RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#118 contents with links :: Tuesday 27 May 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#118 :: 27 May 2014
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1. Youtube.com: FEEM Lecture by Anatol Lieven, King’s College London: “The Ukraine Debacle.”
2. Washington Post: Jackson Diehl, Ukraine’s Poroshenko says he wants direct U.S. military aid.
3. The Times (UK): Battle is on to stop foe at border with Russia. (Estonia)
4. RIA Novosti: Kiev Issues Surrender-or-Die Ultimatum to Donetsk Federalists.
5. Reuters: Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine city, dozens dead.
6. www.rt.com: Up to 100 killed in Kiev military op, Donetsk E. Ukraine – anti-govt forces.
7. Kyiv Post: As many as 45 Kremlin-backed insurgents killed in heavy fighting on May 26-27 in Donetsk.
8. Reuters: Putin says Kiev must stop military operation in east Ukraine.
9. Interfax: Lavrov: Russian visit of Poroshenko is not on the table.
10. Interfax: Lavrov: Poroshenko will find reliable partner in Russia if he starts dialogue with eastern Ukraine.
11. AFP: Ukraine PM rejects talks with Russia.
12. The Independent (UK): Kim Sengupta, Ukraine crisis analysis: There is no chance of the offensive ending within weeks, let alone hours.
13. Moscow Times: Poroshenko Signals Continuity Over Change.
14. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: What the papers say on Ukrainian elections.
15. Interfax: Ukraine’s deposed president says he “respects” people’s choice in election. (Viktor Yanukovych)
16. Sean’s Russia Blog: Sean Guillory, Ukraine’s Presidential Election Won’t Mend Fences.
17. The National Interest: Matthew Rojansky, Can Petro Poroshenko Save Ukraine? Can the “chocolate king” restore order to a divided land?
18. RIA Novosti: OPINION: Ukraine’s Presidential Election Led to one Oligarch Replacing Another.
19. www.opendemocracy.net: Neophytos Loizides and John McGarry, Ukraine needs federalism and power-sharing. Federalism need not be a dirty word in Ukraine. There are many power-sharing examples available to follow, that would keep the country together.
20. www.rt.com: ‘Torn to pieces’: Ghastly details emerge of Italian reporter and his Russian interpreter’s killing in E. Ukraine.
21. Reuters: Ukraine raises stakes in Russia dispute with stolen gas claim.
22. Interfax: Russia ready to continue gas price talks with Ukraine if $2 billion debt is repaid by end of week – Russian Energy Minister.
23. Wall Street Journal: Russia, Ukraine Take Tentative Step Toward Gas-Price Deal.
24. www.foreignaffairs.com: Sophie Pinkham, LETTER FROM KIEV. A Vote For Normalcy.
25. The American Interest: Lilia Shevtsova, Ukraine Votes Bravo, Ukraine, Bravo! The results of Sunday’s elections in Ukraine show that “Finlandization” is not an option. Ukrainians have decisively chosen to turn toward Europe.
26. www.rt.com ‘Poroshenko can only pretend that he controls the situation in Ukraine.’ (interview with Mateusz Piskorski)
27. Kyiv Post: Former US secretary of state Albright: Putin lies to Russian people ‘on an hourly basis’
28. Wall Street Journal editorial: Ukraine Chooses the West. But Russia won’t stop trying to destabilize the new Kiev government.
29. http://consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, NYT’s One-Sided Ukraine Narrative.
30. Moon of Alabama: Ukraine: What Might Be The Outcome?
31. The Vineyard of the Saker: SITREP from the front lines by “Juan”
32. RIA Novosti: Putin Hails Russian Hockey Team World Victory as Important for Promoting Sports.
33. Kremlin.ru: Trip to Ivanovo. Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Presidential Council for Local Government Development.
34. Kremlin.ru: Meeting of Coordinating Council for Implementing National Children’s Strategy.
35. Russia Direct: Russian Generation Y, in the front ranks of Russia’s global war for talent. RD Exclusive: At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, David Gray of PwC Russia discussed Russia’s ability to drive future economic growth with its existing talent pool, especially the younger members of Generation Y.
36. ITAR-TASS: Russian economy on stabilization path – business circles.
37. Business New Europe: Peter Mandelson, COMMENT: Putin is risking the engine of Russia’s economy.
38. Business New Europe: Jennifer Freedman, COMMENT: Russia tests waters of WTO dispute settlement with EU complaints.
39. Moscow Times: Media Regulator Could Block Foreign Websites for Failing to Reveal Data.
40. Moscow TImes: Navalny’s Popularity Takes a Dive, Poll Says.
41. RIA Novosti: REVIEW: NATO Grooms Georgia As Its New Member in South Caucasus.
42. Moscow Times: Morena Skalamera, Russia’s Gas Pact With China Not About Ukraine.
43. AP: GOP pressing Obama to confront Russia over nukes.
44. Russia Direct: Dominic Basulto, From the masked girls of Pussy Riot to the masked men of Ukraine. When the lines between “democrat” and “patriot,” “nationalist” and “separatist,” become hopelessly blurred by Russia’s post-Perestroika generation, you will get events like Bolotnaya, Maidan and Donetsk.
45. www.opendemocracy.net: John Weeks, The collapse of the USSR and the illusion of progress. The collapse of the USSR was the occasion for much rejoicing. But 25 years later, there is not much to cheer about.
46. Moscow Times: ‘Donkey Heart’ Shows Soviet Past Behind Family Turmoil.
47. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Zvyagintsev’s ‘Leviathan’ makes big waves at Cannes. Andrei Zvyagintsev’s new film has received the Best Screenplay award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The picture stunned audiences on the penultimate day of screenings, with critics hailing the director’s bleak allegory of one man’s struggle against corruption in northern Russia as a new masterpiece, though it is not yet certain whether the film will be released in Russia.
