RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#257 table of contents with links :: Sunday 14 December 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#257 :: Sunday 14 December 2014
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Ukraine

1. RFE/RL: The Kremlin’s Top 75 Lies About The Ukraine Crisis.
2. BBC: Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict.
3. AFP: Russia threatens response if US sets new sanctions over Ukraine.
4. www.rt.com: Frontline handshake: Kiev army, militia meet amid Donetsk airport ruins.
5. http://uatoday.tv: Kremlin ‘trying to get DPR, LPR to accept autonomy in Ukraine’
6. TASS: United States seeks no peace settlement in Ukraine’s southeast – experts.
7. TASS: Poroshenko says ceasefire regime helped Ukrainian army to reinforce its positions.
8. Sputnik: Poroshenko Orders to Provide Donbas Residents With Electricity, Heating.
9. AFP: Desperate shortages leave Ukraine ill-prepared for trauma of war.
10. www.rt.com: EU says Ukraine ‘government cleansing’ law not in line with bloc’s principles.
11. Business New Europe: New Ukraine finance minister drafts sweeping welfare cuts.
12. The Conversation: Adam Swain, Can Ukraine’s new technocrat elite make their economy work?
13. www.foreignpolicy.com: Jamila Trindle, Who Will Foot the Bill in Ukraine? The West proves willing to help Ukraine by hurting Russia with sanctions, but little aid is forthcoming for Ukraine as its government faces a shortfall.
14. www.foreignpolicy.com: Christian Caryl, The Other War in Ukraine. The biggest threat to Ukraine isn’t Vladimir Putin: it’s a deeply entrenched culture of corruption. Can the new government cope?
15. Business New Europe: Graham Stack, Ukraine’s battle against corruption faces politicization and tiny salaries.
16. Reuters: Miners swell rebel ranks in east Ukraine as pits close.
17. Reuters: Ukraine’s Chocolate King president finds promise tough to keep.
18. Russia Direct: The Saker, Russians Won’t Balk Under Sanctions Hurt. Look to EU to Fold First. The sanctions are hurting, but Russians are made of sterner stuff than EU Europeans.
19. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Is Moscow Setting the Stage for Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: U.S. Senate passes act recognizing Ukraine as non-NATO ally.

Russia

21. The National Interest: TNI Interview: Dmitry Peskov. TNI Editor Jacob Heilbrunn spoke with Dmitry Peskov, a deputy chief of staff and the press spokesperson for Russian president Vladimir Putin.
22. Moscow Times: Russia Celebrates Constitution, But Few Russians Know What It Says.
23. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Russia is running out of money – not….
24. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Better late than never?
25. Business New Europe: Henry Kirby, Flippant claim that ‘Russia is Spain’ is wide of the mark.
26. Interfax: Yavlinsky calls for returning Kudrin to government.
27. Ekho Moskvy radio (Moscow): Former Russian tycoon says opposition, authorities must talk to avert civil war. (Mikhail Khodorkovskiy)
28. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russia’s Cities Becoming Less Moscow- and Russia-Centric, New Studies Find.
29. Russia Direct: Sergey Markedonov, 20 years after the first Chechen war, the terrorists return. Twenty years ago, Russia launched its first anti-terror campaign in Chechnya. Given the recent terror attack in Grozny, it is high time the Kremlin remembered the past.
30. Sputnik: Alexander Mercouris, How West Misreports Conflict in Caucasus.
31. Moscow Times: Q&A: WWF, Greenpeace: A Tale of Two Environmental Giants.
32. www.opendemocracy.net: Andrei Jvirblis, Russian NGOs need to rethink their strategy. Russia’s voluntary sector, faced with growing government interference, needs to be more open about its aims and operations if it wants more public support.
33. Russia Insider: Jon Hellevig, Jailing of Khodorkovsky Was Crucial for Russia’s Prosperity. Khodorkovsky was the ringleader of the lobby that opposed taxation of oil and natural resources.
34. www.rt.com: Sakharov monument unveiled in his city of exile.
35. Russia Direct: After CIA report, ‘whataboutism’ reappears in Russian media. Russian media weekly roundup: The disclosure of information about the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation techniques” was in the Russian media spotlight this week, with even members of the opposition media joining in condemnation of the report’s findings.
36. www.rt.com: ‘South Stream cancelation bad news for C. European countries that need cheap energy.’ (interview with Anna Van Densky)
37. Moscow Times: Fyodor Lukyanov, Future Isn’t Bright for EU-Russian Relationship.
38. New York Times: Peter Pomerantsev, Russia’s Ideology: There Is No Truth.
39. Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address at a meeting with participants in the “Dialogue for the Future: Russia and the World Around” annual research and education programme of the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, Moscow, 12 December 2014.

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