RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#233 table of contents with links :: Sunday 9 November 2014
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JRL 2014-#233 :: Sunday 9 November 2014
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1. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin’s Valdai Speech Echoes Not Churchill’s at Fulton but Hitler’s at Berchtesgaden, Illarionov Says.
2. The Guardian (UK): Linas Linkevičius, Putin has defended the Nazi-Soviet pact. Time for the west to wake up. It was the pact that led to world war two. Western democracies must no longer turn a blind eye to Putin the aggressor.
3. Legatum Institute: The Menace of Unreality: Combatting Russian Disinformation in the 21st Century. (summary of discussion)
4. The Guardian (UK): Nick Cohen, Russia Today: why western cynics lap up Putin’s TV poison. It’s no surprise that the Kremlin delights in piping TV propaganda to the world – it is guaranteed a receptive audience
5. Euromaidan Press: War against Ukraine – Russians united by hate.
6. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians Dream of ‘Soviet Empire without Communists,’ Commentators Say.
7. The Atlantic Council: James Rupert, For Putin, Ukraine’s Elections Backfired. So the War Is On Again. Analysts: Moscow Fights Now with Mercenaries and Local Trainees, But in 20 Weeks May Again Send Its Own Troops.
8. The New Republic: James Goldgeier, To Contain Russia, the U.S. Should Return to Cold War Policies.
9. www.mccain.senate.gov: STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN ON RUSSIA PROVIDING MILITARY AID TO SEPARATISTS IN UKRAINE.
10. Forbes.com: Paul Roderick Gregory, Russia Uses Semantics To Walk Back Recognition of Donbass Elections Before G20 Summit.
11. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Two Battalions of Chechens Now Fighting the Russians in Ukraine.
12. Moscow Times: Alexander Golts, The Frightening World of Vladimir Putin.
13. Institute of Modern Russia: Has Russia Abandoned the Path to Democracy? On October 30, the National Endowment for Democracy held a round table discussion entitled “Is Democracy Possible in Russia?” According to participants, in light of current political developments, it appears unlikely that Russia will become a democracy anytime soon.
14. The Interpreter: John R. Schindler, Is a Top American Diplomat a Russian Agent?
15. Kyiv Post editorial: Dawn or destruction.
16. The New Republic: Julia Ioffe, Russia’s Currency Is Plummeting and Putin’s Billionaires Are Cannibalizing Each Other.
17. Forbes.com: Anna Borshchevskaya, What Will Happen To Putin’s Approval Ratings Once Russia’s Economy Plummets?
18. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Does Putin’s Russia Have a Future?
19. The Daily Signal: Expelled Journalist: ‘Popular Anti-Criminal Revolution’ in Ukraine Worries Russia. (David Satter)
20. The Atlantic: Peter Pomerantsev, The Hidden Author of Putinism. How Vladislav Surkov invented the new Russia.
21. Euromaidan Press: New civilizational divide in Donbas.
22. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Former Ambassador Michael McFaul optimistic history isn’t on Putin’s side.
23. The Diplomat: U.S. Ambassador Reignites Cold War Rhetoric in Kyrgyzstan. Unusually blunt comments highlight the country’s role in the battle for influence in Central Asia.
