RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#189 table of contents with links :: Thursday 28 August 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#189 :: Thursday 28 August 2014
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Ukraine

1. Euromaidan PR: Daniel Centore, Ukraine for Dummies – Part 1: The Revolution.
2. Euromaidan PR: Daniel Centore, Ukraine for Dummies – Part 2: Pro-Russian Crisis.
3. The National Interest: Dmitri Trenin, Can Germany Save Ukraine? Putin and Poroshenko’s recent meeting in Minsk opened the door for dialogue. Can Merkel keep it open?
4. Kyiv Post: Dmitry Tymchuk’s military blog: Russia conducts large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
5. UNIAN (Kyiv): Militants aim to destroy infrastructure in east Ukraine – spokesman.
6. www.rt.com: Three civilians burnt alive in car as Ukrainian army shells center of Donetsk.
7. Kyiv Post: Volunteer battalion leader says soldiers see ‘betrayal’ in military strategy.
8. www.rt.com: ‘You abandoned us’: Ukrainian soldiers, their relatives accuse Kiev of neglect.
9. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine Accuses Russia of Invasion. Russian Official Denies Claim, But West Will Be Challenged to Respond.
10. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Russia invades Ukraine (not).
11. RIA Novosti: Russian Invasion Claims Sparked by Minsk Talks, Kiev’s Military Failure – Russian Diplomat.
12. www.rt.com: ‘No Russian troops in Ukraine’: Moscow’s OSCE rep responds to Kiev’s claims.
13. Reuters: Ukraine rebel leader says targeting strategic port.
14. www.rt.com: Kiev loses control of Novoazovsk, rebel troops advance in southeast Ukraine.
15. ITAR-TASS: East Ukraine militias seize large amount of Ukrainian armor – Kiev’s hacked data.
16. Moon of Alabama: “Zero Proof” – The “Russian Invasion” Of Ukraine.
17. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Aleksandr Stepanov, Like in Red Army. Expert on Novorossiya’s new military strategy. ‘Transition from defence to attack requires unified command and control system’
18. Reuters: Russian Captured Paratroops Claim Innocence in Kiev News Conference.
19. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Putin awaits report from Defense Ministry on soldiers captured in Ukraine.
20. Reuters: Russian village’s graves may tie Kremlin to fighting in Ukraine.
21. Moscow Times: NATO Expansion Plan Brings Back Iron Curtain Era.
22. RIA Novosti: NATO Not Obliged to Protect Ukraine, Not Going to Discuss Membership at Upcoming Summit.
23. RIA Novosti: NATO Allies Anticipate Strong Russian Response to Action Plan – CSIS.
24. Interfax: Russia will do all that’s needed to guarantee its protection from any threats – Moscow’s NATO envoy.
25. ITAR-TASS: Ukraine’s nuclear status resumption bill must be kept in focus – military experts.
26. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexei Fenenko, Minsk Meeting and Hopes for Resolving Ukrainian crisis.
27. Facebook: Alexander Mercouris, TOTAL DEADLOCK IN MINSK – ON THE WAR, ON GAS AND ON THE EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT. THE WAR CONTINUES AND A GAS WAR LOOMS.
28. Wall Street Journal: Russia and Ukraine Mustn’t Use Gas as Blackmail Tool, Says EU Official. Leave Energy Out of Possible Extra Sanctions On Russia — Günther Oettinger.
29. www.rt.com: Moscow dismisses Ukraine’s ‘disinformation’ on Russian gas transit halt.
30. Wall Street Journal: EU Ready to Ease Russia Concerns Over Ukraine Deal. Won’t Amend Treaty, EU Trade Chief Says.
31. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine’s Hryvnia Currency Continues Free Fall. Hryvnia Loses 1.7% to Trade at Weakest Level Ever Against Dollar.
32. Moscow Times: Robert Person, Ukraine’s Snap Election Won’t Be a Miracle Cure.
33. www.rt.com: Pepe Escobar, From Minsk to Wales, Germany is the key.
34. Washington Post editorial: Russia’s new tactics of war shouldn’t fool anyone.

Russia

35. The National Interest: Paul Starobin, The Eternal Collapse of Russia. Despite centuries of dire predictions, Russia isn’t going anywhere.
36. THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: THE UKRAINE CRISIS AND RUSSIA’S PLACE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER. (excerpt: Clifford Gaddy on Putin)
37. www.rt.com: Migration Dept. to launch first-ever unified database of Russian citizens.
38. RIA Novosti: Economy Minister Confirms Russian Plans to Privatize 19.5% in Rosneft Oil Company in 2015.
39. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Russia Economy In Trouble, Official Says.
40. Vedomosti: Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev on growing budget deficit.
41. Reuters: Sanctions headache for foreign executives at Russian firms.
42. Interfax: Russia’s NATO envoy says nuclear treaty debate is aimed at setting summit tone.
43. Russia Direct: Gordon Hahn, New Cold War makes US, Russian cooperation against ISIS unlikely. As a result of the strained U.S.-Russian relationship caused by the Ukrainian crisis, it now appears unlikely that the West will partner with Russia to intervene against ISIS either in Iraq or Syria.
44. Russia Beyond the Headlines: When literature came under state control: 80 years since the First Congress of Soviet Writers.
45. RFE/RL: Liz Fuller, Elected By A Hair, New Abkhaz Leader Faces Herculean Tasks.
46. http://reconsideringrussia.org: Pietro Shakarian, Abkhazia’s Man of the Hour.

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia Map of Commonwealth of Independent States, European Portion

 

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