RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#188 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 27 August 2014
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JRL 2014-#188 :: Wednesday 27 August 2014
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1. Financial Times: The right stomach for sanctions. Muscovites seem happy to sacrifice foreign food luxuries for Russia.
2. ITAR-TASS: Russia’s ban on EU food import may breathe new life into dacha gardening.
3. Kremlin.ru: Speech at the meeting of the Customs Union Heads of State with President of Ukraine and European Union representatives.
4. Kremlin.ru: Answers to journalists’ questions following working visit to Belarus.
5. Wall Street Journal: Russia and Ukraine Talks Yield Little Progress on Ending Conflict. Putin Promises Support but Focuses on Trade Issues in Peace Talks With Poroshenko.
6. Christian Science Monitor: Wide gaps remain as Putin and Poroshenko discuss Ukraine crisis.
7. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Minsk peace talks make little progress as shelling in Ukraine continues.
8. RIA Novosti: Questions Left Unanswered at Putin-Poroshenko Minsk Talks.
9. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Distribution of Russian humanitarian assistance begins in Lugansk. The issuing of provisions of Russian humanitarian aid in Lugansk has begun after the controversial arrival of the aid convoy from Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says another convoy is planned and insists that on this occasion delivery terms will be fully negotiated.
10. Interfax: Lavrov: talks the only way to find out if eastern regions want to be part of Ukraine.
11. www.rt.com: Most Russians see Ukrainian turmoil as civil war – poll.
12. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Poroshenko dissolves Verkhovna Rada; Moscow to send more aid.
13. Moscow Times: Russian Paratroops in Ukraine: Lost in a Game of Thrones (Video).
14. Business New Europe: Graham Stack, “Scores” of regular Russian troops captured, claims Ukraine commander.
15. RIA Novosti: Russian Paratroopers Crossed Ukrainian Border Accidentally – Experts.
16. RIA Novosti: Ukraine Silencing Opposition With McCarthy Style Laws – Experts.
17. Pando.com: Yasha Levine, Welcome to The Luhansk People’s Republic: Following the Russian convoy into rebel-held Ukraine.
18. Izvestia: Tatyana Baykova, Army of Novorossiya prepares to retake Mariupol. Ukrainian military refuse to fight in southeast of country.
19. National Catholic Register: Victor Gaetan, Ukraine: The War Nobody Wants, the Salvation Everyone Needs. The rhetorical clash between Russian Orthodox and Ukrainian Greek Catholics escalates.
20. www.jackmatlock.com: Jack Matlock, Ukraine: Cool the Rhetoric; Focus on the Outcome.
21. Moscow Times: Mark Galeotti, Donetsk Is Neither Grozny Nor Stalingrad.
22. Business New Europe: Fitch, EU Has Little Chance of Cutting Reliance on Russian Gas.
23. ITAR-TASS: Ukraine ‘alone’ in Russia gas dispute – Russian lawmaker.
24. Reuters: Ukraine Prime Minister Says Russia Planning to Cut Off Gas to Europe.
25. Moscow Times: EU Case Against Russia’s Import Bans Would Unravel WTO.
26. Interfax: Kyiv needs NATO help – Ukrainian PM.
27. The Guardian: Ukraine crisis: Nato plans east European bases to counter Russia. Nato chief announces move in response to Ukraine crisis and says alliance is dealing with a new Russian military approach.
28. www.project-syndicate.org: Christopher Granville, Neutralizing Ukraine.
29. www.rt.com: Robert Bridge, Red alert: NATO mission creep advancing to Russian border.
30. New York Times editorial: No Thaw Yet in Ukraine.
31. NTV (Moscow): Russian weekly TV show targets “13 friends of junta” in Ukraine.
32. St. Petersburg Times: ATTACKS DISRUPT LOCAL PRO-UKRAINIAN RALLY.
33. Kyiv Post: Dmitry Tymchuk’s military blog: Russia loses its remaining shreds of decency.
34. The Vineyard of the Saker: What is the deal with the Ukie “cauldrons”?
35. www.foreignpolicy.com: MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI, Groundhog Day and Putin the Predator. We know Vladimir Putin’s playbook for destabilizing Ukraine. Which is why only a decisive military victory against Moscow’s forces will work.
