Johnson's Russia List 16 May 1997 djohnson@cdi.org [Note from David Johnson: 1. Fred Weir in Moscow on homeless children. 2. George Shultz mentions Johnson's Russia List. 3. Marshall Goldman (Wellesley/Harvard): Boris Nemtsov: A Knight in Shining Armor or a Kamikaze Pilot? 4. New York Times letter: NATO Can't Be a Watchdog of Cultural Values. 5. RIA Novosti: FACT OF MOSCOW-NATO COORDINATION DOCUMENT DOES NOT REMOVE ALL PROBLEMS IN RUSSIA-NATO RELATIONS -- RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IGOR RODIONOV. 6. RIA Novosti: YELTSIN SAYS THAT HE LIKES TO WORK WITH INTELLIGENT PEOPLE AROUND. 7. RIA Novosti: GENNADY SELEZNEV BELIEVES THAT "THE DRAFT LAW ON SEQUESTRATION PREPARED BY THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE PASSED BY THE STATE DUMA." 8. Financial Times (UK): Nemtsov eyes reform of Gazprom. 9. Voice of America reports on new reforms in Russia. (Interviews with Anders Aslund and Richard Pipes). 10. RIA Novosti: SCIENTIFIC MODEL FOR RUNNING STATE AFFAIRS TO BE DEVELOPED BY PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION. 11. Pravda Rossii: Richard Ovinnikov, "`Friends' Suggest Hara- [864 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=2768952&hilit=CULTURAL+FUTURE> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&2736159 Score: 80 Subject: Re: Immigrants (was Smarten up Jenny Kwan!)