RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#238 table of contents with links :: Monday 17 November 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#238 :: Monday 17 November 2014
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Ukraine

1. Reuters: Heavy shelling rocks rebel-held Donetsk in east Ukraine.
2. Reuters: Poroshenko: Ukraine “Ready for Total War”
3. Euromaidan Press: Poroshenko should rid himself of his fear.
4. Sputnik: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Says No Plans of East Ukraine Offensive.
5. AFP: In Donetsk, Homeless Ukrainians Loathe Kiev Government.
6. AFP: Ukraine cuts off rebel east as fighting rumbles on.
7. www.rt.com: Ukraine scraps human rights treaty for rebel areas, cuts services, freezes banks.
8. www.thedailybeast.com: Jamie Dettmer, Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’
9. Carnegie Moscow Center: BALÁZS JARÁBIK, Frozen Donbas?
10. Reuters: Putin says he’s convinced solution to Ukraine crisis possible.
11. TASS: Russian President Putin says Ukraine needs federalization to settle conflict. “Ukraine is a complex country, and not only due to its ethnic composition, but also from the point of view of its formation as it stands today,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said
12. Reuters: Russia won’t allow Ukraine to ‘destroy’ opponents, says Putin.
13. Interfax: Putin: What was done in Crimea was not in any way different from what had been done in Kosovo.
14. Reuters: Putin says Russia won’t demand early repayment of $3 billion lent to Ukraine.
15. Kremlin.ru: Interview to German TV channel ARD.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian TV shows questionable satellite image of ‘attack’ on MH17. Journalists and bloggers have accused the station of faking the picture.
17. Sputnik: NATO Prefers to Ignore Russian Efforts to Stabilize Situation in Ukraine.
18. Reuters: EU targets Ukraine separatists but is split on more Russia sanctions.
19. Fort Russ: Zakhar Prilepin, The failed Ukrainian blitzkrieg that everyone failed to notice.
20. Marko Marjanovic: The Rebellion in East Ukraine Is a Civic Revolution, Not an Ethnic Insurgency.
21. Gazeta.ru: Russian editorial asks whether Moscow ready for compromise on Ukraine.
22. Euromaidan Press: The Wall between Ukraine and Russia should be both physical and mental.
23. Moscow Times: Andriy Fedur, The Struggle to Bring Real Justice to Ukraine.
24. The National Interest: Robert D. Blackwill and Dimitri K. Simes, Dealing with Putin. The stage is being set for an even more dramatic confrontation between the West and Russia over Ukraine. Obama must recognize the danger to U.S. national interests that the crisis may create and act accordingly.

Russia

25. Kremlin.ru: Press statement and replies to journalists’ questions following the G20 summit.
26. Moscow Times: Putin’s Early Departure From G20 Summit a ‘Mistake’
27. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Fyodor Lukyanov, Time for Russia to put more of its eggs in the G20 basket.
28. Business New Europe: Time for change – G20.
29. Russia Direct: Andrei Tsygankov, Will Russia be able to build a functioning state? Russia is at a crossroads in how to build a strong, functioning state. Old models – such as the neo-Soviet model and the liberal Western model – have already been discarded by the Kremlin. So what comes next?
30. TASS: Experts sceptical opposition coalition may take shape.
31. Business New Europe: Mark Adomanis, Russia’s ‘brain drain’ – not what you expect.
32. Reuters: Russian rouble weakens on falling oil, fears of more EU sanctions.
33. Moscow Times: Profile: Elvira Nabiullina, Woman at Center of Russia’s Ruble Collapse.
34. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Can gold deflect Western economic attacks? The Kremlin thinks so. Russia’s Central Bank has been buying up huge quantities of gold – 55 tons in the third quarter alone – as a means to pad the economy against Western sanctions’ bite.
35. Moscow Times: Russia Tightens Control Over Foreign Ownership of Print Media.
36. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Pressure mounts on independent Russian media as legal net tightens.
37. Moscow Times: Mark Adomanis, Masha Gessen’s Facebook Rant Shows Core Problem of Russian Journalism.
38. Russia Direct: Russia continues to woo China in more ways than one. Media Roundup: Given the outsized expectations concerning Russia’s pivot to China, the Russian media carefully analyzed every move at the APEC Summit in Beijing – including Vladimir Putin’s encounter with the Chinese president’s wife.
39. Center TV (Moscow): Leading MP explains Russia’s turn to China, readiness for dialogue with West. (Aleksey Pushkov)
40. Reuters: Obama toughens line on Putin over Ukraine at G20 summit.
41. Russia Direct: Pietro Shakarian, Gorbachev’s landmark Berlin speech. At celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Mikhail Gorbachev pointed out the key factors that have nearly led to the start of a new Cold War. He also outlined important proposals that could lead to a de-escalation of tensions within Europe.
42. TASS: NATO expansion since 2001 significantly changed geopolitical situation – Putin.
43. Los Angeles Times: Carol Williams, Why Putin’s anti-NATO behavior makes sense to him, and many in Russia.
44. The Globalist: J.D. Bindenagel, The United States never consented to having no NATO expansion deals.
45. Russia Insider: Peter Lavelle, Timothy Snyder’s Historical Malpractice.
46. Washington Post: Fred Hiatt, As Putin keeps advancing, the U.S. keeps rationalizing.
47. Russia Insider: US Critic is Clueless on Stunning New Russian Film (Leviathan). Leviathan is a Christian story not a work of political criticism.