RUSSIA & UKRAINE: Johnson’s Russia List contents with links :: 2014-#53 :: Tuesday, 11 March 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#53 :: 11 March 2014
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RUSSIA

1. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, It’s Not Just Russia: Most Of Eastern Europe Is Suffering From Slower Economic Growth.
2. ITAR-TASS: Academician backs mega transport corridor to connect Europe, Asia.
3. Business New Europe: Chris Weafer, Politics trumps & thumps economics.
4. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Diana Bruk, Why do most Russian women hate feminism? Russian women don’t see the point of feminism – and maybe they have a point.
5. CBC News: Sochi Paralympics confronts Russia’s attitude towards disabled. Many people still isolated by lack of elevators, ramps.
6. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, March 11, 2014.

UKRAINE

7. www.russiatoday.com: ‘I’ll hang you by the balls and have you f***ed’ – Ukrainian presidential hopeful abducts pro-Russian MP.
8. Reuters: With eye on Crimea, U.S. starts military drills on Russia’s doorstep.
9. Interfax: Yanukovych blames Ukraine’s current authorities for Crimea’s separation.
10. Reuters: Yanukovich says is Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, army will ignore ‘criminal orders’
11. RIA Novosti: Ousted Ukrainian President Warns of Civil War.
12. www.democracynow.org: Roundtable: As Crimea Threatens Secession, Does East-West Split Hasten Ukraine’s Political Divide? (with Anton Shekhovtsov, Jonathan Steele, and Keith Gessen)
13. Reuters: Council of Europe to send observers to Crimea, look into Kiev unrest.
14. Digital Journal: Ken Hanly, Ukraine claims Russia behind sniper fire against Maidan protests.
15. www.russiatoday.com: Moscow denounces gun attack on pro-Russian activists in Eastern Ukraine.
16. Moscow Times: Lavrov Not Satisfied With U.S. Proposals on Ukraine.
17. Valdai Discussion Club: West Needs to Decide Which Is More Important: Punishing Russia or Preserving the Territorial Integrity of Ukraine. (interview with Nikolai Petro)
18. CNN FAREED ZAKARIA GPS: Interview with Chrystia Freeland , Stephen Cohen, and Stephen Kotkin.
19. New York Times letter: A Russia Scholar’s Views. (Stephen Cohen)
20. Reuters: Wartime ghosts haunt Ukraine as crisis deepens.
21. Washington Post: Eugene Robinson, Ukraine’s ultra-nationalists present a need for U.S. caution.
22. ITAR-TASS: Crimea’s accession in Russia may take around a month – lawmaker.
23. ITAR-TASS: Five Russian TV channels stop broadcast in Ukraine.
24. Russia Direct: Steven Pifer: Crimea crisis may bring U.S.-Russia relations to new low point. Russia Direct talks with Steven Pifer, Brookings Senior Fellow and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, to discuss the consequences of the Crimea conflict for U.S.-Russia relations.
25. www.foreignpolicy.com: Stephen Walt, Condemned to Repeat It. Why Washington’s foreign policymakers desperately need to study up on their history.
26. RIA Novosti: World Bank Pledges $3Bln Loan to Ukraine for Reforms.
27. Reuters: Time running out for EU bid to engage Russia, Germany warns.
28. Washington Post: Kerry’s list of questions for Putin on Crimea brings next to no response.
29. www.globalpost.com: Nicholas Clayton, Crimea’s referendum plans are dividing the population. Although most Russians back the Kremlin’s invasion, some are skeptical that joining Moscow will solve their problems.
30. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia hints it will accept annexation as Crimean referendum nears.
31. Valdai Discussion Club: Timofei Bordachev, A Total But Peaceful Battle Over Ukraine, For a New World Order.
32. Moscow Times: Yevgeny Kiselyov, Putin’s Shrewd Endorsement of Tymoshenko.
33. Moscow Times: Richard Lourie, The Reddest Line.
34. Interfax: Crimean parliament offers broader rights to Crimean Tatars.
35. Business New Europe: Graham Stack, Crimea Tatar head threatens partisan movement if Russia annexes.
36. USA Today: Ukraine may have to go nuclear, says Kiev lawmaker.
37. New York Times: Titans in Russia Fear New Front in Ukraine Crisis.
38. The Guardian: Marina Lewycka, Ukraine and the west: hot air and hypocrisy. The situation in Ukraine is volatile and murky, says author Marina Lewycka. But, by oversimplifying the country’s historic tug-of-war with Russia, the west plays directly into the hands of Vladimir Putin
39. The International New York Times: Boris Kolonitskii, Why Russians Back Putin on Ukraine.
40. Stratfor.com: Eugene Chausovsky, Ukraine’s Increasing Polarization and the Western Challenge.
41. The New Pittsburgh Courier: Jesse Jackson, It’s time to reduce tensions and create possibility.
42. Washington Post editorial: Europe needs an alternative to Russian natural gas.
43. Carnegie Moscow Center: Lilia Shevtsova, Ukraine as a Challenge of Perception. (DJ: Critique of Henry Kissinger and Jack Matlock)
44. Los Angeles Times: Masha Gessen, Is Vladimir Putin insane? Hardly. Russian President Vladimir Putin is neither Hitler nor crazy. He is merely acting the way he always has, like a playground bully.
45. Washington Post: Molly K. McKew and Gregory A. Maniatis, Playing by Putin’s tactics. (former Saakashvili aides)
46. The New Republic: Peter Eltsov and Klaus Larres. Putin’s Targets. Will eastern Ukraine and northern Kazakhstan be next?
47. www.aljazeera.com: Marwan Bishara, Reckless in Kiev: Neocons, Putin and Ukraine.
48. www.democracynow.org: Ukraine’s Longtime Divisions & NATO’s Eastern Expansion to Russian Border Lay Ground for Crimea Vote. (interview with Nicholas Clayton)
49. www.truthandbeauty.ru: Eric Kraus, Ukraine: Truth – the First Casualty.