Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#186 :: Thursday, 17 October 2013
Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#186 :: 17 October 2013
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POLITICS
1. Centre for European Reform: Charles Grant, Is Putin going soft?
2. ITAR-TASS: Russians once again name Sergei Shoigu best minister.
3. ITAR-TASS: Internet users in Russia to make 83% of population in 2018.
4. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russia Again Caught Between Disintegration and Dictatorship, Editor Says. (Andrey Karpov)
5. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 17, 2013.
6. Moscow Times: Biryulyovo Killing Suspect Confesses, Investigators Say.
7. New York Times: Immigrant Held in Killing of Russian Claims Self-Defense, Officials Say.
8. ITAR-TASS: Illegal migrants problem highlights discontent with law enforcers.
9. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Regions join anti-immigrants riots in Biryulyovo aftermath. The conflict that started in the capital has spread to other major cities.
10. www.russiatoday.com: Moscow authorities ban nationalist rally citing security concerns.
11. Interfax: Russians don’t mind ‘against all’ option on ballots.
12. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Oppositionist Navalny gets suspended sentence.
13. Interfax: Russian politicians welcome Navalnyy news but Zhirinovskiy wants him banged up.
14. Blouin News: Matt Taylor, Why is Russia’s legal system taking it easy on Alexei Navalny?
15. In Moscow’s Shadows: Mark Galeotti, Updated after Biryulevo: Is Navalny a Revolutionary? If So, Which One?
16. Interfax: Amnesty proposed by Russian rights body could see high-profile prisoners freed.
17. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, Russia’s Weak Identity Is the Key to Moscow’s Nationalist Riots.
18. Carnegie Moscow Center: Lilia Shevtsova, How Putin Is Solving the Russian National Identity Problem.
19. Moscow News: Anna Arutunyan, Prisoners of the psyche: Forced psychiatry in today’s Russia.
20. Moscow News: Mark Galeotti, Russia’s FSO: watching the watchers.
21. Moscow Times: Mark Nuckols, World-Class Universities Leave Russia Behind.
ECONOMY
22. Interfax: Russian economy still stagnating, Q3 growth almost zero – Klepach.
23. Business New Europe: Tim Ash, Russian 3Q Economic Growth Is Almost Zero, Klepach Says. Russia’s macro story is depressing at present more or less on all fronts.
24. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Russia’s brave bet on organic growth.
25. Moscow Times: Small Retailers Squeezed Out Of Moscow in Migrant Crackdown.
26. Financial Times: Kremlin seeks to monetise the field of science.
27. Reuters: Icebergs, insurance hamper top of the world shipping route.
28. The National Interest: Holly Decker, Russia’s Faltering Energy Empire.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
29. Interfax: Lavrov notes scale-back in Russia-NATO relations.
30. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Speech delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov at the Royal Institute for International Relations: Europe’s role in a time of changes
31. RIA Novosti: US ‘Itching’ to Join Russia in Anti-Asteroid Nuclear Defense - Report.
32. RIA Novosti: Geneva-2 Talks to Start November 23 - Syrian Official.
33. Interfax; Newspaper blames U.S. failure to sway Syria opposition for Geneva II delay.
34. Russia Direct: Maxim Suchkov, Syria: Pandora’s Box for the Russian Caucasus? The Syrian crisis may have a dangerous destabilizing impact on the North Caucasus unless Moscow and Washington agree to cooperate against extremist forces in the region.
35. Reuters: Russia says Iran nuclear talks were “quite promising”
36. RIA Novosti: Russia to Push for Visa-Free Regime Deal With EU in 2014 - Official.
37. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Beaten diplomats and ‘bad’ tulips: Russian-Dutch ties get worse.
38. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexei Fenenko, Difficulties of Political Diversification in the Asia-Pacific Region.
39. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, New Trade Wars Are a Bad Idea.
40. Reuters: Big debts and dwindling cash: Ukraine tests creditors’ nerves.
41. Route Magazine: Who will pay Kyiv’s bills?
42. RIA Novosti: Over Half of Ukrainians Oppose Russian as State Language – Poll.
43. Reuters: John Lloyd, In Ukraine, a choice of civilizations.
44. Carnegie Moscow Center: Thomas de Waal, Reading the Runes in Baku.
45. Ray Finch: Reform of the Kremlin Narrative. (re anti-Americanism)