RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-57 :: Wednesday, 23 March 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#57
Wednesday, 23 March 2016

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1. Russia Direct: Maxim Suchkov, Brussels attacks: ‘Hibernating terrorism’ not just European problem. The latest terrorist bombings to hit a major European city have once again exposed the continent’s deep-seated vulnerability to attack from within – and should act as a call for unified global efforts to confront the cancer of terrorism.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Komersant: Maxim Yusin Brussels bombings: What do the terrorists want? The timing of the bombings that rocked the Belgian capital in the morning of March 22 was no coincidence – the terrorists are sending a clear message to the world following the arrest of the last of the organizers of the Paris attacks of November 2015.
3. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Russian Human Rights Commissioner Ella Pamfilova.
4. Russia Beyond the Headlines: How a young entrepreneur saved a deserted village. Life Work project highlights activities of Russian social entrepreneurs.
5. Russia Insider: Mark Nicholas, Putin’s Ratings ‘Drop’ to Dizzying Heights Western Leaders Can Only Dream Of. Irony. Post-Crimea Putin can drop 10 points and still be far more popular than any three western politicians put together.
6. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Can a Russian indigenous group be a ‘foreign agent’? The Kremlin thinks so. The targeting of an organization dedicated to protecting indigenous culture is just the latest abuse of a law meant to root out foreign actors in Russian politics.
7. Atlantic Council: Ben Nimmo, Yes, Putin Really Believes His Own Propaganda.
8. Fort Russ: Alexander Samoilov, How the Shot Russian Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov Accumulated One Billion Dollars.
9. CNBC.com: Russia growing, low ruble will help: Deputy PM.
10. Sputnik: Russian Gov’t Protected Public From Oil Price Fall by Devaluing Ruble.
11. Reuters: Western banks wary of helping Russian privatizations: bankers.
12. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Russian pullout from Syria reveals new policy on overseas bases – paper.
13. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, LATEST PUBLICATION. (re Ukraine)
14. European Politics and Society: Ukraine in crisis. Introduction by Nicolai N. Petro.
15. Counterpunch.org: Ulrich Heyden, Ukraine Has Become a Problem Case for the European Union.
16. Forbes.com: Doug Bandow, Crimea Celebrates Its Second Anniversary As Part Of Russia: Time To Drop Sanctions Against Moscow.
17. www.foreignpolicy.com: Matthew Schaaf, To Get Crimea Back, Ukraine Must Remember the Crimeans. Isolating the peninsula will only to work to Putin’s advantage.
18. Reuters: Ukraine to call up 10,000 soldiers in new mobilization drive.
19. Russia Insider: Irina Burya, Donetsk Blog Mar 23: Disappearance of POWs – Civilians Terrorized – Preparations for Offensive.
20. Kyiv Post: Jaresko confirms she is ready to become Ukraine’s prime minister.
21. Reuters: Ukraine’s finance minister launches bid to lead technocrat government.
22. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, The Jaresko manifesto for Ukraine.
23. Kyiv Post: Timothy Ash, Jaresko, favored as prime minister by reformers and Westerners, ‘showing some fighting spirit’
24. Paul Goble: Ukraine Should Shift from Cyrillic to Latin Script, Former Verkhovna Rada Deputy Says.
25. Sputnik: For Kiev, Moscow is Simultaneously ‘Aggressor’ and ‘Close Friend’
26. Russian International Affairs Council: Igor Ivanov, Russia-U.S. Relations: The Limits of Possible.
27. London Review of Books: Peter Pomerantsev, Murder in Mayfair. (re Alexander Litvinenko)

 

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