Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#31 :: Thursday, 13 February 2014

Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#31 :: 13 February 2013
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POLITICS

1. Reuters: Olympics-Ice hockey-U.S. v Russia far from David and Goliath tale.
2. New York Times: Also Cheering at the Olympics: Russian Critics.
3. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Navalny’s Reaction To Sochi Shows Why He Is Much More Popular Than Other Russian Liberals.
4. www.russiatoday.com: In US, headlines write themselves: Cold War imagery resurrected in Sochi bashing.
5. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Ethnic Clashes Replacing Political Protests as Dominant Form of Public Activism in Russia, Pain Says.
6. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, Feb. 13, 2014.
7. Moscow Times: Putin Takes Break From Olympics to Press Ministers Over Economy.
8. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with the Government.
9. ITAR-TASS: Lawmakers approve 2nd reading of bill on mixed-member system of parliamentary election.
10. Interfax: Senior One Russia MP dismisses Navalnyy party as serious political rival.
11. Moscow Times: Russia Maintains Status Quo in 2014 Press Freedom Rankings.
12. ITAR-TASS: Gays plan sport games in Moscow, no gay prosecution in Russia, say authorities.
13. www.russiatoday.com: The bigger the lie: Fund-raising video invents ‘$3000 fine for being gay in Russia’
14. RIA Novosti: Post-Olympic Spending in Sochi to Rise to $7Bln – Report.
15. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, With Olympian pride, Russia asks teachers to ease up on homework.
16. USAToday.com: Russians ‘reveal their soul’ with love of figure skating.
17. CNN.com: From Russia with love: Sochi volunteers give good vibes.
18. Newsweek.com: Owen Matthews, Russia Tests “Total Surveillance” at the Sochi Olympics
19. The Nation: Stephen Cohen, Distorting Russia. How the American media misrepresent Putin, Sochi and Ukraine.

ECONOMY

20. ITAR-TASS: Putin: Hydrocarbons can no longer drive economic growth in Russia.
21. www.thinkrussia.com: Russia scores high marks in economic rankings.
22. RIA Novosti: Russia Forecasts Increase in Oil, Gas Output in 2014.
23. Business New Europe: Alfa Bank, 2014 Russian Consumption Story Still a Safe Bet.
24. Moscow Times: Todd Wood, Don’t Worry About U.S. Fracturing.
25. Reuters: With Khodorkovsky out, Yukos investors fight on.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

26. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Kommersant: 9 things Lavrov wants the EU to know.Relations between Russia and the European Union should set clear long-term objectives, and the EU should stop using the friend-or-foe principle in dealing with Russia, says Russia’s Foreign Minister.
27. www.russiatoday.com: Russia offers alternative Syria resolution, slams West-Arab draft as helping ‘military aggression’
28. Valdai Discussion Club/Gazeta.ru: Fyodor Lukyanov, End of an Era. (re Michael McFaul)
29. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Former ambassador Collins speaks out on McFaul era.
30. Politico.com: Gregory Feifer, What Americans Don’t Get About Putin. The staging of the Sochi Games reflects something deeper about Russian behavior.
31. Moscow Times: Mark Kramer, U.S.-Russia Relations Can Change, Just Not Now.
32. Washington Post: Max Fisher, Yes, Americans hate on Russia too much. This ‘Daily Show’ segment proves it.
33. RIA Novosti: Russia Expects Ukraine to Integrate with Eurasian Union.
34. ITAR-TASS: Lavrov: attempts to decide Ukraine’s fate for Ukrainians have no future.
35. Interfax: European Commissioner Fule names EU priorities in resolving crisis in Ukraine.
36. Business New Europe: Tim Ash, Ukraine wrap February 13.
37. Izvestia: Sergei Biryukov, Ukraine: Is compromise scenario possible?
38. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs: Crisis in Ukraine: The Role and Responsibility of the West. (David Speedie interviews Anton Shekhovtsov)
39. The New Yorker: Andrey Slivka, The Standoff in Kiev.
40. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Ukraine’s Future Depends on Maidan’s Addressing Concerns of Country’s Southeast, Commentator Says. (Pavel Kazarin)
41. New Eastern Outlook: Martin Harris, Ukrainian Opposition Suffers Setback amid Diplomatic Flap and Rising Concerns.
42. Washington Post: Keith Darden and Lucan Way, Who are the protesters in Ukraine?
43. Bloomberg: Nazarbayev Weighs New Run to Extend Longest Ex-Soviet Tenure.