RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#148 contents with links :: Saturday 5 July 2014

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Friday – JRL 2014-#148 :: 5 July 2014

1. www.antiwar.com: Armen Abazajian, Ukraine: The War on Truth.
2. The Guardian (UK): Alec Luhn, Life in a war zone – Ukraine. How do you go about your daily life while under constant threat of bombardment? We speak to families in Slavyansk to find out.
3. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukraine’s Land Agency give land to soldiers in the east for free.
4. Kyiv Post: Kyiv gets cheery as troops reclaim rebel stronghold Sloviansk.
5. Kyiv Post: Dmitry Tymchuk’s military blog: Did traitor Tsaryov help Putin plan Crimean invasion?
6. http://grahamwphillips.com: Graham Phillips, A New Ukraine Glossary – (#3) – War Glossary.
7. Vineyard of the Saker: Dmitry Steshin, Slavyansk is out of sight now
8. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians Failing to Notice Ways Their Country Becoming Like Hitler’s Reich, Portnikov Says.
9. Amnesty International: Ukraine Pride cancelled after police fail to guarantee protection.
10. The Voice of America: Q&A With Masha Gessen: Russia in ‘Final’ Phase of Putin’s Rule.
11. Euromaidan Press: Ukraine’s possible backstabbers in Europe.
12. The Voice of Russia: Plan for suppression of eastern Ukraine prepared by US Agency RAND for Poroshenko.
13. The Interpreter: Putin at Fateful Crossroads on Ukraine, Says Illarionov.
14. The Voice of Russia: Poroshenko’s dependence on far-right radicals makes peace talks in Ukraine problematic – expert.

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