Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#2 :: 2 January 2014
Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#2 :: 2 January 2013
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POLITICS
1. Moscow Times: Astrologers Predict Strife for Russia in 2014.
2. Russia&India Report: Rakesh Krishnan Simha, Eight myths about Russia. The international media does a poor job at reporting on Russia. Lazy, shoddy journalism and traditional prejudices still stuck in the cobwebs of the mind are responsible for the myths that abound.
3. Moscow Times: 6 Laws to Look Out For in The New Year.
4. RIA Novosti: All Passengers Rescued From Russian Ship Stranded in Antarctic.
5. Bloomberg: Putin Urges Increased Security Across Russia After Bombings.
6. Interfax: Investigation into Volgograd terror attacks brings some results – NAC.
7. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Taking precautions on Moscow’s metro.
8. Deutsche Welle: Sokiryanskaya: ‘Russia’s terror threat is real’
9. Next City: Sean Guillory, Why the Terrorists Chose Volgograd.
10. www.offiziere.ch: How the Volgograd Attacks Pose a Problem For Russia’s Military Plans.
12. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: More Ethnic Russians are Converting to Islam and a Few are Becoming Terrorists.
13. Deutsche Welle: Schneider: ‘Develop a Russian Islam’
14. Russia in Global Affairs: Sergei Markedonov, The North Caucasus: The Value and Costs for Russia. From a Regional Problem to a National Dilemma.
15. Institute of Modern Russia: Ekaterina Mishina, A Rubik’s Cube from the Russian Constitutional Court.
16. www.opendemocracy.net: Elena Vlasenko, ‘Yaroslavl graveyard of the Russian spring’
17. New York Times: Banned at Home and Noticed by Oscars. (re Pussy Riot film)
18. Pravda.ru: Can European socialism be good to Russia?
ECONOMY
19. Reuters: Rise in Russian oil output supports overstretched budget.
20. Bloomberg: Exxon Russia Ambitions Show Oil Trumps Obama-Putin Spats: Energy.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
21. Interfax: Conditions for improving Russia-US relations have yet to be created – Russian expert. (Sergei Karaganov)
22. Russia in Global Affairs: Sergei Karaganov, A Lop-Sided Power. Even the Smartest Diplomacy Has Its Limits.
23. AP: 15,000 Ukraine nationalists march for divisive Bandera.
24. The Banker: Spotlight switches back to the debt burden in Ukraine.
25. The New York Review of Books: Tim Judah, Fighting for the Soul of Ukraine.
26. New York Times: As Latvia Adopts Euro, Future Growth Is Slowing.
27. www.eurasiareview.com: William Dunkerly, Britain Cans Case Against Russia.
28. Russia & India Report: M K Bhadrakumar, India, Russia and Abe’s posturing. China and Japan are heading into an acrimonious new year. Where does that leave Russia and India?
29. Civil Georgia: Georgia’s New Leaders Deliver New Year Addresses.
