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> Will Russia turn left?- MN 2.9.12
> Putin calls for 1990s privatization payment - BNE 2.10.12
> Putin Chasing Imaginary American Ghosts - MT 2.10.12
> Putin Said to Plan Dissolving Russian Ruling Party After Presidential Vote - Bloomberg 2.10.12
> A summer of discontent? - MN 2.9.12
> RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 9 February 2012 - Patrick Armstrong 2.9.12
> McFaul Epitomizes Embrace of Social Media - MT 2.9.12
> Russia Last in BRICS For Faith in Business - MT 2.9.12
> Counting the crowds at Russian demos - BNE 2.8.12
> Can't Beat It? Hack It! As Elections Draw Nearer, Opponents Air Dirty Laundry Across New Media - RP 2.9.12
> Russian Experts Comment On Lavrov's Visit To Syria - RIAN 2.8.12
> A Three-Ring Circus: Putin Does Not See Any Upside to Taking Part in the Debates - RP 2.9.12
> Vladimir Putin: assessing his place in history - Vladimir Pastukhov/ opendemocracy.net 2.9.12
> Putin Sets Out Blueprint for Russian Business - RIAN 2.9.12
> Nation Ticked Off After a Winter of Summer Time - MT 2.9.12
> Putin makes election promise to slash the number of VIP privileged cars - MN 2.7.12
> Half of Officials Should Be Fired - Federal Anti-monopoly Service Director - Interfax 2.8.12
> TRANSCRIPT: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with political scientists - premier.gov.ru 2.6.12
> Gorbachev believes Putin should resign - Interfax 2.8.12
> More Than Half of Russians Criticize Putin For Delegating Representatives to TV Debates - Poll - Interfax 2.8.12
> The Party Is Over: As Candidates Seek to Disavow United Russia Ahead Of Elections, Party's Future Appears Dim - RP 2.8.12
> Campaign Mudslinging Taken to New Lows - MT 2.8.12
> Lavrov in Syria to Strongly Back Assad - MT 2.8.12
> The Politics Of Crowd Estimates In Russia - RFE/RL - 2.6.12
> Protest stays festive, leaderless - MN 2.6.12
> Rallies Ushering Out Business as Usual - MT 2.7.12
> Campaign Begins With Testy Debate - MT 2.7.12
> Medvedev Favors Creation of Right Wing Party, Doubts That Kudrin Can Do It - Interfax 2.6.12
> Nationalization of Oil, Gas Sector Impossible - Putin - Interfax 2.6.12
> The Rich Cry Too: Russia's Rich May Be in for a Raw Deal as Government Mulls Luxury Tax - RP 2.6.12
> Markets ignore political risk - MN 2.6.12
:: Russians brave cold to turn out in droves for peaceful anti-Putin rally - Business New Europe; JRL 2012-21, 2.6.12
:: Expectations Have Changed, but Has Putin? - Moscow Times; JRL 2012-21, 2.6.12
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> Russians brave cold to turn out in droves for peaceful anti-Putin rally - BNE 2.6.12
> Protest Fever Stays High Despite Cold - MT 2.6.12
> Perestroika Veterans Pass The Torch To A New Protest Generation - RFE/RL 2.4.12
> Mass Protests Force Kremlin To Take Heed Of Opposition Demands - Experts - RIAN 2.5.12
> Expectations Have Changed, but Has Putin? - MT 2.6.12
> Putin Will Avoid Russian Presidential Election Debates by Sending Proxies - Bloomberg 2.6.12
> Inflated Expectations: Will Russia Be Affordable for Russians After the Presidential Elections? - RP 2.6.12
> Pro-Putin Film Twists Foes' Words - MT 2.2.12
> Putin vows to make Russia an easier place to do business - BNE 2.3.12
> Putin vows to liberalize - MN 2.2.12
> Putin Discusses Making Difficult Decisions in Democratic Setting - Interfax 2.2.12
> Over 50% of Russian citizens want to vote for Putin - poll - Interfax 2.3.12
> Majority Of Russians Interested In Upcoming Presidential Election - Poll - Interfax 2.2.12
> HAVE FUN WITH RUSSIAN: RIA Novosti launches new educational project [teaching Russian language] - from A.Nadezhkina/RIAN - 2.1.12
> Moscow Ready for Dueling Protests - MT 2.3.12
> TRANSCRIPT: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends the Russia 2012 investment forum - premier.gov.ru - 2.2.12
> United States Looms Large in Russian Elections - RP 2.3.12
> Over 12% of Citizens Live Below Poverty Line in Russia - Putin - Interfax 2.2.12
> Investors Give Rallies Mixed Reviews - MT 2.3.12
> Russian News Agency Publishes Schedule Of TV Election Debates - RIAN 2.2.12
> How split is Russia's elite? - MN 2.2.12
> Webinar: By the Numbers: Quantitative Data Sources in Eurasian Studies - Feb. 10, 2012, 2 PM ET
- Social Science Research Council 1.27.12
> I, Putin (Vladimir Putin novel) available on Kindle & Nook - Jennifer Ciotta 1.29.12
> One In Two Russians Believes Presidential Election Will Be Fair - Interfax 2.1.12
> Russian Electoral Body Approves Presidential Ballot Paper - Interfax 1.31.12
> Criminal Probe Launched Into Phone Tapping - Nemtsov - Interfax 1.31.12
> Putin Says He's Prepared for Runoff - MT 2.2.12
> Putin Aims to Dodge Kremlin Runoff as Stability Loses Appeal - Bloomberg 2.2.12
> Businessmen Cautious About Protest - MT 2.2.12
> Crocodile Tears: Putin Says He Puts Transparency in the Elections Ahead of Winning in the First Round - RP 2.2.12
> Russian Opposition Calls For Equal Representation In Electoral Commissions - Interfax 1.31.12
> Hints Emerge That 'Reset' Is Buoying U.S. Firms - MT 2.1.12
> Russian Economy Expanded 4.3% Last Year, More Than Forecast - Bloomberg 1.31.12
> Kremlin Revises Lists of Candidates For State Company Boards - Paper - Interfax 1.31.12
> Putin: WTO Membership "nothing to Be Afraid Of" - Interfax 1.31.12
> Organizers Of 4 February Protest Outline Main Demands, Plans For Event - Interfax 1.31.12
> (En)Forcing Cooperation: Administrative Pressure Ahead of Protests Reflects That Little Has Changed Since the Time of the Soviet Union - RP 1.31.12
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:: NEWSLINK: Russia's protests; Just making our feelings known; Large street protests are transforming - Economist 2.11.12
:: NEWSLINK: What the Russian Protests Can - And Can't - Do; Why Putin's Grasp on Power Remains Firm - Foreign Affairs 2.9.12
:: NEWSLINK: Change in Russia A Moscow spring? Both Vladimir Putin and the West should heed the message - Economist 2.11.12
:: NEWSLINK: Four questions about Russia's future - RBTH 2.10.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia and the United States: Pushing Tensions to the Limit? - Stratfor 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: Uncertain World: Anti-Americanism in Russia - RIAN 2.9.12
:: NEWSLINK: Who does Washington prefer - Putin or Zyuganov? - Jerusalem Post 2.9.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin proposes reparations for ’90s - RT 2.9.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin's Unruly Children: A New Generation Aims to Revitalize Russia - Der Spiegel 2.9.12
:: NEWSLINK: In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake - AP 2.8.12
:: NEWSLINK: Syria raises specter of proxy conflict for U.S., Russia - Reuters 2.7.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin warns against “bull in china shop� actions in Syria - AFP 2.8.12
:: NEWSLINK: Europe's Debt Problems Cannot Be Ignored - Martin Gilman/MT 2.8.12
:: NEWSLINK: Investors banking on second half of 2012 - RBTH 2.8.12
:: NEWSLINK: Sergei Magnitsky may be convicted posthumously - ITAR-TASS 2.8.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin Is Already Dead - Leon Aron/FP 2.8.12
:: NEWSLINK: Alpha Dog Can't Save Russia - Yulia Latynina/MT 2.7.12
:: NEWSLINK: About the presidential election campaign - ITAR-TASS 2.8.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia’s two tribes: United by fear of revolution - RT 2.8.12
:: NEWSLINK: MAINSTREAM MEDIA JUST CAN’T GET PERESTROIKA 2.0 - ROPV 2.5.12
:: NEWSLINK: No, it’s not 1991 again - Mark Galeotti/MT 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: Medvedev admires foreign anti-corruption experience - ITAR-TASS 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: What it would take to win the war against corruption? - RBTH 2.7.12
:: NEWSLINK: Prokhorov and Mironov refuse to debate with Putin’s proxies - ITAR-TASS 2.7.12
:: NEWSLINK: WHO YA GONNA BELIEVE, THE AP OR YOUR LYIN' EYES? - ROPV 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia wants to increase life expectancy to 75-80 years by 2025 - ITAR-TASS 2.7.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russians wary of investing - RBTH 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin's Shareholder Revolt - Tom Thomson/MT 2.7.12
:: NEWSLINK: West 'hysterical' and wrong over Syria – Lavrov - RT 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: Sergei Kolesnikov Aims to Expose Corruption of Putin Era - NYT 2.4.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia: Sort of, but Not Really - NYT 2.5.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin to win in the 1st round of elections, his press secretary believes - ITAR-TASS 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: A Hot Winter's Day in Moscow - lucianinmoscow.blogspot.com 2.5.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia's Shifting Political Landscape, Part 4: Putin's Challenges -Stratfor 2.5.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia's Shifting Political Landscape, Part 3: Rising Anti-Kremlin Movements - Stratfor 2.3.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia's Shifting Political Landscape, Part 2: Breakdown of the Kremlin Clans - Stratfor 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia's Shifting Political Landscape, Part 1: An Overview of Political Changes - Stratfor 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin Aide Says Protests the Work of Foreign Forces - NYT 2.3.12
:: NEWSLINK: PROBLEMS OF PUTINISM - ROPV 2.5.12
:: NEWSLINK: Authorities respond to the opposition's protests with a rally - ITAR-TASS 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: Democracy and the quality of our state - RT 2.6.12
:: NEWSLINK: Kudrin continues to slam the authorities - ITAR-TASS 2.3.12
:: NEWSLINK: At Moscow Rally, Fighting the Cold and the Kremlin - NYT 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia 'Stuck In First Gear' - Forbes 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINK: Presidential Council proposes to pardon Khodorkovsky and Lebedev -ITAR-TASS 2.3.12
:: NEWSLINK: Anti-Putin protesters battle cold and divisions - Reuters 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINKS: Several meetings [protests] are due to take place in Moscow on February 4 - ITAR-TASS 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINK: For Putin, too little, too late - RBTH 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINK: Why Russia is so opposed to asking Assad to go - CSM 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia's Shifting Political Landscape, Part 1: An Overview of Political Changes - Stratfor 2.2.12
:: NEWSLINK: Banner facing Kremlin tells Russia's Putin to go - Reuters 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin vs. Putin - lucianinmoscow.blogspot.com 2.1.12
:: NEWSLINK: Hotline for teachers ‘forced to support Putin’ - RT 2.1.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia’s economy needs a change of strategy - RBTH 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia blames Mars probe failure on space radiation - Reuters 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia joins anti-corruption convention - RT 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: The Georgian Paradox - FP 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: Waiting for Navalny - Ivan Tchakarov/BNE 2.1.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russian foreign policy: challenges for Moscow - Valdai Club 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russia's Reasons for Saying 'No' on Syria - NYT 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: For Putin, tax reform could be harder than winning - Reuters 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: Russian Financial Press Mauls Putin’s Economic Plan - WSJ 1.30.12
:: NEWSLINK: Putin’s economic program ‘liberal mush’ – Zyuganov - RT 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: Can we overcome the perception gap? - RBTH 1.31.12
:: NEWSLINK: How Protests and Shopping Changed Russia - Esther Dyson/MT 1.30.12
:: NEWSLINK: Will Georgia’s leader ‘pull a Putin’ or trust his people? - WP 1.27.12
:: NEWSLINK: Saakashvili: 'Results from Talks with Obama Exceeded Our Expectations' - Civil Georgia 1.31.12
:: VIDEO NEWSLINK: McFaul Interview - youtube 1.30.12
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In this issue
POLITICS
1. ITAR-TASS: Benefits of the Arctic Ice Thaw Questionable.
2. AP: Putin hails Antarctic lake discovery.
3. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Ben Aris, Four questions about Russia's future. Will Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allow a second round in the March presidential election? Will he improve Russia's economic record? Who will be the next prime minister? Will the opposition find a good leader? These questions remain unanswered.
4. Patrick Armstrong: RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP.
5. RIA Novosti: Putin's Support Rises to 53.3% - Poll.
6. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Mass rally supporting Putin is due to take place in Moscow.
7. Interfax: Putin May Join Supporters At Mass Rally In Moscow On 23 February - Spokesman.
8. Valdai Discussion Club: Andranik Migranyan, Putin ready for dialogue.
9. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Sergei Neverov, WHY THERE WILL BE NO ARAB SPRING IN RUSSIA. NO ORANGE REVOLUTION IS POSSIBLE IN RUSSIA.
10. Bloomberg: Putin Said to Plan Dissolving Russian Ruling Party After Presidential Vote.
11. Reuters: Putin made Russian corruption 'civilised'-campaign chief.
12. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev tells cops to listen to the people.
13. Moscow News: A summer of discontent?
14. New York Times: Putin Support Tepid but Broad in Industrial Russia.
15. Kommersant: GETTING READY FOR ELECTION. Legislators are working on reintroduction of gubernatorial and senatorial elections.
16. BBC Monitoring: State TV promotes Putin as man to take Russia forward.
17. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV looks at Putin's role in bringing business out of shadow on 2000s.
18. BBC Monitoring: Communists say saturation TV coverage of Putin makes presidential poll 'illegal'
19. Gazeta.ru: Commentator: Putin's New Presidency Will Compare Unfavorably With Past Terms. (Gleb Cherkasov)
20. Moscow News editorial: Will Russia turn left?
21. Financial Times: Kremlin has plan B for poll run-off.
22. Slon.ru: CPRF's Zyuganov Interviewed on Election Prospects.
23. http://theivanovreport.com: Eugene Ivanov, The Dinosaur. (re Vladimir Zhirinovsky)
24. Interfax: Russians Do Not Believe in Political Motive of Denied Yavlinsky Registration - Poll.
25. BBC Monitoring: Russian talk show discusses 4 February rallies in Moscow.
26. BBC Monitoring: Russian talk show gives floor to opposition, looks at roots of recent protests.
27. www.foreignaffairs.com: Maria Lipman and Nikolay Petrov, What the Russian Protests Can -- And Can't -- Do. Why Putin's Grasp on Power Remains Firm.
28. The Economist: Russia's protests. Just making our feelings known. Large street protests are transforming Russia's political landscapeÂwith unpredictable consequences.
29. The Economist editorial: Change in Russia. A Moscow spring? Both Vladimir Putin and the West should heed the message behind the protests in Russia.
ECONOMY
30. Business New Europe: Putin calls for 1990s privatization payment.
31. Moscow Times: Putin Has Plethora of Business Ideas.
32. Moscow News: Investors split on Putin 2.0.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
33. Interfax: Medvedev Critical of Foreign Ministry's Analyses.
34. Kommersant: US Presidential Campaign, Putin's Influence, Examined. (Dmitriy Trenin)
35. www.opendemocracy.net: Fyodor Lukyanov, Putin, Russia and the West: rising above the stereotypes.
36. Moscow Times: Michael Bohm, Putin Chasing Imaginary American Ghosts.
38. Interfax: Russian Administration Independent From "Washington Obkom" - Rogozin.
38. Russia Profile: Mind over Matter. Russia Is Trying to Avoid the "Libya Scenario" in Syria.
39. Gazeta.ru: Russia's Lukyanov Comments on Syrian Events, Predicts 'Large-Scale' Civil War.

