RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#143 contents with links :: Friday 27 June 2014
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Friday – JRL 2014-#143 :: 27 June 2014
1. Reuters: Domestic focus sinks Russia, rings alarms for 2018 World Cup.
2. Russia Direct: Andrey Sushentsov, Moscow stands for status quo in Ukraine. The beginning of Ukranian peace talks is an important step for all sides. Kremlin’s stand should also be taken into account given how strongly Russia and Ukraine are connected.
3. Reuters: Russia’s Putin calls for long-term Ukraine ceasefire, peace talks.
4. Interfax: Putin: domestic crisis has split Ukrainian society.
5. New York Times: Ukraine Signs Trade Agreement With European Union
6. RIA Novosti: Candidate Status for Ukraine Difficult to Predict – EU Commissioner.
7. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine Cease-Fire to End Friday Evening If Talks Fail. Heavy Fighting Rages Around Several Separatist Strongholds in East
8. Business New Europe: Tim Ash, COMMENT: Ukraine, EU sign free trade and association deal in Brussels.
9. Moscow Times: Mark Adomanis, Today’s EU Doesn’t Have Room for Ukraine.
10. RFE/RL: Explainer: What EU Accords Mean For Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.
11. Interfax-Ukraine: Over 50 per cent of Ukrainians favour EU integration – survey.
12. Moscow Times: EU Association Agreements Not Seen as Threat to Russian Economy.
13. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Russia cancels resolution to deploy troops in Ukraine.
14. Interfax: Separatist leader expecting Ukrainian army “blitzkrieg” after 27 June.
15. Russia Direct: The more things change in Ukraine, the more they stay the same? After President Putin renounced the right to send Russian troops to Ukraine, Russia Direct discussed with experts the potential diplomatic impact of such a move and what to look for next.
16. CNN: Ukrainian President: Peace depends on Putin’s mood.
17. Kyiv Post: Poroshenko: ‘Russian society is full of aggression today.’ (speech at the Council of Europe)
18. Reuters: Sharp rise in people fleeing eastern Ukraine – UNHCR.
19. GlobalPost: As violence rages in Ukraine, refugees are finding open arms in Russia. Vilified in the West, Russians say they’re only doing their part to help their ‘brotherly nation.’
20. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, How Russia-Austria pipeline deal buffers Moscow against sanctions.
21. Moscow Times: White House Wants $1 Billion War Funding to Help ‘Friends’ Like Ukraine.
22. Moscow Times: Q&A: Yakunin Sees Bismarck Plot in Ukraine Unrest.
23. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Only a Ruthless Leader Can Save Ukraine Now.
24. Washington Post editorial: The West must hold Russia to a real withdrawal from Ukraine.
25. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians Suffer from Three Misconceptions about Western Sanctions over Ukraine, Analyst Says.
26. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, NYT Revamps Its False Ukraine Narrative.
27. The New York Times: Andrew Higgins, A Battle in Ukraine Echoes Through the Decades. Divided loyalties among the citizenry during World War I are still seen in today’s struggle with Russia.
28. Interfax: Approval rating of Russian authorities on rise – poll.
29. Interfax: Russian economy avoids recession.
30. Kremlin.ru: Meeting of the Council for Science and Education.
31. Reuters: Russia’s Rosneft signs further oil products supply deal with BP.
32. Transitions Online: Galina Stolyarova, Russia’s Buttinski Nomenklatura. From panties to cigarettes to shoes to cancer drugs, they know what’s best for everyone.
33. Russia Direct: Yury Barmin, Russia and Saudi Arabia – the new Gulf partnership? Moscow’s diplomatic blitzkrieg in Saudi Arabia marks a new era in bilateral relations with one of the Middle East’s key players, and possibly a major shift in regional alliances.
34. BBC: Georgia’s long road to Europe.
35. The International New York Times: Joshua Kucera, The Tajiks’ Forgotten War.
36. Center on Global Interests: E. Wayne Merry, [PDF] Back to the G7: Russia’s Expulsion from the Group of Eight and the End of the Post-Cold War World. Why engagement with Moscow failed, and what it can teach us.
