Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#123 :: Tuesday 23 June 2015
Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#123
Tuesday 23 June 2015
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RUSSIA
1. The Independent (UK): Russia ‘aggression’: US nuclear missile commander says Vladimir Putin’s actions echo those of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. ‘I don’t think we’ve ever seen so much power given to one person in Russia’ says head of US Global Air Strike Command.
2. Reuters: U.S. to pre-position tanks, artillery in Baltics, eastern Europe.
3. RFE/RL: Russia Is Biggest Force Against Democracy In Eurasia, Report Finds.
4. Kremlin.ru: Plenary session of the 19th St Petersburg International Economic Forum. (and Charlie Rose interview) [transcript continued]
5. Fort Russ/Vesti: Vladimir Putin schools Charlie Rose.
6. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with heads of Russian industrial companies.
7. Russia Direct: Pavel Koshkin, SPIEF afterword: End of Russian isolation or Kremlin buzz? In the aftermath of the 2015 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which brought nearly 10,000 foreigners to St. Petersburg last week, RD analyzes possible implications of the event for Russia’s economy.
8. Business New Europe: Business confidence in Russia falls but firms see economy improving.
9. Wall Street Journal: Russia Weathers Financial Risks but More Remain, Bank of Russia Says. Unpredictability of oil prices and ruble’s rate poses threats, as does a U.S. rate increase, bank’s report says.
10. Russia Direct: Anastasia Borik, Russia still faces long uphill battle to win over foreign investors. At the same time as Russia was attempting to win over foreign investors at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Europe was taking steps to limit Russia’s financial options abroad.
11. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Foreign companies may have to quit Russia if sanctions are tightened.
12. TASS: Putin says NGOs should be supported by granting benefits to them.
13. Moscow Times: Moscow Edges Closer to First Referendum Since Soviet Collapse.
14. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, Russia’s Dynamic Duo – Rogozin & Shoigu – Part I Dmitry Rogozin. The revival of Russia’s military power owes much to Dmitry Rogozin’s flamboyant leadership of the country’s defense industries – he’s a politician rather than a technocrat.
15. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, Russia’s Dynamic Duo – Rogozin & Shoigu – Part II – Sergey Shoigu. A brilliant manager, Sergey Shoigu is rapidly re-establishing Russia’s military as the strongest force in Europe and western Eurasia.
16. Vedomosti: Russia-West confrontation worsens due to intransigence – newspaper. (Konstantin Simonov)
17. TASS: What’s between the lines of NATO defence ministers’ belligerent rhetoric?
18. www.rt.com: NATO vs Russia: ‘US tries to create enemy out of nothing.’ (interview with Jonathan Steele)
19. New York Times: NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia.
20. Foreign Affairs: Gregory Feifer, Putin’s Throwback State. Undoing Moscow’s Shift West.
21. Kirk Bennett: RUSSIA AND AMERICA: A FALSE START TOWARD A NEW DÉTENTE. (response to Leslie Gelb)
22. Sputnik: Pepe Escobar, Putin and the Saudi Caravan.
UKRAINE
23. http://strataforum.org (Kyiv): Pavlo Zhebrivskyi: Ukraine might resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine by force.
24. http://milakovsky.livejournal.com: Brian Milakovsky, Who on earth are “Enclavians”? A response to Alexander Motyl on the blockade.
25. http://milakovsky.livejournal.com: Brian Milakovsky, “Uncitizens”: Gleb Prostakov on the moral implications of the Donbas blockade.
26. http://milakovsky.livejournal.com: Brian Milakovsky, The blockade of separatist-held Donbas.
27. http://milakovsky.livejournal.com: Brian Milakovsky, A surreal memory of bombs and bees.
28. http://milakovsky.livejournal.com: Brian Milakovsky, How to lose hearts and minds in the Donbas.
29. TASS: Anti-Ukrainian moods growing in Ukraine’s southern Odessa – Self Reliance party leader.
30. Kyiv Post: Resident of Russian-held Horlivka: ‘We have nothing’
31. TASS: EU recommends Kiev to grant special status to Donbas – media.
32. Interfax: Difficulties between Russia, Ukraine “temporary” – PM Medvedev.
33. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, NYT’s Orwellian View of Ukraine.
34. Russia Insider: Lisa Marie White, Whistling Dixie in Western Ukraine. When we sponsor racially motivated terrorism abroad, why do we wonder when it occurs at home?
35. BBC: Ukraine crisis: Yanukovych regrets bloodshed in Kiev.
36. Sputnik: Lost in Translation, or What the BBC Cut From Their Yanukovych Interview.
37. Kyiv Post: English-language subtitles to entire BBC interview with Yanukovych.
38. Sputnik: Confusing U(kraine)-Turn: Yanukovych Ousting Was Illegitimate – Poroshenko.
39. www.rt.com: Member of Kiev’s top brass ‘defects’ to anti-govt forces, predicts more like him.
40. Kyiv Post: Former Ukrainian general defects to Russian-separatists in Donetsk.
41. Levada.ru: Russians’ criticism of Ukraine differentiates between state, residents – poll.
42. AFP: Ukraine’s restless lenders question sweetened debt deal.
43. The National Interest: Paul Saunders, Why America Can’t Stop Russia’s Hybrid Warfare. In important respects, America’s inability to counter Russia’s hybrid tactics may have less to do with Moscow’s approach than our own.
