RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#17 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 28 January 2015
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JRL 2015-#17 :: Wednesday 28 January 2015
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1. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with students at the Mining University.
2. Kremlin.ru: International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
3. Moscow Times: Russian Defense Ministry Releases Trove of Secret Auschwitz Documents.
4. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Putin: ‘Foreign legion’ operating in Ukraine. Russian experts react to Putin’s comments, which NATO calls “nonsense.”
5. Russia Direct: Yakov Mirkin, Looking ahead to Russia’s economic future, post-Davos. On Jan. 26, shortly after the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos, international rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Russia’s credit rating to junk status. In this light, Russian economist Yakov Mirkin ponders the future of the Russian economy.
6. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia gambles on $21 billion plan to save ailing economy. The Russian authorities are to spend some $21 billion to rescue the country’s economy. The money will be used mainly to capitalize major banks, support the agricultural sector and fund construction, and will be allocated from the federal budget and the National Wealth Fund, the repository of Russia’s oil and gas revenues.
7. Business New Europe: S&P downgrades Russia to junk.
8. Reuters: Market reaction muted after S&P drops Russia to ‘junk’
9. www.rt.com: S&P downgrade ‘groundlessly pessimistic’ – Russian finance minister.
10. www.project-syndicate.org: Charles Wyplosz, Why Russia’s Economy Will Not Collapse.
11. Reuters: Ukraine rebels say government forces pushed back near Donetsk.
12. Business New Europe: Rebels advance to encircle pocket of Ukrainian troops.
13. Carnegie Moscow Center: BALÁZS JARÁBIK and ANDRAS RACZ, (Re)-Escalation in Donbas: Toward Minsk or Mariupol?
14. The National Interest: Nikolas Gvosdev, The Ukraine Crisis’ Scary New Twist: The Drive for Mariupol. And what it could mean for the future of Europe, Putin and U.S.-Russian relations.
15. Carnegie Moscow Center: ALEXEY MALASHENKO, BALÁZS JARÁBIK, ANDREI KOLESNIKOV, What Is the Future for Donbas?
16. Business New Europe: Mark Galeotti, Ukraine cannot just blame Russia for its military setbacks.
17. Politico.com: Andrew Weiss, Time for Plan B on Ukraine? As unsavory as it sounds, Obama may need to press for a diplomatic solution with Putin.
18. www.rt.com: ‘Kiev talks war when situation calms down, talks peace when things get worse.’ (interview with Alexander Mercouris)
19. Wall Street Journal: Heavy Fighting Drains Ukraine Government’s Options and Finances. Compromise Could Undermine Political Support in Kiev, While a Defensive War Would Further Sap Resources.
20. The Vineyard of the Saker: Putin’s counter-intuitive 8 point peace plan for the Ukraine.
21. Fort Russ: “No Money For War”–IMF to Ukraine.
22. Moon of Alabama: Wondering About Today’s Mariupol Attack.
23. www.counterpunch.org: Halyna Mokrushyna, What are Ukrainians Fighting For?
24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia to safeguard its own nuclear facilities without American help. Russia has decided to safeguard its own nuclear facilities without the help of the United States. However, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said in a statement that Moscow is willing to continue cooperating with Washington on global nuclear security.
25. Moscow Times: Mark Galeotti, The Rise of the Russian Mafia Myth.
26. National Post (Canada): Calum Marsh, By praising ‘Leviathan’ for its spotlight on Russia’s corruption, are we ignoring our own?
27. The National Interest: Zachary Keck, Beware: Collapsing Oil Prices Could Make Russia More Dangerous.
28. Oilprice.com: Robert Berke, Russian Sanctions Might Be Obama’s Greatest Blunder.
29. Washington Post editorial: Russia’s new offensive in Ukraine should prompt stern sanctions from the West.
30. Euromaidan Press: Radio Liberty, Nationalism and fascism in contemporary Russia.
31. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, Auschwitz and the Power of Propaganda.
32. Washington Post: Matt O’Brien, Remember Russia? It’s still doomed.
