RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#154 contents with links :: Monday 14 July 2014

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Friday – JRL 2014-#154 :: 14 July 2014

1. The Washington Post: Anne Applebaum, Welcome to Free Kiev.
2. Dmitry Babich: Who killed the United Ukraine?
3. Interfax-Ukraine: Avakov urges Maidan ‘patriots’ to go to front instead of parasitizing in central Kyiv.
4. Kyiv Post: Analysis of threats in connection with Association Agreement should be ready by September.
5. The Voice of Russia: Poroshenko claims US ready to finance postwar reconstruction in Donbass.
6. Ukrinform: PM Yatseniuk vows most extensive privatization in Ukraine.
7. The Voice of Russia: Ukrainian law-enforcers claim use of precision weapons during punitive operation in Donbass.
8. Financial Times: Bitter residents of Slavyansk pick up pieces of shattered city.
9. New York Times: Civilians Pay a Price for Gains of Ukraine Forces.
10. Kyiv Post: Civilians caught in the crossfire as rockets rain down on separatist-held cities.
11. BBC: Ukraine conflict: Rockets ravage suburb of Donetsk.
12. www.rt.com: ‘Father was lying on the porch with his arm blown off’ – eyewitness to Ukraine’s shelling.
13. Sunday Times (UK): Ukraine kills ‘hundreds’ of rebels as jets hit strongholds.
14. RIA Novosti: Russia Considering ‘Surgical Strike’ on Ukraine – Report.
15. The Nation: Alec Luhn, How Unrest in Ukraine Is Sending a Wave of Refugees to Russia. Tens of thousands have fled in the wake of ongoing fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
16. In Homeland Security: Brett Daniel Shehadey, Knock, Knock, Knocking on Putin’s Door.
17. Facebook: Alexander Mercouris, UKRAINIAN SHELLING OF THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER.
18. ITAR-TASS: Russian checkpoints on Ukrainian border ready for OSCE monitoring – Foreign Ministry.
19. Moscow Times: Editor of Russian-Language Newspaper Tortured and Killed in Eastern Ukraine.
20. Interfax: Romodanovsky: Almost 500,000 Ukrainians stay in Russia, over 30,000 seek asylum.
21. ITAR-TASS: Ukrainian refugees’ integration would benefit Russia – experts.
22. Gordon Hahn: War from Below and the Warlords of Ukraine.
23. No Bread and Circuses for You: Meanwhile, back in Kiev, (and elsewhere in Ukraine) – Economics.
24. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Ukraine Could Recover Crimea Only If Russia Were Seriously Weakened, Moscow Analyst Says.
25. AFP: Ukraine crisis poisons Catholic-Orthodox relations.
26. Wall Street Journal: Russian’s ‘Imperial Dream’ Faces Last Stand in Donetsk. Muscovite Heading Separatist Movement in Ukraine Seeks Return of Empire.
27. narwhal8915’s Blog: INTERVIEW WITH ALEXANDER KHODAKOVSKY.
28. Wall Street Journal: Stephen Sestanovich, What the Senate Gets Wrong About Ukraine.
29. The Economist: War in Ukraine. A mounting toll.
30. The American Interest: Lilia Shevtsova, Crisis in Ukraine Blurred Lines Between War and Peace.
31. Reuters: Putin’s goal is to showcase Russia at 2018 World Cup.
32. Moscow Times: Chris Weafer, Russia Has Earned Its Place in the BRICS Bank.
33. Moscow Times: Russian Government Sets Up Four-Year Plan to Boost Productivity.
34. The Motley Fool: Russia Offers Huge Opportunities for These Companies.
35. Moscow Times: Andrei Yermolaev, European Union Is Wrong to Block South Stream Pipeline.
36. Gordon Hahn: ‘ISOLATING RUSSIA’ IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR.
37. Moscow Times: Pyotr Romanov, Russia Must Learn to Manage Its Size.
38. Moscow Times: Ivan Sukhov, Soviet Myth Lures Russia Into Danger.
39. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russia Becoming ‘Land of Obscurantism in Age of Smartphones,’ Moscow Psychologist Says.
40. Moscow Times: John Freedman, Russian Blog Post Decrying Government’s Internet Crackdown Goes Viral.
41. www.rt.com: Top parliamentarian vows to thwart US plans to isolate Russia. (Aleksey Pushkov)
42. Russia Direct/Kommersant: Russia’s new soft power doctrine could be a summer blockbuster. In an effort to improve Russia’s image abroad, Rossotrudnichestvo plans to unveil an expanded strategy on how to boost Russian soft power.
43. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Putin in Latin America.
44. Russia Direct: Vitaly Naumkin, The future of Afghanistan after elections: Predictable uncertainty. The election of Ashraf Ghani as the next Afghan president will be welcomed by Washington. He might also be able to cooperate effectively with Moscow. Yet his professionalism and skills will not decrease the high level of uncertainty in the country.
45. The Times (UK) book review: Giles Wittell, The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii Plokhy.