*Moscow awaits Barack Hussein Obama
*The return of Riyadus Salikhin
*Amnesty: No "Normalization" in the North Caucasus
*Azerbaijan shows that it can bargain hard for its gas
*Ankara pursues controversial legislation amid increased tension with the army
**New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- As Russian Gas Production Drops Poland Turns to Qatari LNG
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