RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#12 table of contents with links :: Monday 19 January 2015
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JRL 2015-#12 :: Monday 19 January 2015
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1. Der Spiegel: Gorbachev Interview. ‘I Am Truly and Deeply Concerned’
2. Boston Globe: Russia ends US nuclear security alliance. Accord worked to keep stockpiles secure.
3. Interfax: Putin suggests Ukraine conflicting parties cease fire, pull back artillery guns larger than 100mm.
4. Business New Europe: Ukraine launches counter-attack around Donetsk airport.
5. www.rt.com: Feeling of ‘solid Western support’ behind Kiev’s renewed assault on Donbass. (interview with Daniel McAdams)
6. The Vineyard of the Saker: Novorussia SITREP: Intensive combat operation all over the line of contact in Novorussia.
7. Facebook: Euromaidanpr, Donetsk morgues swamped with bodies of Russian invaders and their mercenaries
8. www.rt.com: Mutual pullout of heavy arms in E. Ukraine depends on Kiev – Moscow.
9. TASS: New spate of drafting to Ukrainian Armed Forces fraught with full-scale war in Europe.
10. AFP: Russians keep calm and shop on in face of rising prices.
11. Moscow Times: Russian Oil Firms Can Weather $50 Oil.
12. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Is Moscow bluffing on redirecting European gas supplies?
13. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Legislation proposes regulation of ‘undesirable’ foreign organizations. A bill that has passed its first reading the Russian State Duma would give the government the right to fine or ban foreign organizations it deems a security threat.
14. Interfax: Russian investigators probe Navalnyy’s anti-corruption foundation.
15. Russia Direct: Expert opinion: Russia needs to sober up after expansionist binge. Both Russian and foreign experts are increasingly becoming skeptical about the country’s prospects in 2015-2017, predicting the rise of protests, falling ratings of President Vladimir Putin and more economic difficulties.
16. Moscow Times: Analysts Predict a Russian Descent Into Madness.
17. Rossiya 1 TV (Moscow): Russian pollster says Putin’s rating figures “unique.: (Aleksandr Oslon)
18. Business New Europe: Liam Halligan, Russia curries favour in its “pivot East”
19. Ben Aris: MOSCOW BLOG: Russia’s output will slump sharply in 2015, but what about Ukraine?
20. BBC: Ukraine struggles on brink of economic crisis.
21. http://readrussia.com: Mark Adomanis, “Values” Don’t Keep the Lights on. Money Does.
22. Business New Europe: Mark Adomanis, Ukraine needs a lot of money, but probably isn’t going to get it.
23. Reuters: NATO, EU set diverging tones on approach to Russia.
24. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Yevgeniy Shestakov, Obama Tired of ‘Building’ Europe. United States Has Lost Confidence in the EU’s Loyalty.
25. Russia Direct: Debating the symbolic meanings of Charlie Hebdo and Leviathan. Russian media review: The peace march in Paris and the controversy over the new issue of Charlie Hebdo dominated Russian media headlines this week. In addition, the media kept tabs on the Gaidar Forum and critical reaction to the film “Leviathan.”
26. The Vineyard to the Saker: The Myth of a Chinese takeover in Siberia.
27. Fort Russ: Joshua Tartakovsky, A Wedding Without A Groom: Putin’s Absence from Auschwitz.
28. Kyiv Post: Parliament dismisses bill targeting oligarchs.
29. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, THE LURE OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN UKRAINE – MEET JAANIKA MERILO.
30. RFE/RL: Interview: Russian Official Who Quit Ministry Warns Of Cultural ‘Isolationism.’ (Yevgeny Savostyanov)
31. St. Petersburg Times: VALERY GERGIEV TAKES MARIINSKY ON WHIRLWIND TOUR OF U.S.
32. Paul Goble: Provincialism Keeping Russia from Becoming Great, Inozemtsev Says.
