RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#155 contents with links :: Wednesday 16 July 2014
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JRL 2014-#155 :: Wednesday 16 July 2014
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1. Interfax-Ukraine: Avakov: government begins stabilization program in Donbas.
2. Interfax-Ukraine: Avakov: First stage of verifying Donetsk police’s loyalty finished, almost 600 policemen fired.
3. The National Interest: James Carden, The Washington Post Declares War on Russia.
4. The Washington Post editorial: The U.S. should follow Ukraine’s lead and act unilaterally on Russia sanctions.
5. http://readrussia.com: Mark Adomanis, Medicine Worse Than the Disease.
7. Business New Europe/RAPSI: Ukrainian Communist Party case to be heard on July 24.
8. Valdai Discussion Club: Viktor Litovkin, Russia Won’t Play into Washington’s Hands.
9. ITAR-TASS: Ukraine mulls severing diplomatic ties with Russia – Poroshenko administration.
10. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Ukraine leadership launches ‘offensive’ on Maidan.
11. Kyiv Post: Dmitry Tymchuk’s military blog: Counter-insurgency operation in east Ukraine has turned to ‘trench warfare’
12. Project Maidan: Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Thoughts on Putin – 15 July 2014.
13. Business New Europe: INTERVIEW: Kruk fears “frozen conflict” in Ukraine as Russia spreads disorder in Europe.
14. www.counterpunch.com: Jack Rasmus, Why Hasn’t Putin Intervened? Putin, Ukraine and the Future of Europe.
15. http://readrussia.com: Matthew Luxmoore, The Growing Rift Between Ukrainians and Russians.
16. Carnegie Moscow Center: Balazs Jarabik, EU and Ukraine: Bumpy Road Ahead.
17. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexei Arbatov, In Time of Sharp Tensions, Islamist Extremism Continues to Unite Russia and the United States.
18. RIA Novosti: West Suspends Fighting Terrorism, Drugs With Russia Over Ukraine.
19. RIA Novosti: Ninety Percent of Militia in Eastern Ukraine Local Citizens – Self-Defense Forces Leader.
20. ITAR-TASS: Donetsk, Luhansk fighters launch offensive on Ukraine’s National Guard.
21. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians and Ukrainians Becoming Like Serbs and Croatians, Solovey Says.
22. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Slobodan’s Ghost.
23. www.foreignpolicy.com: Jeffrey Lewis, The only way to contain Moscow is to understand that there’s a still cold warrior in the Kremlin.
24. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrei Areshev, Crimea after Reunification with Russia: Problems and Prospects.
25. Interfax: Most Ukrainian industrial production facilities will stop with severance of diplomatic ties with Russia – Federation Council members.
26. Moscow Times: Business Mood Brightens, But Won’t Save Russian Economy, Study Finds.
27. ITAR-TASS: BRICS summit decisions may change world economic climate.
