RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#88 contents with links :: Thursday PM 17 April 2014
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1. 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?
2. New York Times: U.S. and Russia Agree on Pact to Defuse Ukraine Crisis.
3. www.rt.com: Lavrov: Russia, US, EU, Ukraine agree on de-escalation roadmap.
4. New York Times: Text of Joint Diplomatic Statement on Ukraine.
5. AP: Obama shows skepticism on Russia in Ukraine.
6. Moscow Times: Putin Shows Victor’s Benevolence at Annual Call-In.
7. RIA Novosti: Putin’s Q&A Session 2014: Crimea, Ukraine, Gas, Foreign Policy and Mass Surveillance.
8. www.rt.com: Liberal opposition is small, but important part of society – Putin.
9. Kremlin.ru: Direct Line with Vladimir Putin (partial transcript)
10. ITAR-TASS: Putin intends to build relations with West without confrontation – experts.
11. Financial Times: Kathrin Hille, The Putin Show.
12. Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor: Pavel Felgenhauer, Putin Hovering on the Brink of a Massive Invasion of Ukraine. (DJ: We well remember Felgenhauer’s work in August 2008)
13. www.thenation.com: Katrina vanden Heuvel, For Now, Diplomacy Defuses Ukraine Crisis.
14. www.democracynow.org: “We Are Not Beginning a New Cold War, We are Well into It”: Stephen Cohen on Russia-Ukraine Crisis.
15. http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com: “Ukraine deal”? Maybe. But the instanity sure continues…
16. www.thedailybeast.com: The Ukrainian Army Is Crumbling Before Putin.
17. Kyiv Post: Kolomoisky promises cash rewards for fighting pro-Russian separatists.
18. Euromaidan PR: Kramatorsk residents want Ukraine to demonstrate power.
19. www.antiwar.com: Mythical “Jew Registration” in East Ukraine a Media Sensation.
