Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#205 :: Thursday, 14 November 2013

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#2025:: 14 November 2013
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POLITICS

1. The Guardian: Tears of a Russian president: Putin cries at soft-rock police tribute.
2. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russian Emigration To The United States Is A Lot Lower Than It Was In The 1990’s or 2000’s.
3. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Will Russians React to Kremlin’s Unprecedented Prediction of Stagnation Ahead?
4. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Nov. 14, 2013 .
5. Interfax: Putin has objectively high ratings – official. (Vyacheslav Volodin)
6. Interfax: Kremlin top official calls for fair, legitimate elections in Russia. (Volodin)
7. Interfax: Head of Presidential Administration outlines demands on domestic policy. (Sergey Ivanov)
8. Interfax: Kudrin’s proposals to reform law enforcement structures to meet serious resistance – political expert.
9. Interfax: Ruling United Russia party replaces its disgraced ideology chief.
10. Interfax: Russians believe influence of Orthodox faith on country’s development is considerable – poll.
11. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny tries to register his party.
12. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Navalnny Property Seizure Seen Signaling Regime Will Not Tolerate Criticism.
14. Interfax: Fewer Russians willing to join protests than eight years ago – poll.
15. International New York Times: A Fine Line for Activists in Russia .
16. Interfax: Leading Russian NGOs may switch to voluntary basis – veteran rights activist. (Lyudmila Alekseyeva)
17. Interfax: Lawyers say custody conditions of Arctic Sunrise activists acceptable.
18. Moscow News: Anna Arutunyan, Paying for terror in Russia.
19. Reuters: Russia fears return of fighters waging jihad in Syria.
20. Moscow Times: Academics Urge Putin to Stop Staff Cuts at Moscow State University.
21. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, Yesterday’s News.
22. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV’s Mamontov viciously anti-gay in “Special Correspondent” show.

ECONOMY

23. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian economic growth will be leaner than predicted.
24. Interfax: CBR has high inflationary expectations – Yudayeva.
25. Financial Times: Sberbank chief calls for reform as Russian GDP disappoints. (Herman Gref)
26. Moscow Times: Joe Parson, Gazprom Looking to Expand Further East.
27. Wall Street Journal: Gazprom Says Europe Exports to Hit 5-Year High. Demand Driven by Fall in LNG Supplies.
28. ITAR-TASS: Russian government tries to tackle mono-industrial towns problem.
29. Financial Times: Russia: the rich start to give, a little.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

30. Russia Direct: Russia’s foreign policy: Total success or utter failure? Just how much of a success was Syria for Russia? Has Russia’s opening to the Asia-Pacific region signed a new era in its foreign policy? Experts discuss Russia’s recent moves in the global arena.
31. The National Interest: Nikolas Gvosdev, Russia Flexes Its Nuclear Muscles.
.32. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Fedor Lukyanov, Reconciling Iran and America?
33. RIA Novosti: US Plan for Iran Nuclear Program Blocked After Hasty Changes – Russia.
34. ITAR-TASS: Work on eliminating chemical weapons in Syria continues.
35. Center for American Progress: Daniyal Ahmad, Russia in the Middle East: Pragmatism from a Position of Weakness.
36. Interfax: Lavrov: Russia, U.S. need more trade, mutual investment.
37. Bloomberg: Pentagon Says It Won’t Buy More Russian Copters After Protests.
38. Global Security Newswire: U.S. Pessimistic About Missile-Defense, Arms-Control Progress with Russia.
40. ITAR-TASS: Toss and turn between Russia and EU may come at price for Ukraine.
41. Business New Europe: KYIV BLOG: Ukraine’s game of high-stakes poker
42. Valdai Discussion Club/Vedomosti: Sergei Karaganov, Europe, Russia and the Battle for Ukraine. The Russian idea of a Union of Europe, from Brest in France to Vladivostok on Russia’s Pacific coast, is in the interests of all sides.
43. New York Times: Ukraine Delays Bill to Free Ex-Leader.
44. Civil Georgia: Russian Deputy FM Hails Georgian President-Elect’s Remarks.
45. Pravda.ru: Can Russia collapse and fall under Western control?