Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#153 :: 21 August 2013

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#153 :: 21 August 2013
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POLITICS

1. AFP: Russia scrambles to contain record floods.
2. Interfax: Contemporary Russians cold, calculating – poll.
3. RIA Novosti: Russians Say People, Authorities Changed Since Soviet Times.
4. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Most Russians do not care about politics. Over half of Russia’s citizens ignore the country’s political processes.
5. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Experts release report on upcoming regional elections.
6. Moskovskiye Novosti: Analyst Lukyanov Mulls Political, Economic Priorities in Building Russia’s ‘Future Identity’
7. Carnegie Moscow Center: Maria Lipman, The Anniversary Lost in Transition. (August 1991)
8. The RUBCA Center for the Study of Nonviolent Political Struggle : Twitter’s Top Nine On Russian Politics.
9. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Plan a trip to Russia in no time.
10. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Aug. 21, 2013.
11. Moscow Times: Golos Reborn in Time for Election Day.
12. Interfax: Leading Russian pollster rejects opposition hopeful’s figures for mayoral vote.
13. ITAR-TASS: Mayoral candidate Alexey Navalny accused of libel.
14. Business New Europe: Daughters of fortune. (re Anna Sobyanina)
15. Washington Post editorial: A rogue candidate for mayor in Russia.
16. St. Petersburg Times: Migrants Facing Deportation Held Captive by State.
17. ITAR-TASS: Russia tries to reintroduce school uniform by Sept .1.
18. Moscow Times: State-Funded Study Abroad Program Delayed, Report Says.
19. Interfax: Pussy Riot’s Samutsevich intends to sue all three of her former lawyers
20. New York Times: Mark Lawrence Schrad, Boycotting Vodka Won’t Help Russia’s Gays.
21. AFP: Anti-gay row may tarnish Russia’s sporting glory.
22. Reuters: Olympics-Sochi Games work in full swing as torch ceremony looms.
23. Russia & India Report: Ajay Kamalakaran, Prospects dim for an Egypt-like scenario in Russia or India. The large and well- to-do middle class in both countries see too many benefits from status quo in their urban existence to even think about rocking the boat.

ECONOMY

24. Moscow News: Russian firms cautiously aiming at new investments.
25. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Is Russia Already in Recession?
26. Business New Europe: Russian businesses unlikely to feel full credit impact of WTO membership until 2016.
27. Moscow Times: Government Plans $7Bln Port on Black Sea Coast.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

28. Moscow Times: Anton Barbashin, Putin Pivots Away From U.S. and Toward the East .
29. Russia Direct: Richard Sakwa, Russia’s new normal: From troublemaker to problem solver. If Russia hopes to “normalize” relations with the West, it will have to play a more active role in resolving diplomatic impasses around the world.
30. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Ilya Baranikas, It Could Get Worse. Russia and the United States Understand Each Other Increasingly Less — and This Is Bad for Everyone.
31. The New Times: Vladimir Kara-Murza, Farewell to the “Reset”
32. RIA Novosti: US Left 5 Extradition Requests Unanswered – Russia.
33. PONARS Eurasia: Eduard Ponarin, Russia’s Elite. WHAT THEY THINK OF THE UNITED STATES AND WHY.
34. PONARS Eurasia: Vladimir Gelman, Mediocrity Syndrome in Russia. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES.
35. Gazeta.ru: Pundit Georgiy Mirskiy Voices Sympathy for Obama Predicament Over Egypt.
36. RIA Novosti: Natalia Antonova, Of Russian Tourists, Egyptian Violence, and Fate.
37. Reuters: Ukraine says Russia has scrapped extra checks on imports.
38. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Russia, Ukraine settle customs problems, but gas problems remain.
39. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia sends a bitter trade message to Ukraine – ­ with chocolate.
40. Moscow Times: Anders Aslund, How Putin Lost Ukraine.
41. ITAR-TASS: Saakashvili to make wine or engage in political science after end presidency.
42. Carnegie Europe: Philip Remler, Negotiation Gone Bad: Russia, Germany, and Crossed Communications. (re Transdniestria)

 

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