RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#192 table of contents with links :: Tuesday 2 September 2014

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JRL 2014-#192 ::Tuesday 2 September 2014
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1. Paul Grenier: A Remarkable Interview: Ukraine General Regarding the East Ukraine Separatists, “I don’t consider them enemies”
2. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Ukraine rebels say they are willing to talk peace with Kiev. The announcement is a major step away from the rebels’ previous demand for wholesale independence from Kiev, and opens the door for a federal autonomy for east Ukraine.
3. PBS Newshour: Why negotiations are likely ‘the only way out’ of Ukraine crisis. (with Fred Weir)
4. Ekho Moskvy radio (Moscow): The longer Kiev postpones talks the worse deal it gets – Russian pundit. (Fedor Lukyanov)
5. Russia Direct: Richard Sakwa, Beyond the Minsk summit and Russia’s ‘invasion’ in Ukraine. The rebellion in the Donbas was a complex phenomenon and cannot be explained as either a simple historical trend or a as manifestation of Russia’s alleged inherent expansionist urge.
6. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Sabre rattling vs progress towards peace in Ukraine.
7. ITAR-TASS: EU’s new key senior officials set to settle Ukrainian crisis – Russian expert. (Nadezhda Arbatova)
8. www.rt.com: Putin: Impossible to say when political crisis in Ukraine will end.
9. Interfax: Kremlin rows back from Putin’s talk of “statehood” for southeast Ukraine.
10. ITAR-TASS: Presidential administration ready to make public phone conversation between Putin, Barroso.
11. Wall Street Journal: Russia Calls on U.S. to Push Ukraine Into Halting Military Campaign. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Says U.S. Needed to Moderate ‘Party of War’ in Kiev.
12. Interfax: Idea on Ukraine’s refusal from non-aligned status belongs to “war party” supporters in Kyiv – Lavrov.
13. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: Militants declare conditions for preserving Ukrainian unity.
14. Russia Direct: How the Russian media reacted to the ‘invasion’ of Ukraine. Weekly Media Roundup: The escalating situation in Ukraine – compounded by new allegations of an “invasion” in Ukraine’s southeast – dominated discussions in Russian media this week.
15. www.rt.com: Gorbachev on Kiev’s military op: ‘It must be stopped immediately’
16. www.foreignpolicy.com: Ole Solvang, The Dead and the Living in Luhansk. Amid the shells and explosions, there’s little in the way of normal life left in Ukraine’s besieged eastern cities.
17. www.foreignpolicy.com: Alec Luhn, Preparing for War with Ukraine’s Fascist Defenders of Freedom. On the frontlines of the new offensive in eastern Ukraine, the hardcore Azov Battalion is ready for battle with Russia. But they’re not fighting for Europe, either.
18. Reuters: UN Says More Than 1 Million Ukrainian Refugees Fleeing Conflict Zones.
19. www.rt.com: Kiev ‘milked’ Russian paratroopers incident for publicity purposes. (interview with Alexander Mercouris)
20. Russia Insider: Adam Locksley, Ukraine: Drumbeat toward peace?
21. Facebook: Alexander Mercouris, THE TRUE MESSAGE FROM THE EU SUMMIT: AS UKRAINE CRUMBLES, EUROPE CUTS POROSHENKO LOOSE.
22. Carnegie Moscow Center: Eugene Rumer, Past Lessons and New Challenges.
23. Moscow Times: Russia’s ‘Secret War’ in Ukraine Technically Legal.
24. Business New Europe: Graham Stack, Ukraine investigators fear treachery by top officials wrecking war effort.
25. Euromaidan PR: Russian soldiers kill medics and wounded in Starobesheve.
26. Euromaidan PR: Ukrainian officer dies under torture by Russian terrorists.
27. Insights on Twitter from Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution.
28. Euromaidan PR: Nikolai Mitrokhin, Russia’s war in Ukraine in a nutshell.
29. The Atlantic: ‘A Ukraine Peace Plan That Excludes Ukrainians Is Unacceptable.’ A response to the Boistö Group’s 24-step agenda for resolving the crisis.
30. Consortiumnews.com: Warning Merkel on Russian ‘Invasion’ Intel.
31. New York Times: Ben Judah, Arm Ukraine or Surrender.
32. Washington Post editorial: Putin’s propoganda keeps Russians in the dark about Ukraine and more.
33. Moon of Alabama: Russia’s State Media “Misinforms” Russians By Translating WaPo Editorial Lamenting Russia’s “Misinformation”
34. Counterpunch.org: Vladislav Gulevich, Ukraine: the Ugly Truth.
35. Interfax: Moscow calls provocative, shocking Ukrainian defense minister’s statement.
36. New York Times: P.R. Firm for Putin’s Russia Now Walking a Fine Line.
37. Christian Wipperfurth: The Ukraine, the West and Russia.
38. www.rt.com: Nadezhda Kevorkova, The City of Angels: 10 years after Beslan.
39. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexander Rahr, Learning the Lessons of Beslan Ten Years Later.
40. Vineyard of the Saker: Novorussia: independent, associated or (con)federated?