RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#162 contents with links :: Saturday 26 July 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#162 :: Saturday 26 July 2014
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1. Wall Street Journal: After Flight 17 Crash, Agony, Debris and Heartbreak in Ukraine Villages. Villagers Near Malaysia Airlines Crash Site Feel Abandoned and Overwhelmed.
2. News Corp Australia Network: Face to face with the Russian-backed rebels in Eastern Ukraine.
3. The National Interest: Thomas Graham, America Needs a Real Russia Policy.
4. www.rt.com: White House says Russia ‘culpable’ of MH17 downing, cites ‘social media reports’
5. RIA Novosti: US Administration Relies on Blatant Lies in Its Foreign Policy – Russian Foreign Ministry.
6. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, ‘The Economist’ Really Wants To Punish Russia, It Just Doesn’t Know How.
7. The Economist editorial: Russia, MH17 and the West. A web of lies. Vladimir Putin’s epic deceits have grave consequences for his people and the outside world.
8. Financial Times: Vladimir Putin: Collision course. The Ukraine crisis has boosted the president’s popularity but fears for the economy are growing.
9. AP: Russia Fears Lasting Damage From Ukraine Crisis.
10. Wall Street Journal: IMF Urges Ukraine to Honor Emergency Funding Obligations. Breakdown in Country’s Ruling Coalition Appears to Worry International Bailout Agency.
11. Moscow Times: Ivan Sukhov, Russia Needs the EU’s Help, Not Its Sanctions.
12. Interfax: New EU sanctions will not force Russia to change policy on Ukraine – envoy.
13. www.rt.com: EU economic sanction on Russia won’t affect gas – Rompey.
14. ITAR-TASS: Western countries are unlikely to defend Ukrainian communists – experts.
15. Deutsche Welle: Poroshenko’s risky power play. First the ruling coalition fell apart, then the prime minister resigned. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko is attempting to strengthen his position, despite the ongoing battle with separatists in the country’s east.
16. Huffington Post: Olga Bielkova, Three Reasons We Need a Parliamentary Election in Ukraine.
17. www.vox.com: Why Ukraine’s government, which just collapsed, is such a mess.
18. ITAR-TASS: Ukraine’s political crisis may lead to disintegration of its statehood – experts.
19. ITAR-TASS: Ukraine’s parliament to meet over confidence to premier on July 31.
20. www.rt.com: Malaysian Boeing disaster – Russia’s questions to Ukraine.
21. The Globe and Mail (Canada): Stephen Blank, If Putin isn’t punished, Europe risks a wider war.
22. Foxnews.com: ‘Unchecked’ Putin puts pressure on Obama to take ‘decisive action’
23. Slate.com: Anne Applebaum, Russia’s Corrupt Chokehold on Europe.
24. www.thedailybeast.com: U.S. Military Chief Compares Putin’s Ukraine Move to Stalin’s Invasion of Poland.
25. www.foreignpolicy.com: Michael Weiss, How to Kneecap the Thug in the Kremlin. It’s time to treat Vladimir Putin like the crime boss he is: Go after his money.
26. Washington Post: Petro Poroshenko: Ukraine needs the U.S. to respond to Russia.
27. CNN.com: Alexander Motyl, Putin, just evil enough.
28. PONARS Eurasia: Q: Is Vladimir Putin Running a Proxy War in Ukraine? Here is What Twelve PONARS Eurasia Experts Say.
29. www.worldcrunch.com/Le Monde: Svetlana Alexievich, The Russian Dream Is All About Empire.
30. The Economist: MH17 and the war in Ukraine. Collateral damage. The shooting down of an airliner shows how reckless Vladimir Putin’s sponsorship of Ukrainian rebels has been.
31. RIA Novosti: Flight MH17 is Trump Card in US’ Information War with Russia.
32. RIA Novosti: Dmitry Babich, Moral Terror: How Critics of Western MH17 Coverage Are Bullied Into Silence.
33. RIA Novosti: Ukrainian Air Defense Exercises Might be Behind Malaysian Aircraft Crash – Source.
34. Moon of Alabama: Ukraine: No “Western” Interest In Investigating MH17.
35. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, The Mystery of a Ukrainian Army ‘Defector’
36. Antiwar.com: US Invents Reports of Russia Attacking Ukraine Bases.
37. www.rt.com: Roslyn Fuller, ‘Not terrorists’: Hysteria over MH17 fails to take account of both law and facts.
8. The Vineyard of the Saker: Dagmar Henn, The “friendly” Mr. Steinmeier.
39. Russia Beyond the Headlines: The downing of flight MH17: What ordinary Russians think.
40. The Independent (UK): HIV/Aids: Top Russian scientist accuses research community of snub. Medvedev adviser complains that regional meeting had been held at Aids 2014 Conference without Russian representation.
41. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russian History Provides Five Lessons for Liberals in Illiberal Times, Makarkin Says.

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