RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#116 contents with links :: Sunday 25 May 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#116 :: 25 May 2014
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1. The National Interest: Kenneth Yalowitz and Matthew Rojansky, The Slow Death of Russian and Eurasian Studies. Considering the recent crisis in Ukraine, now is not the time to let American expertise slip in this vital area.
2. Financial Times: Ukraine partisans battling separatists raise concerns.
3. Reuters: Ukraine voters seek leader to save nation.
4. New York Times: With Resolve, and Hope for New Chapter, Ukrainians Head to Polls.
5. Interfax: Just minor violations uncovered in Ukraine elections – observers.
6. www.rt.com: 10 facts you need to know about Ukrainian presidential poll.
7. Moskovskiy Komsomolets : Oleg Bazak, Poroshenko in Chocolate. A Political Portrait of Ukraine’s Future President. From Condiments Trader to Maydan Sponsor.
7a. The Voice of Russia: Poroshenko to be weak president due to economic, political crisis in Ukraine – political analyst.
8. PBS Newshour: Ukraine’s national security secretary: Putin will fail to stop national elections. (interview with Andriy Parubiy)
9. Reuters: Prime minister says election will be triumph for Ukraine. (Arseny Yatseniuk)
10. www.rt.com: Peter Lavelle, Ukraine: From tragedy to farce.
11. Reuters: At dinner with Putin, menu of Crimean flounder and Russian grievances.
12. Interfax: Russia disagrees with role of passive listener in relations with U.S. – Putin.
13. Brookings Institution: Clifford G. Gaddy and Barry W. Ickes, Ukraine: A Prize Neither Russia Nor the West Can Afford to Win.
14. Brookings Institution: Clifford G. Gaddy and Barry W. Ickes, Who Wins in the Russia-China Gas Deal? All of Us!
15. www.rt.com: China to become Russia’s biggest gas consumer if western route developed.
16. The Economist: China and Russia. Best frenemies. Vladimir Putin pivots eastward. Should America be worried?
17. The National Interest: Rajan Menon, The Ukraine Crisis: Is the Worst Over? While challenges certainly remain, there is reason to be hopeful in the long run.
18. The Nation: Vladimir Golstein, Western Media Coverage of the Ukraine Crisis Is as Distorted as Soviet Propaganda. Why is the Western press so invested in expounding the highly unconvincing narrative of the official line?
19. Dissident Voice: Walter Uhler, American Journalist’s Astounding Ignorance about Russia.
20. Antony Penaud: The Ukraine crisis and recent russophobia.
21. Euromaidanpr.com: Russian sniper promised payment for killing Ukrainians.
22. Bloomberg: Russia Invasion Risk Is Unchanged, Ukrainian Envoy Says. (Olexander Motsyk)
23. Financial Times: Courtney Weaver, Return to Crimea. The region is grappling with the queues, cost and bureaucracy of transition after Russia annexed the peninsula on the Black Sea. Are Crimeans still happy to have rejoined the motherland?
24. Politico.com: Chrystia Freeland, How Inequality Empowers Vladimir Putin. The surprising link between American economic malaise and Russian aggression.
25. Washington Post: Paula J. Dobriansky, U.S. needs a strong moral narrative to combat Putin.
26. Wall Street Journal: Stephen Sestanovich, A Firsthand View of Ukraine’s Election.
27. Der Spiegel: Europe’s New Status Quo. ‘Ukraine Is Fighting Our Battle’ (interview with Timothy Snyder, Konstanty Gebert and Anton Shekhovtsov)
28. New York Review of Books: Timothy Snyder, Ukraine: The Edge of Democracy.
