RUSSIA & UKRAINE: Johnson’s Russia List contents with links :: 2014-#47 :: Wednesday morning, 5 March 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#47 :: 5 March 2014
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2014
1. The Vineyard of the Saker: Intercepted phone call between Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Catherine Ashton: Snipers were hired by insurgents!
2. The Onion: Ukrainian-Russian Tensions Dividing U.S. Citizens Along Ignorant, Apathetic Lines.
3. The New Republic: Maria Alyokhina, “Russia Is Repeating 1968” A Pussy Riot founder on the occupation of Crimea-and the silence in Moscow.
4. Washington Post editorial: Mr. Putin might actually believe his own Ukraine propaganda.
5. Kremlin.ru: Vladimir Putin answered journalists’ questions on the situation in Ukraine.(complete transcript)
2008
6. Washington Post September 2, 2008 editorial: Understanding Russia.
7. US White House August 11, 2008: President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia.
8. Der Spiegel (Germany) September 15, 2008: Did Saakashvili Lie? The West Begins to Doubt Georgian Leader.
9. Voice of America 7 November 2008: US Says Georgia Erred in August Attack in South Ossetia.
10. Very detailed Wikipedia entry on the 2008 Russo-Georgian war: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war
11. Johnson’s Russia List archive of 2008 content on Georgia conflict: http://www.russialist.org/archives/jrl-2005-georgia.php
