Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#151 :: Thursday 6 August 2015

Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#151
6 August 2015

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RUSSIA

1. RFE/RL: McFaul: Russian Enmity Toward U.S. Fueled by Own Weakness.
2. Der Spiegel: Mikhail Gorbachev: US Military an ‘Insurmountable Obstacle to a Nuclear-Free World’
3. Moscow Times: Konstantin Sonin, Is There a Place for Idealists in Russia?
4. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Will Russia’s Brain Drain Dry Up?
5. Irrusssianality: Paul Robinson, THREE HEADLINES.
6. Al Jazeera America: Joseph Kucera, As ties with the West suffer, Russia embraces its own ‘East.’ Putin sees Muslim leaders as allies in forging a new multipolar world order no longer dominated by the U.S. and Europe.
7. Bloomberg: Putin Accused of ‘Terror’ Against Elite by Barred Opposition.
8. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Antony Beevor history books banned in Sverdlovsk Region. RBTH presents a selection of views from leading Russian media on international events, featuring reports on orders to remove history books from school libraries in the Urals, and the techniques being used to falsify signatures in regional elections, as well as analysis by Russian experts on Greece’s economic collapse and its significance for Russia.
9. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russians split over destruction of banned food imports.
10. Sputnik: Beyond Expectations: Russia’s Service Sector Showing Astonishing Growth.
11. TASS: Destruction of banned food imports is forced but effective measure – analysts.
12. Sputnik: Bread and Butter of Russian Food Embargo: What, When, Why and for How Long?
13. Russia Direct: European businesses adapt to sanctions on Russia. RD interview: Chairman of the Association of European Business in Russia Philippe Pegorier explains how European businesses view the current political crisis between Russia and Europe and offers his take on how these businesses are adjusting to Western sanctions.
14. New York Times: Canceling Deal for 2 Warships, France Agrees to Repay Russia.
15. TASS: Russia would like to see border of its Arctic shelf expanded.
16. Sciencealert.com: A Russian railway mogul plans to build a giant bridge from the US to Europe.
17. Deutsche Welle: US astronauts will continue travel with Russian spacecraft.
18. TASS: Moscow closely watching situation with issuing US visas to Russian senators – Kremlin.
19. Reuters: U.S., Russia agree on Syria chemicals weapons draft – U.S. official.
20. www.foreignaffairs.com: Gregory Feifer on Putin’s Russia.

UKRAINE

21. Ukraine Today: Large Russian military offensive in Ukraine possible within weeks: US analyst. (Phil Karber)
22. RFE/RL: Ukraine Famine Monument Erected In Washington.
23. Russia Insider: Ukraine’s Top Activist for The Disabled Pleads for End to Brutal War. (Oleksiy Zhuravko)
24. TASS: Kiev forces violate ceasefire regime 27 times over last 24 hours – DPR defense ministry.
25. Fort Russ: Ukrainian oligarchs had enough.
26. Moscow Times: Andrew Monaghan, Arming Ukraine Is Unnecessary and Dangerous.
27. Wall Street Journal: Negotiations Between Ukraine, Bondholders Take Step Backward. Ukraine’s latest proposal to restructure $19 billion of debt is unacceptable to bondholders.
28. Reuters: Slowdown in industrial contraction gives hope for Ukraine recovery: Reuters poll.
29. TASS: Experts: Ukraine has to seek compromise in gas dispute with Russia ahead of winter season.
30. www.opendemocracy.net: Valery Kalnysh, District 205: what the Chernihiv elections mean for Ukrainian politics. Ahead of municipal elections in October, Ukrainian politics gets dirty, hot and local in the northern town of Chernihiv.
31. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, IMF MANAGEMENT ENDORSES WAR CRIME AGAINST PRESS – LAGARDE SUPPORTS IMF UKRAINE REPRESENTATIVE IN PROPAGANDA TRIP TO VENICE, ALL EXPENSES PAID.
32. Sputnik: OSCE Confirms: No Russian Military Hardware Crossing Ukraine Border.
33. Kyiv Post: No end to Russia’s war – or propaganda – in sight.
34. Orientalreview.org: Willy Brandt followers call for a new European approach to the crisis in Ukraine.
35. Den (Kyiv): Ukrainian pundit explains Russia’s new strategy for Donbass.
36. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Channel NewsAsia, Kuala Lumpur, August 5, 2015. (excerpt re MH17)

 

Map of Commonwealth of Independent States, European Portion

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

 

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