RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#171 contents with links :: Thursday 7 August 2014

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JRL 2014-#171 :: Thursday 7 August 2014
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1. Facebook: Alexander Mercouris, Best Discussion of MH17.
2. The National Interest: Robert Legvold, Be Afraid, Europe: Russia and America’s Dangerous Clash Heats Up. Washington needs to back away from its efforts to isolate Moscow and reengage its leadership, matching sticks with a clear assessment of what it will mean if over this next decade, the two countries act as adversaries.
3. RIA Novosti: Russia Hopes Economic Pragmatism to Prevail Over ‘Ridiculous’ Decisions Taken by West. (Medvedev)
4. Reuters: Moves to dismantle ‘Euromaidan’ protest tents in Kiev spark clashes.
5. Kyiv Post: Protesters thwart city government attempts to clear Maidan (PHOTOS, LIVE UPDATES).
6. Kyiv Post: ‘Vigilante’ Ukrainian lawmaker Lyashko gets slammed by Amnesty International report.
7. The Guardian: Shaun Walker, Ukraine’s revolution dream stalling due to war in the east and political stasis. President Yanukovych is long gone, but war-weariness and a sense of politics as usual are fostering whispers of a ‘new Maidan’
8. RIA Novosti: Head of Ukraine’s National Security Council Steps Down. (Andriy Parubiy)
9. Telekrytyka (Kyiv): Ukrainian media urged not to show sensitive video from conflict zone.
10. http://ronpaulinstitute.org: Daniel McAdams, Ukraine Antiwar Movement Grows.
11. Euromaidan Press: Liubomyr Shavaliuk, Rebuilding the Donbas: costs and considerations.(DJ: Kyiv attitudes toward the Donbas)
12. The Nation: Gilbert Doctorow, How the US and Russian Media Are Covering the Ukrainian Crisis. What’s missing from the coverage and why it matters.
13. New York Daily News: U.S. defense secretary: Growing threat that Russia will invade Ukraine.
14. The Military Times: Pentagon may review force levels in Europe, senior official says.
15. RIA Novosti: Poroshenko Thanks Biden for US Consistent Backing of Ukraine.
16. Reuters: Obama – no need yet for more U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
17. The White House: Remarks by the President at Press Conference After U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit [excerpt re Russia]
18. www.rt.com: OSCE: No Russian violations on Ukrainian border.
19. Business New Europe: Teneo Intelligence, Rising risk of escalation as battle for Donetsk is nearing.
20. Moscow Times: Putin’s Approval Rating Soars to 87%, Poll Says.
21. Moscow Times: Russians’ Regard for the West Has Plummeted, Poll Shows.
22. New Republic: Julia Ioffe, Vladimir Putin Might Fall. We Should Consider What Happens Next.
23. New York Times: Michael McFaul, To Beat Putin, Support Ukraine.
24. Interfax: Proposal to ban Western airlines from using trans-Siberian routes is “on the table” – Medvedev.
25. Reuters: Russia bans Western food imports in Ukraine sanctions retaliation.
26. Interfax: Embargoed countries supply over 10% of Russia’s pork, fish and fruit, less of other foods.
27. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s retaliation to foreign sanctions may be heavy.
28. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s retaliation to deepen isolation, damage economy – U.S. National Security Council.
29. RIA Novosti: Russia Hopes to Diversify Economy Through Asia-Pacific Pivot.
30. Moscow Times: Sanctions Would Ground Russia’s Major Airlines.
31. Reuters: FACTBOX-The effect of Russia sanctions on European companies.
32. Vedomosti editorial: Ideology of war edging out politics and economics. Russian politicians making same mistakes as American ones did 10 years ago, inflicting irreparable harm upon USA.
33. NBCNews.com: Winging It: Putin Has No Master Plan for Ukraine Crisis, Officials Say.
34. Financial Times: Russia stirs fears of repeat Georgia war in Ukraine.
35. www.foreignpolicy.com: Emile Simpson, Give Putin a Way Out. With Russian troops massing on the Ukrainian border, the talk of war is getting louder. But it doesn’t have to happen.
36. Foreign Policy Journal: Masha Mitaeva, Ukraine Crisis: Ceasefire Anyone? A Memo for Europe.
37. Reuters: Ian Bremmer, Putin’s Ukraine invasion threat is more than a bluff – but not his preference.
38. CNN.com: What is Putin’s endgame in Ukraine?
39. Information Clearing House: Why Did BBC Delete This Report? ‘Ukrainian Fighter Jet Shot Down MHI7’, Donetsk Eyewitnesses.
40. Interfax: Russian military detected Buk anti-aircraft systems, Su-25 attack plane in Malaysian Boeing flight path.
41. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affair: Answers to questions from the ITAR-TASS news agency by the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov.

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