RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#10 table of contents with links :: Thursday 15 January 2015

Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2015-#10 :: Thursday 15 January 2015
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1. TheBlaze.com: Paul Gregory, The West Has Putin in a Box But Refuses to Pull the Trigger.
2. CNN.com: Robert Legvold, Why the new Cold War matters.
3. Reuters: Russia’s forests overlooked in climate change fight.
4. Reuters: Russia gives green light for transgender drivers to stay on the road.
5. www.rt.com: Ukraine bus attack: ‘Kiev throws accusations, West blindly follows narrative.’ (interview with Dmitry Babich)
6. Interfax: Fifty-five percent of Russians want to see Putin as their president after 2018 – poll.
7. Moscow Times: Increasingly, Russians See No Alternative to Putin.
8. Russia Beyond the Headlines: ‘Russia’s course cannot be one of self-isolation.’ In a speech on Jan. 13, former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov spoke about his concerns for Russia’s economic future and said that the country must be open to working with the U.S. and NATO.
9. Paul Goble: Primakov’s ‘Anti-Crisis Federalism’ Seen Threatening Russia’s Non-Russians.
10. Interfax: Making people choose between terror, blasphemy wrong – Russian church official.
11. www.rt.com: Russia’s oil and gas economy ‘exhausted’ – Medvedev.
12. Russia Direct: Russia tries to save its economy before cheap oil turns it into ‘junk.’ At the 2015 Gaidar Economic Forum in Moscow, leading economists and government officials, both Russian and foreign, are discussing the economic challenges facing the Kremlin as oil prices continue to fall.
13. Moscow Times: Russian Prime Minister Scorns Fears, But Fails to Present Strategy at Economic Forum.
14. Government.ru: The 6th Gaidar Forum. (Medvedev speech continued)
15. Moscow Times: What a ‘Junk’ Rating Would Mean for Russia.
16. Vedomosti: Putin seen trying to secure elite’s loyalty “by force of persuasion.” (Konstantin Simonov)
17. Russia Insider: Gilbert Doctorow, Putin Conspiracy Theorists Strike Again – On US Public TV (PBS).
18. Frontline (PBS): Putin’s Way, What is the State of Dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia? (interview with Garry Kasparov)
19. Interface: Monument to victims of political repression will be created in Sakharov Prospekt – Pamfilova.
20. TASS: Putin suggests transferring part of state functions to NGOs.
21. www.rt.com: Political NGOs must concentrate on national problems – Putin.
22. RFE/RL: Top Russian Official ‘Ashamed’ Of Culture Crackdown, Quits Ministry.
23. Washington Post: Olga Oliker, Russia’s new military doctrine: Same as the old doctrine, mostly.
24. Reuters: EU’s Mogherini suggests better Russia ties to push Ukraine peace.
25. Counterpunch.org: Halyna Mokrushyna, The Other Ukraine Must be Heard. Poroshenko the “Civilized”
26. TASS: Russian supplies restore 150 schools and hospitals in Ukraine’s east.
27. Reuters: Threat of debt writedowns hovers over Ukraine.
28. Euromaidan Press: Experts: Russia’s economic collapse no catastrophe for Ukraine.
29. Huffington Post: Lev Golinkin, Ukraine’s Donbass and Jim Crow — A Poor Analogy.
30. www.rt.com: ‘US incapable of backing down on Russia over Ukraine.’ (interview with Daniel McAdams)
31. TASS: Russia’s Leviathan nominated for Academy Award as best foreign film.
32. Moscow Times: Bolshoi Packed for Tribute to Legendary Singer Yelena Obraztsova.
33. Cluborlov: Dmitry Orlov, Peculiarities of Russian National Character.