RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#221 :: Thursday PM 12 November 2015
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#220`
Thursday 12 November 2015
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UKRAINE
1. USNews.com: Wesley Clark: Now Is the Time to Wrong-Foot Putin. The former supreme allied commander says Obama should capitalize on the Russian leader’s distraction by stoking the Ukraine crisis.
2. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, How Ukraine’s Finance Chief Got Rich. (Natalie Jaresko)
3. www.opendemocracy.net: Dan Peleschuk, Winning the peace in Slovyansk. In eastern Ukraine, grievances are still strong following local elections. The city of Slovyansk, where the separatist campaign began last year, may not be lost, but it still hasn’t quite been won.
4. TASS: East Ukraine militia report shelling of Donetsk airport area.
5. New York Times: A Bleak Future in Eastern Ukraine’s Frozen Zone.
6. Kyiv Post: Right Sector chief Yarosh resigns, cedes leadership role of group.
7. Jerusalem Post: Ukrainian Jewish leader accuses Kiev of ‘flirting with radicals’
8. www.aljazeera.com: Ukrainians emboldened despite broken political promises. Two years after the Euromaidan protests, an active civil society movement has taken root.
9. Bloomberg: Russia Said to Plot Strategy to Block IMF Lending to Ukraine.
10. www.foreignpolicy.com: Irina Fedets, Oligarchs on the Airwaves. Ukraine’s top TV channels are controlled by powerful business interests – and they aren’t shy about making sure the coverage goes their way.
11. Voice of America: Ukrainian Journalist Concerned About Direction of Country’s Media.
12. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukrainian parliament will never back same-sex marriages – speaker.
13. www.foreignpolicy.com: Lev Golinkin, Ukraine Chooses Homophobia Over Europe. Ukrainians had a revolution to move closer to Europe. But they’re not ready to embrace European values.
14. Sputnik: Holodomor Hoax: West’s ‘Golden Embargo’ and Soviet Famine of 1932-33.
15. RFE/RL: Flurry Of Claims Spells Trouble For What’s Left Of Ukraine Cease-Fire Regime.
16. Fort Russ: Frontline update: UAF changes routine, “working against the clock” to prepare new offensive.
