RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#113 contents with links :: Thursday 22 May 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#113 :: 22 May 2014
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1. The Lithuania Tribune: Edward Lucas, Prince Charles was right-Vladimir Putin is like Adolf Hitler.
2. www.thedailybeast.com: James Kirchick, Putin vs. Humanity. A folk-singing German discovered for himself the real nature of the Maidan protests on the sidelines of a conference that brought together intellectuals from around the world to support Ukraine’s freedom. (Wolf Biermann)
3. The Atlantic: David Frum, What Putin Wants. Respect, sure, but also money. How that shapes his relations with the West.
4. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin Seeks to Destabilize Former Soviet Space Not Occupy It and to Repress Russia Not Modernize It. (Yegeniya Albats)
5. The New Republic: Leon Wieseltier, “The Russian War on Ukraine Is One of the Proving Grounds of Principle in Our Time.” Remarks from Kiev.
6. Wall Street Journal: Ian Birrell, Ukraine and the Shame of Europe. From the left to the right, Kiev’s putative friends found reasons to think that Putin isn’t such a bad fellow.
7. Bloomberg: Mark Champion, Ukraine Can Kneel or Starve.
8. RFE/RL: Robert Coalson, The Costs Of Russia’s Ukraine ‘Victory’
9. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: The West’s Real Double Standards in the Ukrainian Crisis.
10. The National Interest: Ariel Cohen, Vladimir Putin’s New Fifth International. Why things could go from bad to worse in Europe-and beyond.
11. The New Republic: Ambassador to Ukraine: The Russian Strategy Was Intended to Create Chaos On ‘fascism’ in the capital, rabbis in the Maidan, and the best hope for the future.(Geoffrey Pyatt)
12. Council on Foreign Relations: Ukraine Poised for Uncertain Election. (interview with John E. Herbst, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006)
13. www.atlanticcouncil.org: Russian Campaign in Eastern Ukraine is Losing Steam, ex-US Ambassador Says. (John Herbst)
14. Interfax-Ukraine: US provides over $11 million for presidential election in Ukraine.
15. Interfax-Ukraine: US State Department doubts Russians detained in Ukraine are journalists.
16. Los Angeles Times: White House accuses Russia of anti-U.S. propaganda war in Ukraine.
17. Moscow Times: Ilya Klishin, The Kremlin’s Trolls Go West.
18. EUObserver: Kateryna Zarembo, Ukraine: Countering the Russian Propaganda.
19. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukraine’s interim leader inspects troops involved in “antiterrorist” operation.
20. UNIAN (Kiev): Morgues in east Ukrainian city said full of bodies of “terrorists”
21. Kyiv Post: National presidential debates don’t offer much drama.
22. http://warontherocks.com: Dmitry Gorenburg, Crimea taught us a lesson, but not how the Russian military fights.
23. Der Spiegel: Unprotected in the East. NATO Appears Toothless in Ukraine Crisis.
24. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, After Ukraine Elections, Market Will Love Russia Again.
25. Reuters: Russia moves troops, military equipment out of Ukraine border area.
26. Moscow Times: Maxim Buyev, Why the Independent Media Has Little Objectivity.
27. Kremlin.ru: Replies to journalists’ questions following a visit to China.
28. ITAR-TASS: Russia, China form new center of political power – experts.
29. Government.ru: Government meeting. The main item on the agenda: execution of the 2013 federal budget. (Medvedev)
30. Reuters: Putin tells investors Russia wants good ties, respect.
31. Moscow Times: St. Petersburg Economic Forum Kicks Off in Troubled Times.
32. Moscow Times: Chris Weafer, It’s the Economy, Mr. President.
33. Reuters: FACTBOX-Details of Russia-China gas deal.
34. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, The Russia-China Gas Deal Matters But Its Ultimate Significance Is Unclear.
35. The Economist: China and Russia. Best frenemies. Vladimir Putin pivots eastward. Should America be worried?
36. Moscow Times: Moscow Grants Rare Approval to Freedom-of-Assembly Protest.
37. Reuters: Five convicted of killing Russian journalist Politkovskaya.
38. ITAR-TASS: Why Russia forgives debts.
39. Reuters: SPECIAL REPORT – How Putin’s associates botched state hospital project.
40. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, COMMENT: The Hilterisation of Putin.
41. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, May 22, 2014.
