RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#4 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 7 January 2015
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JRL 2015-#4 :: Wednesday 7 January 2015
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1. Moscow Times: Putin, Patriarch Kirill Kick Off Orthodox Christmas Celebrations.
2. Interfax: The Federal Migration Service may consider amnesty for illegal migrants.
3. Vox.com: How Putin could lose power. (interview with Mark Galeotti)
4. CBC.ca: Don Murray, In Ukraine’s Donetsk, the ‘death clutch’ of a forgotten war. Both Russian and Ukrainian economies in tatters, half a million people displaced.
5. The Guardian (UK): Oleg Orlov, Ukraine’s forgotten city destroyed by war. Pervomaisk has been reduced to rubble in the fighting between government troops and rebel forces, and at least half of its population has fled. Russian human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov was granted rare access to the area.
6. Bloomberg: Ukraine Reinforces Front Lines as Peace Talks Creep Forward.
7. http://news.firedoglake.com: D.S. Wright, Can The Putin Opposition Do Better Than Mikhail Khodorkovsky?
8. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Roger McDermott, Putin Signs New Military Doctrine: Core Elements Unchanged.
9. Politkom.ru: Website sees restoration of trust between Russia, Ukraine as long-term task. (Aleksey Makarkin)
10. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russia’s Currency Crisis Continues: The Ruble Is Crashing Again.
11. Russia Direct: What’s next for US-Russia relations in 2015? RD Exclusive: Top experts in Russia and U.S. give us their take on what to expect from the U.S.-Russia relationship in the year ahead.
12. The Irish Times: Daniel McLaughlin, Conflict between Ukraine and Russia spreads to stage and screen.
13. AFP: Love in the time of conflict in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv has officially closed down all its social services in the rebel-held areas in the east, so couples are not sure whether their weddings would be legitimate.
14. Human Rights Watch: Ukraine: Civilians Need Greater Protection.
15. www.rt.com: Navalny ‘violates’ house arrest, Moscow court again refuses to act on complaint.
16. Institute of Modern Russia: Donald Jensen, The Kremlin Shifts Tactics in Ukraine.
17. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, NYT Still Pretends No Coup in Ukraine.
18. Indian Punchline: M.K. Bhadrakumar, Obama calms Russia ties.
19. Deutsche Welle: Ukraine preparing for war despite peace talks.
20. Center on Global Interests: Konstantin Avramov, Demon: Humanizing US-Russia Relations.
21. Foxnews.com: Desmond Lachman, Putin and 2015: Time for the IMF in Russia.
22. Fort Russ: Why Putin Will Not Dump Novorossia: Moscow’s and Kiev’s Models of “United Ukraine” are Mutually Exclusive.
23. Fort Russ: 18.5% of Ukrainians Support Fighting For Crimea.
