RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#159 contents with links :: Tuesday 22 July 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2014-#159 :: Tuesday 22 July 2014
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1. Reuters: Dutch expert says Ukraine body recovery team ‘did a hell of a job’
2. Reuters: Malaysia Airlines Black Boxes Handed Over By Ukraine Rebels To Experts.
3. Sky News: Russia ‘Told Rebels To Hide MH17’s Black Boxes.’ (SBU video)
4. CNN.com: Ukraine says Russian officer pushed the button to shoot down MH17.
5. Interfax: Moscow expects Boeing flight recorders to be given to ICAO experts – Russian Foreign Ministry.
6. Euromaidan Press: Thomas Theine, Putin unfiltered.
7. Kyiv Post: Dmitry Tymchuk’s military blog: The number of settlements freed from insurgents is growing inexorably every day.
8. Politico.com: Mikheil Saakashvili, What Europe Can Do About Putin.
9. CNN.com: Ukraine President: The world must choose sides.
10. RIA Novosti: Kiev Says Needs Almost $780 Mln to Continue Special Operation.
11. Washington Post editorial: The West needs a strategy to contain the world’s newest rogue state – Russia.
12. AP: Ukraine at potential turning point after crash.
13. Reuters: Once joined in Soviet Union, Ukraine, Russia never further apart.
14. Wall Street Journal: Russia Will Try to Influence Rebels to Help MH17 Crash Investigation, Putin Says.
15. www.rt.com: Putin: West should demand Kiev obey ceasefire during plane crash probe.
16. ITAR-TASS: Putin says no military threat today to Russian sovereignty.
17. Kyiv Post: Civilians killed as Ukrainian forces tighten noose on rebels in Donetsk.
18. Reuters: Russia challenges accusations that Ukraine rebels shot down airliner.
19. www.rt.com: 10 more questions Russian military pose to Ukraine, US over MH17 crash.
20. Antiwar.com: State Dept. Annoyed at Press Questioning MH17 Narrative. Spokeswoman Angrily Refers Press to Social Media for ‘Proof’
21. RIA Novosti: US Could Unveil Intelligence Data on Downed Boeing 777 in Ukraine.
22. Interfax: Only infrared spy satellite able to see Malaysian Boeing crash – expert.
23. Moscow Times: Alexey Eremenko, Why Putin Can’t Afford to Dump the Ukrainian Separatists
24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: MH17 disaster leaves Moscow’s international relations on slippery slope. The Boeing 777 tragedy, which claimed the lives of 298 people, has seriously changed the course of the political game surrounding Ukraine. We asked the leading Russian experts to assess how the political situation changed after the events of July 17 and how relations between Russia, the United States, and the European Union will now develop
25. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Caught in global storm over MH17, Russia battens down the hatches.
26. Washington Post: Katrina vanden Heuvel, Downing of Flight 17 should trigger talks, not more violence.
27. PBS Newshour: Will the MH17 disaster cause Putin to change course in Ukraine? (with Stephen Sestanovich and Eugene Rumer)
28. The Guardian: Angus Roxburgh, Let Putin save face. The Russian leader hates being lectured. A change of tack could persuade him to disown Ukraine’s rebels.
29. Washington Post: Ivan Katchanovski, What do citizens of Ukraine actually think about secession?
30. Reuters: EU threatens Russia with more sanctions, but words ring hollow.
31. Der Spiegel: The Boomerang Effect. Sanctions on Russia Hit German Economy Hard.
32. Moscow Times: Britain Announces Well-Timed Litvinenko Inquiry in Open Snub to Russia.
33. Antiwar.com: Justin Raimondo, MH17: The Exploitation of A Tragedy.
34. Counterpunch.org: Vladislav Gulevich, Manipulating Facts. Amnesty International and the War in Ukraine.
35. Financial Times: Gideon Rachman, The Kremlin’s Machiavelli has led Russia to disaster. Putin is revealed as a reckless gambler leading his country into economic and political isolation.
36. CNN.com: Zakaria: Russian news in alternate universe.
37. Princeton.edu: Q&A: Update on Ukraine’s political and military situation. (interview with Stephen Kotkin)
38. Russian Military Reform: Dmitry Gorenburg, Who shot down MH 17?
39. CNN.com: Andrew Kuchins, Act now, or face war in Ukraine.
40. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Convinced of His Own Exceptionalism, Putin is Both ‘a Pragmatist and a Fool,’ Milshtein Says.
41. Stratfor.com: George Friedman, Can Putin Survive?
42. Moscow Times editorial: Moscow Won’t Back Down on Ukraine.
43. ITAR-TASS: Russian business against country’s isolation – ex-finance minister. (Kudrin)
44. Reuters: James, Saft, Russia worries in a low-volatility world.
45. ITAR-TASS: Specter of China’s seizing Siberia, Far East totally implausible – expertshttp://en.itar-tass.com/opinions/1834.
46. Interfax: Patrushev says Russian decision-makers must heed opposition.

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