RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#45 table of contents with links :: Friday 6 March 2015
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Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#45 :: Friday 6 March 2015
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1. www.rt.com: Russia ranks highest for female top managers.
2. TASS: Career or hearth and home – Russian women’s dilemma.
3. Moscow Times: Telling a Good English Teacher From a Bad One. (“The most dangerous mistake that those people can make is arrogance.”)
4. https://irrussianality.wordpress.com: Paul Robinson, GROUP POLARIZATION.
5. https://irrussianality.wordpress.com: Paul Robinson, THE DANGERS OF OVERCOMPENSATING.
6. Interfax: Russians more crisis-resistant that Europeans – psychiatrist.
7. AP: Ukraine blockade of rebel territory fosters resentment.
8. Reuters: After battle, frostbite in the ruins of Ukraine’s Donetsk.
9. Counterpunch.org: Halyna Mokrushyna, The Witch-Hunt of Former Party of Regions Officials Continues. The Suicide of Mikhail Chechetov.
10. Transitions Online: Yevgenia Belorusets, Finishing What Yanukovych Started. Has wartime turned Ukrainians and their media into well-meaning but misguided censors?
11. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alyona Getmanchuk, Doomsday in Ukraine? Think Again.
12. Reuters: Debt fears in Ukraine become a reality.
13. Counterpunch.org: Alexei Sakhnin, White Nationalists in Kiev. Racism, Terror and Tuberculosis in Ukraine.
14. AFP: Patriotism, adventure lure Russian volunteers to Ukraine conflict.
15. Kyiv Post: Traumas of soldiers becoming more visible after Debaltseve.
16. Novaya Gazeta: Liberal paper interviews Russian soldier about his fighting in Ukraine.
17. Wall Street Journal: EU Scales Back Ukraine Sanctions. Four People From Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s Inner Circle Removed From List.
18. Interfax-Ukraine: PGO sends request to SBU on FSB involvement in Maidan shootings – Bahanets.
19. Facebook: Ivan Katchanovski, Re Maidan Snipers.
20. Reuters: NATO Points Finger at Putin for Nemtsov’s Murder.
21. Reuters: Top U.S. diplomat cautious on sending arms to Ukraine.
22. AP: EU chief speaks out against arms supplies for Kiev.
23. Bloomberg: Obama Administration Increasingly Divided Over Arms to Ukraine.
24. Moscow Times: Support for Putin Among Russian Voters Doubles.
25. New York Times: With Nemtsov’s Killing, a Leadership Void Widens for Russia’s Opposition.
26. www.opendemocracy.net: John O’Loughlin and Gerard Toal, The Crimean conundrum. One year since Crimea was annexed by Russia, polling reveals that (with the notable exception of the Tatars) the new order enjoys legitimacy among the population.
27. Moscow Times: One Year After the Annexation, Crimea Still Bracing for a Brighter Future.
28. Reuters: Stable Oil Prices Visibly Strengthen Russia’s Ruble Against Dollar and Euro.
29. Moscow Times: Russian Corporate Default Fears So Far Overblown – Report.
30. Russia Beyond the Headline: Press Digest: P5+1 must seize opportunity to reach nuclear deal with Iran.
31. Russia Direct: Does Russia pose a naval threat for the West in Mediterranean?
32. Interfax: Russian defence officials deny US claims of Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
33. Paul Goble: Where will Putin Strike Next?
34. The Spectator (UK): Peter Hitchens, It’s Nato that’s empire-building, not Putin. Two sides are required for a New Cold War – and there is no obvious need for an adversarial system in post-Soviet Europe.
35. Antony Penaud: Are we like the frog? The responsibility of Western media.
36. Kyiv Post: Georgian warrior fights his fourth war against Kremlin.
37. Stephen Blank: A Military Assessment of the Russian War in Ukraine. Testimony Presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
38. Interfax: Comintern’s archive goes online.
