TODAY: Putin’s policies questioned; complicated ownership structures keep developments anonymous; former Mayor to be extradited to Moscow; Lavrov on EU security; missile debate exposes Poland’s security concerns.

Alexander Lebedev, who has just purchased London’s Evening Standard newspaper, said that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s strategy for economic recovery is based on cronyism and is fueling corruption.  ‘We have two Putins.  There are lots of words, but the system doesn’t work,’ he said.  Former US President Bill Clinton, speaking at the World Economic Forum, jokingly referred to Putin’s opening speech, which warned against state economic intervention.  ‘This is the first I’ve heard of Prime Minister Putin coming out for free enterprise.  I hope it works for him.’  Three activists from the banned National Bolshevik party apparently stormed one of Putin’s offices to accuse him of ignoring the plight of ordinary people in the economic slowdown by bailing out ‘banks and oligarchs’.  The protesters ‘demanded a meeting with Putin,’ said one.  ‘I have no doubt that our demands will be put on Putin’s desk.’