Category: Newslinks
NEWSLINK The Guardian: “Nuclear weapons risk greater than in cold war, says ex-Pentagon chief. William Perry lists a series of factors that he says mean the chance of a ‘calamity’ is higher today than in the 1970s and 80s”
NEWSLINK Kyiv Post: “Ukrainian journalists still not guaranteed justice under new regime”
NEWSLINK Center for Global Interests/Maria Snegovaya: “Russia’s Worsening Economy Means Less Aggression Abroad, More Repression At Home In 2016”
NEWSLINK HuffingtonPost: “Inside The Trauma Centers Treating Ukraine’s Veterans. Since the onset of the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, some 9,000 soldiers have died and at least 20,000 have been injured”
NEWSLINK The Daily Telegraph (UK): “How Tolstoy rewrote the history of Russia. As War and Peace comes to television, Rosamund Bartlett reveals the games the book’s author plays with the truth”
NEWSLINK Foreign Policy Magazine/ Mark Galeotti: “Yuri Andropov Would Drop Assad Like a Hot Kartoshka. And four other lessons Putin could learn from his hero, the Soviet Union’s most ruthless reformer”
NEWSLINK Foreign Policy Magazine/Thomas Remington: “What to make of the Putin fan club?”
NEWSLINK Christian Science Monitor: “Czarist echo? Russian Orthodox Church drives to restore its political clout. The Russian Orthodox Church sees itself as the spiritual generator of public policy and the ideological bulwark of the state. Under Putin, priests have become fixtures in the military, schools, and other public institutions”
NEWSLINK Wall Street Journal: “Russia’s Taxi-Hailing Apps Gain Ridership. Gett, Yandex.Taxi and Uber make inroads, despite protests by taxi drivers”
NEWSLINK Forbes/Kenneth Rapoza: “Russia Gives Ukraine A Break On Fuel Costs, But Prices Likely Going Lower Anyway”
National Interest/Thomas Fedyszyn: “What Russia Said About NATO and Why It Matters”
NEWSLINK The Atlantic/Jeffrey Taylor: “The World According to Russia. A documentary on state television gives a glimpse of Vladimir Putin’s philosophy”
NEWSLINK BBC: “Russian security blueprint sees NATO expansion as threat”
NEWSLINK European Council on Foreign Relations/Francisco de Borja Lasheras: “Understanding modern Russia? Why European leaders should read Peter Pomerantsev”
NEWSLINK Foreign Policy/Robert Manning: “What Does Putin Want?”
NEWSLINK The National Interest/Rachel Bauman: “Don’t Count on Putin’s Russia Collapsing Soon”
NEWSLINK New York Times: “NATO Nations No Longer Question Need for Alliance”
NEWSLINK Military.com: “US-Backed Syrian Rebel Group on Verge of Collapse”
NEWSLINK Christian Science Monitor: “Kerry in Moscow as pressure grows for US-Russia compromise on Syria. If the United States and Russia can overcome their two main sticking points – on ‘moderate’ rebels and Assad’s role in future talks – Syrian diplomacy can move forward, analysts say”
NEWSLINK Kyiv Post: “In Crimea, Putin now seen as the lesser of two evils”
NEWSLINK Carnegie Moscow/Vedomosti/Dmitri Trenin: “Russia Needs a Plan C”
NEWSLINK The National Interest/Paul Starobin: “Kremlin Caricature: Washington’s Distorted View of Russia and Putin. Gleeful jokes come as more thoughtful consideration of the U.S.-Russia relationship is sorely needed.”
NEWSLINK The Daily Telegraph (UK): “Brawl erupts in Ukrainian parliament as MP attempts to carry out prime minister”
NEWSLINK Washington Post: “Ukraine’s leadership skirmishes undermine its efforts for true democracy”
NEWSLINK Interfax-Ukraine: “Poroshenko speaks for preserving current coalition in parliament”
NEWSLINK DailyBeast/Nemtsova: “Putin Puts Heroic Female Pilot on Trial”
NEWSLINK Reuters: “Russia-annexed Crimea faces long road to power security”
NEWSLINK Christian Science Monitor: “Kremlin’s beef with Turkey hits Russians at home – and on holiday”
The acrimony between Moscow and Ankara over the downing of a Russian bomber in Syria has cut Russians off from Turkish produce, and reduced their vacation options to boot.
» Read moreNEWSLINK The National Interest/Alexander Dynkin and Mathew Burrows: “Here’s the Playbook for Getting U.S.-Russian Cooperation Back On Track. America and Russia face a moment reminiscent of the Cold War, unless something can be done about it.”
NEWSLINK ReadRussia: “5 Most Important Things from Putin’s Address to the Federal Council” http://readrussia.com/2015/12/04/5-most-important-things-from-putins-address-to-the-federal-council/
NEWSLINK RBTH: “Many Russians now afraid to go to cinemas and shopping malls”
NEWSLINK The Hill/Charles Dunlap: “Russians may have a strong case in Turkish shootdown”
NEWSLINK Wall Street Journal: “Russia’s Putin Pushes Tough Stance on Turkey’s Shootdown of Warplane Near Syria Border.”
Russia to Cooperate With West and Syrian Opposition Groups – Putin
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 17, 2015) Following the G20 summit in Turkey, there has been a decline in tension between Russia and the West in the face of new international threats and challenges, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the final G20 press conference, Interfax agency reported Monday. “Life goes forward, things are changing, there are new challenges, […]
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