RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#245 :: Thursday 17 December 2015
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#245
Thursday 17 December 2015
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RUSSIA
1. Karen Hewitt: What is going on in Russia? The views and values of ordinary Russians.
2. Kremlin.ru: Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference.
3. Sputnik: Who Makes the President Proud? Putin’s Top Answers at His Annual Q&A.
4. www.rt.com: Worst of crisis over for Russia, but country needs to adjust to life with cheap crude – Putin.
5. Wall Street Journal: Vladimir Putin Warns Government May Cut Budget Over Oil Price Fall. Russian president says peak of crisis is over, sees return to growth next year.
6. New York Times: Vladimir Putin Praises Donald Trump, Chides Turkey and Backs Russia’s Economy.
7. Russia Beyond the Headlines: What’s behind John Kerry’s festive goodwill to the Kremlin?
8. Russia Direct: Kerry’s visit to Moscow should be met with cautious optimism. Even though the Dec. 15 visit of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Moscow is a good sign for bilateral relations, experts warn against exaggerating the significance of the meeting.
9. Washington Post: Katrina vanden Heuvel, The new nuclear arms race.
10. Moscow Times: Is Russia’s Cheap Oil Nightmare Coming True?
11. Valdai Discussion Club: Timofei Bordachev, RUSSIA AND EUROPE: A NEW ROUND? Russia is ready for dialogue with the EU on a fundamentally new basis. A return to the relations we had three years ago is pointless and impossible. We must create a new format.
12. The National Interest: Rachel Bauman, Don’t Count on Putin’s Russia Collapsing Soon.
13. Moscow Times: Back to the Uncertain Future for Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
14. Paul Goble: After Minsk, Another Munich has Now Taken Place in Moscow, Illarionov Says.
15. Carnegie Moscow Center: Sergei Guriev, Deglobalizing Russia.
16. Russia Insider: Gilbert Doctorow, 9000 Guests Throng Massive Culture Forum in St. Petersburg.
17. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia’s future under the microscope at Yeltsin Forum. Experts analyze the reforms and the mechanisms of the Yeltsin’s times to help creating a system of transformation for the future.
UKRAINE
18. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Ukraine’s Politics Are Still Badly Broken.
19. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercoueris, Reviled by Ukrainians but Backed by US PM Yatsenyuk Stays On. Who needs popular support when you have the backing of Uncle Sam? Despite popularity in the single digits Yatsenyuk soldiers on as the PM of Washington’s client state of Ukraine.
20. www.rt.com: Kiev court bans Communist Party in Ukraine.
21. Bloomberg: IMF Says Ukraine Bond Owned by Russia Is Official Sovereign Debt.
22. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, IMF Says Russia Right About Ukraine $3 Billion Loan.
23. Reuters: Putin: Russia Did Have People in Ukraine Doing ‘Certain Military Tasks’
24. The Vineyard of the Saker: SITREP Crimea 13.12.15 by Auslander.
