| Russian State
Television in Washington |
1 |
Russian television to start 40 hours of weekly programming
in Washington area |
AP |
| Wealth, Public Opinion |
2 |
What Russians Think About Prosperity in Russia. Does luck
matter for becoming prosperous? |
pravda.ru |
| Unwed Pregnancies |
3 |
One in three Russian children born out of wedlock |
ITAR-TASS |
TV1 Review:
News Summary |
4 |
TV1 Review |
Luba Schwartzman |
| Aslund on
Privatization |
5 |
Anders Aslund responds to "Problems of Unstable
Privatization Edifice," a comment by Marshall I. Goldman |
Moscow Times letter |
| YUKOS Probe,
Repercussions |
6 |
Christopher Granville responds to "Yukos Affair: After
the Scandals," a comment by Christof Ruhl |
Moscow Times letter |
| Privatization, Putin,
Yeltsin |
7 |
Putin's new war. Yeltsin's fire sale of Russian assets
created a breed of power-hungry billionaires - but now state bureaucrats
are challenging their supremacy. |
The Guardian (UK)
Simon Pirani |
| Elite Power Struggles |
8 |
THE DECLINE OF THE FAMILY. Competition and rivalry among
elites in Russia should continue. |
Vremya MN
Andrei Ryabov |
| Parliamentary
Elections, Chubais, Kokh, Yabloko, Union of Right Forces |
9 |
PICKLED APPLE. Liberals blame Chubais and Kokh for dirty
campaign tactics. Tension rises between Yabloko and the Union of Right
Forces. |
Novye Izvestia
Alexander Kolesnichenko |
| Parliamentary
Elections, Communists, Glaziev |
10 |
WHO'S AFRAID OF SERGEI GLAZIEV? People's patriotic forces
of Russia may get their second wind. Sergei Glaziev could rally the
protest vote. |
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Ivan Balashov |
| Oil Prices, Ruble,
Inflation |
11 |
Russia Says High Oil Price Drives Ruble, Inflation |
Bloomberg |
| Health Service Reform |
12 |
COMMENTARY: RUSSIAN HEALTH SERVICE NEEDS REFORM |
RIA Novosti
Marina Shakina |
| Health Crisis |
13 |
Addressing the health crisis |
The Russia Journal editorial |
| Soviet Elite Career |
14 |
BIOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA |
Rossiyskaya Gazeta |
| News |
15 |
Novaya Gazeta Digest |
|
| Putin & Oligarchs |
16 |
THE CONSPIRACY OF THE REGIME IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE
"CONSPIRACY OF THE OLIGARCHS" |
Novaya Gazeta
Vladimir Iliushenko |
| Art |
17 |
Visual arts: How the east coloured the west |
Financial Times (UK)
Jackie Wullschlager |
| Oligarch Film |
18 |
Chasing riches in a new Russia. 'Tycoon,' a major work, is
a political thriller on an emerging society. |
Los Angeles Times
movie review
Kevin Thomas |
