RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#223 table of contents with links :: Tuesday 28 October 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#223 :: Tuesday 28 October 2014
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Ukraine

1. Reuters: MH17 prosecutor open to theory another plane shot down airliner – Der Spiegel.
2. www.rt.com: ‘Russian distress call’ prompting Swedish sub hunt never existed–sigint source.
3. Russia Beyond the Headlines: The lost dream of a Common European Home. Expert Fyodor Lukyanov remembers the heady days after the fall of the Berlin Wall and reflects on what has happened in the 25 years since Mikhail Gorbachev hoped for a united Europe.
4. The National lnterest: Dmitri Trenin, Russia’s Great-Power Problem. Russia has territory, resources and a sizable nuclear arsenal, for all that is worth today, but it lacks real economic strength. Can it correct this deficiency?
5. Kremlin.ru: Meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. (transcript continued)
6. Russia Direct: How Russia views the post-Cold War global order. RD Exclusive: Political science professor Nicolai Petro analyzes the key themes and takeaways from this year’s much talked-about Valdai Club event in Sochi, an event that was dedicated to the topic of Russia’s role in the post-Cold War world order.
7. The National Interest: James Carden, Putin’s Play at Valdai. A Russian quest for stability?
8. Washington Post editorial: Vladimir Putin lays out a menacing choice for the West.
9. Interfax: People’s Front, Poroshenko Bloc leaders in Ukraine polls – election commission.
10. Business New Europe: Poroshenko could squeeze tiny Yatsenyuk lead with constituency seats.
11. AFP: Russia backs rebel polls as Ukraine eyes new government.
12. Business New Europe: Russia will recognise rebel elections to be held in east Ukraine.
13. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Ukraine swings West. But could a divided parliament derail reform? Pro-Europe parties showed strongly in Ukraine’s elections Sunday. But an unexpectedly high tally for Prime Minister Yatsenyuk’s party hints a possible repeat of the politics that upended a post-Orange Revolution Ukraine.
14. http://reconsideringrussia.org: Pietro A. Shakarian, Ukraine’s Parliamentary Poll: Results and Reflections.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Elections in Ukraine marred by poor turnout and violations.
16. TASS: Russia hopes pragmatic, non-aggressive approach to raise upper hand in Ukraine.
17. New York Times editorial: Hope, and Hard Work, in Ukraine.
18. RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Elections Sealed Minsk Agreement’s Fate, Make Country Easier to Govern: Analysts.
19. www.rt.com: ‘Main legitimacy concern: Ukrainian parties opposed to ‘Euromaidan’ faced restrictions.’ (interview with Nicolai Petro)
20. Kyiv Post: Opposition Bloc outperforms forecasts, expected to be fourth largest party.
21. Bloomberg: Putin Narrative of Abandoned Ukraine East Fueled by Vote.
22. RFE/RL: Ten Takeaways From Ukraine’s Vote.
23. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Pro-Western Parties Triumph In Ukraine (For Now).
24. www.foreignaffairs.com: Alina Polyakova, Ukraine’s Democracy Problem. Letter From Kiev’s 217th Electoral District.
25. Reuters: Ukraine unlikely to receive IMF loan tranche this year – finance minister.
26. RIA Novosti: Ukraine Expects Over $1 Billion in Financial Aid from EU, World Bank by Year’s End.
27. Reuters: MH17 investigators still awaiting U.S., Russian intelligence reports.
28. TASS: Lustration bill applies to dozens of state officials in Ukraine.
29. NTV (Moscow): Russian TV slams Ukrainian elite for not sending sons to war.

Russia

30. www.rt.com: Permanent winter: Russia turns back clocks for last time.
31. Interfax: Poll: Western-style democracy won’t work for Russia.
32. Moscow Times: Fewer Russians Ready to Re-Elect Putin, Poll Shows.
33. Moscow Times: Finance Ministry Eyes 10% Cuts to Russia’s State Spending as Economic Outlook Worsens.
34. Business New Europe: Oil drops below $80, implications for Russian budget.
35. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Moscow stock index picks up as S&P declines to downgrade rating.
36. TASS: Most Russians don’t care about dollar rate or cancelled foreign trips.
37. Interfax: Russian pollster says citizens increasingly concerned about rising dollar.
38. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Sixty Percent of Russians Today Live or Have Lived in Poverty, Moscow Study Says.
39. Interfax: Moscow Helsinki Group, but not Memorial, gets Russian presidential grant
40. www.rt.com: Malice behind Putin misquotations? Russia to respond with full disclosure.
41. www.buzzfeed.com: Popular Russia Listserv Said To Be Increasingly Taking The View From Moscow. The head of the institute at George Washington University that hosts Johnson’s Russia List said the listserv is simply moving beyond the “goodies versus baddies dichotomy.”
42. Wonkette: Riley Waggaman, Red Dawn II: How Tiresome. Is Putin Spreading Ebola? Sure Why Not.
43. Moscow Times: Peter Rutland, How Much Longer Can Putin’s System Last?
44. TASS: Tensions between Russia and the West contribute to growth of terrorism – CSTO.
45. Moscow Times: What Can Russia Bring to War Against Islamic State?
46. Moscow Times: Red Square Exhibit Sheds New Light on Soviet Cult of Lenin.
47. Russia Insider: Eric Kraus, The Bear and Dragon Chronicles – Western Myopia. Carnegie publishes a textbook case of getting the whole thing wrong. Out come the bear’s (and dragon’s) claws, shredding it piece by piece…
48. Business New Europe: Mark Adomanis, If Estonia is so great, why is everyone leaving?
49. Martin Dewhirst: Re: 2014-#220-Johnson’s Russia List (re Adomanis on Applebaum).

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