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NEWSLINK BBC: “EU resists Russian overtures on Ukraine”
UN refugee agency delivers aid to eastern Ukraine for first time in months
(United Nations – UN News Centre- un.org – November 9, 2015) [Reprinted with the permission of the United Nations.] The United Nations refugee agency has managed to deliver aid for the first time in over two months to areas of eastern Ukraine beyond Government control where two million people are in urgent need of assistance, reaching 12,000 people – a […]
» Read moreInterfax: Cooperation with USA, Saudis against ISIS possible – top Russian diplomat
(Interfax – Moscow, November 9, 2015) Russia, Saudi Arabia and the USA can cooperate to fight ISIS and other terrorists in the Middle East if there is mutual interest in this, says special envoy of the Russian president for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Bogdanov. “As regards the trilateral format of cooperation […]
» Read moreInterfax: Russia set to work constructively at Vienna meeting; calls for regime change in Syria will not lead to success – Lavrov
BOCHAROV RUCHEI (Sochi). Nov 10 (Interfax) – Adherence to abstract ideas about the need to change the regime in Syria will have no success at the Vienna meeting; Russia is nevertheless expecting it to be constructive, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. “If, instead of concrete work on these two issues (forming a list of terrorist organizations and a […]
» Read moreRussian Justice Ministry Accuses Memorial Of Calling For Regime Change
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – RFE/RL’s Russian Service – November 10, 2015) Russia’s Justice Ministry has accused the prominent nongovernmental organization Memorial of “undermining the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation” and of calling for “a change of political regime” in the country. The ministry sent the Memorial Human Rights Center notification of the accusations on November 9 […]
» Read moreUkraine: Europe’s forgotten refugees
While the world focuses on refugees arriving in Europe from warzones in the Middle East, the plight of those fleeing war in Ukraine has been forgotten. (opendemocracy.net – Sara Cincurova – November 20, 2015) Sara Cincurova is a freelance journalist focusing on human rights. She is a former family support worker and holds a Master’s degree from the Paris Descartes […]
» Read moreMoscow laying groundwork to annex Belarus, open second front against Ukraine next year
(Paul Goble – November 9, 2015) For Vladimir Putin, Viktor Kaspruk argues, “Ukraine is the key to a future Russia or more precisely a future Russian Empire,” and consequently, even if he has lowered the temperature in the Donbas in recent weeks, the Kremlin leader is likely to renew his attacks on Ukraine next year having first moved to annex […]
» Read moreRUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#218 :: Tuesday 10 November 2015
[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#218 Tuesday 10 November 2015 A project sponsored through the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs The contents do not necessarily represent the views of IERES or the George Washington University. JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on […]
» Read moreNEWSLINK New York Review of Books/ Amy Knight: “Egypt: Why Putin Needs the FBI”
Ukraine Is in Danger of Becoming a Failed State
(Bloomberg – Leonid Bershidsky – November 6, 2015) The most effective thing Russian President Vladimir Putin did to destabilize Ukraine was the one thing the West was demanding: He leaned on pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east to cease fire. Left without the much-used cover of a war, the internal divisions and dysfunctional core of the Ukrainian political elite didn’t […]
» Read moreA Cookbook to Rehabilitate Soviet Cuisine
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Michele A. Berdy – October 29, 2015) If you think of the Soviet period in Russia as a culinary desert, a new book in English by the country’s most prominent food historians, Olga and Pavel Syutkin, may change your mind. “CCCP Cook Book: True Stories of Soviet Cuisine” was commissioned especially for an English-speaking audience […]
» Read moreMember of Sever battalion Mukhutdinov charged in absentia in Nemtsov murder – lawyer
MOSCOW. Nov 9 (Interfax) – Investigators have charged in absentia Ruslan Mukhutdinov, a member of the Sever battalion, in the killing of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. “Last Friday, investigators charged Mukhutdinov in absentia with organizing the Nemtsov murder. He was put on the federal wanted persons list,” Vadim Prokhorov, a lawyer for the victims, told Interfax on Monday. A source […]
» Read moreRussian imports from non-CIS plummet 38% in 10M – Customs Service
MOSCOW. Nov 9 (Interfax) – Russia’s merchandise imports from outside the CIS plunged 37.9% year-on-year in January-October 2015 to $132.84 billion, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said, citing preliminary data. In October alone, imports from non-CIS countries totaled $14.375 billion, down 35.9% year-on-year. Imports declined 36.5% in October 2015 year-on-year for food goods and raw materials for their production to […]
» Read moreRussian Economy Set to Take Another Hit – A Much Smaller Labor Force in the Future
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, November 8, 2015) To the extent that falling prices for natural resources will force Moscow to rely on the development of other sectors, the Russian economy faces another and perhaps even more serious hit in the near term – a dramatically smaller workforce, each of whose members will have to support significantly […]
» Read moreRIA Novosti: One in six Russians overwhelmed by debts – poll
(RIA Novosti – Moscow, November 6, 2015) The majority of Russians are unsatisfied with their financial situation, and nearly each one in six is overwhelmed by a large amount of debts, according to a survey conducted by the National Financial Research Agency. Some 17 per cent of citizens complain about an enormous amount of debts. The percentage of those having […]
» Read moreRussian Students to Get Paid Foreign Education – If They Return Home Afterward
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 9, 2015) Russia will pay for its students to study at elite foreign universities, provided they return home to work after graduation, Education and Science Minister Dmitry Livanov was cited as saying by news agency TASS. The program, titled “Global Education,” was signed into force in June 2014 and is designed to send 1,500 […]
» Read moreInterfax: Poll: Russians continue to lose interest in protests
(Interfax – November 9, 2015) Seventy-seven percent of Russians call unlikely mass protests against declining living standards and in support of their rights. This is the largest index since the end of last year (68 percent in December 2014), Levada Center told Interfax. The percentage of Russians who deem demonstrations focused on economic demands possible has reduced from 24 percent […]
» Read moreRUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#217 :: Monday 9 November 2015
[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#217 Monday 9 November 2015 A project sponsored through the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs The contents do not necessarily represent the views of IERES or the George Washington University. JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on […]
» Read moreNEWSLINK AP: “Putin to Join More Than 100 Leaders at Paris Climate Talks”
NEWSLINK New York Times: “Ukraine Pins Hopes for Change on Fresh-Faced Police Recruits”
NEWSLINK Reuters/John Lloyd: “The Continuing Soviet collapse”
NEWSLINK Defensenews.com: “Russia’s ’16 Defense Spending To Remain Essentially Flat”
TRANSCRIPT: Russian Propaganda: Ways and Means – Leon Aron Senate Testimony
Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation On “Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Propaganda that Threatens Europe” Russian Propaganda: Ways and Means Leon Aron, Ph.D. Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies American Enterprise Institute November 3, 2015 The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) […]
» Read moreIf the Russian Elite is to Preserve Itself, It Must Change,’ Gudkov Says
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, November 5, 2015) Many commentators are speculating on whether Russia’s elite groups, now threatened by Vladimir Putin’s policies, will find a way to remove him from office and install someone more to their liking. Andrey Piontkovsky has focused particular attention on this issue (nv.ua/opinion/piontkovskiy/putin-protiv-rossijskih-elit-78063.html). But this is only part of a larger […]
» Read morePutin’s Dilemma: How To Respond If A Bomb Caused Sinai Air Crash
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Steve Gutterman – November 5, 2015) Mounting evidence that an onboard bomb brought down the Russian jet that crashed on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing 224 people, poses a tough new dilemma for President Vladimir Putin: how to respond. If the theory of a terrorist attack is borne out, it will look like exactly what Islamic State […]
» Read moreA-321 crash – Comment on HMG decision
Subject: A-321 crash – Comment on HMG decision. Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 From: Andrei Liakhov <gaffriloff@yahoo.co.uk> A-321 crash – Comment on HMG decision. My money is on a technical defect. It is either a computer glitch which the crew tried to correct and swang the aircraft into critical G or the tail was weakened in a previous incident and […]
» Read moreMore Russians Attending Pro-Putin Rallies
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Peter Hobson – November 6, 2015) The number of Russians attending pro-government rallies has increased tenfold since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency in 2012, a study found, while enthusiasm for opposition meetings has grown only slightly. A survey by the social research center at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration […]
» Read moreNew Editor-in-Chief Appointed to The Moscow Times
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 6, 2015) Liberal Russian journalist Mikhail Fishman was appointed editor-in-chief of English-language paper The Moscow Times on Thursday, the newspaper’s owner Demyan Kudryavtsev said. “He is a decent, well-known and well-connected person,” Kudryavtsev, who bought the paper earlier this year, said in e-mailed comments to The Moscow Times. The appointment of Fishman comes less […]
» Read moreRUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#216 :: Friday 6 November 2015
[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#216 Friday 6 November 2015 A project sponsored through the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs The contents do not necessarily represent the views of IERES or the George Washington University. JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on […]
» Read moreNEWSLINK Politico.eu: “Growing up in the shadow of ‘Brother Putin.’ He dominates Russian consciousness like no other, especially among children”
NEWSLINK The Guardian: “Russia’s last independent English newspaper ends daily edition”
NEWSLINK Wall Street Journal: “U.S., Allies to Boost Aid to Syria Rebels. Shipments of arms, supplies are aimed at pressuring Assad while countering Russia, Iran”
NEWSLINK The National Interest/John Richard Cookson: “Reviving Détente?”
Interfax: Russia does not see Ukraine as enemy despite Kyiv’s new military doctrine – Russian Security Council
MOSCOW. Nov 5 (Interfax) – Russia does not see Ukraine as an adversary despite a new military doctrine approved by Kyiv. “For its part, Russia does not consider Ukraine an enemy,” Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, told reporters on Thursday. “While calling our country an enemy, the Ukrainian government continues buying from what it calls its […]
» Read moreNEWSLINK Christian Science Monitor: “As US, UK point at ‘bomb’ in Sinai plane crash, Russia takes cooler approach”
NEWSLINK Reuters: “Russia’s Putin suspends all flights to Egypt on security advice”
NEWSLINK The Economist: “Russia’s Sergei Shoigu. Master of emergencies. The trusty defence minister is the only person to serve in every government since the fall of the Soviet Union. He could be the next president.”
Vladimir Putin again tops list of world’s most powerful people
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – YANA LUBNINA, SPECIAL TO RBTH- November 5, 2015) Vladimir Putin has been named the most powerful man in the world once again. The president of Russia took first place in Forbes’ annual ranking for the third year in a row. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama took second and third […]
» Read moreNEWSLINK Reuters: “Ukraine must reform to get EU visa-free travel, says Juncker”
NEWSLINK Politico.eu: “Ukraine’s most popular politician. Mikhail Saakashvili wants to be the “standard-bearer for reforms” – and possibly the next prime minister”
NEWSLINK AP: “Ukraine’s rebel center in limbo as fighting dies down.”
NEWSLINK AFP: “Ukraine rebels complete small arms withdrawal”
NEWSLINK New York Times: “The Displaced: Oleg; At 11, he is living in the ruins of his former life”
NEWSLINK Defenseone.com: “Obama Should Have Given Weapons to Ukraine, Says Former Pentagon Russia Official” [Evelyn Farkas]
NEWSLINK New York Times/Masha Gessen: “Putin’s Forever Wars”
NEWSLINK AFP: “Money, patriotism drive Russians to join Syria mission”
NEWSLINK Reuters: “Russia lays foundations for carbon regulation amid calls for action”
Putin Thinks He’s ‘Vladimir the Great,’ Condoleezza Rice Says
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Sangwon Yoon – November 5, 2015) As U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice knew Vladimir Putin up close. One thing he liked to remind her during her time in the Bush administration was how Russia had “only been great when it has been led by great men, like Alexander II and Peter the Great.” Hearing him […]
» Read moreConfession of a Russian internet provider: A firsthand account of how the internet is monitored, regulated and blocked in the Russian Federation
(opendemocracy.net – Dmitry Okrest – November 5, 2015) Dmitry Okrest is a former staff writer with The New Times and currently works as an independent journalist. The internet is no longer free in Russia-that’s according to Freedom Net, a report recently published by Freedom House. Freedom of expression on the internet has been under threat for some time in the […]
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