In the thirty-fourth edition of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the articles from three Russian newspapers: Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Izvestia, and Nezavisimaya Gazeta. He discusses the recent interview given by Nikolai Patrushev, the head of the Russian Security Council and the likely new prime minister of Russia, the relations between Russia and Israel, and Russia and the Council of Europe, and the Russian perspective on the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula.