RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#119 contents with links :: Wednesday 28 May 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#119 :: 28 May 2014
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1. Wall Street Journal: Incoming Ukrainian President Poroshenko Requests Time on EU Deal.
2. Interfax: Maidan protestors demand all their requests complied with, only then will they free Kyiv center.
3. Reuters: Miners rally in favour of separatists in eastern Ukraine.
4. Washington Post: Ukrainian government vows more military action against separatists.
5. Reuters: Calm returns after battle as divided east Ukraine city awaits fate. (Donetsk)
6. Reuters: The reality of Ukraine’s conflict in a Donetsk morgue.
7. http://america.aljazeera.com: ‘Point of no return’: Resolve builds among Ukraine rebels with each death. An informal operation of warlords and militias mourn members of the Novorossiya Army as fighting continues in east.
8. The Independent (UK): Ukraine crisis: Rebels massacred as new president unleashes military in Donetsk.
9. Reuters: Ferocity of Ukraine clashes increases risks for Putin.
10. Interfax: Ukrainian border guards confirm withdrawal of Russian troops from border.
11. RIA Novosti: Poroshenko’s Lead in Ukraine Presidential Race Grows With 99% of Votes Counted.
12. Interfax: Russia to decide on whether to congratulate Poroshenko after official election results announced – Kremlin aide.
13. ITAR-TASS: Punitive operation, mounting chaos to overshadow Ukrainian presidential inauguration.
14. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Kommersant: Poroshenko: I’ll pay for gas, but I’m going to court over Crimea. A correspondent from the newspaper Kommersant got the opportunity to speak one-on-one with Petro Poroshenko. The conversation was muddled, but it was the first interview with the newly elected president of Ukraine.
15. RIA Novosti: REVIEW: Nestle, Mars Could Buy Poroshenko’s Candy Company for $1.5 Bln.
16. RIA Novosti: REVIEW: Five Roadmaps for Solving Ukrainian Crisis.
17. Russia Direct: Petro Poroshenko has a mandate to fix Ukraine. Can he do it? After the victory of the oligarch and former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko on May 25, Russia Direct discussed with experts if Ukraine’s new leader will be able to tackle the ongoing political and economic crisis and find common ground with Russia.
18. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Can Poroshenko and Putin deal on Ukraine?
19. Business New Europe: Tim Ash, Ukraine update: Moscow will be looking for a sweet deal from Poroshenko.
20. www.democracynow.org: Will Election Unite Ukraine? Dozens Killed in Airport Battle as President-Elect Vows Russia Talks. (with Christopher Miller, Jack Matlock, and Timothy Snyder)
21. Financial Times editorial: Poroshenko opens a door for Ukraine. New president must use his legitimacy to seek peace.sweet
22. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Ukraine Needs a Firm Hand to Stay Afloat.
23. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Ukraine’s Autocratic New President.
24. www.opendemocracy.net: Mikhail Molchanov, What does it take to save Ukraine? Billionaire President-elect Petro Poroshenko has promised to sell his chocolate making concern Roshen, to ‘focus on the well-being of the nation.’ Even with the best of intentions, this might be rather difficult.
25. Carnegie Moscow Center: Thomas de Waal, Wanted: A Ukraine Economy Impact Study.
26. www.rt.com: EU puts third round sanctions against Russia on pause.
27. Reuters: Russia not readying retaliation against foreign firms, Putin aide tells paper.
28. ITAR-TASS: If Ukraine does not pay to Gazprom on June invoice, gas supply to be restricted on June 3.
29. Moscow Times: Russia Bats Off Yatsenyuk’s Accusation of Gas Stealing.
30. Oilprice.com: Ukraine: The Real Energy Crisis Starts in June.
31. Reuters: Ukraine’s arms firms walk tightrope between Kiev and Moscow.
32. New York Times: Russians Revealed Among Ukraine Fighters.
33. AP: Chechen leader denies sending troops to Ukraine.
34. New York Times: Thomas Friedman, Putin Blinked.
35. Politico.com: Edward Lucas, Why, Oh Why, Didn’t We Listen to the Eastern Europeans? They told us this could happen.
36. Russia: Other Points of Views: Patrick Armstrong, THE DESTRUCTION OF UKRAINE.
37. Moscow Time: New Law Could Hit Russian Smokers With Massive Cigarette Price Hike.
38. ITAR-TASS: Upper house approves constitutional amendments on president-appointed 17 senators.
39. Chatham House: Richard Sakwa, Whatever Happened to the Russian Opposition?
40. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev to confer with experts ways to raise the effectiveness of corporate governance.
41. RIA Novosti: Russia’s Oil Reserves to Produce 600 Mln Tons Annually for 30 Years – Minister.
42. Moscow Times: Sechin Sues Forbes for ‘Highest-Paid Executive’ Rating.
43. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Kremlin will Be in Trouble if It Tries to Take Away Anything Russians Assume is Rightfully Theirs, Gudkov Says.
44. Reuters: Russia seeks life sentences for men convicted of killing Anna Politkovskaya.
45. ITAR-TASS: Russia set for closer cooperation with EP – experts.
46. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, The Chinese ‘Invasion’ Of Siberia Is A Myth.
47. Business New Europe: Liam Halligan, Russia-China gas deal spells trouble for the dollar.
48. Moscow Times: Vladislav Inozemtsev, Russia Pivoted East Centuries Ago.
49. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Vasily Kashin, Russia’s Rapprochement with China Runs Deep.
50. RFE/RL: Despite Ukraine Crisis, Russia Pursues Eurasian Integration Dream.
51. Valdai Discussion Club: Sergei Mikheyev, Transnistria Won’t Become Second Front in Russia-West Standoff.
52. National Public Radio (NPR): How Russia’s Shared Kitchens Helped Shape Soviet Politics.
