RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#147 contents with links :: Friday 4 July 2014

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Friday – JRL 2014-#147 :: 4 July 2014

1. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Yevgeny Primakov on Ukraine: ‘We somewhat overdid our coverage of events’
2. The National Interest: Nikolas Gvosdev, The “Stumbles” Doctrine: Containing and Confronting Russia. America stumbles into a bad policy choice.
3. http://us-russia.org: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 3 July 2014.
4. The Australian: Rebel leaders in Ukraine feel ‘abandoned’ by Putin.
5. RIA Novosti: Ukrainian Prime Minister Threatens to Reformat Parliament, Government.
6. Kyiv Post: Poroshenko appoints billionaire Kosyuk to coordinate military supplies.
7. www.rt.com: ‘They send us junk’: Kiev troops complain of poor ammunition, stale food, old maps.
8. Interfax-Ukraine: About 40,000 Russian troops deployed near border with Ukraine.
9. Interfax-Ukraine: National Guard: 20 Russian tanks and 122 armored vehicles recorded in Luhansk region.
10. Interfax-Ukraine: NSDC says Russia sending militants and weapons to Ukraine as humanitarian aid.
11. Interfax: Ukrainian snipers targeting cars en route to Izvarne border crossing – Luhansk militia.
12. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukraine army claims 150 militants killed near Mykolayivka outside Sloviansk.
13. Kyiv Post: Dmitry Tymchuk’s military blog: Russian border guards shoot group of 300 terrorists trying to get out of Ukraine.
14. Deutsche Welle: Eastern Ukraine: plan ‘B,’ as in ‘bombs.’ Tanks, howitzers, fighter jets – Kyiv’s rulers are using heavy military equipment to try and push separatists out of Ukraine. Their core mission is to regain control over the border with Russia.
15. Rada TV, Kiev: New Ukrainian defence minister vows to hold “victory parade” in Sevastopol.
16. www.rt.com: NATO arming Ukraine with Soviet weapons – Deputy PM Rogozin.
17. Kyiv Post: As America celebrates, Pyatt touts US-Ukraine successes.
18. Interfax: Poroshenko ready for political talks on settling situation in Donbas without any additional conditions.
19. RIA Novosti: US Advisors Design Strategy for Kiev – Russian Security Council.
20. Reuters: Families caught in crossfire in eastern Ukraine.
21. RIA Novosti: Ukraine Army Shelling of Luhansk Kills at Least Two, Slaviansk Under Attack.
22. Kyiv Post: Christopher Miller, Rising Deaths, Fury, Agony.
23. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: JOINT DECLARATION BY THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF UKRAINE, RUSSIA, FRANCE AND GERMANY.
24. Deutsche Welle: Opinion: Ukraine statement leaves questions unanswered.
25. RFE/RL: Ukraine’s Minister Of Facebook. (Arsen Avakov)
26. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Ministers to restart talks; TV tower destroyed in Slavyansk.
27. Valdai Discussion Club: Jacques Sapir, Ukrainian Financial System after Association Agreement with EU. It is hard to understand the Ukrainian elite’s insistence on having a free-trade agreement with the EU, which accounts for only one-fourth of Ukraine’s total exports.
28. Reuters: Ukraine parliament gives preliminary nod to emergency energy plans.
29. St. Petersburg Times: EU Claims Right to Reverse Flow as Russia Protests.
30. Bloomberg: How Bulgaria’s Bank Run Affects Ukraine’s European Dream.
31. Gazeta.ru: Interview with Vitaliy Nikitin, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, by Andrey Koshik: ‘I Have Always Wanted From Russia Peacekeepers’
32. Reuters: John Lloyd, Could Vladimir Putin give peace a chance in Ukraine and beyond?
33. The Economist: Ukraine and Russia. War by any other name. Russia has, in effect, already invaded eastern Ukraine. The question is how the West will respond.
34. Austere Insomniac: Leos Tomícek, Russia Does Not Want Donbas.
35. The Vineyard of the Saker: In Banderastan insanity, denial and lies are the norm, not the exception.
36. Council on Foreign Relations: Putin’s Balancing Act. (interview with Kimberly M. Marten)
37. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, Itching for a Genocide.
38. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Ukraine, the country no one cared about.
39. RIA Novosti: Putin Tells Obama Russia, US Should Cooperate to Protect Global Stability.
40. St. Petersburg Times: Kremlin Moves Away From Aggressive Youth Policy.
41. Kremlin.ru: Meeting of Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations.
42. www.rt.com: HSBC: Russia enters technical recession, as Ukraine’s drag weighs.
43. RIA Novosti: US Exports to Russia Hit Record Levels in May Despite Sanctions.
44. Wall Street Journal: Sanctions Could Have ‘Significant Impact’ on Russia’s Economy. Finance Ministry Warns Ukraine Crisis and Broader Sanctions Could Have Destabilizing Economic Effect.
45. RIA Novosti: US sanctions a new kind of offensive weapon – Russia’s Ryabkov.
46. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Concern in Russia as foreign tourist numbers slump.
47. Novaya Gazeta: Diana Khachatryan, Stick and the President’s Carrot; List of NGOs Which Have Received Presidential Grants Is Published. They Also Include Organizations Which Came Under the Law on Foreign Agents.
48. ITAR-TASS: US drives Moscow-Washington relations into deadlock – deputy FM.
49. The Aspen Institute: Michael McFaul Dissects US-Russian Relations.
50. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin’s Authoritarianism Now Self-Re-Enforcing, New Book Concludes.
51. Wall Street Journal: Five Best: Simon Sebag Montefiore on Russia in fiction.
52. The Paris Review: Diana Bruk, Thawing Out. Why are there so few courses in Soviet literature at American universities?
53. New York Times: Exposures. To Be a Russian. Photographs by Misha Friedman.

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