RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#230 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 5 November 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#230 :: Wednesday 5 November 2014
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Ukraine

1. Global Times: Dmitri Trenin, West and Russia now in permanent crisis.
2. Reuters: Ukraine peace plan in tatters, ‘frozen conflict’ takes shape.
3. www.antiwar.com: Ukraine President Orders Army East, Ready to Resume War.
4. Reuters: Ukraine PM says rebel-led regions will never receive funds from Kiev.
5. Euromaidan Press: Donbas Battalion delivers ultimatum to Poroshenko.
6. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: A New Russian Offensive in Ukraine Would Cost Moscow More Casualties than USSR Suffered in Afghanistan.
7. Euromaidan Press: Maidan activist: Poroshenko’s inertia is beyond reason.
8. Euromaidan Press: Expert: Putin doesn’t know whether he should attack or not.
9. Kyiv Post: Timothy Ash, Mood sours in Kyiv as Poroshenko calls emergency meeting.
10. Kyiv Post: Ukraine hopes to wall off Russia.
11. RIA Novosti: Putin: Civil War Rages in Ukraine Despite Reconciliation Deals.
12. Interfax-Ukraine: Media regulator calls on TV channels to cancel Russian anti-Ukrainian content.
13. Reuters: Ukraine-Russia gas row – the sequel – pencilled in already.
14. TASS: Europe ready to allocate money for Kiev’s gas debt repayment – EU ambassador.
15. Reuters: Dutch PM says thorough, independent probe needed for downed Flight MH17.
16. RIA Novosti: Western Special Services Taking Advantage of MH17 Tragedy: Ex-Intelligence Officer.
17. RFE/RL: ‘F’ Word Hangs Over Ukraine’s Rebel-Held Regions.
18. The Economist: Ukraine’s rebels and the Eurosceptics. Potemkin observers.
19. Russia Insider: What Can We Expect in Ukraine After the Elections? Philip Owen, Economic Analysis From a Businessman: Default Inevitable. Many Pitfalls Beyond That.
20. Russia Insider: What Can We Expect in Ukraine After the Elections? Andrei Liakhov, A View From the Ground in Kiev (Its A Huge Mess).
21. Russia Insider: What Can We Expect in Ukraine After the Elections? Alexander Mercouris, The Elections Are Actually Destabilizing.
22. TASS: NATO intention to move infrastructure to Russian borders leads to escalation – official.
23. Washington Post editorial: Mr. Putin resumes his chipping away at Ukraine.
24. Spiked: Tara McCormack, THE EU: AN ACCIDENTAL WARMONGER. European politicians have a lot to answer for in Ukraine.
25. Russia Insider: TV Journalist Crashes London Ukraine Conference. Makes Fool of US Ambassador Pyatt, Others.
26. Valdai Discussion Club: Oleg Barabanov and Richard Weitz, Nuclear Fears after Ukrainian Crisis

Russia

27. Reuters: Putin Trumpets Russian Moral Superiority on National Unity Day.
28. Kremlin.ru: Reception to mark National Unity Day.
29. Interfax: Russian church leader calls on people to join forces amid sanctions.
30. Moscow Times: Ruble Rout Intensifies as Russia’s Central Bank Limits Interventions.
31. www.rt.com: Russian experts say falling oil price is short-term.
32. Moscow Times: National Unity Day March Shows Decline of Anti-Kremlin Nationalism.
33. Moscow Times: Health Minister Reaches Out to Medical Workers After Massive Protest
34. Transitions Online: Sergey Chernov, The Cradle Will Fall. In Russia, parents of babies with developmental disabilities face pressure from both society and the medical establishment to abandon their children at birth.
35. Newsweek.com: Anna Nemtsova, Russian Women Bemoan a Lack of Men – and Their Money.
36. Moscow Times: Russia Ranked Least Prosperous Country in Europe. (Legatum Institute)
37. Russia Direct: Michael Slobodchikoff, Russia’s path to globalization now faces a critical choice. The current model for globalization, based on core principles favorable to the United States and its Western trading partners, could face a shake-up if Russia decides to side with China and pursue an alternative tack for globalization
38. Gazeta.ru: Sergey Podosenov, Putin’s Poll Numbers Back Up Again. The Russian President’s Level of Support Has Returned to Its Previous Indicators.
39. TASS: Putin tops Forbes ranking of world’s most powerful people.
40. Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal: Commentary urges Russian opposition to unite ahead of impending crisis.
41. www.foreignaffairs.com: Gilbert Rozman, Asia for the Asians. Why Chinese-Russian Friendship Is Here To Stay.
42. TASS: US Republicans’ victory in mid-terms to complicate relations with Russia – expert. (Sergey Rogov)
43. TASS: US Republicans’ win in mid-term elections unlikely to mend relations with Russia.
44. Russia Beyond the Headlines: In a ‘political divorce’ education exchanges are hurt. Can Moscow and Washington reset the educational and cultural collaboration to minimize negative implications of their confrontation?
45. www.opendemocracy.net: Anna Arutunyan, Putin’s new foreign policy rulebook.
46. Institute of Modern Russia: Olga Khvostunova, Vladimir Putin’s Valdai Show.
47. http://english.alarabiya.net: Maria Dubovikova, Russia plays nice, but won’t be first to hide its claws.
48. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Putin Forever.
49. The International New York Times: Contributing Op-Ed Writer Masha Gessen, Moscow’s War on Ethnic Minorities.
50. Georgia’s pro-West foreign minister quits, government in crisis
51. Carnegie Moscow Center: THOMAS DE WAAL, Georgia’s Coalition on the Rocks?