RUSSIA & UKRAINE: Johnson’s Russia List contents with links :: 2014-#43 :: Saturday, 1 March 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#43 :: 1 March 2014
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UKRAINE

1. Reuters: Russia wresting control of Crimea from Ukraine.
2. Statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the events in Ukraine.
3. RIA Novosti: Amid Escalation Fears, Russia Says Kiev Sent Fighters to Crimea.
4. RIA Novosti: Parliament Approves Putin Request for Military Action in Ukraine.
5. www.russiatoday.com: Putin requests senators’ approval to use Russian military in Ukraine.
6. RIA Novosti: Crimean Leader Appeals to Putin, Confirms Russian Troop Presence.
7. www.russiatoday.com: Gunmen from Kiev attempted to seize Crimea’s Interior Ministry overnight – Russia.
8. The Vineyard of the Saker: Some kind of attack on Crimea definitely happened yesterday.
9. The Vineyard of the Saker: What really happened overnight in Crimea?
10. Reuters: Russia warns Ukraine may lose gas discount.
11. Reuters: Obama warns Putin against military intervention in Ukraine.
12. The White House: Statement by the President on Ukraine.
13. The National Interest: Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Ukraine’s Complex Place in U.S.-Russian Relations.
14. The Economist: Russia and Ukraine. Crimea under siege.
15. www.thedailybeast.com: Can Ukraine Control Its Far Right Ultranationalists?
16. Harretz (Israel): The ex-Israeli soldier who led a Kiev fighting unit. ‘Delta’ has headed ‘the Blue Helmets of Maidan’ of 40 men and women – including several IDF veterans – in violent clashes with government forces.
17. www.thedailybeast.com: U.S. Spies Said No Russian Invasion of Ukraine-Putin Disagreed.
18. Brookings.edu: Steven Pifer, Ukraine’s Perpetual East-West Balancing Act.
19. Bloomberg: Marc Champion, Five Reasons to Listen to Russia on Ukraine.
20. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Yanukovych to Europe: Give me back my Ukrainian presidency.
21. New York Times: 2 Ukrainian Mayors Play Different Hands in Crisis.
22. Moscow Times: Andras Jenei, Ukraine Shackled by Revolution – and Oligarchs.
23. AP: At heart of Ukraine drama, a tale of two countries with historic grudges.
24. www.russiatoday.com: Calls in Kiev to ‘regain nuclear status in six months’
25. Izvestia: Stanislav Khatuntsev, Independent Crimea.
26. New York Times editorial: What Is Russia’s Aim in Ukraine?
27. The National Interest: Richard Burt and Lee Feinstein, Ukraine’s Future.
28. CNN.com: U.S. Ambassador: Ukraine situation ‘very dangerous.’ (Michael McFaul)
29. Gulfnews.com: Mustapha Karkouti, Ukraine: A case for cooperation, not confrontation. The fast-moving crisis in Ukraine is presenting both Moscow and Brussels with a dilemma
30. CNN.com: Zakaria: Russia unlikely to invade Crimea region.
31. Washington Post: Joshua Tucker, 5 reasons I am surprised the crisis in Crimea is escalating so quickly.
32. The Daily Mail (UK): Revealed: The forgotten treaty which could drag the US and UK into WAR with Russia if Putin’s troops intervene in Ukraine. (The Budapest Memorandum)
33. The Express (UK): Russian military move on Ukraine would echo HITLER annexing the Sudetenland, expert warns. A DECISION to send Russian tanks into Ukraine would have echoes of the catastrophic invasion of Czechoslovakia by Adolf Hitler 76 years ago, according to a leading international security expert. (Jonathan Eyal, International Director of the security think-tank Royal United Services Institute).(DJ: This is a wonderful example of the loss of analytic composure in the heat of the moment)
34. Oriental Review: The costs you are about to pay in Ukraine, President Obama.
35. Kyiv Post: Defiant Yanukovych says he didn’t run anywhere, didn’t give any order to shoot people (transcript)
36. www.businessinsider.com: Noah Sneider, Why Crimeans Prefer A Crook As A President.