Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: 2014-#36 :: Thursday, 20 February 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#36 :: 20 February 2014
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POLITICS

1. RIA Novosti: Russians Consider Their Country Free, Developed, Rich – Poll.
2. Sharon Tennison: RUSSIA REPORT FEBRUARY 2014.
3. Moscow Times: Kiev History Museum Looted During Night of Chaos.
4. Financial Times: Kiev crisis reminds Russians of what could have been. Kiev crisis seen as a coup attempt of radicals egged on by the west.
5. Asia Times: The Saker, Dealing with an urban armed insurrection: back to basics.
6. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, Feb. 20, 2014.
7. Kremlin.ru: State Council Presidium meeting on family, motherhood and childhood policy.
8. www.russiatoday.com: Pro-gun lobby wants to turn Russian homes into fortresses.
9. Moscow Times: Josh Cohen, Sochi Guests Shouldn’t Poop on the Russia Rug.
10. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Come in, sit down, have a drink! The friendly atmosphere and general lack of restrictions on what spectators can take into the venues at Sochi make a refreshing contrast to the usual experience at sporting events in Russia.
11. Reuters: Who will pay the price when Sochi Games end?

ECONOMY

12. RIA Novosti: Russian Economic Troubles Deepen Amid Investment Slump.
13. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with economists of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
14. www.russiatoday.com: Sliding ruble to drag Russian economy into recession.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

15. RIA Novosti: Ukrainian Police Authorized to Use Live Ammo as Battle Rages.
16. Reuters: Ukraine truce shattered, death toll tops 50.
17. Reuters: Worried by Ukraine violence, Russia ponders next steps.
18. Moscow Times: Russia Slams West’s ‘Conniving Politics’ in Ukraine.
19. Interfax: Western media coverage of Ukraine “perverted” – Lavrov.
20. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s position on political crisis in Ukraine.
21. www.russiatoday.com: Medvedev pledges further support to Ukraine once authorities prove their legitimacy.
22. The Voice of Russia: Russia’s Putin sending envoy to Kiev as mediator at request of Yanukovych. (Vladimir Lukin)
23. ITAR-TASS: Putin urges West to condemn extremists in Kiev, stop blaming authorities.
24. Interfax: Russia sees Ukraine violence as coup d’etat attempt – Putin’s spokesman.
25. Interfax: Putin talked to Ukrainian president but not interfering in crisis – spokesman.
26. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Fyodor Lukyanov, In Ukraine, no choice and no future. The current violence in Kiev is more reminiscent of Moscow in October 1993 than the Orange Revolution.
27. Russia Direct: Dmitry Polikanov, Crisis In Ukraine: A Turn For The Worst. Ukraine’s descent into violence ups the ante for both the government and the protestors, reinforcing the “all-or-nothing” paradigm of the conflict and dimming the possibility of a negotiated resolution.
28. www.russiatoday.com: Ukraine truce fails, rioters renew offensive in Kiev, death toll rises to 35.
29. www.russiatoday.com: RT crews under fire, armed rioters take over hotel, fire from windows in Kiev.
30. www.russiatoday.com: Ukrainian journalist dies of gunshot wounds in Kiev attack.
31. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Is Putin pushing for a crackdown in Ukraine? The Kremlin has said that it will not intervene in Ukraine, but the escalating violence in Kiev may force their hand.
32. Business New Europe: Russians say protests harm Ukraine – poll.
33. www.russiatoday.com: ‘Opposition leaders should admit they don’t control Maidan crowd’
34. Stratfor.com: Protesters in Lviv Raise the Stakes in Ukraine’s Crisis.
35. The Voice of Russia: Ukrainian nationalists are ideological successors of Nazi cooperators – expert.
36. The National Interest: Wojciech Konończuk, Ukraine: What Russia Wants.
37. http://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com: Mark Galeotti, Yanukovych’s gamble and Kiev’s burning.
38. The International New York Times: Romano Prodi, How Ukraine Can Be Saved.
39. Financial Times editorial: The west must act firmly on Ukraine. A tough sanctions package is now needed from the EU.
40. Wall Street Journal: Edward Lucas, Russia’s New Cold War. The Kremlin threatens the West again, but most of all it hurts the Russian people.
41. Russia Beyond the Headlines: A reset for U.S.-Russian trade? Russia’s Economic Development Minister heads to Washington next week for a series of talks in increasing bilateral trade relations.
42. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexey Malashenko, Deadlock in Geneva Puts More Responsibility on the West and Russia.
43. Russia Direct: James Carden, Are Sochi’s critics prepping Obama for an intervention in Syria? What’s behind efforts to poison American public opinion towards Russia?
44. Joseph Ferguson: RE: Johnson’s Russia List 2014-#34/Japan-Russia Ties.

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