RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#110 contents with links :: Monday 19 May 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#110 :: 20 May 2014
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1. Der Spiegel January 27, 2014: ‘Prepared to Die.’ The Right Wing’s Role in Ukrainian Protests.
2. The Guardian: Ukraine civil war fears mount as volunteer units take up arms. As Kiev struggles to wrest back control of east from pro-Russia fighters, irregular units of ‘Ukrainian patriots’ are stepping in.
3. BBC: Ukraine crisis: Inside pro-Russia militia training camp.
4. www.rt.com: Putin orders troops back to bases after drills in regions bordering Ukraine.
5. ITAR-TASS: Putin welcomes first contacts of Kiev authorities and federalization supporters.
6. Interfax: Putin: Ukrainian events derive from attempts to revise, distort history.
7. Wall Street Journal: Putin Orders Troops at Ukraine Border to Return to Bases. NATO Military Officer Says Alliance Has Seen No Significant Change.
8. RIA Novosti: Russia Needs to Rethink EU, NATO Ties – Lavrov.
9. Business New Europe: Liam Halligan, INVISIBLE HAND: West needs to jaw-jaw, not war-war.
10. Moscow Times: Both Sides in Ukraine Standoff Call For New Tactics.
11. RIA Novosti: Russia Poured $200Bln Into Ukrainian Economy Over 20 Years – Russian Minister.
12. RIA Novosti: Russia Ready to Discuss Gas Discounts if Ukraine Pays April Debt.
13. AFP: Ukraine’s very survival at stake in presidential vote.
14. The Times (UK): Chocolate King to sweet-talk Ukraine back from brink. (Petro Poroshenko)
15. New York Times: Front-Runner in Ukraine Election May Be Shifting Putin’s Stance.
16. Der Spiegel: Loved and Hated. Can Tymoshenko Still Lead Ukraine?
17. www.rt.com: Kiev Nazi authorities are only obstacle to peace in Ukraine – ex-presidential candidate. (Oleg Tsarev)
18. RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Communist Party Vows Not to Recognize May 25 Election.
19. Interfax-Ukraine: Lavrov warns against behind the scenes preparation of constitutional reform in Ukraine.
20. Interfax: Russia outraged with Kyiv’s attempts to lie about reasons behind Odessa tragedy – Lavrov.
21. Interfax: National Guard refutes claims of executing 10 servicemen for refusing to participate in counterterrorist effort.
22. The Independent (UK): Ukraine crisis: Families torn apart by divided loyalties with parents and children facing different ways.
23. Interfax: Almost no police left in Donetsk, Luhansk regions – Turchynov.
24. Financial Times: Donetsk governor hopeful that deal will be struck with separatists. (Serhiy Taruta)
25. http://jackmatlock.com: Lev Golinkin, The Lessons of Donetsk’s Referendum.
26. ITAR-TASS: Russia minimizes troubled areas in Crimea – experts.
27. Moscow Times: Andrei Tsygankov, Sanctions Can Help Russia.
28. http://geostrategicforecasting.net: Gordon Hahn, Revolutions, State Collapse, and Ukraine.
29. http://geostrategicforecasting.net: Gordon Hahn, Terrorism in Ukraine.
30. Moscow Times: Peter Rutland, A Paradigm Shift in Russia’s Foreign Policy.
31. www.rt.com: Peter Lavelle, Putin and the Mythical Empire.
32. RIA Novosti: OPINION: EU-Russia Economic Ties Too Important For Threats to Continue. (Chris Weafer)
33. Kyiv Post editorial: It’s All About the Money.
34. The Atlantic Council: Ukraine’s May 25 Vote May Be Its Freest Yet, Despite Crisis, Election Official Says.
36. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, MOSCOW BLOG: Welcome to a multipolar world.
37. Newsweek.com: Ambassador Tefft Would Upset Russia, and That’s the Point.
38. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Russia and China: The Russian Liberals’ Revenge.
39. Bloomberg: Russian Premier Medvedev Defends Facebook, Twitter.
40. Bloomberg: Russia Reduces Domestic Borrowing Plan Seeing Budget Surplus.
41. Bloomberg: Putin’s Shanghai Expedition Stokes Gazprom Deal Talk.
42. www.rt.com: Gazprom to sign monumental gas deal with China.
43. Kremlin.ru: Interview to China’s leading media companies.
44. The Lawyer: Special report: Russia – Feeling the chill. (re law firms in Moscow)
45. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Life for people with disabilities in Russia is getting better.
46. www.rt.com: 100,000 sign petition against smoking ban in Russia.
47. Moscow Times: Medinsky the Media Magnet.
48. Moscow Times: Stephen Norris, Book Review: Plokhy’s ‘The Last Empire’ Is the Best Account of the Soviet Collapse Yet.

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