RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#256 table of contents with links :: Thursday 11 December 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#256 :: Thursday 11 December 2014
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Ukraine

1. Financial Times: IMF warns Ukraine bailout at risk of collapse.
2. Reuters: Ukrainian PM warns of default risk, calls for more Western help.
3. TASS: Ukraine’s new minister of economic development says Ukraine is bankrupt.
4. Kyiv Post: Parliament adopts Yatsenyuk’s ambitious reform program for 2015.
5. www.sovereignman.com: Leaked document: Ukraine’s government to eliminate…everything.
6. TASS: About 100,000 teachers in Ukraine may lose jobs due to new government’s austerity program.
7. Kyiv Post: Anders Aslund, A new reformist offensive in Ukraine.
8. Wall Street Journal: U.S. Lawmakers Set to Authorize New Financing for Ukraine. New U.S. Aid Could Unlock At Least $1 Billion in Loan Guarantees.
9. Wall Street Journal: EU Faces Legal Worries Over Ukraine Corruption Sanctions. Fate of Asset Freezes Could Weigh on Broader EU Sanctions Regime.
10. Reuters: Russia says pushing for Ukraine peace talks as soon as possible.
11. Reuters: Russian gas flows to Ukraine stable – Ukrtransgaz.
12. www.rt.com: Neil Clark, What could Ukraine learn from South Africa?
13. The Economist: Russia and Ukraine. Putin’s people. The president remains popular for his Ukrainian adventure, but that could change faster than many expect.
14. TASS: Russian human rights ombudsman says Ukraine is pursuing witch hunt against dissidents.
15. Transitions Online: Violeta Davoliute, Coming Home to Rus’. A new book sheds light on the historical origins of the deadly farce playing out in the Donbas.
16. Moscow Times: Euromaidan Doc Set For Festival Showing.

Russia

17. Moscow Times: Medvedev: In 2014, Crimean Annexation, Sochi Olympics Outshone Grim Economic Situation.
18. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Medvedev urges Russia to address dependence on world oil prices.
19. Rossiya 1 TV (Moscow): Repressive atmosphere in Russian society just a “trend” – PM Medvedev.
20. Government.ru: In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five television channels. (continued)
21. Russia Insider: Martin Sieff, Putin Just Spelled Out a Radical New Economic Policy, And Nobody Noticed.
22. TASS: Russians’ social sentiment dwindles but it’s no use worrying yet – psychologists.
23. Moscow Times: Life After Putin: Teaching Future Russia.
24. Russia Insider: Liberals Are About to Become an Extinct Species in Russia. They still have considerable presence in the corridors of power, but in Russia, the word ‘liberal’ is the same as ‘thief.’ Mikhail Khazin (Interview).
25. Moscow Times: Justice Ministry Adds Moscow School to List of ‘Foreign Agents’
26. www.rt.com: Russian central bank hikes key interest rate to 10.5% to combat inflation, plunging ruble.
27. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Ruble Collapses, Russians Yawn.
28. TASS: Russian economy stalls, retail sales boom.
29. Reuters: Few oligarchs can beat Russia’s weakening economy.
30. Moscow Times: Russian Ruble’s 800-Year History Haunts Current Plunge.
31. www.opendemocracy.net: Natalya Yakovleva, Teaching orthodoxy in Russian schools. Orthodox ideology is being rushed into the Russian school curriculum – in the interests of nationalism.
32. Moscow Times: Thomas de Waal, 20 Years On, Chechnya Still Traumatized by War.
33. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexey Malashenko, The Grozny Attack-What’s Next?
34. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Growing pessimism over Russia-U.S. relations creates fears of Cold War 2.0. Twenty-five years ago, at a meeting in Malta, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his American counterpart George Bush, Sr. proclaimed the end of the Cold War. Now, a quarter century later, Russian politicians and experts are raising the alarm that the world might soon enter another Cold War.
35. The National Interest: Dana Rohrabacher, Why I Voted against Condemning Russia. Recently, the House passed, by an overwhelming margin, a resolution to condemn the Russian Federation. Ten Members voted “nay,” myself among them. I wish to explain why I took this unpopular position.
36. http://orientalreview.org/Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Edward Lozansky, The US Congress: only Ten Little Indians left?
37. New York Times: Pentagon to Press Russia on Arms Pact Violation.
38. www.rt.com: Pepe Escobar, The new European ‘arc of instability’
39. http://readrussia.com: Chris Miller, Will Moldova be the Next Flashpoint between Russia and the West?
40. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Putin goes to India: Can he win over Modi?
41. New York Times: Putin, Shunned by West, Visits India, a Friend Whose Interests May Lie Elsewhere.
42. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya news agency, Moscow, 9 December 2014.
43. http://readrussia.com: Matthew Luxmoore, The Post-Putinist Conundrum.
44. Time.com: Simon Shuster, Person of the Year: Runner-Up: Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin, The Imperialist. Russia’s increasingly isolated President is on a mission to restore his country’s lost empire.
45. Council on Foreign Relations: Where Is Putin Leading Russia? (interview with Stephen Sestanovich)
46. Salon.com: Patrick Smith, These are lies the New York Times wants you to believe about Russia.
47. www.rt.com: Surge in religious extremism must be blamed on West – Kremlin official.

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