RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#149 contents with links :: Monday 7 July 2014
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Monday – JRL 2014-#149 :: 7 July 2014
1. http://johnhelmer.net: THE MAJORITY OF EASTERN UKRAINIANS WANTS THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, RUSSIAN MONEY, OPEN BORDERS – BUT NO RUSSIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION, NO NATO INTERVENTION, AND NO MORE UKRAINIAN OLIGARCHS.
2. Reuters: As West, Russia talk truce, Poroshenko heeds Ukrainians’ call to arms.
3. www.rt.com: Kiev orders ‘loyalty checks’ of Slavyansk police after militia relocate to Donetsk.
4. Interfax-Ukraine: Security Service has info about all terrorist groups in Ukraine – chief.
5. RAND Corporation: Fake RAND memo.
6. ITAR-TASS: Over 60% of Russians oppose deployment in Ukraine’s south-east – poll.
7. The Daily Mail (UK): A sign of where Ukrainian conflict could lead? Victims of mortar attack stand before their flaming home, like a scene from the Eastern Front in the Second World War. (photos)
8. The Guardian (UK): Alec Luhn, Donetsk becomes a ghost town as fearful residents flee conflict. Three months into crisis, businesses have closed, ATMs have run out of cash, and flowers are a guilty pleasure.
9. Reuters: Ukraine tycoon pleads for city’s safety after rebels vow to make stand.
10. Kyiv Post: Defense minister says anti-terrorist operation to continue until Ukraine’s east is reclaimed.
11. New York Times: Ukraine Military Finds Its Footing Against Pro-Russian Rebels.
12. Wall Street Journal: Pro-Russia Rebels Prepare Last Stand in East Ukraine. Separatist Leaders Say Evacuation From Slovyansk Was Strategic.
13. Wall Street Journal: Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown. Pro-Russia Author, Now Defense Aide, Plots Scenario Without Moscow’s Help.
14. ITAR-TASS: Official: Ukraine’s military not to resort to ‘massive bombings’ of populated areas.
15. www.rt.com: ‘Ukrainian nationalist fanatics won’t let Poroshenko return to ceasefire, even a false one’
16. Facebook: Patrick Armstrong, MOSCOW’S INTERVENTION IN UKRAINE. A MODEST PROPOSAL.
17. Facebook: Anatoly Karlin, The fall of Slavyansk.
18. Sic Semper Tyrannis: David Habakkuk, I find it extraordinarily difficult to get any handle on what is happening in ‘Novorussia’.
19. Moscow Times: Todd Wood, Economic Collapse, Not War, Will Be Ukraine’s Downfall.
20. Aljazeera America: Sabra Ayres, Despite a move toward Europe, LGBT Ukrainians face new hurdles. Recent increase in homophobia casts cloud on gay pride march in Kiev.
21. www.rt.com: Ukraine’s gas debt to hit $5.26 bn, if no June payment
22. Wall Street Journal: Russian Nationalists Feel Let Down by Kremlin, Again. Ukraine Crisis Boosted Their Profiles, but Now Some Feel Let Down by Putin.
23. www.rt.com: Alexander Yakovenko, Russia mobilizing UN support for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine.
24. Moscow Times: Vladimir Frolov, Putin and Poroshenko Need Deal to Save Face
25. Real News Network: Rebellion in Eastern Ukraine: Separatism or Self-Determination? Russian political economist Aleksandr Buzgalin discusses the situation in Ukraine after the ceasefire ends and Kiev launches an offensive in the eastern regions.
26. Moscow Times: U.S., EU Unlikely to Invest in Ukraine’s Gas System, Analysts Say.
27. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Vladimir Demchenko: Refugee on the Border: ‘I Was Told: “Either Clear Off to Russia, or Your Head Will Be in A Garbage Bin”
28. ITAR-TASS: White Book dossier to help investigate grave humanitarian crimes of Kiev authorities.
29. RIA Novosti: Putin’s aide accuses Ukrainian security service of being US puppets.
30. AP: NATO signals no new members for the present.
31. Reuters: Crimea euphoria fades for some Russians.
32. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, NYT Dishes More Ukraine Propaganda.
33. Russia Direct: Ivan Tsvetkov, Five big things you should know about Russia’s new foreign policy. Russian diplomats were tasked by President Putin with developing better relationships with Europe despite U.S. attempts to destabilize that relationship.
34. Valdai Discussion Club/RBC Daily: Eduard Ponarin, America Helps Strengthen Russia’s National Identity.
35. Moscow Times: For 1 in 3 Russians, the Internet is Unknown Territory, Poll Shows.
36. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s foreign capital outflow hits $80 billion – minister.
37. Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov says South Stream timelines on track.
38. Reuters: Russian prosecutor seeks eight-year jail terms for two protest leaders.
39. www.opendemocracy.net: Pavel Chikov, Putin versus the NGOs. The Kremlin is busy dismantling the institutions of civil society. How can NGOs develop, now that the rules have changed?
40. Moscow Times: Tanja Maier, I Learned to Be a Single Mom in Russia.
41. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Kommersant: Ryabkov on Russian-U.S. relations: ‘We will not respond symmetrically’
42. RFE/RL: A Bogeyman In Russia, U.S. Envoy Appears Poised For Moscow Job. (re John Tefft)
43. AFP: Clinton says Putin can be dangerous.
44. PBS.org: How does the US make the case for its interests in Ukraine? (interview with Michael McFaul)
45. ITAR-TASS: Russia will protect its market in case of EU association with Georgia and Ukraine.
46. RFE/RL: Moscow To Kyiv, Tbilisi, And Chisinau: EU Deals Will Cost You.
47. ITAR-TASS: Imposed EU integration bodes ill for stability in Transdniestria – experts.
48. New York Times: Frank Jacobs, Why China Will Reclaim Siberia.
49. New York Times: Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Foreign Minister Under Gorbachev, Is Dead at 86.
