RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-79 :: Tuesday, 26 April 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#79
Tuesday, 26 April 2016

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RUSSIA

1. TASS: Gorbachev presents to students Gorbachev in Person book, dwells on perestroika.
2. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, CHATHAM HOUSE RULES.
3. TASS: Putin: Russia will never allow loss of its own sovereignty and development prospects.
4. Interfax: Putin calls ‘media attacks’ a reaction to the consolidation of Russia.
5. TASS: Putin: Foreign foundations’ meddling in Russian education is ‘extremely dangerous’
6. Newsweek.com: PUTIN IS EXPLOITING MIGRANT CRISIS, SAYS OBAMA.
7. Russia Direct: Russia’s new human rights ombudswoman and Savchenko’s future. Media roundup: The appointment of a new human rights ombudswoman, the controversial political manifesto of Russia’s top investigator and a new development in the case of Nadezhda Savchenko all made headlines last week.
8. Rethinking Russia: Richard Sakwa, Russian Primaries: The Road to More Competitive Elections?
9. Interfax: Three-quarters of Russians believe modern NPPs safe.
10. Kommersant: “It’s time to erect an effective barrier against the information war.” Alexander Bastrykin, chair of the Russian Federal Investigative Committee, on methods of combating extremism in Russia.
11. Vedomosti: Fyodor Krasheninnikov, The Apocalypse according to Bastrykin. The head of the Russian Federal Investigative Committee has described a Russia brought to the brink of disaster by 16 years of Putin’s rule.
12. The Unz Review: The Saker, Is Putin Preparing a Governmental Purge?
13. Sputnik: Russia Needs to Move From ‘Stand-by’ Economy to Growth. (Medvedev)
14. Interfax: Business confidence rises in Russian extractive, manufacturing sectors.
15. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, What is the fair value for Russia’s equity market?
16. www.opendemocracy.net: Atomic energy and political power in Russia. In Russia, the space for environmental activism and advocacy is changing under increasing state pressure. An interview with one of Russia’s leading ecological organisations about the prospects for anti-nuclear activism today.
17. Russia Direct: Artem Kureev, Reasons to be hopeful after the Russia-NATO Summit. Russia and NATO renewed their dialogue for the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis, but the talks failed to produce any results. However, the very fact that the summit took place means a lot and gives reason to hope that the two sides can eventually find a compromise.
18. Izvestia: Dmitry Yevstafyev, head of the PIR Centre Council, Why Return to the G7’s Embraces? On Russia’s Key Role in Determining A New Configuration for International Institutions.
19. Russia Direct: What Russia’s military buildup near Aleppo means for Syria ceasefire. Russia’s military buildup near Aleppo indicates that it is too early to make conclusions about the implications of the Russian campaign in Syria. The campaign is not over, which might be both a boon and a bane for the Kremlin, experts warn. (Alexei Arbatov etc.)
20. Moon of Alabama: Syria – Russia Rejects Kerry’s New Attempts To Shield The Terrorists.
21. Reuters: Iran and Russia Move Closer but Their Alliance Has Limits.
22. Carnegie Moscow Center: Kevin Rudd, Asia’s Rise, Russia, and the Future of the Global Order.
23. www.rt.com: Top Russian MP praises Trump’s pragmatism, readiness for cooperation.
24. Meduza/Vedomosti: Opinion: Why Russians stopped loving America The West’s squandered opportunities and Moscow’s propaganda powerhouse. (Denis Volkov)
25. Foreign Policy in Focus: Rachelle Marshall, Flush With Cold War “Victory,” U.S. Still Fails to Understand Russia’s Security Needs. A U.S. return to bilateral hostilities with Russia is a costly diversion from both nations’ security needs in a multilateral world.
26. www.foreignaffairs.com: Putin’s Russia: Down But Not Out, Part 2. With Gideon Rose, Stephen Kotkin, and Dmitri Trenin. (“We’re looking at the history of Russian aggression”)

UKRAINE

27. Russia Direct: Petr Kopka, How Ukraine’s new prime minister can put Kiev on a European path. Ukraine’s new government has a tough task ahead: It must deal with a controversial legacy of governance, improve its image abroad and fulfill plans for EU integration – all while reducing the nation’s dependence on Russian gas.
28. Counterpunch.org: Halyna Mokrushyna, Left-wing, Antiwar Voice in Ukraine Assaulted by Rightist Extremists.
29. Kyiv Post: Critical television host’s work permit annulled. (Savik Shuster)
30. TASS: Ukraine bans 8 Russian films, 26 TV series.
31. Brookings: Steven Pifer, Will Ukraine dash its hopes for Western support?
32. Fort Russ: Groysman: “Oligarchy is an achievement of the Ukrainian state”
33. Oilprice.com: Despite Claims, Ukraine Not Free Of Russian Energy Dependence.
34. AP: Etched in Their Mind: Ukraine Marks 30 Years Since Chernobyl.
35. www.rt.com: Ukrainian nuclear power workers to protest on 30th Chernobyl disaster anniversary.
36. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Why Ukraine is at risk of forgetting the lessons of Chernobyl. Thirty years after the explosion at the nuclear power plant in the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl, one Russian expert argues that, by using American fuel in Soviet-built reactors and pushing the power-producing capabilities of its nuclear plants, Ukraine is putting itself at potential risk of another disaster.
37. RFE/RL: BBC Accuses British, Russian Media Of Skewing MH17 Reporting.
38. Sputnik: Stratfor: Ukraine Should Have No Hopes of Russia Ever Giving Up Crimea.
39. Euromaidanpress.com: Paula Chertok, How Russia’s worst propaganda myths about Ukraine seep into media language.
40. Fort Russ: Tom Winter, A Ukraine Primer.

 

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