RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#135 contents with links :: Wednesday 18 June 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#135 :: 18 June 2014
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1. USA Today: Hal Foster, Anti-Americanism bubbling up in Ukraine.
2. The Voice of Russia: Thousands Donetsk miners protest against punitive operation in Ukraine’s southeast.
3. www.rt.com: 2 Russian journalists killed in Ukraine military shelling.
4. Interfax: Accidents on Ukrainian gas pipelines to continue, not enough invested in maintenance.
5. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Kiev’s position on gas payments is ‘blackmail’
6. Interfax: Poroshenko: Slovyansk to be encircled, armed opposition to be liquidated.
7. www.rt.com: ‘100% aimed action’: Ukraine military shelled refugees, Russian journalists, survivor says.
8. ITAR-TASS: 13,500 people already flee to Russia from Ukraine.
9. Valdai Discussion Club: Leonid Grigoryev, Socio-Economic Crisis in Ukraine: Why and What’s Next?
10. New York Times: Poroshenko Prepares a Unilateral Cease-Fire in Eastern Ukraine.
11. The Voice of Russia: Moscow expects full-scale ceasefire from Ukrainian authorities – FM Lavrov.
12. Kyiv Post: Poroshenko: Ukraine ‘is in a state of war’
13. Kyiv Post: English-language translation of Poroshenko’s June 16 remarks at National Security and Defense Council.
14. Kyiv Post: Kyiv city prosecutor, three deputies suspended under Right Sector’s pressure.
15. Wall Street Journal: Pro-Russia Militia in Ukraine Seeks Urgent Help from Moscow. The Kremlin Hasn’t Responded to the Request That Comes as Ukrainian Forces Retake Borders Areas.
16. Moscow Times: What’s Next As Kiev Crunches Rebels?
17. The Vineyard of the Saker: The time has come for Putin to make the most important decision of his Presidency.
18. http://inforesist.org: Kuzmuk: Putin’s Army crossed the Ukrainian-Russian border.
19. http://inforesist.org: Tymchuk: Thousands of mercenaries awaiting transfer to Ukraine from Russia.
20. New York Times: U.N. Report Details Casualties in Eastern Ukraine.
21. RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Poroshenko Suggests Relieving Foreign Minister Deshchytsia from Post.
22. RFE/RL: Poroshenko’s Right-Hand Man Emerges. (Boris Lozhkin)
23. The Voice of Russia: Poroshenko: no new-to-the-game person to reform Ukraine, he ‘won’t last long’ – expert.
24. RIA Novosti: OPINION: Attack On Russian Embassy in Kiev Casts Doubt on Poroshenko Ability to Rule Country.
25. RIA Novosti: Moscow to Hold New Gas Talks Only After Kiev Clears its Debt – Russian Energy Minister.
26. Moscow Times: Europe Bracing Itself for Worst-Case Gas Scenario.
27. RFE/RL: Explainer: Why This Russian-Ukrainian ‘Gas War’ Is Different From The Others.
28. www.rt.com: Patrick Young, Ukraine’s gas: Reversal of fortune?
29. Peterson Institute for International Economics: Anders Aslund, Ukraine Should Insist on a Viable Gas Agreement with Russia.
30. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Why Ukraine’s freeze on arms sales to Russia will hurt Kiev too. President Poroshenko has effectively ended $15 billion in arms contracts that keep Russia’s military in the air and Ukraine’s defense industry employed.
31. ITAR-TASS: US appetite for European market responsible for Ukrainian crisis – experts.
32. The Voice of Russia: Putin’s aide proposes anti-dollar alliance to force US to end Ukraine’s civil war. (Sergey Glazyev)
33. Washington Post editorial: Ukraine’s president could use Western help against Russian provocations.
34. Orientalreview.org: Andrew Korybko, Ethnic and cultural cleansing in Ukraine.
35. Valdai Discussion Club: Valery Fyodorov, Russia’s Middle Class Still Lacks Political Power.
36. Russia Beyond the Headlines: New reforms aim to make regions more independent. Russia is reorganizing the system for electing local government bodies and redistributing powers between federal and municipal authorities. However, the reforms are the latest in a long line of attempts to make regional government more effective, and some experts are sceptical.
37. Moscow Times: Ukrainian ‘Black Hole’ Weighs Heavy On European Business in Russia.
38. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Only 53 years’ worth of oil left, say experts. BP analysts predict that global reserves of oil and gas have only a few more decades to last. According to the experts, who aired their prognosis at the recent World Petroleum Conference in Moscow, shale oil offers a viable alternative to the country, predicting that by 2035 Russia will be producing 800,000 barrels daily
39. Moscow Times: Chris Weafer, Russia Reaps Rewards of Middle East Misery.
40. Business New Europe: Peter Szopo, COMMENT: Russian equities – the next leg up faces hurdles.
41. St. Petersburg Times: Kremlin’s Film Funding Under Fire.
42. RIA Novosti: Senior Russian MP calls for dissociation from USA on human rights issue.
43. Moscow Times: Civil Society Is More Than Ethics. (interview with Andre Sobczak)
44. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Ukraine Shows Liberal Project in Russia in Even Worse Shape than Nationalist One, Khramov Says.
45. Interfax: Russian official hopes Ukraine crisis will not end security cooperation with USA.
46. St. Petersburg Times: U.S. Space Industry Takes First Step Toward Ending Dependence on Russia.
47. GlobalPost: Dan Peleschuk, Does Putin really want to resurrect the Soviet Union? As Ukraine smolders, the Russian leader is pushing ahead with plans for something big – possibly.
