Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#137 :: 30 July 2013

Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#137 :: 30 July 2013
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POLITICS

1. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Europe’s west is doomed and its east might not make it.
2. Interfax: Over half of Russians uncertain of tomorrow – poll.
3 RIA Novosti: Fewer Russians Talk Politics Than 21 Years Ago – Survey.
4. Moscow News: Over 60 percent of Muscovites approve of Putin – poll.
5. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Orthodox Diplomacy.
6. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Demographics Update: In 2013 Russia Is On Track For Modest Natural Population Growth.
7. Sergey Slobodyan: Demography in the first half of 2013.
8. ITAR-TASS: Moscow expects record inflow of tourist.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, July 30, 2013.
10. Moscow Times: Moscow Region Election Plays by Harder Rule.
11. Russki Pioneer: Vladislav Surkov: I was by a Great Man’s Side (part 1)
12. Moscow News: Anna Arutunyan, Putin, gone fishing.
13. RIA Novosti: Opposition Candidates Refuse To Boycott Election Of Moscow Mayor.
14. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Local Politics in Moscow Goes Global.
15. AFP: Russian father-of-five becomes unlikely hero in Navalny case. ((Pyotr Ofitserov)
16. Izvestia: Arbitration Court Launches ‘Log’ System To Deter Outside Pressure on Trial Judges.
17. Institute of Modern Russia: Ekaterina Mishina, Let’s Say “No” to the Erosion of the Constitution.
18. Moscow Times: Vladimir Ryzhkov, Why the Altai Forest Is Going Bare.
19. Moscow Times: Alexei Pankin, Illiberal Ethnic Slurs by 2 ‘Liberal’ Activists.
20. Moscow News: American witness: Blogging Russian life. (re Jennifer Eremeeva)
21. Moscow Times: Marilyn Murray, Russia’s Past Psychological Wounds Still Linger.

ECONOMY

22. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Russian economics minister proposes plan for growth.
23. ITAR-TASS: Russia continues to set free business people under economic amnesty act.
24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Money to be made for small businesses in Russia. Can foreigners start their own business in Russia? In what spheres is there more money to be made?
25. The Guardian (Uk): Jon Card, Russia rising: tips on doing business in the world’s largest country.
26. Reuters: Russia should use own electronics in defense industry: deputy PM.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

27. Russia Direct: The world order in 2033: More risks, less predictability. A multipolar world presents unique challenges and opportunities for nations aspiring to be superpowers. Interview with Ivan Timofeev.
28. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Editorial Views Russia-NATO Disagreements, Calls For Confidence Building.
29. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Russian Deputy Defense Minister Antonov Addresses Russia-NATO Council Session.
30. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s Migration Service sees nothing extraordinary in situation with Snowden.
31. Interfax: Verdict in Bradley Manning WikiLeaks case will show Snowden’s possible fate in U.S. – Russian parliamentarian.
32. www.russiatoday.com: Russia learned ‘nothing new’ from Snowden leaks – deputy PM.
33. www.russiatoday.com: Spook out of water: What Snowden can expect if Russia grants him asylum.
34. www.russiatoday.com: Snowden deals blow to ‘global electronic prison camp’ – ­ Russian Orthodox Church.
35. Moscow News: Mark Galeotti, Do Snowden and Browder matter?
36. New York Times: Jpb Henning, America and Russia Can Skip a Reboot.
37. Christian Science Monitor: Kevin Ryan and Simon Saradzhyan, How US, Russia can agree on missile defense. US and Russia relations are in a nosedive over Eric Snowden, Syria, and Iran. One way to reverse that is for Presidents Putin and Obama to agree on missile defense at a planned summit in September. US-Russian cooperation in space can serve as a model.
38. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Putin to Ukraine: You belong with Russia, not Europe.
39. Kremlin.ru: Orthodox-Slavic Values: The Foundation of Ukraine’s Civilisational Choice conference.
40. Asia Times: M K Bhadrakumar, Russia and Iran: A postmodern dance.
41. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Strategic Japan.