RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#144 contents with links :: Tuesday 1 July 2014

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Tuesday – JRL 2014-#144 :: 1 July 2014

1. www.rt.com: ‘Let’s wage war!’ Huge crowd rallies in Kiev for end of ceasefire, martial law (VIDEO).
2. Reuters: Ceasefire over, Ukraine forces attack rebel positions.
3. Kyiv Post: Poroshenko: ‘We will attack and we will liberate our land’ (VIDEO)
4. Kyiv Post: English-language translation of Poroshenko’s message to Ukraine ending ceasefire against Kremlin-backed separatists.
5. www.rt.com: Ukraine military resumes ‘active phase’ of operation against ant-govt forces.
6. RIA Novosti: Ceasefire in East Ukraine Called off Under External Influence – Moscow.
7. RIA Novosti: Russia’s Influence on Self-defense Forces Should Not Be Overestimated – Kremlin.
8. The Guardian (UK)/AP: Russian journalist killed in Ukraine as gunmen fire on media bus.
9. www.thenation.com: Stephen F. Cohen, The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities. The regime has repeatedly carried out artillery and air attacks on city centers, creating a humanitarian catastrophe-which is all but ignored by the US political-media establishment.
10. Moscow Times: Fyodor Lukyanov, Putin’s Ukraine Gambit Paying Off.
11. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dimitri Trenin, 21st Century Great Game as a New Normal.
12. Valdai Discussion Club: Richard Sakwa, What Does Russia Want in Ukraine?
13. ITAR-TASS: Experts call for real ceasefire to stop bloodshed in eastern Ukraine.
14. Project Maidan: Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Thoughts from Kyiv.
15. The Sunday Times (UK): Mark Franchetti, No surrender of the truth from this ‘Kremlinhero’
16. Wall Street Journal: Stephen Sestanovich, Is the Ukraine Crisis Unwinding?
17. The Voice of Russia: Ukraine will not get a bailout from the EU, says expert.
18. Bloomberg: Why Putin Is in Trouble With 86% Approval.
19. Washington Post: Fred Hiatt, A familiar Russian playbook. The modern parallels to Russian attacks on Boris Pasternak.
20. Moscow Times: Washington Asks Moscow to Approve John Tefft as new U.S. Ambassador.
21. Russia Direct: What should we expect from the new U.S. ambassador to Russia? We asked Russian and U.S. experts to share their views on the appointment of John Tefft, a career diplomat with extensive – and sometimes controversial – ties to Russia and the former Soviet Union, as the next U.S. Ambassador to Russia.
22. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, U.S.-Russian Diplomatic Normalcy: One Small Step Nearer?
23. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin’s Successor May Be ‘Already in His Entourage,’ Kryshtanovskaya Says.
24. www.rt.com: Communists seek to limit Presidential Administration powers.
25. Valdai Discussion Club: Igor Zevelev, The Russian World Boundaries.

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