RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#25 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 11 February 2015

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2015-#25 :: Wednesday 11 February 2015
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1. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Texas choir wins Grammy for ‘The Sacred Spirit of Russia’
2. World Socialist Web Site: Catastrophic fire at Russia’s most important social science library.
3. Carnegie Moscow Center: Balázs Jarábik, Ukraine: The War Must Go On?
4. Kyiv Post: Yatsenyuk calls for nation to mobilize.
5. New York Times: Meeting of World Leaders in Belarus Aims to Address Ukraine Conflict.
6. AP: Key Sticking Points in Ukraine Peace Talks: Borders/buffers.
7. New York Times: Friend of Putin Assumes Role of Negotiator in Ukrainian Conflict. (Viktor Medvedchuk)
8. www.rt.com: ‘Last chance’ Ukraine peace talks to start in Minsk.
9. Interfax: Kyiv expects deal on full implementation of Minsk agreements – foreign minister.
10. TASS: Four-nation summit in Minsk must give peace a chance.
11. Business New Europe: Situation in ‘Debaltseve pocket’ worsens ahead of Ukraine peace talks in Minsk.
12. Fort Russ: Azov’s “phoney war” at Mariupol. The Azov Battalion attack in the Mariupol sector turned out to be mainly for show.
13. Reuters: Farmers in eastern Ukraine feel the bite of conflict.
14. RUSSIAN ANALYTICAL DIGEST Newsletter: Sergey Markedonov, Russia, the West and Ukraine: A View from Moscow.
15. RUSSIAN ANALYTICAL DIGEST Newsletter: Ulrich Kühn, Understanding Russia.
16. Rossiiskaya Gazeta: Sergei Karaganov and Igor Makarov, A Turn to the East: Results and Objectives. A new center of economic development will emerge in Central Eurasia.
17. http://therealnews.com: German Chancellor in Washington Seeking a Negotiated Solution in Ukraine. Retired U.S. Army Col. Larry Wilkerson on Obama’s response, the Republican push for lethal arms, and NATO’s internal problems.
18. Izvestia: Russian pundit examines reasons for differing European, US stances on Ukraine. (Pavel Svyatenkov)
19. Moscow Times: Mark Galeotti, West Should Think Hard Before Arming Ukraine.
20. Washington Post: Ishaan Tharoor, 3 reasons the U.S. should not arm Ukraine.
21. Interfax: Russia opposed to restructuring of Ukraine’s debt – finance minister.
22. Carnegie Moscow Center: What Would It Take to Restore a Peace Order in Europe? (DMITRI TRENIN, MARC PIERINI, and ANDREI KOLESNIKOV)
23. Washington Post: Katrina vanden Heuvel, An arms race won’t help Ukraine.
24. Moscow Times: Peter Hobson, Arming Ukraine Is a Gift to Putin and a Betrayal of Europe.
25. The National Interest: Raymond Smith, The Real Solution to the Ukraine Crisis (And It Doesn’t Involve Arms). Here’s how to settle this issue once and for all.
26. TASS: Orthodox Christians involved in political standoff in Ukraine.
27. Antiwar.com: Justin Raymond, Free Ruslan Kotsaba! Kiev cracks down on critics: Ukrainian war correspondent arrested.
28. Levada.ru: Anti-Western sentiment hits record high in Russia – poll.
29. RIA Novosti: Russian envoy says relations with USA going through toughest period in decades. (Russian ambassador to the USA Sergey Kislyak)
30. CNBC.com: Russia in ‘dire straits’ and needs reform: FinMin. (Anton Siluanov)
31. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russians facing soaring prices as inflation surges into double digits.
32. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, ‘Realists’ Warn Against Ukraine Escalation.
33. www.rt.com: ‘Ominous silence when shelling halts’: 10 signs you live in war-torn Donetsk, E. Ukraine.
34. The Vineyard of the Saker: Edward Birov, What is the Donbass fighting for?
35. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian government newspaper commentator decries Ukraine “foreign legion.” (Yevgeniy Shestakov)
36. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Analyst views role played by Russia’s self-image in its relations with West. (Leonid Radzikhovskiy)
37. Reuters: Russian capital flight becoming an entrepreneur brain drain.
38. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, THE ILLEGALITY OF SANCTIONS – UK HIGH COURT SENDS ROSNEFT CLAIM TO EUROPEAN COURT.
39. Democracynow.org: Playing with Fire? A Debate on U.S. Arming Ukraine & NATO Expansion to Russia’s Border. (with General Charles Wald and John Mearsheimer)
40. Time.com: Tarik Cyril Amar, Another Conflict in Ukraine: Differing Versions of History. Why it’s hard to rely on historical memory.
41. London Review of Books: Peter Pomerantsev, Diary: Iammmmyookkraaanian.

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