RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#146 contents with links :: Thursday 3 July 2014
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Thursday – JRL 2014-#146 :: 3 July 2014
1. Interfax-Ukraine: NSDC: Government forces continue to free towns and capture gunmen’s weapons and equipment in eastern Ukraine.
2. 5 Kanal TV, Kiev: Three troops, “hundreds” of militants said killed in east Ukraine over past day.
3. Interfax: Kyiv army recruiter outraged by poor army draft, business failure to comply with mobilization orders.
4. Wall Street Journal: White House Backs Ukraine Decision to End Cease-Fire.
5. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukrainians supportive of joining NATO, regaining nuclear status.
6. www.rt.com: ‘Thanks, Ukraine Air Force’: Bombarded villagers accuse Kiev of killing civilians.
7. www.rt.com: Shells devastate entire streets in eastern Ukrainian town.
8. Interfax: Donetsk mayor: Situation in southeastern Ukraine exacerbated amid Kiev offensive.
9. RIA Novosti: Orphanage Destruction in Ukraine’s East Signals Need to Stop Punitive Operation – Moscow.
10. The Voice of Russia: Ukrainian gov’t forces attack village near Lugansk for 3rd day in a row.
11. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Fierce fighting in east Ukraine as outlines of peace plan agreed in Berlin.
12. Interfax: Moscow insists Kyiv restore ceasefire.
13. Voices of Ukraine: Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – July 2, 2014.
14. Interfax: Poroshenko: Ukrainian will remain sole state language in Ukraine
15. Reuters: Ukraine’s Poroshenko names new chiefs in defense shake-up.
16. Interfax: Russian investigator says Ukrainian tycoon “up to his elbows in blood”
17. Wall Street Journal: Many Ukrainians Flee to Russia, Angry, Afraid, Determined to Stay.
18. USA Today: Thousands of refugees flee fighting in east Ukraine.
19. Moscow Times: Medvedev: U.S. ‘Infinitely Cynical’ to Suggest Ukraine Refugees Visiting Their Grannies.
20. ITAR-TASS: Russian PM blames Poroshenko for deaths in Ukraine.
21. RIA Novosti: USA doesn’t want greater role for EU in Ukraine resolution – Russian diplomat.
22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Ukrainian crisis: What denouement will play out in the east?
23. Financial Times: Kiev feels pressure on truce decision.
24. Channel One TV, Moscow: Russian TV commentator explains Moscow’s take on end of truce in Ukraine.
25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Homes targeted in Lugansk; reporters asked to soften rhetoric.
26. Russia Direct: Ukraine: What started as realpolitik could end as a clash of civilizations. Think Tank Review: In June, Russian experts analyzed the underlying motivations for the Ukraine crisis and pondered the consequences of the current escalation in Iraq.
27. Vestnik Kavkaza: Experts on continuing war in Ukraine.
28. Economist at large: Vlad Ivanenko, Political activity and repression in Ukraine.
29. ITAR-TASS: Ukrainian press says rapprochement with EU harms national economy.
30. Vestnik Kavkaza: What is the danger of European association?
31. The Real News: EU Association Agreement with Ukraine Is a Gift to Kleptocrats. Michael Hudson: The agreement, by worsening economic conditions of Ukraine, will guarantee unending violence in the east.
32. Business Week: Russia Sanctions Lose Their Bite as U.S. and Europe Pull In Different Directions.
33. http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com: Mike Shedlock, Ukraine Begins Offensive Against “Parasites”; Who Really Broke the Ceasefire?
34. Sean’s Russia Blog: William Risch, Why We Can’t Let Ukraine Lose the Donbass.
35. The American Interest: Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Ukraine Problem. Confronting Russian Chauvinism.
36. Euromaidan Press: Paul Goble, Russian Ukrainophobia differs from usual Xenophobia and is far more dangerous.
37. Consortiumnews.com: Ray McGovern, The Risk of a Ukraine Bloodbath.
38. www.rt.com: Russia updates White Book research as rights violations in Ukraine continue.
39. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s economic growth to accelerate to over 3% in 2017
40. Moscow Times: Internet Giant Yandex Evades Burden of Media Status.
41. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Arts world up in arms as Russia bans swearwords in films, books and TV.
42. RIA Novosti: Top Russian security official comments on Ukraine, Russia-West relations.
43. Financial Times: Moscow’s task is to build a nation not an empire. Russia needs people not land and should think of the Eurasian Union as more of a Nafta, writes Dmitri Trenin.
44. Interfax: Political situation should not affect contacts among Russian, U.S. scientists – Academy of Sciences.
45. The Guardian: Absence of US ambassador to Russia punishes Washington, not Moscow. The US has not had an ambassador in Moscow since the Ukraine crisis began. Now a new candidate has been proposed, but will he be accepted, asks Dmitri Trenin.
46. The Atlantic: The Two Events That Turned Putin Against the U.S.. Former ambassador Michael McFaul on what really motivated Russia to invade Ukraine.
47. Russia Direct: Anton Fedyashin, Espionage fiction, the Cold War and Ukraine. The latest spy thriller features the threat of a new Cold War, a resurgent Russia and plenty of stereotypes about the Kremlin. That’s all you need to know to understand the views of the Obama Administration.
48. Moscow Times: Steven Pifer, Putin’s NATO Fears Are Groundless.
49. Reuters: Russia seeks closer ties with breakaway region after Moldova’s EU move.
50. Carnegie Moscow Center: Tedo Japaridze, Georgia: In a Roadmap, the Most Important Thing Is the Destination.
