RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-40 :: Friday, 26 February 2016

Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#40
Friday, 26 February 2016
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RUSSIA

1. The Hill (Washington DC): Top US commander: Russia wants to ‘rewrite’ international order.
2. Kremlin.ru: Meeting of the Federal Security Service board.
3. Russia Observer: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 25 February 2016.
4. Fort Russ: To understand why Russians love Putin, you should look back to his first term.
5. Bloomberg: Russia Seen Dodging Political Storm as Putin Rides Out Recession.
6. www.rt.com: Putin warns security services of foreign plans to target Russian elections.
7. The Globalist: Andreas Umland, How to Influence Russian Public Opinion? Russian social networks are potential channels for spreading the truth about the Kremlin’s corruption and propaganda.
8. Russia Direct: Marina Obrazkova, The most important facts about Russian parliamentary elections. In September 2016, Russians will go to the polls to cast their votes for deputies of the State Duma. Here’s your guide for what to expect just six months from now.
9. Politkom.ru: Tatyana Stanovaya, State Duma Election: Unofficial Start.
10. Russia Beyond the Headlines: A year on, what do we know about Boris Nemtsov’s murder? Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee has announced that it has solved the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov after a probe lasting almost a year. But who killed Nemtsov and why is the investigation seen as inconclusive? RBTH looks back at the most headline-grabbing murder of 2015.
11. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Why did Kadyrov publish ‘revelatory’ report about himself? The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has chosen to make public himself a report that accuses him of creating a quasi-Islamic state within Russia and not obeying Russian laws.
12. Moscow Times: Oliver Carroll, ‘Putin’s Children’ – Life, Crime, Terror on the Edge of Russia.
13. Interfax: Shuvalov: economic situation in Russia is difficult, there is no influx of g uest workers to Russia.
14. www.rt.com: Russia to up grain production 25% by 2030 – Agriculture ministry.
15. AFP: Make-Or-Break Syria Truce Tests Russia-US Cooperation.
16. Vedomosti: Russian experts discuss Syria ceasefire agreement.
17. Russia Direct: Nikolay Shevchenko, Pundits express cautious optimism about Syria ceasefire deal. Russian and foreign experts of the Valdai Club seem to believe the U.S.-Russia ceasefire on Syria is likely to work. Here is why.
18. AP: Analysis: Putin Can Cash In on Syria Gains With Cease-Fire
19. The Economist: Syria. Russia calls the shots. The timing of a proposed truce locks in the regime’s military gains.
20. Washington Post editorial: Mr. Putin continues to call the shots in Syria.
21. Wall Street Journal: Stephen Sestanovich, The Pentagon, the CIA, and the Saudis vs. Vladimir Putin.
22. www.rt.com: NATO can’t fight Russians in Europe, says leading US think tank.
23. Newsweek.com: Mark Bennetts, HOW PUTIN TRIED AND FAILED TO CRUSH DISSENT IN RUSSIA.

UKRAINE

24. Russia Insider: Euro-integration Devastated Ukraine Worse Than WWII. The numbers just don’t lie.
25. AFP: Ukraine PM accuses president’s camp of undermining crucial reforms.
26. www.thedailybeast.com: Anna Nemtsova, Remember That War in Ukraine? They’re Still Fighting It. espite the supposed truce, the front moves back and forth, destroying civilian lives and property at every turn.
27. World Affairs: Alexander Motyl, Why Reintegrating the Donbas Is Suicide for Ukraine.
28. Transitions Online: Russia Was Ready For All-out War Over Crimea. Putin would have launched all-out invasion had Ukraine fought to keep the peninsula he later annexed, document shows.
29. Russia Direct: Petr Kopka, What have we really learned about Ukraine two years after Maidan? The second anniversary of Maidan has forced Ukrainian society to re-think what was accomplished, and what has yet to be achieved on the nation’s winding path to freedom and democracy.
30. www.rt.com: Ukraine turmoil triggered by US provocations, majority of Russians maintain.
31. Kyiv Post: Stalling For Time: Patience runs low as politicians deceive with backroom deals.
32. The Globalist: Geoffrey Berlin, Can Ukraine Save Itself? Ukraine’s road to justice and economic inclusion is as complex as the path of the U.S. civil rights movement.
33. RFE/RL: Ukraine Deports Russian Journalist For ‘Damage To Ukraine’s Interests’
34. Freedom House: Ukraine Proposes Citizenship Test for Journalists.