RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#197 table of contents with links :: Monday 8 September 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List
JRL 2014-#197 :: Monday 8 September 2014
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Ukraine

1. Moscow Times: Mark Adomanis, The West Needs to Start Facing Facts in Ukraine.
2. Interfax: War did massive damage to Donetsk – city mayor.
3. www.foreignpolicy.com: Alex Luhn, Anatomy of a Bloodbath. Ukraine’s volunteer fighters who survived the massacre at Ilovaisk describe a harrowing escape — with no help from the army that claimed to have their backs.
4. London Review of Books: Keith Gessen, Why not kill them all?
5. RIA Novosti: Medvedev: Russia to Stick to Current Development Course Despite External Disturbances.
6. Government.ru/Vedomosti: Dmitry Medvedev has given an interview to the Vedomosti newspaper on its 15th anniversary.
7. ITAR-TASS: Russia to help Ukraine’s southeast, but Kiev must restore embattled regions – Medvedev.
8. http://slavyangrad.org: Protocol of the Trilateral Contact Group – Minsk, September 5, 2014.
9. Reuters: ‘Shaky’ Ukraine ceasefire holding, OSCE urges political solution.
10. Business New Europe: Ukraine ceasefire holding in the main but still shaky.
11. www.rt.com: ‘It is difficult to gauge the motives of the Kiev regime agreeing to ceasefire’
12. The Sunday Times (UK): Mark Franchetti, Ukraine licks wounds as guns go quiet. The ceasefire hastily agreed with Putin has left Kiev reeling: the east is still in rebel hands, and formerly loyal militias are feeling betrayed.
13. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Sergei Tseytlin, Why linguistic nuance is often the first casualty of media reporting. Language is fundamental when it comes to international diplomacy and information sharing. A slightly incorrect translation can change the way one country views another; a single misrepresentation of a concept can have drastic effects on negotiations and heavily distort international perception.
14. ITAR-TASS: Russian UN ambassador says US’ sloven geopolitical engineering undermines global security.
15. Carnegie Moscow Center: Isaac Webb, Perception as Policy.
16. Vedomosti : Mariya Eysmont, special correspondent of The New Times: Time for Gathering up Information.
17. RIA Novosti: Political Analyst: US Backs Kiev Regime As Only Anti-Russian Force in Ukraine. (Mikhail Delyagin)
18. Euromaidan PR: Lutsenko: Ukraine is ‘making money’ to treat the ‘tumor’ in Donbas.
19. New York Times: Ukraine and Russia Face Gaps in a Truce and a Chasm on the Issues.
20. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: How Must Ukraine Use the Ceasefire?
21. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Gas war seen as next phase of Russia-Ukraine conflict
22. Reuters: Russia hints at flight ban in response to new sanctions.
23. RIA Novosti: Prime Minister Yatsenyuk: Ukraine to Become Independent From Russian Gas in Five Years.
24. Moscow Times: Russia Hardens Military Thinking as NATO Fizzes Over Ukraine.
25. Reuters: Four NATO allies deny Ukraine statement on providing arms.
26. Carnegie Moscow Center: Yury Tavrovsky, Russia and China: “Together Like Teeth and Lips”
27. Financial Times: Guy Chazan, Sanctions help Russia overcome its China paranoia. Moscow is strengthening ties as access to western funds tightens.
28. RIA Novosti: German Defense Ministry Opposes NATO’s Request to Increase Military Spending.
29. RFE/RL: NATO’s Eastern Countries Fractured Over Response To Russia.
30. Business New Europe: Graham Stack, Poroshenko’s party holds lead in parliamentary election polls.
31. Washington Post: Erik Herron and Nazar Boyko, Ukraine’s next electoral challenge.
32. NPR: In Kiev, A New Patriotism Cemented In Russia’s Shadow.
33. The Vineyard of the Saker: Novorussia – Surrender or victory?

Russia

34. www.rt.com: Russian citizens lose taste for public protest – poll.
35. ITAR-TASS: Protest activity lowest in Russia in 14 years.
36. Interfax: Russian economy to grow 0.5 percent this year, possibly more, says Medvedev.
37. Interfax: Rosstat affirms 0.8% Q2 Russian GDP growth estimate.
38. Reuters: Russia sees oil output edging down in 2015.
39. www.rt.com: Putin: Arctic shelf development ‘major task’ for oil and gas sector.
40. ITAR-TASS: High taxes push Russians into informal sector – experts.
41. ITAR-TASS: Internet should not remain unregulated – Medvedev.
42. Reuters: Russia, U.S. to hold talks on 1987 arms accord.
43. Moscow Times: James Kopak, Russia Needs a Reality Check.
44. RFE/RL: One Year After Leader’s Death, North Caucasus Insurgency Soldiers On.
45. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Baseball: The great Russian pastime?
46. Washington Post editorial: Russia should reveal more about a possible missile treaty violation.
47. William Brumfield: South shore of the Kola peninsula.
48. www.russiahouse.org: US – RUSSIA FORUM. Advancing a Constructive Agenda for U.S.-Russia Relations.

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