RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-24 :: Wednesday, 3 February 2016
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#24
Wednesday 3 February 2016
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RUSSIA
1. TASS: Russian scientists discover aggression causes new nerve cells to be generated in brain.
2. Russia Direct: Dmitri Trenin: Key challenges facing foreign policy experts in Russia, US. In an interview with Russia Direct, Carnegie Moscow Center Director Dmitri Trenin discusses the key flaws of Russian and American foreign policy expertise, and the reasons why the Kremlin neglects outside expertise and believes in conspiracy theories.
3. New York Times editorial: The Pentagon’s Top Threat? Russia.
4. http://readrussia.com: Mark Adomanis, The Great Moderation.
5. Sputnik: Putting Russia on the Map: Stratfor CEO’s Analysis Makes Sudden Conclusion.
6. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Could sanctions spur Russia’s ascent to agricultural superpower? Since the end of the Soviet era, Russia’s agricultural industry has languished. But with sanctions now keeping European goods out of the Russian market, small domestic farmers are stepping up.
7. TASS: Putin says patriotism is Russia’s “national idea”
8. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with the core group of the Leaders Club.
9. www.rt.com: Russian MP seeking to criminalize foreign sponsorship for politicians.
10. TASS: Russia’s ex-PM asks FSB to launch criminal proceedings against Chechen leader.
11. Bloomberg: Putin Opens Asset Sales to Foreigners as Budget Gap Widens.
12. TASS: Russian minister urges privatization due to crisis.
13. Reuters: Russian oligarchs most likely buyers in Putin’s new privatisation plan.
14. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Political reform key to overcoming economic crisis in Russia – economist. (Yevgeniy Yasin)
15. Reuters: Oil gains after Russia says open to talking with OPEC.
16. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova Moscow, January 29, 2016. (excerpt re “Russian aggression”)
17. RAND Corporation: Reinforcing Deterrence on NATO’s Eastern Flank. Wargaming the Defense of the Baltics.
18. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Russian Security Council secretary discusses Ukraine, Syria operation, NATO. (Nikolay Patrushev)
19. Sputnik: Behind Closed Doors: Nuland Briefs US Senators on Russia Talks.
20. Russia Direct: Ruslan Kostyuk, Russian parliament is ready to work with PACE, just not right now. The confrontation between Russia and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) continues, although there are signs that the new leadership of PACE may be more open to rebuilding the damaged relationship with Russia.
21. www.rt.com: Shutting off smuggling through Turkey-Syria border key condition for ceasefire in Syria – Lavrov.
22. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian government daily sees little chance of success at Syria talks in Geneva. (Yevgeniy Shestakov)
23. Medium.com: Dominic Basalto, The most Russophobic U.S. presidential candidates, ranked in order.
24. Moscow Times: Moscow Institution in the Top 20 of the World’s Best Small Universities Ranking.
25. The Blog Mire: Rob Slane, The Case of Alexander Litvinenko & Soviet Justice (“Probably”)
26. Paul Goble: Putin, Trapped Between War and Revolution, Will Choose War, Ikhlov Says.
27. The National Interest: Steven Pifer, Pay Attention, America: Russia Is Upgrading Its Military. The Kremlin’s forces are in the midst of a historic overhaul.
28. Tavis Smiley (PBS): Interview with Marvin Kalb. (author of “Imperial Gamble: Putin, Ukraine and the New Cold War”)
29. The New Yorker: Joshua Yaffa, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Putin of Chechnya. Putin’s Dragon. Is the ruler of Chechnya out of control?
UKRAINE
31. Interfax: 52% of Russians favor open borders with Ukraine, without visas or customs.
32. Ukraine The Masks of the Revolution: PLTV Documentary by Paul Moreira. FULL VIDEO
33. https://newcoldwar.org: ‘The Masks of the Revolution’: A new documentary film on the Odessa Massacre of May 2, 2014 in Ukraine.
34. https://newcoldwar.org: French filmmaker Paul Moreira responds to critics of his documentary film on the Odessa Massacre of May 2, 2014.
35. UA Wire: Russian Propaganda Film about Ukraine to be Shown on French Television.
36. www.rt.com: Ukraine’s Right Sector volunteer battalion is illegal – Judge Advocate General.
37. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Ukraine Boasts European Gas Imports, But Most Of It Still Russian.
38. Interfax: Ukrainian Cabinet to keep working, fuss surrounding its work aimed at redistributing financial flows, seizing power – Yatsenyuk.
39. Reuters: Blow to Ukraine’s reform hopes as economy minister quits.
40. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, After Denouncing his Colleagues for Corruption, Ukraine’s Economics Minister Storms Out of the Government.
41. Interfax-Ukraine: U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Abromavicius: One of Ukrainian government’s great champions.
42. TASS: Ukraine’s corrupt presidential team ejects competent outsiders.
43. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukraine won’t give up Donbas – Poroshenko.
44. Reuters: Ukraine’s Poroshenko Sees Increased Risk of Open War With Russia.
45. Deutsche Welle: Ways out of a blind alley in Ukraine. Almost one year after the Minsk agreement to resolve the Ukraine crisis, diplomats are working frantically behind the scenes but the two sides are still entrenched. Frank Hofmann reports from Kyiv.
46. Human Rights in Ukraine (Kharkiv, Ukraine): Halya Coynash, Ukraine’s police must not collaborate with Azov xenophobes.
47. One Plus One TV (Kyiv): Ukrainian TV explains Minsk negotiations “deadlock”
