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October 5, 2009—Volume 6, Issue 182

IN THIS ISSUE

*Medvedev laments the lack of innovation in the Russian economy

*Circassian jamaat swears loyalty to Chechen resistance leader

*Kyrgyz officials advocate reintroducing the death penalty

*Turkey reformulates its policy toward Abkhazia and Georgia

**New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- Putin’s LNG Dreams