Johnson's Russia List 23 March 1997 djohnson@cdi.org [Note from David Johnson: 1. New books on Russia. 2. An Exchange on NATO and Central Asia between Ira Straus and Robert Cutler. 3. Electronic Telegraph: Communists battle to keep Lenin in Red Square tomb. 4. From MSNBC: Bob Reynolds, In Russia, it's the crime wave, stupid! 5. The Irish Times: Yeltsin's new Ilyushin of grandeur. 6. John Helmer: Russia: Mining Giant Coughs And Metal Markets Catch Fever. 7. Reuters: Gorbachev Warns U.S. on NATO, Blasts Russia's Poverty. 8. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Economic Credos' of Kokh, Bulgak, Urinson Viewed.] ********* New Books on Russia