(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Howard Amos – March 3, 2015) Businessmen and investors said Monday that the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov by […]
Assassinations
A Charlie Hebdo moment in Moscow?
Subject: A Charlie Hebdo moment in Moscow? Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 10:20:57 +0000 From: Antony Penaud <antonypenaud@yahoo.fr> Antony Penaud received his DPhil from the […]
Moscow Times: “Analysts: Nemtsov Murder Won’t Consolidate Russian Opposition”
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber – March 3, 2015) Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov’s murder is unlikely to unite Russia’s scattered opposition factions, whose […]
RIA Novosti: “Russian secret service cameras did not capture Nemtsov murder – spokesman”
(RIA Novosti – March 2, 2015) The Russian law-enforcement agency that provides personal protection to President Vladimir Putin and other top officials says its video […]
OBITUARY: Nemtsov’s death and the opposition’s failure to change the regime
(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Ben Aris in Moscow – March 2, 2015) This is so depressing. First a proxy war that has expanded into […]
NEWSWATCH: A March of Mourning for Boris Nemtsov
[“A March of Mourning for Boris Nemtsov” – Masha Lipman – The New Yorker – March 1, 2015] Masha Lipman covers the march of mourning following […]
NEWSWATCH: Putin’s Culture of Fear and Death: Boris Nemtsov threw his big body, big voice and big heart into uphill battle to keep democracy alive in Russia
[“Putin’s Culture of Fear and Death: Boris Nemtsov threw his big body, big voice and big heart into the uphill battle to keep democracy alive […]
Eric Kraus: Reflections on the murder of Boris Nemtsov
Subject: Reflections on the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 From: Eric Kraus <krausmoscow@yahoo.com> Reflections on the murder of Boris Nemtsov. By […]
NEWSWATCH: Boris Nemtsov murder: Putin now governs mostly through terror & propaganda: Any plot would have been known by Kremlin
[“Boris Nemtsov murder: Putin now governs mostly through terror and propaganda; Any plot against Boris Nemtsov would have been known by the Kremlin. Putin either […]
NEWSWATCH: Boris Nemtsov: Liberal martyr: Russia’s rising political hatred claims a victim: a scrupulously honest reformist leader
[“Boris Nemtsov: Liberal martyr: Russia’s rising political hatred claims a victim: a scrupulously honest reformist leader” – The Economist – February 28, 2015] The Economist […]
NEWSWATCH: The Nemtsov Murder and the FSB
[“The Nemtsov Murder and the FSB” – Tom Rogan – The National Review – March 2, 2015] Tom Rogan, writing in The National Review, covers the […]
NEWSWATCH: Russia’s Army of Avengers: Masha Gessen on the Murder of Boris Nemtsov
[“Russia’s Army of Avengers: Masha Gessen on the Murder of Boris Nemtsov” – Masha Gessen – New York Times – March 2, 2015] Masha Gessen […]
NEWSWATCH: My friend charted the looting of a nation; his death is a warning to all Russians
[“My friend charted the looting of a nation; his death is a warning to all Russians” – The Sunday Times (UK) – Edward Lucas – […]
Putin’s Russia between the Reichstag Fire and the Kirov Murder
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, March 1, 2015) No one can disagree with Yuliya Latynina that with the murder of Boris Nemtsov, Russia […]
Nemtsov: Kremlin-Watchers Find Eerie Parallel In An 80-Year-Old Murder
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Daisy Sindelar – March 1, 2015) On December 1, 1934, a killing took place that would set the stage for one […]
Is Nemtsov’s Murder a Replay of Kirov’s?
(Jack Matlock – jackmatlock.com – March 1, 2015) Jack Matlock is a career diplomat who served on the front lines of American diplomacy during the Cold War […]
First Putin Marginalizes His Critics, Then He Kills Them, and Then He Shifts the Blame
(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, March 1, 2015) The horror and revulsion all people of good will feel about the murder of […]
Nemtsov Murder Corners Kremlin
(Moscow Times editorial – themoscowtimes.com – March 2, 2015) There is no shortage of theories as to who was behind the murder of Boris Nemtsov. […]
Boris Nemtsov: ‘We Must Free Russia From Putin’
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Mikhail Sokolov and Luke Johnson – February 28, 2015) Slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was looking ahead to a planned March […]
Nemtsov’s Murder Defines Putin’s Russia
(Bloomberg editorial – bloomberg.com – March 1, 2015) The thousands who marched in Moscow on Sunday in honor of the murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov did […]
Russia & Ukraine
TRANSCRIPT: Victoria Nuland Testimony on Ukraine Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee
US Department of State Testimony on Ukraine Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Testimony Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Statement […]
RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#44 table of contents with links :: Thursday 5 March 2015
[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#44 :: Thursday 5 March 2015 A […]
RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#43 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 4 March 2015
[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#43 :: Wednesday 4 March 2015 A […]
Interfax: Kostin calls Ukraine a bankrupt nation
MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax) – Ukraine is already in a default, and the country’s financial sector cannot exist without foreign financing, VTB (MOEX: VTBR) CEO […]
WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE: Notice – Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Ukraine
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 03, 2015 Notice — Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Ukraine […]
Interfax: Russians think Donbass may follow in Transdniestria, Abkhazia footsteps – poll
(Interfax – March 4, 2015) The conflict in southeastern Ukraine may lead to the existence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics as independent […]
U.S.-Russian Relations, U.S.-Ukrainian Relations
TRANSCRIPT: Victoria Nuland Testimony on Ukraine Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee
US Department of State Testimony on Ukraine Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Testimony Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Statement […]
Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
Russians Less Likely to Protest as Their Situation Deteriorates, Urnov Says
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, March 4, 2015) It is an axiom in most countries that people will protest when their living […]
Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Russians Less Likely to Protest as Their Situation Deteriorates, Urnov Says
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, March 4, 2015) It is an axiom in most countries that people will protest when their living […]
Oil, Gas, Energy
Russia’s dependence on oil prices may threaten national security – official
(Interfax – February 25, 2015) Moscow, 25 February: Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev thinks that the aim of the Western sanctions is to put pressure […]
Media, Internet, Social Media, Television
‘Propaganda Bullhorn’ Or ‘Alternative Perspective’? U.S. Students Put Kremlin-Funded RT Under Microscope
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Carl Schreck – February 25, 2015) Few global media outlets elicit such polarized opinions of its coverage as Russia’s state-funded television network […]
