RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#203 table of contents with links :: Monday 29 September 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#203 :: Monday 29 September 2014
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Ukraine

1. ITAR-TASS: EU postpones application of free trade pact with Ukraine.
2. RIA Novosti: Poroshenko: No Federalization in Ukraine Considered, Only Local Councils’ Extended Powers.
3. Financial Times: Sergey Karaganov, Western delusions triggered conflict and Russians will not yield.
4. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexei Fenenko, Is Ukrainian Crisis the Last for Russia?
5. Aljazeera America: Sabra Ayres, Amid staggering destruction, eastern Ukraine looks to rebuild. Analysts say repairs to damaged infrastructure will cost billions and require a reboot of the economy.
6. National Public Radio (NPR): Reporter’s Notebook: In Eastern Ukraine, A Bellicose Mood Prevails.
7. www.rt.com: ‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy’: The Ukraine village-battlefield left in ruins.
8. The Times (UK): Ukraine’s pagan pro-Russian rebels dream of a new Eden.
9. Interfax: FMS: Russia takes in approx. 1 million refugees from Ukraine.
10. www.rt.com: ‘Taped hands, gun wounds’: RT witnesses exhumation of mass graves in E. Ukraine.
11. Interfax: Progress seen in ceasefire talks in Donbas – Ukraine National Security Council.
12. www.rt.com: Prisoner swaps on shaky ground in Ukraine as Kiev accused of foul play.
13. Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov says ties with Washington need “reset 2.0”
14. www.rt.com: Lavrov: US must stop acting like global prosecutor, judge and executioner.
15. New York Times: Russian Diplomat’s Speech Depicts the West as Hypocritical.
16. Interfax: Ukraine to increase military expenditure fivefold by 2020 – Kiev.
17. Reuters: Ukraine leader clings to European goal despite Putin.
18. Kyiv Post: Poroshenko Bloc, candidates tied to Yanukovych may dominate new parliament.
19. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Vladimir Fedorin, Financial Chernobyl Threatens Kiev’s Moderates.
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Poroshenko outlines Kiev’s plan to apply for EU membership.
21. Washington Post: Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine are in a gas dispute as winter approach.
22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Fyodor Lukyanov, The sanctions war and the role of the WTO. The “war of sanctions” between Russia and the West over the Ukrainian conflict has created a new situation inside the World Trade Organization.
23. Financial Times: From Bentleys to fish, Russia’s economy feels sanctions’ sting.
24. ITAR-TASS: Russians take Western trade sanctions calmly – poll.
25. ITAR-TASS: Russians back retaliatory measures against Western sanctions – study.
26. RIA Novosti: Obama: There Will Be No War Between NATO and Russia.
27. Washington Post: Thomas Sherlock, The Kremlin doesn’t have a blank check from Russians for its Ukraine policy.
28. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Another Lenin Down, but How Many More Remain?

Russia

29. Moscow Times: Cesar Chelala, Russia Needs to Start Looking After Its Health.
30. Moscow Times: Ruble Sinks to Historic Low Against Currency Basket.
31. Reuters: Russia needs to work hard to meet tight budget -Finance Minister.
32. www.rt.com: Moscow fast-tracks law limiting foreign media ownership to 20%.
33. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia’s new law: the beginning of the end for Facebook and Twitter?
34. Moscow Times: Curbs on Foreign Ownership Will Gut Russia’s Media.
35. Moscow Times: 15 Global Firms Hit by Russia’s Law Limiting Foreign Ownership of Media.
36. Russia Direct: Khodorkovsky’s comeback and fears of a Kremlin crackdown. Russian media review: The Kremlin appears to be battening the hatches as it deals with the impact of Western sanctions. And that could impact the way it views the return of Mikhail Khodorkovsky to politics.
37. Moscow Times: Russia Calls for Joint Effort With U.S. to Fight Islamic State.
38. Moscow Times editorial: U.S.-Russia Cycle of One-Upmanship Could Prove Catastrophic.
39. New York Times: Private Bank Fuels Fortunes of Putin’s Inner Circle.
40. ITAR-TASS: Vladimir Yakunin: We should stop playing innocent.

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