RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#195 table of contents with links :: Friday 5 September 2014
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JRL 2014-#195 :: Friday 5 September 2014
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1. The Times (UK): Neo-Nazis give Kiev a last line of defence in the east.
2. New York Times: Shellshocked Ukrainians Flee to New Lives in Russia.
3. Reuters: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agree ceasefire.
4. www.rt.com: Kiev, E. Ukraine militia agree on ceasefire starting 1500 GMT Friday.
5. ITAR-TASS: Combat operations in Donetsk, Luhansk republics suspended for now – source.
6. Interfax: OSCE mission in Ukraine may be increased to 500 observers – Russian envoy to OSCE.
7. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Gevorg Mirzayan, Ukrainian conflict: What exactly is Russia trying to achieve in the east? Moscow has a vital interest in maintaining a unified Ukraine in which the pro-Russian south-eastern regions will have a distinct voice. The main goal of Russia’s support for the militants in the Donbass region is to ultimately prevent Ukraine’s entry into NATO and to preserve its non-aligned status.
8. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Whatever Happens To Ukraine The West Won’t ‘Collapse’
9. Russia Direct: Who gets to define what it means to be Ukrainian? RD Exclusive: Political science professor Nicolai Petro explains why Ukrainian national identity plays such a decisive role in today’s conflict. The fundamental issue at stake is whether Ukraine should be a monocultural or a bicultural nation.
10. Interfax: Stepashin: U.S., its allies are looking to get Putin out of power, isolate Russia.
11. The National Interest: Rajan Menon, The War Over the “Boisto” Ukraine Peace Proposal. “The specter of smoke-filled rooms and secret plans to decide the Ukrainians’ fate behind their backs and over their heads is a straw man.”
12. Moscow Times: New EU Sanctions to Inflict Long-Term Pain.
13. ITAR-TASS: Experts say EU sanctions against Russia result of America’s pressure.
14. Wall Street Journal: Firms Find Russia Sanctions ‘Tricky’ to Navigate.
15. Moscow Times: Chris Weafer, Ruble Is the Latest Casualty in Ukraine Crisis.
16. Interfax: Gen. Baluyevsky: New Russian military doctrine to have no provisions on preventive nuke strike, potential enemy.
17. New York Review of Books: Tim Judah, Ukraine: A Catastrophic Defeat. The scale of the devastation suffered by Ukrainian forces in southeastern Ukraine over the last week has to be seen to be believed.
18. Interfax: Parties led by Poroshenko, Lyashko, Tymoshenko may garner comparable number of votes in Ukrainian parliamentary elections – poll.
19. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, NOT SO EASY RIDER – NEW UKRAINE POLL REVEALS COLLAPSE OF WAR PARTY, VOTERS DROP PRO-NATO CANDIDATES OLEG LYASHKO, ARSENY YATSENIUK, YULIA TIMOSHENKO, AND OLEG TYAGNIBOK.
20. Russia Direct: Yury Barmin, The vicious circle between Russia and NATO is about to get more vicious. Russia and NATO appear to be locked in a vicious circle, in which the Kremlin counters each NATO attempt to expand eastward toward Russia with a military or political move of its own.
21. Moscow Times: Allison Quinn, U.S.-Russia Split Over Ukraine Gives Islamic State Upper Hand.,
22. Russia Direct: Igor Istomin, Here’s why NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe might be misguided. Russia-NATO differences over Ukraine distract Western powers from other long-term priorities, such as addressing the growing threat of terrorism in the Middle East or reducing instability in Afghanistan.
23. Moscow Times: Mrs. America Defies Politics and Brings Beauty Pageant to Crimea.
24. Russia Insider: Federico Pieraccini, Here’s How the Resistance Beat the Ukrainian Army Without Much Help From Russia.
25. Russia Insider: Eric Kraus, Stumbling Into the Apocalypse.
26. New York Times: On Ukraine, the West Sidesteps a Fraught Term.
27. Sic Semper Tyrannis: Did Russia “annex” Crimea?
28. The Economist editorial: Ukraine, Russia and the West. The long game. The sad reality is that Vladimir Putin is winning in Ukraine. The West must steel itself for a lengthy struggle.
29. The Economist: The war in Ukraine. Reversal of fortune. Now willing to use Russian troops more or less openly in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has made decisive progress toward his goals.
30. CNN.com: Daniel Treisman, Ukraine’s strong argument for military aid.
31. Indian Punchline: M K Bhadrakumar, Obama’s West Berlin moment.
32. www.rt.com: West should stop dragging Ukraine into NATO – Gorbachev.
33. Interfax: Lavrov: Obama’s remark on Russia-NATO Founding Act incorrect.
34. www.atlantic-community.org: Ira Straus, The Myth that NATO Committed to Having No Permanent Troops in Eastern Europe.
35. RIA Novosti: Official: Ukraine’s NATO Membership Not Discussed at Meeting in UK.
36. The Guardian: Seumas Milne, Far from keeping the peace, Nato is a threat to it. It was the prospect of Ukraine being drawn into the western military alliance that triggered conflict in the first place.
37. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, The Whys Behind the Ukraine Crisis.
