RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#208 table of contents with links :: Monday 6 October 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#208:: Monday 6 October 2014
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Ukraine

1. Zerkalo Nedeli (Kyiv) : About 50 per cent of Ukrainians still sympathize with Russia – poll.
2. www.rt.com: ‘NATO can deploy wherever it wants’, new chief claims.
3. RIA Novosti: NATO Chief’s Statements on Army Deployment Contradict Russia-NATO Act.
4. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian pundit sets new NATO chief in historical context. (Fedor Lukyanov)
5. Moscow Times: Mark Adomanis, Ukraine Crisis Has Strengthened Kremlin.
6. Moscow Times: Almost 70% of Russians Have Negative Opinion of EU.
7. Kyiv Post: Nalyvaichenko: Four high-ranking SBU officers in custody over EuroMaidan sniper shootings.
8. RIA Novosti: Lavrov on Ukraine Crisis: Don’t Blame Everything on Independence Supporters.
9. TASS: Kiev uses truce in eastern Ukraine to regroup forces – Ukrainian official.
10. AFP: One month in, Ukraine truce exists in name only.
11. TASS: Ukrainian president: 42% of industry, half of infrastructure destroyed in Donbass.
12. TASS: Donetsk Region police says has proof Kiev involved in shooting of civilians near Donetsk.
13. 5 Kanal TV (Kyiv): Uncontrolled armed groups behind shelling of east Ukrainian town – spokesman.
14. New York Times: In Ukraine, Civilians in Crossfire.
15. Aljazeera America: Ian Bateson, Ukraine’s copycat war with Russia. Kiev is adopting the tactics of its dreaded foe.
16. Business New Europe: Not the best of presents for a Presidential birthday. (re non-aligned status of Ukraine)
17. RIA Novosti: Draft Three-Party Gas Deal Ready, Moscow Waiting for Kiev’s Answer: Novak.
18. www.rt.com: ‘Every penny paid’: Ukraine PM confuses gas debt repayment with Eurobonds pay-off.
19. Carnegie Moscow Center: Ukraine Election Countdown: 20 Days Remaining.
20. Reuters: How the Russian Orthodox Church answers Putin’s prayers in Ukraine.
21. Reuters: Ceasefire offers hope to Russian candy factory owned by Ukraine leader.
22. Washington Post: Al Kamen, State Department failed to keep Ukraine president on message?
23. New York Times editorial: Keeping the Pressure on Mr. Putin. To Give Ukraine a Chance, Sanctions on Russia Must Continue.
24. Interfax-Ukraine: Poroshenko expects new Rada to abolish parliamentary immunity.
25. The Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) (Poland): The Ukrainian Lustration Act.
26. New York Times: Exhibit on Ukraine Displays Signs of Vandalism.

RUSSIA

27. Russia Insider: Very Funny: Viral Russian Parody of Smash Hit “Hideaway”
28. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia to continue on economic course despite restrictions, says Putin. Speaking at the Russia Calling Investment Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the main direction in the development of Russia’s economy. Analysts believe that Russia’s main challenge will be keeping inflation under control – inflation that was partly brought about by the ban on food imports from the EU and the US.
29. TASS: Putin to celebrate birthday in Siberian taiga – spokesman.
30. Moscow Times: Ruble’s Fall and Food Import Bans Send Inflation Ever Higher.
31. TASS: Russian experts do not expect further sharp decrease of oil prices.
32. Reuters: Russia’s rouble breaches central bank trading band, stocks recover.
33. Moscow Times: How Russia Can Tackle Its Budget Crisis.
34. Russia Direct: Richard Sakwa, The enigmatic return of Khodorkovsky to Russian politics. The Khodorkovsky who returned to active public life in September 2014 was much the same Khodorkovsky who had been arrested in October 2003. He hasn’t changed, but has Russian political life changed over the past decade?
35. www.rt.com: Nationalist pushes radical liberalization of home defense laws.
36. Business New Europe: Julia Reed, Russians march for peace in Ukraine.
37. Bloomberg: Putin Clans Gridlocked Over Arrest as Sanctions Bite.
38. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Andrei Sinitsyn, Russians Pay the Price of Crony Capitalism.
39. Russia Insider: Jon Hellevig, Brain Drain From Russia? The BBC Gets It Wrong. (As Usual).
40. RFE/RL: A Filmmaker’s Chilling View Of Russia’s Antigay ‘Vigilantes’
41. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Vladislav Inozemtsev, How To Reconcile Russia and the United States; Is There a Chance for a New ‘Reset?’
42. Washington Post editorial: Russia cancels student exchange program, and Russians suffer.
43. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Weakening of Russia Will Push It toward Fascism, Mirsky Says.
44. Reuters: Russia says South Stream gas pipeline is going ahead: Interfax.
45. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Vasily Kashin, Russia Must Expand Relationship With China.
46. Russia Direct: Pietro Shakarian, Debunking 8 myths about Russia and the former Soviet space. Deeply ingrained in popular Western views of Russia, these are the stereotypes and misconceptions that can lead to the greatest misunderstandings in U.S.-Russian affairs.
47. Moscow Times: Legendary Russian Theater Director Yury Lyubimov Dies at 97.

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia Map of Commonwealth of Independent States, European Portion

 

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