RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#169 contents with links :: Tuesday 5 August 2014

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JRL 2014-#169 :: Tuesday 5 August 2014
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1. RIA Novosti: NATO Claims Russia Gathered 20,000 Troops on Ukraine Border.
2. AP: East Ukraine City Dying Under Siege.
3. RIA Novosti: Ukrainian Military Getting Ready to Storm Donetsk, Luhansk – Kiev Official.
4. www.aljazeera.com: John Wendle, Ukraine’s civilians: ‘All I want is peace.’ Ukraine government shelling of rebel-controlled areas has left hundreds of civilian casualties.
5. AFP: Citizens flee as fighting grips east Ukraine.
6. Euromaiden Press: Sloviansk residents rebuild, demand lustration, fear Putin.
7. www.rt.com: Humanitarian catastrophe: Lugansk, E. Ukraine, left with no water, power.
8. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukraine urges local residents to leave territory “occupied by terrorists”
9. Interfax-Ukraine: East Ukrainians said actively engaging in guerrilla war against separatists.
10. ITAR-TASS: Kiev authorities no longer concerned with the lives of civilians, military and militias.
11. The Guardian: Is western media coverage of the Ukraine crisis anti-Russian? Many column inches have been devoted to analysing biased Russian media reports of the Ukraine crisis, but is coverage in the west as objective as it should be?
12. Business New Europe: Tim Ash, Ukraine update.
13. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russian war games get under way, unnerving Ukraine. Experts say that Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine’s borders is not a pending invasion but a bid to rattle Ukraine forces. Among Ukrainians, evidence of war-weariness appears to be growing.
14. Reuters: Ukrainian troops cross into Russia to avoid fighting, talks underway.
15. www.rt.com: Kiev ‘gave up on us’: Ukrainian commander tells why 400 troops escaped into Russia.
16. ITAR-TASS: Ukrainian servicemen fear for relatives after returning from Russia.
17. ITAR-TASS: Ukrainian military flights into Russia prove war is unjust and Russia has no role in it, experts say.
18. Voices of Ukraine: Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – August 4, 2014.
19. Russia Direct: Russian experts divided by sanctions, united over MH17. Think Tank Review: In July, Russian think tanks were preoccupied by the implications of MH17, economic sanctions and the BRICS summit in Brazil.
20. Interfax: Russians give economic situation good assessment – VTsIOM.
21. Moscow Times: No Palace Coup in Sight for Russia.
22. RIA Novosti: Poll Shows Happiness Index in Russia Remains High.
23. Reuters: UN Says 730,000 People Have Fled Ukraine for Russia Over Conflict.
24. RIA Novosti: Russia believes West will continue sanctions – top diplomat.
25. www.rt.com: Medvedev: Russia to consider retaliation to EU’s sanctions.
26. Reuters: Russia may restrict trans-Siberian flights for EU airlines -newspaper.
27. Al Arabiya News (UAE): Maria Dubovikova, Why sanctions on Russia will do no good.
28. Moscow Times: Twitter Users Mock West With #BlamePutin Hashtag.
29. New York Times: Separatist Cadre Hopes for a Reprise in Ukraine.
30. Kyiv Post: Bandershtat festival celebrates Ukrainian nationalism, heroes.
31. Wall Street Journal: A Wounded Ukraine Volunteer Lies in a Donetsk Prison-Where the Jailer Is Russian. Chaotic Insurgent Movement Brings to the Region Warfare That Calls to Mind WWII, Balkan Conflicts.
32. Moscow Times: Cynthia Hooper, Putin Can Afford to Back Down on Ukraine.
33. Wall Street Journal: Chess Candidate Kasparov Has Advice for Playing Putin.
34. Wall Street Journal editorial: The Russian Threat to NATO. A new report says the Alliance isn’t ready for an attack on the Baltics.
35. http://consortiumnews.com: Obama Should Release Ukraine Evidence.
36. Boston Globe: US-Russia work on nuclear materials in jeopardy.
37. Politico.com: Michael McFaul, Putin the (Not So) Great. Laughing in the face of the rest of the world’s rules can only last so long.
38. www.rt.com: Ignorance or deliberate disinformation? Obama’s ‘facts’ about Russia all wrong.
39. Valdai Discussion Club/Izvestia: Timofei Bordachev, The Era of Power Diplomacy.
40. Townhall.com: Ron Paul, Why Won’t Obama Just Leave Ukraine Alone.
41. Sic Semper Tyrannis: Habakkuk on ‘truth and honor’, the MH17 shootdown, and the centenary of World War I.
42. Moscow Times: Peter Rutland, By Glorifying WWI, Putin Ignores Its Tragedy [excerpt]
43. www.economonitor.com: Nouriel Roubini, Russia’s Eurasian Vision [excerpt]

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