RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#117 contents with links :: Monday 26 May 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#117 :: 26 May 2014
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1. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with heads of leading international news agencies.
2. Government.ru: Dmitry Medvedev’s interview with the Rossiya-1 TV channel.
3. The White House: Statement by the President on Elections in Ukraine.
4. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Chocolate King wins Ukraine presidency in first round.
5. Interfax: ODIHR/OSCE praises Ukrainian election, awaits vote counting completion before June 7.
. Kyiv Post: Poroshenko pledges to step up anti-terrorism operation, bring success within ‘hours,’ not months.
7. Reuters: Battle at Donetsk airport; new Ukraine leader says no talks with ‘terrorists’
8. www.rt.com: Gunfire, airstrikes leave Donetsk Intl airport up in smoke (PHOTO, VIDEO, STREAM).
9. RFE/RL: Poroshenko Rolls Up His Sleeves: Ukraine’s New President’s Top, Top Priorities.
10. RIA Novosti: ANALYSIS: Ukraine’s Next President to Face Overwhelming Task of Comprehensive Reform. (Nadiya Kravets)
11. RIA Novosti: FACTBOX: Ukraine’s Likely President Poroshenko Mulls Replacing 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
12. RIA Novosti: Ukraine to Keep Non-Aligned Status, Revision Possible.
13. ITAR-TASS: Mikheil Saakashvili may join team of Poroshenko – Vitali Klitschko.
14. RIA Novosti: Maidan Barricades Must Be Dismantled – Ukraine’s Klitschko.
15. RIA Novosti: OPINION: Third Maidan Unlikely As It Needs Western Support To Succeed. (Edward Lozansky)
16. Interfax: Activist Brod points to Ukraine election rigging, dismisses OSCE support as inappropriate.
17. The Globe and Mail (Canada): Ukraine’s new president faces looming energy crisis.
18. Wall Street Journal: Russia Ready for Talks With New Ukraine President. Foreign Minister Lavrov Signals That Moscow Is Willing to Accept Outcome of Vote.
19. ITAR-TASS: Duma ready for dialogue with new Kiev authorities. (Leonid Slutsky)
20. RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Presidential Vote ‘Step Forward’ – Russian Lawmaker. (Sergei Naryshkin)
21. ITAR-TASS: Moscow hints to Kiev on its preparedness to cooperate under certain conditions.
22. New York Times: In Russia, Tune Changes About Leader in Ukraine.
23. RIA Novosti: OPINION: Future of Ukraine-Russia Dialogue Depends on Poroshenko’s Actions in East. (Nicolai Petro)
24. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Elections Mark the End of the Ukraine Conflict’s First Stage.
25. Moscow Times: Moscow Unlikely to Ease Up on Ukraine After Vote, Experts Say.
26. Interfax: Western sanctions haven’t yet affected Russian economy – Medvedev.
27. RFE/RL: Interview: Russia Watcher Lucas Says ‘Tide Has Turned A Bit’ For Ukraine. (Edward Lucas)
28. Kyiv Post: Timothy Ash, After the vote, what now?
29. ITAR-TASS: Escalation over Ukraine ‘treading on eggshells’ – German power chief.
30. Tom Thomson: The Speech I Hope Ukraine’s New President Gives at the Inauguration Ceremony.
31. www.rt.com: The business behind Ukraine’s new billionaire president.
32. The Real News Network: Presidential Elections in Ukraine Will Usher in Direct Rule of Oligarchs. (interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko)
33. The American Interest: Vladislav Inozemtsev, How To Win Ukraine and Influence The Future.
34. Quartz.com: Steve LeVine, At the heart of the Ukraine conflict is a conflict about what actually happened.
35. History News Network: Tarik Cyril Amar and Per Anders Rudling, Why the Revival of Nationalist Myths in Ukraine Should Alarm Us.
36. www.rt.com: Public uninformed & skeptical about party system in Russia.
37. Russia Direct: Andrei Kazantsev, After Putin’s visit to China, what comes next? By most accounts, President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China was a strategic success. However, greater Russian-Chinese cooperation in the economic sphere also comes with the risk that Russia could be pulled into a number of new geopolitical disputes along its Asian borders.
38. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Internet is the new diplomatic battleground in the information war. The diplomatic confrontation between Russia and the U.S. on Ukraine is being played out not only via traditional channels, but increasingly on social networks and in comments on media sites. The internet has become the principal battleground for the new breed of state-sponsored information war, and neither side is afraid of getting its hands dirty.
39. Moscow Times: John Freedman, ‘Culture’ Newspaper Condemns Contemporary Theater Again.