RUSSIA & UKRAINE: Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: 2014-#54 :: Wednesday, 12 March 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#54 :: 12 March 2014
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RUSSIA

1. New York Times letter: Stephen Hanson and Henry Hale, Training Russia Specialists.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Six stories of Russians with Ukrainian roots. For many people in Russia, the current crisis in Ukraine is not just a political issue, but also a deeply personal one.
3. Moscow Times: RIA Novosti Begins Cutting 1/3 of Staff.
4. RAPSI: Opposition activist Udaltsov was paid to organize Moscow riots – witness.
5. RIA Novosti: Russia to Select New Human Rights Ombudsman.
6. Reuters: Putin says dissatisfied with Russia’s economic growth rate.
7. Moscow Times: James Beadle, Russian Stocks Are Hurting, But Hope Remains.
8. Moscow Times: Intellectual Property Rights Case Load Overwhelming Fledgling Court.
9. Los Angeles Times: Matthew Fleischer, How curbing climate change can prevent Russia from becoming a superpower.
10. Moscow Times: New TV Show Turns Ethnic Tension Into Comedy.

UKRAINE

11. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, March 12, 2014.
12. RIA Novosti: Moscow permits Ukraine to make a surveillance flight over Russia.
13. RIA Novosti: Putin’s Approval Rating Rises Amid Crimean Secession Debate.
14. Los Angeles Times: Carol Williams, In Ukraine, the jobless and aimless replace the revolutionaries.
15. ITAR-TASS: Yanukovych’s statement an attempt to bring situation in Ukraine to legitimacy – experts.
16. Washington Post: Transcript: Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovych on the situation in his country.
17. Newsweek.com: The American Who Dared Make Putin’s Case. (interview with Stephen Cohen)
18. The National Interest: David C. Hendrickson, The West’s Illusions About Ukraine.
19. Interfax: Opposition planned Moscow micro-Maidan in May 2012 – activist.
20. BBC: Ukraine crisis: Russians opposed to Putin.
21. Reuters: From loyal aides and “‘inner voice”, Putin hears no Crimea dissent.
22. www.russiatoday.con: People expressing their opinion horrify Ukraine’s coup-installed govt- Russia’s Upper House chair. (interview with Valentina Matvienko
.23. RIA Novosti: Major Ukrainian TV provider drops Russian channels.
24. The Voice of Russia: Tymoshenko’s millions hidden all over the world.
25. New York Times: Front and Center in Ukraine Race, a Leader of the Far Right. (Dmytro Yarosh)
26. RAPSI: Ultra-nationalist Ukrainian activist Yarosh to appeal Moscow arrest order.
27. The Voice of Russia: Dmitry Babich, Seeds of impunity: who shut the West’s eyes on Ukraine’s far right?
28. http://therealnews.com: Svoboda and the History of Ukrainian Nationalism (1/2). Historian Per Rudling discusses the influence of the Ukrainian right-wing nationalist party Svoboda and the historical roots of Ukrainian nationalism.
29. Los Angeles Times: Crimea lawmakers say secession possible only by referendum. The pro-Russia parliament backs away from a previous plan to join Russia immediately. The shift may be a bid by Moscow to blunt accusations over its actions in Ukraine.
30. Interfax: Crimean Tatars’ rights to be reinstated in case of Crimea’s annexation – Naryshkin.
31. Business New Europe: Graham Stack, Crimean standoff sees torn loyalties added to frayed nerves.
32. Interfax: Odesa to become main Ukrainian naval base – source.
33. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Leonid Radzikhovsky, Point of imbalance.
34. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Mikhail Zubov, What Russia will be like when Crimea joins it? (experts’ views)
35. The Globe and Mail (Canada): Christopher Westdal, Ukraine should let Crimea go. But Putin shouldn’t take it.
36. Wall Street Journal Europe: Thomas de Waal, Toward a Scottish Solution for Crimea. Separatism in Europe should not be impossible, it should just be very hard.
37. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Crimea Is Turning Russia Into a Rogue State.
38. New York Times: Ukraine’s Interim Leader Seeks Aid in Washington.
39. Washington Post: Ukraine’s leaders appeal for financial help as government begins to run out of money
40. Reuters: IMF funding issue delays U.S. Congress Ukraine bill.
41. New York Times: Obama Team Debates How to Punish Russia.
42. The Washington Post editorial: The U.S. must continue to take tough steps against Russia’s aggression.
43. New York Times editorial: Penalties for Mr. Putin.
44. Reuters: US Black Sea naval drills start near Crimea.
45. Interfax: U.S. not to cut cooperation with Russia on disarmament, non-proliferation – Russian official.
46. Wall Street Journal: Russia Unfazed by Possible Sanctions.
47. RAPSI: US sanctions may lead Russia to default on US debts – official.
48. The Voice of Russia: Economic sanctions against Russia are double-edged sword – Russian lawmakers.
49. New York Times: Oleksandr V. Turchynov, Kiev’s Message to Moscow. Ukraine’s President Rebuffs Russian ‘Imperialism’
50. The National Interest: Dimitri K. Simes and Paul J. Saunders, And the Winner in Ukraine Is China.
51. http://geostrategicforecasting.net: Gordon Hahn, The West’s Overplay and Putin’s Calculus and Mis-Calculus.
52. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin’s Failure in Crimea.
53. The Washington Times: Edward Lozansky, World War III over Ukraine, anyone? Dueling claims have merit, but neither is worth bloodshed.
54. The New Republic: Maria Snegovaya, Russia’s Crimean Invasion Is the Beginning of War in Ukraine.
55. www.opendemocracy.net: Agnia Grigas, Who’s next on Putin’s list? Crimea is under the control of Russia’s military forces and its Moscow-backed government is voting to secede from Ukraine. Where might President Vladimir Putin seek territorial expansion next?