RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#156 contents with links :: Friday 18 July 2014

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JRL 2014-#156 :: Friday 18 July 2014
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1. ITAR-TASS: Militias do not have Ukrainian Buk missile system – Ukraine general prosecutor.
2. RIA Novosti: EC Unsure Why US Believes Missile Shot Down Malaysian Plane in Ukraine – Source.
3. www.rt.com: Lavrov: Russia won’t take control of Malaysian plane’s black boxes.
4. Reuters: Ukraine’s emergency services find two black boxes at crash site – Interfax-Ukraine.
5. Reuters: Ukraine rebels to provide access to plane crash site: OSCE.
6. Interfax: Russia confirms operation of Ukrainian long-range defense systems on day of MH17 crash.
7. RIA Novosti: Russian Defense Ministry Says Intercepted Ukrainian Radar Activity on Day of Plane Crash.
8. Interfax: Defense Ministry denies Russian air defense involvement in Boeing 777 crash.
9. RIA Novosti: Malaysian Airliner Disaster in Ukraine Must Be Investigated Objectively – Putin.
10. Interfax: Putin blames Ukraine for Boeing crash.
11. New York Times: Rival Claims Over Crashed Malaysia Plane’s Recorders.
12. IHS Jane’s analysis of the capabilities of Ukraine’s missile systems. IHS Jane’s Missiles & Rockets editor Doug Richardson’s analysis of the capabilities of Ukraine’s missile systems follows.
13. RIA Novosti: Donetsk Leader Calls for Ceasefire with Kiev to Investigate Malaysia Airlines Crash.
14. Reuters: World leaders demand answers after airliner downed over Ukraine with 298 dead.
15. RIA Novosti: Ukraine Predicts Bilateral Trade with Russia to Cease.
16. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Malaysia and Ukraine.
17. Interfax: No sign of U.S. wanting to signal to Kyiv in favor of negotiated solution of Ukrainian crisis – Lavrov.
18. Kyiv Post: Poroshenko: ‘This is a wake-up call for the whole world’
19. The Economist: Flight MH17. The evidence.
20. The New Yorker: David Remnick, AFTER THE CRASH.
21. RIA Novosti: OPINION: Malaysia Boeing Crash in Eastern Ukraine Beneficial to Kiev.
22. Irish Times: Daniel McLaughlin, Foreigners join far-right militias in Ukraine’s fight against rebels. Fears that nationalist Azov Battalion and others could ultimately turn on new rulers
23. RIA Novosti: Medvedev Says US Sanctions against Moscow Won’t Bust Russian Economy.
24. ITAR-TASS: Do sanctions bode ill for Russia?
25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: How will new round of sanctions affect Russia?
26. The National Interest: Nikolas Gvosdev, Breaking Down Obama’s Slick Russian Sanctions Play.
27. European Leadership Network: Dmitry Babich, Russia’s Elite And The West: Unrequited Love – Forever?
28. ITAR-TASS: Putin’s ratings up thanks to new Putin majority forming in Russian society – report.
29. Valdai Discussion Club: Fyodor Lukyanov, Redefining the Boundaries of the Possible.