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US Trade - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06MOSCOW12702

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• "after thirteen years of tough negotiations !"

 

 

 

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• "the US - finally have in hand a bilateral agreement on Russia's accession to the WTO, World Trade Organization !"

 

 

 

 

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• "US firms - had been among the most energetic !"

 

 

 

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• "International Paper - Boeing - Ford - GM - ConocoPhillips - Coca Cola - and Guardian Glass !"

 

 

 

 

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• "had announced to put anywhere from US$ 150 million to US$ 1 billion - in Russia !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Alcoa - Citigroup - John Deere - Dow - ExxonMobil - Cargill !"

 

 

 

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• "Procter and Gamble - United Technologies - General Electric and Walmart !"

 

 

 

 

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• "had been increasing - their presence there !"

 

 

 

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• "spurred on - sales growth !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the Russian investment fund of US$ 20 billion financed infrastructure - six new special economic zones !"

 

 

 

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• "and a US$ 100 million World Bank credit line - financed seven technoparks !"

 

 

 

 

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• "offered opportunities - to US firms !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a bilateral US-Russia - WTO deal - should bolster USA commercial ties !"

 

 

 

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• "and sufficient momentum - where the US wants to weather coming elections !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Siloviki - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07MOSCOW5066

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• "Federal Narcotics Service chief Cherkesov's article - in the national daily Kommersant !"

 

 

 

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• "lifted the veil on long-simmering rivalries - in Putin's inner circle !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he complained about those "siloviki" - who had become businessmen !"

 

 

 

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• "instead of soldiers - for the state !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he lifted the lid - on the struggle - in the inner circle !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Medvedev - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09MOSCOW268

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• "any discussion of Dmitriy Medvedev - inevitably began with an assessment of Vladimir Putin !"

 

 

 

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• "Putin had established - rival blocs !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the selection of Medvedev - provided a boost to the "moderate" wing in Russia !"

 

 

 

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• "at the same time - the interests of the security services !"

 

 

 

 

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• "were part of the - inner circle !"

 

 

 

 

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• "because Medvedev lacked levers of control - over the "siloviki"  !"

 

 

 

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• "a close relationship with Putin - was for him important !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there was a struggle underway for influence - between Medvedev and his supporters !"

 

 

 

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• "against the hard-line - "silovik" camp !"

 

 

 

 

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• "this competition remained shrouded - by the opaque nature of the politics !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Sechin and Medvedev could be seen - as the representative of each side !"

 

 

 

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• "and Putin wanted to play - a balancing role !"

 

 

 

 

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comment US:

 

• "Medvedev should be seen - as the primary interlocutor for the USA !"

 

 

 

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• "Medvedev should be - the focus of US interaction !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07MOSCOW2469

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• "the Kremlin had made attempts - to fine tune the press !"

 

 

 

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• "there was a script - for the Duma - and presidential elections !"

 

 

 

 

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• "law enforcement had tried - a boycott on some politicians - or some NGOs !"

 

 

 

 

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• "meanwhile Internet newspapers offer - unvarnished versions of the news !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Media - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06MOSCOW10689

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• "Pavel Gusev - owner and editor-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper !"

 

 

 

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• "described the "media vertical" of ownership - and indirect persuasion !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was more subtle - but certain !"

 

 

 

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• "more guidance - and instructions !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they asked:  "why" would you want to draw attention - to this issue ?!"

 

 

 

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• "and talked to their financiers - and corporate owners !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blogging - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07MOSCOW4067

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• "blogs are the fastest-growing - and least constrained mass media !!!!"

 

 

 

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• "the popularity of blogs has increased exponentially in Russia - especially among people in their 20s and 30s !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "although most blogs do not deal with political matters - they represent an important social phenomenon !!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "and provide an - independent medium !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and a barometer - for free speech !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• leading blogger and journalist Dmitriy Galkovskiy: "people on the Internet have learned - to compare information !!!"

 

 

 

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• "and judge events - from different points of view !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "crude propaganda - has little effect !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Politkovskaya - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06MOSCOW11316

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• "internationally-known investigative journalist - Anna Politkovskaya !!!!!!"

 

 

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• "was ,,, late-afternoon - just after entering her apartment building - near Belorusskiy train station in Moscow !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Politkovskaya is known - for uncompromising work !!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "highlighting corruption - and human rights violations !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Litvinenko - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06MOSCOW12751

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• "the case of former FSB agent Aleksandr Litvinenko - in London !"

 

 

 

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• "has spawned a welter of conspiracy theories - there !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prisons - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08MOSCOW531

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• "the Russian prison system - needs to be reformed !!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "but vast distances - the climate - and an uncaring bureaucracy !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in combination with corruption - had created a system - that was not easy to change !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Russia imprisoned a greater portion of its population - than almost any other country in the world !"

 

 

 

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• "second only - to the USA !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Soldiers' Mothers - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08MOSCOW173

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• "the executive secretary of the Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committee - Valentina Melnikova !!!"

 

 

 

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• "despite her organization's efforts - the lives of soldiers in the Russian military !"

 

 

 

 

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• "has not changed - very much !"

 

 

 

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• "but what her organization has achieved - is to bring greater media attention to soldiers' issues !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kasparov - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06MOSCOW12916

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• "United Civic Front chairman Garry Kasparov - confirmed press accounts !!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "that police had searched - his organization's offices !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he thought that "intimidation" - was the purpose of the search !"

 

 

 

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• "which the police had described - as prompted by a desire to prevent "provcations"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "during a "march of those - who don't agree" - organized by "Other Russia"  !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Poverty - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08MOSCOW750

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• "Yevgeniy Gontmakher - director of the Center for Social Politics - and the Institute of Economy at the Academy of Sciences !!!"

 

 

 

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• "the growth of Russia's middle class - was at least stagnating !"

 

 

 

 

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• "inflation - which for most Russians was twice the government's official - 12 percent !"

 

 

 

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• "poor - social services !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and barriers to - small businesses !"

 

 

 

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• "were factors - slowing the growth !"

 

 

 

 

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• "inequality - must be reduced !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "10 percent of Russians - met middle class criteria !"

 

 

 

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• "another 20 percent of the population - met "most" of the criteria !"

 

 

 

 

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• "30 percent of Russians - were living in poverty !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solzhenitsyn - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08MOSCOW932

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• "the writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - who remains alert and very engaged !!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "wants less - poverty !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the gap between rich and poor - must be reduced !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "he enthusiastically tells of the need - to develop grassroots democracy !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "through instruments - of local self-government !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova demand Compensation - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

 

 

 

 

 

Russische Wirtschaft schrumpft um 3,7 Prozent - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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• "die russische Wirtschaft schrumpft amtlichen Angaben zufolge - im vergangenen Jahr um 3,7 Prozent !!!!!!"

 

 

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• "wie das nationale Statistikamt weiters mitteilt - sinken zudem die Einzelhandelsumsätze um zehn Prozent !!!"

 

 

 

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• "dem stark von Rohstoffen abhängigen Land - machen die westlichen Sanktionen schwer zu schaffen !!!!!!"

 

 

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• "auch die Landeswährung Rubel - verliert massiv an Wert !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putins Pressekonferenz - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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• "ein staatlicher TV-Sender wollte wissen - was Putin gegen die Stagnation unternehmen wolle ?!"

 

 

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• "die Zeitung Iswestija kritisierte sogar - den Stil von Putin !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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