RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#213 :: Tuesday 3 November 2015

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#213
Tuesday 3 November 2015

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RUSSIA

1. Washington Post: Daniel Drezner, Russia isn’t looking good. But it sure is feeling good. The latest Legatum prosperity index suggests the degree to which prosperity is a state of mind.
2. Interfax: Kazakhstan down to 56th position, Russia climbs to 58th place in Prosperity Index.
3. Russia Insider: Shellback, Two Centuries of Russian Surprises – Why Are We Surprised? Underestimating Russia will surprise you.
4. www.rt.com: Top army general calls Russia ‘#1 threat’ to US.
5. In Moscow’s Shadows: Mark Galeotti, If US Intelligence on Russia is Broken (A Bit), What Can Be Done To Help Fix It?
6. TASS: Experts suspect metal fatigue, engine failure or blast on board in A321 Egypt plane crash.
7. Sputnik: Mystery of Russian Airbus A321 Crash: All Possible Causes of Tragedy.
8. www.rt.com: ‘US already casting judgment on crash of Russian flight 7K9268’
9. TASS: Kiev shares Russia’s grief over Sinai plane crash.
10. TASS: Kremlin attaches no importance to absence of condolences from Obama over plane crash.
11. Moscow Times: Russian Incidence of Tuberculosis Falls by 30% Over 10 Years.
12. Moscow Times: Russians Need 175,000 Rubles a Month to Feel Happy, Poll Shows.
13. Moscow Times: Chris Weafer, Will This Russian Winter Be a Cold One for Investors?
14. TASS: Russian Finance Ministry projects capital outflow at about $70 bln in 2015.
15. www.rt.com: Leftists propose free land distribution to boost Russia’s middle class.
16. Moscow Times: Foreign IT Companies Threaten to Quit Russia Over Restrictive Legislation.
17. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, For The First Time In A Long Time, Russian Wages Are Clearly Declining.
18. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, Russia Leaps Up World Bank ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Rankings – Refuting Claims of Corruption and Backwardness.
19. TASS: Forcing anti-corruption standards upon other states impermissible – Kremlin chief of staff.
20. RIA Novosti: Protests on the rise in Russia – study.
21. New York Times: Russia Tackles Racism, While Playing It Down, Ahead of World Cup.
22. The Russian Reader: The Two-State Solution (Racism and the Russian Intelligentsia)
23. Moscow Times: One in Three Russians Exempt From Military Service for Medical Reasons.
24. Russia Direct: How Russian media responded to the airliner crash in Egypt. Russian media roundup: After the tragic crash of a Russian civilian airliner in Egypt, Russia’s top journalists attempted to make sense of what really happened. In addition, these journalists analyzed the high-profile meeting of Nicolas Sarkozy with Vladimir Putin.
25. AP: Russia Says It Doesn’t Mind if Assad Stays or Steps Down.
26. Vineyard of the Saker: Week Four of the Russian Intervention in Syria: assessing the Vienna declaration.
27. www.rt.com: Syria hospitals Russia accused of bombing don’t exist – Defense Ministry.
28. The National Interest: Paul Pillar, Exploiting Russia’s Fear of ISIS.
29. http://readrussia.com: Mark Galeotti, ISIS, or Isn’t It a Threat to Russia?
30. Moscow Times: Elizabeth Buchanan, West Must Cooperate With Russia in the Arctic.
31. Civil Georgia (Tbilisi): Proceedings to Terminate Saakashvili’s Georgian Citizenship Launched.
32. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Reverse Midas: Everything Saakashvili touches turns to rot.
33. “Détente NOW!” (Germany)
34. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Perestroika, Putin-Style.
35. New York Times SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW: Gal Beckman, ‘The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin,’ by Steven Lee Myers.

UKRAINE

36. Interfax-Ukraine: Half of Ukrainians don’t support Kyiv Euromaidan, R&B poll
37. Interfax-Ukraine: Euromaidan divides Ukraine into two almost equal camps – survey.
38. Interfax-Ukraine: Yanukovych sees pro-European protests as Ukrainian’s desire to live better.
39. Interfax-Ukraine: More than half of polled Ukrainians ready for street protests if life gets worse – poll.
40. Kyiv Post: Ukraine’s general prosecutor’s office shot at in Kyiv. (VIDEO)
41. Bloomberg: Ukraine Probes Attack on Chief Prosecutor Amid Calls He Resign.
42. Kyiv Post: Geoffrey R. Pyatt: Corrupt prosecutors under Shokin ‘are making things worse by openly and aggressively undermining reform’
43. Kyiv Post: Vigilante group targets gays and others in violent promotion of its ‘family values’
44. TASS: Ukraine’s parliament to ban geographical names dating back to Czarist Russia.
45. TASS: Donetsk republic may postpone weaponry withdrawal due to repeated shellings.
46. TASS: Oligarchs’ war in Ukraine takes new turn.
47. TASS: Poroshenko’s party fails to keep majority in Kiev legislature.
48. Fort Russ: Hysteria continues: star Kiev propagandist denounced as Russian agent. (Dmitry Tymchuk)
49. http://newcoldwar.org: Five things Netflix’ documentary on Maidan doesn’t tell you about Ukraine.
50. Atlantic Council: Anders Aslund, Ukraine Must Not Pay Russia Back.

 

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