Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: 2014-#40 :: Wednesday, 26 February 2014

February 26, 2014 JRL Russia List JRL Tables of Contents

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#40 :: 26 February 2014
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SECURITY

Military

25. www.russiatoday.com: Putin orders ‘combat readiness’ tests for western, central Russian troops.

Ukraine

26. Business New Europe: All eyes on Russia’s Putin as Crimea tensions simmer.

1. www.russiatoday.com: Ukrainian city demolishes monument to Russian general who beat Napoleon.

2. www.russiatoday.com: Alarming trend in Ukraine: Historic monuments toppled, Nazi symbols spread.

3. Jewish Daily Forward: Ukraine Jews Hunker Down Amid Turmoil. With Revolution and Chaos Comes Danger of Anti-Semitism.

4. The Independent on Sunday (UK): Kim Sengupta, In Ukraine uprising political groups once on the fringes are in the ascendancy: ‘We can break protesters’ legs. No one will punish us. The law is on our side.’ Amid the power vacuum, the country is descending into a chaos of warring extremist groups.

5. RIA Novosti: Nabi Abdullaev, Russia’s Best Bet in Ukraine? Sitting on the Fence (for Now).

6. Reuters: US experts in Ukraine to help tackle economic crisis- US’s Burns.

8. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, After Ukraine’s Maidan, a bigger crackdown in Moscow?

16. Le Monde diplomatique: Emmanuel Dreyfus, Who was who in Kiev’s independence square. Ukraine beyond politics. The Ukraine parliament has promised elections, after the president was swept away in a brief burst of revolution in Kiev. Can the former opposition, including the far right, unite to form a viable future government?

18. The Guardian: Natalia Antonova, Only Ukraine’s people – not Russia or the west – can take it forward. Ukraine is in a mess. And the first steps must be taken not by politicians but by the people, who must honour life and prevent more violence.

19. Da Russophile: Patrick Armstrong, Propaganda and the Narrative.

20. RIA Novosti: Russia Says It Will Keep Out of Ukrainian Affairs.

21. Interfax: Russia still views Yanukovych as legitimate Ukrainian president – Duma deputy.

22. Reuters: Russia says no multilateral talks on Ukraine aid yet.

23. www.russiatoday.com: Russia does not question Ukraine’s territorial integrity – Upper House chair.

24. Moscow Times: Russia Urges Dialogue on Ukraine Amid Military Fears.

27. Moscow Times: Riot Police in Lviv Beg People’s Forgiveness on Bended Knee.

28. http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.co.uk: Meet the (real) new authorities in the Ukraine, example #1.

29. http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.co.uk: Meet the (real) new authorities in the Ukraine, example #2.

30. Interfax: US ready to help Ukraine hold fair presidential elections in May – Burns.

31. Interfax: Ukraine ready for full-fledged dialogue with Russia after new govt is formed – ministry.

32. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Ukraine Is a Step Away From War.

33. Moscow Times: Ukraine Awaits Economic Impact of New Government’s Tension With Russia.

34. The National Interest: Simon Saradzhyan, Does Russia Really Need Ukraine?

35. www.russiatoday.com: “Ukrainians to pay extreme price for regime change through austerity”

36. The National Interest: Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Ukraine: Priorities for the Next Government.

37. Center for Strategic and International Studies: Andrew C. Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Ukraine’s February Revolution: What Next?

38. www.russiatoday.com: “EU doesn’t know what it’s doing in Ukraine.” Things have happened too quickly in Ukraine for the EU, and there are also American interests involved – the EU would be too cautious to act immediately, a former British diplomat William Mallinson told RT.

39. http://geostrategicforecasting.net: Gordon Hahn, Democrats, Ultra-Nationalists, and Outsiders in Ukraine’s Orange Revolution 2.0.

40. www.counterpunch.org: Israel Shamir, The Spectacle in Kiev. The Brown Revolution in Ukraine.

41. http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.co.uk: Ukrainian nationalism – its roots and nature.

Former Soviet Union/CIS

17. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Stability across Former Soviet Space ‘Deceptive,’ Moscow Paper Says. (Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

Sochi Olympics

10. RIA Novosti: Putin says Sochi criticism motivated by global politics.

12. www.counterpunch.org: Michael Hudson and Jeffrey Sommers, The Story the Western Media Missed. Russia After Sochi.
15. Moscow Times: Peter Kaznacheev, Sochi Olympics Boost Morale but Not Economy.

ECONOMY

Ruble, Dollar, Euro

13. RIA Novosti: Weak ruble could push Russian budget into surplus – report.

14. ITAR-TASS: Russians convert their savings to dollars and euros.

GDP

15. Moscow Times: Peter Kaznacheev, Sochi Olympics Boost Morale but Not Economy.

POLITICS

Transcript

11. Kremlin.ru: Interview to Channel One, Rossiya-1, NTV and RBC TV channels.

Corruption

9. RIA Novosti: Top Russian anti-corruption official nabbed in bribery case.

News