RUSSIA & UKRAINE: Johnson’s Russia List contents with links :: 2014-#71 :: Monday, 31 March 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#71 :: 31 March 2014
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1. Reuters: Number of Russian troops on Ukraine border decreases – Ukraine defence official.
2. NBCNews.com: Jim Maceda, Tour of Ukraine-Russia Border Finds No Signs of Military Buildup.
3. Anatol Lieven: Ukraine: Make Some of Russia’s Proposals Our Own.
4. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexei Fenenko, G8 Fatigue.
5. The Globe and Mail (Canada): Mark MacKinnon, Sergey Karaganov: The man behind Putin’s pugnacity..
6. www.russiatoday.com: Lavrov, Kerry discuss Ukraine constitutional reform, fair elections.
7. ITAR-TASS: Lavrov: having recognized Maidan, West must recognize reunification of Crimea with Russia.
8. Interfax: Only 24 out of 46 contenders can run for Ukrainian presidency – Central Election Commission.
9. New York Times editorial: Ukraine’s Critical Choice.
10. RFE/RL: Profile: Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s Shadowy Man Of The Hour.
11. Deutsche Welle: Opinion: Political pragmatism needed in Ukraine. Vitali Klitschko is right to favor unity among Ukraine’s pro-democracy forces by supporting the entrepreneur Petro Poroshenko’s bid for president, writes DW’s Bernd Johann, who says Tymoshenko is taking the wrong course.
12. www.moonofalabama.org: Ukraine – New Propaganda Meme: Fascists Are Russian Tools.
13. Interfax: Russia: Lavrov takes issue with Ukrainian objections to federalization, language.
14. Moscow Times: Josh Cohen, A Federal Model for Ukraine.
15. Interfax: Moscow has evidence suggesting Right Sector was behind Maidan snipers’ shooting – Lavrov.
16. The Voice of Russia: Photos prove Maidan snipers who shot at protesters and police were Ukrainians – media reports.
17. www.counterpunch.org: Floyd Rudmin, Historical Trigger Points. Viewing the Ukraine Crisis From Russia’s Perspective.
18. RIA Novosti: NATO Will Not Consider Direct Military Aid to Ukraine – Source.
19. www.russiatoday.com: NATO to promote ties with Ukraine, boost military presence in Eastern Europe.
20. The National Interest : Henrik Larsen, Time for a NATO Non-Enlargement Pledge.
21. The Voice of Russia: Yatsenyuk admits that IMF bailout is too small to shore up Ukraine’s finances.
22. www.russiatoday.com: Patrick Young, Free-fall: IMF to accelerate Ukraine’s economic collapse?
23. Financial Times: Ukraine’s ‘Kamikaze’ minister battles to fix economy.
24. RIA Novosti: Medvedev Announces Sweeping Crimea Development Plan.
25. University of Cambridge (UK)’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities: Rory Finnin, A Divided Ukraine: Europe’s Most Dangerous Idea.
26. www.counterpunch.org: Gilbert Mercier, Economic Sanctions Could Trigger a Global Depression.
27. ITAR-TASS: Finance Minister: Sanctions against Russia already take their toll.
28. RIA Novosti: Russians Unconcerned About Western Sanctions Over Crimea – Poll.
29. ITAR-TASS: Western sanctions to promote Russian economic development.
30. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Vzglyad: How much of a threat does U.S. natural gas pose to Russia? U.S. President Barack Obama has declared that America is ready to provide Europe with as much gas as it needs to liberate it from dependence on Russian gas supplies. But how realistic is the threat to Russia’s gas exports?
31. Valdai Discussion Club: Ruslan Grinberg, Does Russia have a non-energy future?
32. Al Jazeera: Rebecca Adler-Nissen, The downside of shaming Russia. Why international sanctions don’t always work.
33. Deutsche Welle: Is NATO expansion to blame for Crimean crisis?
34. Interfax: Moscow concerned by Latvia’s plans for schools to fully switch to Latvian – ministry.
35. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Europe: The “Holiday From History” Is Over.
36. Moscow Times: Most Russians Would Back Kremlin In Case of War With Ukraine, Poll Says.
37. RIA Novosti: Only one in ten Russians ready to take part in political protests – poll.
38. Russia Beyond the Headlines: An asymmetrical culture war, fought in the movies. Professor of History Stephen M. Norris reflects on the way the movie industry can affect the political image of a country.
39. Reuters: Paul Taylor, Ten ways the Ukraine crisis may change the world.
40. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, March 31, 2014.
41. The Voice of Russia: Ilya Kharlamov, Ukraine’s “civilizers” bring chaos and anarchy: can radicals lead country to Europe?
42. Washington Post: Masha Gessen, Russia is remaking itself as the leader of the anti-Western world.
43. New York Times: Stephen Sestanovich, Putin’s Reckless Gamble.
44. www.thespoof.com: Abel Rodriguez, Vladimir Putin Threatens All of The Little Nations That Are Siding With The Ukraine.