Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#229 :: 19 December 2013
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#229 :: 19 December 2013
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POLITICS
1. Moscow Rossiya 24 TV: Spokesman laments West’s Putin “cliches” ahead of news conference.
2. New York Times: Putin Says Deal With Ukraine Was a Good-Will Gesture.
3. www.russiatoday.com: Putin says he will pardon jailed oil tycoon Khodorkovsky shortly.
4. www.russiatoday.com: Putin suggests who could be Russia’s ‘politician # 2’, has nothing to say about successor.
5. www.russiatoday.com: Putin’s Q&A, as it happened: All the best quotes and realtime reaction.
6. Moscow Times: MT Live Blog: Putin Holds Annual News Conference.
7. Kremlin.ru: News conference of Vladimir Putin. (partial transcript)
8. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, Dec. 19, 2013.
9. Kommersant: Economic Side of Putin’s Message to Federal Assembly Said Influenced by Academicians.
10. Moscow Times: Amnesty Bill Passes 2nd Duma Reading.
11. Interfax: Amnesty declared is compromise – Russian human rights commissioner Lukin.
12. RIA Novosti: Moscow Court Halts Prosecution of 4 Accused Rioters.
13. Moscow Rossiya 24 TV: Russia needs propaganda like every other country – Kremlin spokesman.
14. Osobaya Bukva: Ex-RIA Novosti Website Editor Mulls Reasons Behind RIA Novosti News Agency’s Revamp.
15. The American Conservative: Patrick Buchanan, Putin’s Paleoconservative Moment.
ECONOMY
16. Reuters: Russian stocks gain on news Putin may soon pardon Khodorkovsky.
17. ITAR-TASS: Businesses returning to Russia from abroad. Russian Press Review.
18. RIA Novosti: Top Russian Companies Pledge to Reduce Offshore Dependency.
19. Wall Street Journal: Russia to Get Tough on Shadow Economy.
20. Interfax: Fears for Russian banking sector stability “groundless” – Central Bank head.
21. Moscow News: New AmCham chief still feels Russia’s pull. (Alexis Rodzianko)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
22. www.russiatoday.com: Putin: I envy Obama, because he can ‘spy’ and get away with it.
23. Reuters: Ukraine sees economy growing in 2014 with Russian aid.
24. Reuters: Special Report: Why Ukraine spurned the EU and embraced Russia.
25. RIA Novosti: Russian pundits differ on Putin-Yanukovych deal.
26. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Vzglyad: Ukraine’s economic lifeline: What’s in it for Russia? Russia has slashed Ukraine’s gas prices by a third and agreed to buy $15 billion in bonds. But experts are wondering what Moscow will get in return.
27. Interfax: Kyiv-Moscow understandings won’t hinder Association Agreement Brussels is ready to sign – Ashton .
28. Interfax: Russia’s $15 bln loan for Ukraine may be secured by Ukrainian strategic facilities – Klitschko.
29. Vzglyad: US Seen Playing Bigger Role in Ukraine Than Originally Thought Because of Fears of Customs Union.
30. Interfax: Lavrov mentions Magnitsky List, missile defense, adoptions among irritants in Russian-U.S. relations.
31. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, How big a snub to Russia is Obama’s Sochi ‘boycott’?
32. Valdai Dicussion Club/Gazeta.ru: Georgy Bovt, Will Russia Reel Back or Fight Back?
33. Survival: Global Politics and Strategy: Samuel Charap and Mikhail Troitskiy, Russia, the West and the Integration Dilemma.
