RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#87 contents with links :: Thursday AM 17 April 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#87 :: 17 April 2014
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1. Wall Street Journal: U.S., EU, Russia Talks Working Toward Joint Statement on Ukraine. First Sign That Geneva Discussions are Making Progress.
2. RIA Novosti: OPINION: Russia and Ukraine Can Find Common Ground at Geneva Talks. (Steven Pifer)
3. Washington Post: Anne Applebaum, A fearful new world, imperiled by Russia’s subterfuge.
4. Forbes: Paul Johnson, Is Vladimir Putin Another Adolf Hitler?
5. Interfax: Putin believes in decency, courage of Obama.
6. ITAR-TASS: Putin says decree prepared to rehabilitate Crimean Tatars, victims of Stalin repression.
7. The Voice of Russia: Putin urges compromise and diplomatic dialogue to resolve Ukraine crisis.
8. RIA Novosti: ANALYSIS: Putin Hints Dialogue Possible Between Moscow, Kiev.
9. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Will blame game keep West and Russia apart at Ukraine talks?
10. Russia Beyond the Headlines: What are the options for de-escalation in Ukraine? While both Russia and the West are calling for a de-escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine, there appear to be fundamental differences between each side’s view as to what constitute appropriate measures to achieve this aim. What are the possible options for resolving the impasse and how could the situation develop from here?
11. New York Times: Talks a Chance for Russia to Step Back on Ukraine.
12. Irish Times: Ukraine’s anti-terror operation undone by villagers.
13. Wall Street Journal: Ukrainian Troops Encounter Angry Words, Gifts of Food.
14. The Guardian: Ukrainian troops ‘demoralised’ as civilians face down anti-terror drive.
15. New York Times: Ukrainian Security Forces Kill 3 Pro-Russian Protesters.
16. Business New Europe: Ukraine military operation in east in disarray as forces unprepared, ill-equipped.
17. UNIAN (Kyiv): Ukraine denies reports of troops siding with separatists in east.
18. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukrainian security service says intercepts show Russia plans to send in troops.
19. Euromaidan PR: Robert van Voren, Ukraine: stand up and fight!
20. Kyiv Post: Oksana Grytsenko, What drives the hate in eastern Ukraine.
21. RIA Novosti: Kiev Regime Backs Up on Russian Language Ban.
22. http://www.moonofalabama.org: Ukraine: OSCE – Right Sector Fascists Deploy To Donetsk.
23. http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com: Ukraine SITREP April 16, 10:50 EST (Ukrainian civil war day 2)
24. RFE/RL: Nervous Kyiv Authorities Post Civil Defense Notices — And Then Take Them Down.
25. Russia Direct: Simon Saradzhyan, How Russia’s red line in Ukraine got real. In 2008, Kiev was actively pushing to integrate Ukraine into the West not only economically and politically, but also militarily. And yet Russia didn’t intervene. So what’s changed between now and then? (DJ: A must read)
26. http://readrussia.com: Mark Adomanis, Does Anyone in Kiev Know What They’re Doing?
27. Washington Post: In Ukraine, a crisis of bullets and economics.
28. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Will Ukraine be able to find an alternative to Gazprom?
29. Moscow Times: Stephen Norris, Ukraine’s New Sites of Memory, Part III: The Two Banderas
30. The Guardian: Angus Roxburgh, The west is obliged to defend Ukraine – and Putin must know what that means. Force should be met with force in Ukraine, but civil war can only be avoided if Russia’s legitimate interests there are accepted.
31. Council on Foreign Relations/Project Syndicate: Richard Haass, The Sources of Russian Conduct.
32. Politkom.ru: Tatyana Stanovaya, Saving Ukraine is a matter for Ukraine itself.
33. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russian Anti-Americanism Today Very Different and Much Worse than Soviet-Era Variant, Mirsky Says.
34. www.thedailybeast.com: Leslie Gelb, CIA Director’s Trip to Kiev Was a Warning to Putin. If Russia’s really thinking about invading Ukraine, it should think about the cost of fighting a prolonged guerrilla war there.
35. The Economist editorial: Russia and Ukraine. Insatiable. The cost of stopping the Russian bear now is high-but it will only get higher if the West does nothing.
36. Washington Post editorial: U.S. sanctions on Russia over Ukraine would buy negotiating power.
37. RIA Novosti: Kiev’s Claim of Russian Involvement in Ukraine ‘Smells of Paranoia’ – Moscow.
38. Moscow Times: Duma Bill Ending Mayoral Elections Passes First Reading.
39. www.rt.com: Mega oil field discovered in southern Russia.
40. New York Times: Russia Economy Worsens Even Before Sanctions Hit.
41. Wall Street Journal: Russian Finance Minister Rejects Calls to Boost Spending.
42. ITAR-TASS: Offshore capital amnesty crucial, yet not enough for economic recovery.
43. ITAR-TASS: Russian food security to remain unscathed by Western sanctions – experts.
44. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin Family Values.
45. Moscow Times: Homegrown Films Beat Hollywood Imports in the Battle for Viewers.
46. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Apparatchik Apartments: Behind the facades of the House on the Embankment. This huge apartment block across the river from the Kremlin is one of the enduring symbols of the Stalin era. In the 1930s the apartments inside were allocated only to senior officials and the Soviet elite, but when many of them fell from favor, a grim new episode in the building’s history began.
47. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, Apr. 17, 2014.
