RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#204 table of contents with links :: Tuesday 30 September 2014
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JRL 2014-#204 :: Tuesday 30 September 2014
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Ukraine
1. Reuters: EU keeps Russia sanctions in place, sees ‘encouraging’ signs.
2. Interfax: Envoy Chizhov: European Commission starts to weigh Russian concerns over EU-Ukraine free trade.
3. Reuters: Russia hopes for Ukraine gas deal this week.
4. www.opendemocracy.net: Oleg Kashin, The Russian Matrix. On their TV channels, Ukrainians and Russians have been getting completely different versions of what has been happening in Ukraine in recent months. Just like The Matrix.
5. The Real News: Ceasefire Agreements Do Not Address Key Issues in Ukraine. Interview with sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenk.
6. www.russiaotherpointsofview.com: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP.
7. AFP: Echoes of the past at Ukraine’s rebel-held WWII monument.
8. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Lavrov suggests a ‘reset’ with West. Does Russia mean it this time? The Russian foreign minister’s comment comes on the eve of a European Union meeting to review sanctions on Russia. Improving ties with the US may offer a way forward for Russia.
9. Foreign Affairs: Conference Call with John Mearsheimer on the Ukraine Crisis.
10. Russia Insider: BOMBSHELL VIDEO. Busted! Viral Video IDs Man Committing Atrocity During Odessa Massacre.
11. Valdai Discussion Club: Sergei Mikheyev, Humanitarian Disaster in Ukraine.
12. Russia Insider: Very Funny: German Satire of Anti-Russian Propaganda Goes Viral.
13. The Nation: Pietro A. Shakarian, Will Georgia Be the Next Ukraine? Political tensions, exacerbated by Western regional expansion, are raising the risk of violence.
14. Interfax: Ukrainian lustration law unconstitutional – prosecutor general.
15. Interfax-Ukraine: Kolomoisky: Peace in Donbas possible due to winter, but Ukraine needs to be armed by spring.
16. RIA Novosti: Ukraine: Farewell to Arms.
17. Levada.ru: Russian public opinion divided on volunteers fighting in Ukraine.
18. Moscow Times: Defense Ministry Dismisses Reports of Russian Paratroopers Killed in Ukraine.
19. The Spectator (UK): Vaclav Klaus: the West’s lies about Russia are monstrous. An interview with the former Czech president, possibly the West’s last truly outspoken leader.
20. Foreign Affairs: Balazs Jarabik, Hot Water in Ukraine. Letter From Kiev.
21. Financial Times: Dmytro Shymkiv, Ukraine must push ahead with reform.
22. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, VICTOR PINCHUK’S $200 MILLION CASHFLOW, BEFORE AND AFTER.
23. The Voice of Russia: Russia and the West: Do they need to be enemies?
24. The Economist: Ukraine in turmoil. A Somalia scenario? Neighbouring regions worry about the Donbas becoming a largely ungoverned swathe of land.
25. Financial Times: Lilia Shevtsova, Putin has fought his way into a corner. Russia’s president is hostage to his own belligerent posture.
Russia
26. Moscow Times: Poll Shows Russians Divided on Democracy’s Meaning, Importance.
27. www.opendemocracy.net: Maxim Kantor, We have made today’s Frankenstein with our own hands. When communism ended, Russia’s people wanted democracy. Instead, they got the market and neoliberalism. Now, it appears, some of them want revenge.
28. Moscow Times: Vladislav Inozemtsev, Russia Is on a Road to Nowhere.
29. Interfax: Oldest Russian NGO facing financial troubles – head. (Moscow Helsinki Group)
30. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Russia is actively preparing for war.
31. Moscow Times: Nicolai N. Petro and Robert Bruce Ware, Russia and NATO Should Be Allies, Not Enemies.
32. ITAR-TASS: US companies to quickly return to Russia if sanctions are lifted – expert.
33. Paul Backer: Part 1. Russia sanctions, implementing client sanctions policies. Skala Law client update.
34. Wall Street Journal: For Putin Ally, U.S. Sanctions Only Add to Anti-Russia Conspiracy Theory. Railways Chief Yakunin Sees U.S. Seeking to Subvert Russia; No Impact on Ukraine Policy.
35. Russia Insider: Eric Kraus, Russia’s Self-Inflicted Equity Crisis.
36. Business New Europe: Facebook, Google and Twitter hit by new Russian internet law.
37. Moskovskiy Komsomolets : Mikhail Rostovskiy, Obama and ‘brain Ebola’ – world is threatened not by ‘Russian expansionism’ but American aggressive ignorance.
38. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Interview by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with Channel Five programme Glavnoye, Moscow, 28 September 2014.
