| Oil, Foreign
Investment, Chevron & YUKOS |
1 |
Chevron plots £4bn Russian oil swoop |
The Sunday Times (UK)
Lucinda Kemeny |
| Politics, Gryzlov,
Shoigu, Putin |
2 |
Smashy and Nicey pull the strings to support Putin |
The Observer (UK)
Nick Paton Walsh |
| Russia & West |
3 |
A Cold War chill hangs in the New World Order air |
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Doug Saunders |
| Abramtsevo |
4 |
Creative use of green space. In the countryside near
Moscow, Robin Buss visits the idyllic estate that inspired a generation of
Russian writers, designers, artists and craftsmen. (Abramtsevo) |
The Guardian (UK)
|
Chechnya War,
War Crimes,
Hospital Bombing |
5 |
Suicide Attack Rescue in Russia Ends |
AP |
Chechnya War,
Hospital Bombing |
6 |
Once a Sanctuary, Now a Battlefield. Hospital Blast Shows
Chechen War's Reach. |
Washington Post
Peter Baker |
| Politics, Deviancy,
Pornography |
7 |
Russian porn king sexes up poll race |
The Sunday Times (UK)
Mark Franchetti |
| Military, Art |
8 |
Military artists in Russia try new themes. Ragtag army hard
to glamorize. |
Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Rebecca Santana |
Economy,
Standard of Living |
9 |
The Enigma of Russia. The economy is booming. But is the
country really changing? |
Business Week
Paul Starobin |
| Siberia, Railroad |
10 |
An unforgettable journey across Russia on a steam train.
(Trans-Siberian) |
Orlando Sentinel
Marjorie Pravden |
Chechnya,
Human Rights,
War Crimes, Budanov |
11 |
Yuri Budanov: Executioner or Victim? |
Rosbalt |
| Lenin, Putin |
12 |
The Tale of Two Vladimirs. From Lenin to
Putin, from Empire
to Federation. |
pravda.ru
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey |
