Education,
Censorship |
1 |
Russian schools excluding Soviet-era dissident writers:
protest letter |
AFP |
| Poet Yevtushenko |
2 |
A Soviet star poet turns 70, his legacy still unresolved.
Perhaps, to get along, he went along too readily. (Yevtushenko) |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Colin Romano |
| Suicides |
3 |
Suicide rates in Russia on the increase |
The Lancet (UK)
Paul Webster |
| Economy, GDP |
4 |
RUSSIA CAN DOUBLE ITS GDP BY 2010, BORIS ALESHIN SAYS |
RIA Novosti |
| Privatization |
5 |
Dissatisfaction with Privatisation in Russia Rings Out.
(Koch) |
Rosbalt |
| YUKOS Probe |
6 |
Oil Wars |
Washington Post
editorial |
| Oligarchs,
Privatization |
7 |
Russia's billionaire tycoons feel the heat as
privatisations in doubt |
AFP |
| YUKOS Probe &
Putin Regime |
8 |
Putin's entourage said behind attack on Russian oil major.
(Felgenhauer) |
BBC Monitoring |
Politics, Government,
YUKOS Probe |
9 |
Russian Political Forces To Regroup. The possible victory
of the Russian Office of the Prosecutor General over oil giant Yukos is
absurd. |
pravda.ru |
| YUKOS Probe
Repercussions |
10 |
Crackdown on Tycoon Shakes Up Moscow |
New York Times
Sabrina Tavernise |
| YUKOS, Khodorkovsky
& Putin |
11 |
Is Russian oil tycoon stepping on the toes of President
Putin? |
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Carolynne Wheeler |
| Environment, Dachas
& Forest, Opposition |
12 |
'Gorbachev's dachas' upset Russian Greens. Building plan
endangered forest land. |
The Observer (UK)
Nick Paton Walsh |
Russian Orthodox,
Anti-Catholic Religious Repression |
13 |
In a Russian Orthodox redoubt, Catholics report the sin of
bias |
Boston Globe
Gretchen Weber |
| Stalin, New Book |
14 |
A despot and a flirt: Boots, billiards, babies on his knee.
Robert Service on the domestic banalities revealed by a new biography of
Joseph Stalin. (Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag
Montefiore) |
The Guardian (UK)
book review |
| Crime, Corruption, New
Book |
15 |
A grim look at the state of Russia. (Darkness at Dawn: The
Rise of the Russian Criminal State by David Satter) |
Sun-Sentinel (Florida) book review
Scott Shane |
Small Towns,
Putin Transcript |
16 |
Introductory words at the meeting on problems of developing
small towns in Russia. (Putin July 17) |
kremlin.ru |
Small Towns,
Putin Transcript |
17 |
Excerpts from a meeting on problems of developing small
towns of Russia. (Putin July 17) |
kremlin.ru |
Small Towns,
Putin Transcript |
18 |
Final speech at the meeting on problems of the development
of small towns of Russia. (Putin July 17) |
kremlin.ru |
