |
Britons think worse of Russians than Russians think of Britons - poll
|
Interfax |
| Putin in
London |
15 |
COMMENTARY: PUTIN TAKES A NEW IMAGE OF RUSSIA TO BRITAIN
|
RIA Novosti |
| Dollar
& Euro |
16 |
Distressing Prospects for Dollar, Positive Ones
for Euro. Russians will pay too high for the irrational love for the
dollar. |
pravda.ru |