Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#9 :: 13 January 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#9 :: 13 January 2013
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POLITICS
1. Moscow Times: Old New Year Has Enduring Popularity in Russia.
2. Moscow Times: Alexei Bayer, The High Price of Long Vacations.
3. ITAR-TASS: Social analysts say about growing pessimism in Russian society. Russian Press Review.
4. RIA Novosti: Russia’s Putin Named World’s Third Most-Admired Person.
5. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Vladimir Putin’s Approval Rating Has Been Holding Steady For Almost Two Years
6. Moscow Times: Putin Gets Into the ‘Selfie’ Game.
7. ITAR-TASS: Russian populace adds 22,700 over 11 months of 2013.
8. Wall Street Journal: Leon Aron, Learning to Love Life on the Downslope. A Pushkin poem to help us cope with life after middle age.
9. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, Jan. 13, 2013.
10. ITAR-TASS: Russians say Defense Minister Shoigu Most Efficient.
11. Moscow News/RIA Novosti: Russia mulls return of ‘Against All’ option on election ballots.
12. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Experts question court ruling banning journalist from working. Human rights activists and MPs slam court ruling banning a Yekaterinburg journalist from working in the media for two years.
13. Moscow Times: Decision Looms in $100Bln Yukos Lawsuit.
14. R-Sport: Russian Weatherman Promises ‘Blanket of Snow’ for Sochi.
15. ITAR-TASS: Media’s influence on public opinion grows greatly, minister says.
16. The International New York Times/Chronicle of Higher Education: Anna Nemtsova, Respected Russian University Feels Kremlin’s Scrutiny.
17. ITAR-TASS: Russian students will be able to study abroad at expense of state budget. Russian Press Review.
18. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Education for $1 billion. An influx of foreign students will help boost the level of Russian universities.
19. ITAR-TASS: Kalashnikov wrote about responsibility for deaths of killed from his gun to Patriarch.
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Kropotkin: From nobility to the father of Russian Anarchism. Peter Kropotkin was the father of Russian anarchism. He dreamed of a world without violence or government power. Today his ideas are just as relevant as they were in the 19th century.
ECONOMY
21. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s Audit Chamber to examine all budget-financed laws.
22. RIA Novosti: LUKoil Hit With ‘Biggest Oil Spill Fine in Russian History’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
23. Russia Direct: Russia’s foreign policy: Too early to celebrate success. Russia’s think tanks take a look back at 2013, devoting particular attention to Russia’s image in the world and the state of US-Russian relations.
24. Russia Direct: Three scenarios for US-Russia relations in 2014. Russia Direct interviewed a group of experts to come up with three different scenarios for the development of Russia-U.S. relations in 2014: positive, negative and neutral.
25. www.opendemocracy.net: Mark Galeotti, Russia’s shiny new weapons.
26. Reuters: U.S. and Russia say Syria aid access and local ceasefire possible.
27. www.russiatoday.com: Idaho potatoes and Russian fur hat: Superpower gifts in run-up to Geneva II.
28. Moscow Times: Record Number of U.S. Visas Issued to Russians in 2013.
29. Washington Post: U.S. ambassador in Moscow uses social media to bypass official line.
30. Russia: Other Points of View: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIA: NOT ENEMY OF WORLD PEACE AFTER ALL.
31. Moscow Times: U.S. Cautions Sochi Travelers Amid Threats.
32. Russia Direct: Fear and loathing in Sochi. With anti-Sochi sentiments increasing in the Western media, the only way for Russia to put an end to it is to pull off the most stunning Winter Olympics in history.
33. Human Rights Watch: Russia: Reporters’ Guide on Human Rights and Sochi Olympics.
34. ITAR-TASS: Interior Ministry disclaims information about new criminal case against Magnitsky.
35. European Leadership Network: Nicolai Petro, How the EU Can Bring Ukraine Into Europe.
36. Quartz: Steve LeVine, If you’re a fugitive banker trying to dodge extradition, don’t behave like this guy. (Mukhtar Ablyazov)
37. Russia in Global Affairs: Sergei Glaziev, Who Stands to Win? Political and Economic Factors in Regional Integration.
38. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russia’s Missed Opportunities for an Even Larger Empire Lamented.
39. Wall Street Journal: Arctic Passage Opens Challenges for U.S. Military. Thinning Polar Ice Expected to Give Way to New Commercial Waterways and Resource-Rich Frontier.
40. Christian Science Monitor: Douglas Fox, Antarctica and the Arctic: A polar primer for the new great game. Antarctica and the Arctic are the focus of global hunger for untapped resources and global warming has helped drive the polar rush.
