*Putin preserves trust in a command-petro-economy
*Moscow prioritizes western public relations campaigns
*Split society and parliament complicate Moldova's post-Soviet transition
*...while Communist Party open to alliances after insufficient electoral victory
*Ankara renews peacekeeping mandate for operation in Lebanon
**New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- Russian MVD Colonel Slams Gazprom
