RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#122 contents with links :: Saturday 31 May 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#122 :: 31 May 2014
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1. Pando Daily: Gary Brecher, What’s happening in Eastern Ukraine is very simple, rational, and straightforward.
2. Consortiumnews.com: Ray McGovern, Premature US Victory-Dancing on Ukraine.
3. Aljazeera America: Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine collect their dead and ask, Where is Putin? Coffins full of slain Russian fighters for the People’s Republic of Donetsk travel to border in show of despair.
4. Reuters: Ukraine to push on with army offensive, row grows over Russian fighters reports.
5. RIA Novosti: Ukrainian Army Denies Reports on Plans to Complete Special Op by June 14.
6. www.rt.com: Slavyansk kids and women cross Russian border on foot after Ukraine seizes bus.
7. ITAR-TASS: US State Department claims Ukraine government shows restraint in army operation in East.
8. Reuters: Chechen leader denies sending fighters to Ukraine.
9. ITAR-TASS: Kadyrov: No Chechen battalions in Ukraine, only 14 volunteers are in south-east.
10. www.rt.com: Back to burning: Maidan activists set tires on fire to protest eviction (VIDEO)
11. Project Maidan: Michael Fedynsky, From the Square to the Ballot Box: Maidan’s Role After the Revolution.
12. Bloomberg: Ukraine Nears Russian Gas Deal as Eastern Clashes Persist.
13. www.rt.com: US to work closely with EU to cut its Russian gas imports.
14. Interfax-Ukraine: Two-thirds of Russians say Ukrainian authorities are not legal.
15. Vineyard of the Saker: May 30th combat SITREP by “Juan”
16. Kyiv Post: Dmitry Tymchuk’s military blog: Russia officially supports terrorism in Ukraine.
17. RIA Novosti: Poroshenko’s Millions Interfere With Ukraine’s Fight for Democracy.
18. Carnegie Moscow Center: Bruno Coppieters, Ukraine: Power to the Regions.
19. The National Interest: Matthew Rojansky, The Blueprint: How Russia and Ukraine Can Move Forward.
20. Russia Direct: 6 factors that will determine the future of Russia-US relations. At an event hosted by Russia Direct at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a roundtable group of speakers analyzed the important factors that are driving the future of the U.S.-Russian relationship.
21. The National Interest: Robert Merry, How to Start a Civil War in Ukraine (and How to Avoid One). Contrary to some interpretations of unfolding events, it isn’t possible for Ukraine to join the West while coexisting peacefully with Russia.
22. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: Peter E. Davis and Siegfried S. Hecker, Why the US should keep cooperating with Russia on nuclear security.
23. Asia Times: Pepe Escobar, The future visible in St Petersburg.
24. Russia Direct: Russian defense minister’s visit to Crimea sends Ukraine strong signal.
25. Wall Street Journal: Leon Aron, The Saturday Essay. Why Putin Says Russia Is Exceptional. Such claims have often heralded aggression abroad and harsh crackdowns at home.
26 www.rt.com: Pepe Escobar, Brave old (exceptionalist) world.
27. The Johns Hopkins University: Zbigniew Brzezinski On the Crisis in the Ukraine (video)
28. PBS Frontline: The Putin Factor: Russia, America and the Geopolitics of Ukraine. (interview with Michael McFaul)
29. Der Spiegel: How Russia Is Winning the Propaganda War.
