RUSSIA & UKRAINE: Johnson’s Russia List contents with links :: 2014-#46 :: Tuesday, 4 March 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#46 :: 4 March 2014
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UKRAINE

1. Reuben Johnson: JRL 2014-#44/Matlock.
2. The New Republic: Isacc Chotiner, Meet Vladimir Putin’s American Apologist. (Stephen Cohen)
3. Newsweek.com: Matthew Cooper, On Putin’s RT Network, the EU, U.S., and Fascist Thugs Are to Blame for the Mess in Ukraine.
4. www.russiatoday.com: Putin: Deploying military force is last resort, but we reserve right.
5. Kremlin.ru: Vladimir Putin replied to questions from journalists. (partial transcript)
6. www.russiatoday.com: Russian troops ordered home from surprise war games.
7. www.russiatoday.com: Russian Defense Ministry dismisses Ukraine ultimatum reports as ‘total nonsense’
8. www.russiatoday.com: Yanukovich sent letter to Putin asking for Russian military presence in Ukraine.
9. www.russiatoday.com: Hammer-wielding nationalists storm town council meeting in Kiev suburbs (VIDEOS)
10. www.thedailybeast.com: Josh Rogin, ‘Russia is Looking for a Hot War,’ Says Georgia’s Former President. (Mikheil Saakashvili)
11. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, March 4, 2014.
12. Moscow Times: Putin Sees No Political Future for Yanukovych.
13. Interfax: Putin suggests Western states criticizing Russia assess legitimacy of their own moves.
14. Interfax: EU, U.S. wants to cancel Feb 21 accord in Ukraine – Lavrov.
15. Interfax: Heads of Russian TV stations reaffirm importance of unbiased coverage of Ukraine events.
16. Financial Times: Russia wages propaganda war over Ukraine.
17. RIA Novosti: Gazprom to Cancel Gas Discount for Ukraine.
18. Der Spiegel: The New Ukraine. Inside Kiev’s House of Cards.
19. The Voice of Russia: Business model of Yatsenyuk is to build oligarchic corporation out of Ukraine.
20. Moscow Times: Ukraine Crisis Nets Billions of Dollars for Kremlin.
21. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Markets plunge over Ukrainian crisis. The tensions in Crimea have already had serious economic consequences for Russia. The country’s stock market fell dramatically on Monday and the ruble continued its slide.
22. ITAR-TASS: Ukrainian crisis can put a question mark over Russian gas supplies to Europe.
23. Bloomberg: Matthew Klein, Russia and Ukraine Have Bigger Problems Than Each Other.
24. Interfax: Referendum in Crimea may be held before March 30 – head of Crimean govt.
25. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia to the West: We’re the good guys in Crimea. To Russian eyes, Vladimir Putin’s decision to deploy troops to Ukraine is a peacekeeping measure, not a matter of expansionist aggression.
26. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Crimea splits Russian society in two. Russians hold rallies in support of and in protest against sending troops to Ukraine.
27. Moscow Times: Crimean Residents Expect Drastic Change.
28. New York Times: Crimean Officials Claim to Secure Peninsula.
29. Interfax-Ukraine: Polls show most Ukrainians against federalization, unification with Russia.
30. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Moscow and the West in battle of wills over Ukraine. Is the authorization from the Russian authorities for use of force in Ukraine a precursor to actual troop deployments, or just a threat meant to lead to talks?
31. Los Angeles Tiimes: CIA reportedly says Russia sees treaty as justifying Ukraine moves.
32. www.russiatoday.com: ‘West supports Ukrainian extremists by not speaking against them.’ (interview with Jonathan Steele)
33. www.thenation.com: Nicolai Petro, Threat of Military Confrontation Grows in Ukraine. Unless the country embraces the ideal of cultural pluralism within one nation, crises like this one will continue to erupt.
34. Los Angeles Times: Edward Walker, What’s behind Russia’s moves in Ukraine? Fear of NATO. An expanded Western military presence in Eastern Europe alarms Moscow.
35. The School of Russian and Asian Studies: Josh Wilson, Resolving the Crimean Crisis: What will Russia have on the table?
36. Reuters: U.S. and EU marshal economic means to punish Russia.
37. RIA Novosti: Putin Adviser Urges Dumping US Bonds In Reaction to Sanctions.
38. Reuters: Obama must carefully calibrate Russia response, rhetoric – Gates.
39. Wall Street Journal: Behind the West’s Miscalculations in Ukraine. U.S. Had Let Europe Take Lead in Guiding Westward Drift of Former Soviet Republic
40. Reuters: ANALYSIS-Obama’s caution on Ukraine may loom over midterm election.
41. Business New Europe: Teneo Intelligence, EU sanctions against Russia unlikely absent significant escalation.
42. http://reconsideringrussia.org: Pietro Shakarian, Twelve Points to Consider on the Ukraine Crisis.
43. The New Republic: John Judis, “We Are Speaking Very Loudly. We Are Carrying a Small Stick.” Dmitri K. Simes on why Russia isn’t taking the U.S. seriously.
44. Washington Post: Zbigniew Brzezinski, What is to be done? Putin’s aggression in Ukraine needs a response.