RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#241 table of contents with links :: Thursday 20 November 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#241 :: Thursday 20 November 2014
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Ukraine

1. New York Times editorial: Ukraine’s Slow Collapse.
2. The Economist: Ukraine’s economy. It is really that bad.
3. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Future of Donbass hangs on Western influence over Kiev.
4. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukrainian premier rules out direct talks with pro-Russian separatists.
5. TASS: Ukraine president says Kiev intends to observe Minsk agreements.
6. www.rt.com: Over 4,000 dead, almost 10,000 injured in E. Ukraine fighting since April – UN.
7. Interfax: FMS: Number of Ukrainians staying in Russia 1 million up year-on-year.
8. Reuters: Ukraine peace outlook is bleak – OSCE official.
9. Business New Europe: Mark Adomanis, Did the EU just blink?
10. www.rt.com: Ukraine’s coal reserves ‘unprecedented’ low, not enough for another month – Deputy Energy Minister.
11. TASS: Russia ready to supply electric power to Ukraine.
12. RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s non-aligned status very important, good for Kiev – Russia’s Lavrov.
13. TASS: Russia to need guarantees of Ukraine’s NATO non-entry in case Kiev changes mind – diplomat.
14. Moscow Times: Russia’s Demand of NATO Unlikely to Defuse Ukraine Conflict.
15. Interfax: Separatist leader challenges Ukrainian president to “duel” to “put end to war”
16. BBC: Social media shapes Ukraine political debate.
17. Kyiv Post: On EuroMaidan anniversary, killings of its activists still unpunished.
18. Moscow Times: Kiev Brings Back Orthodox Santa Claus Instead of Soviet-Era Father Frost.
19. AP: Ukraine punished for fan racism in Lviv.
20. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Calls for Latinization of Ukrainian Alphabet on ‘Civilizational Grounds’ Anger Russians.
21. Reuters: Senior German politician under fire for plea to recognize Russian Crimea.
22. Reuters: SPECIAL REPORT-Crimean savers ask: Where’s our money?
23. www.truthdig.com: William Pfaff, Obama Remains High-Handed-And Wrong-About Ukraine.
24. www.washingtonsblog.com: Eric Zuesse, Meet Ukraine’s Master Mass-Murderer: Dmitriy Yarosh.
25. www.rt.com: Dutch government refuses to reveal ‘secret deal’ into MH17 crash probe.
26. New York Review of Books: Amy Knight, Flight MH17: Will Russia Get Away With It?
27. The Hill: Obama adviser: Arms for Ukraine ‘on the table’
28. www.mccain.senate.gov: STATEMENT BY SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN AND LINDSEY GRAHAM ON NEED TO SUPPORT UKRAINE IN FACE OF RENEWED RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.
29. www.opednews.com: George Eliason, Ukraine Punisher Commanders in DC Now to Ask Warren and McCain for More Guns.
30. www.breitbart.com: Gerald Warner, SORRY DAVE, BUT PUTIN DIDN’T START THE UKRAINE WAR; THE EU DID.
31. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Kremlin Divided Only on When to Begin Full-Scale War with Ukraine, Sheremet Says.

Russia

32. Sputnik: Putin: ‘Color Revolutions’ Became Lesson, Warning for Russia.
33. TASS: Putin warns extremism to be punished with all severity of law.
34. www.rt.com: ‘Anti-offshore’ law to bring billions back to Russian economy.
35. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian economist calls on state companies to invest in infrastructure projects. (Ruslan Grinberg)
36. Russia Direct: Vladimir Korovkin, Microfinance: Russia thinks big by thinking small. With Western sanctions putting a squeeze on the Russian financial system, the Kremlin is willing to consider innovative new economic ideas. One of them is microfinance.
37. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, Kicking Russia Out of SWIFT Actually Weakens Western Hegemony.
38. The Economist editorial: Russia. A wounded economy. It is closer to crisis than the West or Vladimir Putin realise.
39. The Economist: The Russian economy. The end of the line. For more than a decade oil income and consumer spending have delivered growth to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Not any more.
40. Business New Europe: Russia’s energy ministry revises oil price to $80-$90 per barrel.
41. Reuters: Russia has little to offer in oil price war.
42. TASS: Chinese investments in Russian economy to reach $4-5 billion annually – expert.
43. Business New Europe: Mark Galeotti, Corruption is Putin’s Achilles’ heel – and golden opportunity.
44. Interfax: FSKN: Drug mortality rate in Russia 20 times higher than in Japan.
45. Interfax: Russian Justice Ministry withdraws claims against embattled NGOs.
46. Reuters: Russia’s Ekho Moskvy Celebrates Victory as Radio Host Dodges Axe.
47. Novaya Gazeta: Top Russian radio editor in chief interviewed on relations with Kremlin, Putin. (Aleksey Venediktov)
48. TASS: Lavrov says he didn’t distort Kerry’s words.
49. New York Times: Meeting U.S. Envoy, Putin Appears to Soften His Tone.
50. US Embassy Moscow: Ambassador Tefft Presents Predentials to President Putin. Statement by U.S. Ambassador John F. Tefft.
51. Interfax: Refusal of U.S. Senate to restrict NSA powers marks decline of democracy – Pushkov.
52. Defense One: Political Dysfunction Is a Worse Threat Than Putin, Say National Security Workers.
53. Russia Insider: Gilbert Doctorow, Top US Foreign Policy Experts Increasingly Disagree with White House on Russia.
54. Newsweek.com: Latvia Cracks Down on Russian-Speaking Teachers.
55. Reuters: Hungary’s Orban: we’ll choose our own path in ties with Russia.

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