RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#193 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 3 September 2014
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JRL 2014-#193 :: Wednesday 3 September 2014
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1. Washington Post: Ukraine announces progress in achieving a cease-fire deal.
2. www.rt.com: Ukraine ceasefire: Putin lays out 7-step plan to stop hostilities in E. Ukraine.
3. Interfax: Ukraine should withdraw subdivisions from settlements to stop bloodshed – Putin.
4. Business New Europe: Ukraine’s Poroshenko orders “permanent ceasefire” in Ukraine following Putin conversation.
5. Interfax: Eastern Ukrainian militia mistrust Poroshenko ceasefire declaration.
6. AP: UKRAINIAN TROOPS ROUTED AS RUSSIA TALKS TOUGH.
7. The National Interest: Nicolai Petro, Eastern Ukraine: The Neverending Crisis. “Russia has responded to popular aspirations in eastern Ukraine very differently from the way it responded in Crimea.”
8. The National Interest: Paul Saunders, The Real Ukraine Crisis is Coming: The “Day After” Dilemma. Get ready Europe: When peace comes to Ukraine the ultimate challenge begins.
9. CNN.com: Ukraine: Misery as conflict forces civilians from homes.
10. AP: BATTLE-HIT UKRAINE VILLAGE PICKS UP THE PIECES.
11. www.foreignpolicy.com: Alec Luhn, Putin Takes Off the Gloves in Eastern Ukraine. Battered and besieged, Kiev’s troops are just trying to survive to fight another day.
12. Interfax: Russian veterans: Volunteers fighting for just cause in Ukraine.
13. RIA Novosti: Ukraine Plans to Build Wall on Border With Russia in 6 Months.
14. Russia Direct: Russian pundits ponder implications of ‘invasion’ in Ukraine. Think tank review: Russian experts are increasingly divided about the potential for success of Russia’s latest military and economic moves in the Ukrainian crisis.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Tough NATO response over Ukraine may lead to greater divisions with Russia.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Hot rhetoric, chilly war? Politicians and analysts on the future of U.S.-Russia relations.
17. Interfax: Reporter Stenin dies in Ukrainian attack on refugee convoy, says Investigative Committee.
18. Levada.ru: Russians welcome Crimea as part of country, but few want to share burden – poll.
19. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Reality in Ukraine Obscured by Propaganda War.
20. The National Interest: Nikolas Gvosdev, Putin’s Goal for Ukraine. “We have a tendency to be puzzled by Russian actions and can attribute it to an inscrutable Kremlin mindset, when, in actuality, Moscow is aligning its strategic compass to a different set of goals.”
21. Moscow Times: Russian Orthodox Church Risks Schism Over Conflict in Ukraine.
22. Business New Europe: European Commission to level new sanctions on Friday.
23. ITAR-TASS: Russia revising its defense doctrine as new threats emerge – experts.
24. RIA Novosti: Russian pundits, officials agree with need for new military doctrine.
25. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Vasily Kashin, A New, Senseless Cold War Is Now Inevitable.
26. Huffingtonpost.com: Martin Hellman, Should NATO Welcome Ukraine?
27. www.foreignaffairs.com: Alexander Motyl, Putin’s Trap. Why Ukraine Should Withdraw from Russian-Held Donbas.
28. Interfax: Kremlin may not renew contract with its Western image makers – Putin spokesman.
29. Facebook: Alexander Mercoursi, PUTIN IS NOT A LIAR. THE LIARS ARE IN KIEV.
30. Washington Post editorial: Ukraine deserves support from NATO countries even if it’s not part of the alliance.
31. Wall Street Journal editorial: Deterring a European War. Putin wants to break NATO, and his next move may be against the Baltic states.
32. New York Times editorial: NATO’s Urgent Challenges.
33. NATO: NATO and Russia: a new strategic reality. Remarks by NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow at the conference on “NATO after the Wales Summit”
34. Sic Semper Tyrannis: Top Ten Telltale Signs That Would Tell You Russia Has Invaded Ukraine.
35. ITAR-TASS: Turmoil in Ukraine helps NATO find much-needed enemy image.
36. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, Who’s Telling the ‘Big Lie’ on Ukraine?
37. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, WHAT IMPACT RUSSIA’S COUNTER-SANCTIONS? – POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER SIKORSKI FEEDS APPLES TO CAMERAS.
38. RIA Novosti: John Tefft Sworn In as New US Ambassador to Russia.
39. International Institute for Strategic Studies: Hannah Albert, Putin’s Eurasian Union could inflame nationalism at home.
40. Moscow Times: Russian Cultural Figures Targeted as New Opposition.
41. www.rt.com: Russia gains 11 points in Global Competitiveness Report 2014.
