RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#95 contents with links :: Friday 25 April 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#95 :: 25 April 2014
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1. Voices of Ukraine: A wave of gypsy pogroms has swept over the Donetsk region.
2. Interfax-Ukraine: Ukrainian prosecutors say 1,200 “provocateurs” detected in Luhansk region.
3. Kyiv Post: Dmitry Tymchuk’s military blog: Ukraine ready to meet the enemy.
4. www.rt.com: Ukraine army launches next stage of military op ‘to isolate Slavyansk‘
5. Reuters: ‘Russia seeks World War Three: Ukraine PM.
6. Rada TV, Kiev: Ukraine’s interim president urges Russia to stop interference, pull back troops.
7. RIA Novosti: Kiev Says It Detained Dozens of Russian Agents.
8. www.nytimes.com: Margaret Sullivan, Aftermath of Ukraine Photo Story Shows Need for More Caution.
9. http://therealnews.com: Evidence for Russian Involvement in East Ukraine Based on Shoddy Journalism. Interview with Robert Parry.
10. BBC: Vitaliy Shevchenko, Video clues aid verification amid confusion in Ukraine.
11. The Independent (UK): Kim Sengupta, Ukraine crisis: A moment of dignity for the dead then the recriminations fly.
12. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine’s Divisions Extend to East Itself. History Helps Explain Country’s Dichotomy, but Doesn’t Necessarily Mean People Living Near Russia Want to Secede.
13. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, THE MAJORITY OF EASTERN UKRAINIANS WANTS THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, RUSSIAN MONEY, OPEN BORDERS – BUT NO RUSSIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION, NO NATO INTERVENTION, AND NO MORE UKRAINIAN OLIGARCHS.
14. RIA Novosti: No Plans to Send Peacekeepers to Ukraine – Putin Aide.
15. Interfax: Russian peacekeepers may come to Ukraine only with UN authorization – MP Ozerov.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Moskovsky Komsomolets: Putin warns Kyiv of ‘consequences’ after Ukrainian attack on Slovyansk.
7. Interfax: Lavrov: Geneva deal stipulates simultaneous de-escalation, equal commitments of Kyiv, southeast.
18. RIA Novosti: West Advancing Dividing Lines Toward Russian Borders – Lavrov.
19. ITAR-TASS: Russian political experts say Geneva-II talks on Ukraine are neccessary.
20. RIA Novosti: International Criminal Court to Examine Ukraine Riots.
21. Christian Science Monitor: Pro-Russia militias say they know what they want. But do they? Militants occupying government buildings across eastern Ukraine are clear in their calls for ‘federalization.’ When pressed on what that means, though, things get murky.
22. www.rt.com: ‘Feed your army, motherf***ers!’ Raging locals ‘hijack’ RT report as Ukraine troops raid Slavyansk.
23. Business New Europe: Concorde Capital, Difficulties foreseen for May 25 presidential elections.
24. Interfax: Moscow’s decision on Crimea helped avoid casualties like in Ukraine – premier. (Medvedev)
25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: View from Crimea: Residents speak out on the switch from Ukraine to Russia. A little over a month has passed since Crimea became a part of the Russian Federation. What do local people think about their lives at present and in the future?
26. Moscow Times: Water War With Ukraine to Devastate Crimean Harvest.
27. Russia Direct: Michael Slobochikoff, Ukraine is turning into a high-stakes game of chicken. While there have been numerous chances to avoid a civil war in Ukraine, none of the major players in this political standoff have been effective at managing the crisis, much less solving the underlying issues. A conflict of some kind now seems almost unavoidable.
28. Reuters: Germany proposes joint U.S., EU, Russia trip to Ukraine.
29. www.rt.com: ‘Kiev govt is making their country not eligible for NATO’
30. Moscow Times: Igor Ivanov, How to Prevent Ukraine’s Tinderbox From Exploding.
31. International Institute for Strategic Studies: Samuel Charap, The Ukraine crisis and the search for a new normal.
32. Reuters: U.S. readies more sanctions as Ukraine costs rise for Moscow.
33. Reuters: Germans wary of Merkel’s tough line on Russia.
34. www.rt.com: Sanctions ‘not effective’ in modern world – Putin.
35. www.rt.com: Ukraine drag: S&P cuts Russia’s credit rating to step above junk.
36. RIA Novosti: Russia’s Rating Cut Expected, Not Affecting Investors – Minister.
37. The Economist: Eastern Ukraine. Descent into darkness. A deal in Geneva fails on the ground.
38. Kyiv Post: Serhiy Kvit, No dialogue with the ’empty place’
39. www.moonofalabama.org: Kerry Lies, Repeats Debunked State Department Claim.
40. Christian Science Monitor: US warns Putin on Ukraine: Stop ‘provocation’ or face ‘grave’ consequences.
41. US Department of State: John Kerry, Remarks on Ukraine.
42. Time.com TIME 100 Leaders: Madeleine Albright, Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader who tests the West.
43. Russia Beyond the Headlines: How opposition media survive in Russia. During his annual live TV call-in show on April 18, President Vladimir Putin promised that authorities will stop pressuring the liberal Dozhd TV channel. Dozhd (“Rain”) is now hoping to get picked up again by the cable providers that dropped it at the beginning of the year. But what will happen to other Russian media outlets that are sympathetic to the opposition?
44. Der Spiegel (Germany): The Propaganda War. Opposition Sings Kremlin Tune on Ukraine.
45. Los Angeles Times: Olga Grigoryants, In Russia, Ukraine crisis is U.S.’s fault: ‘Who is Obama, the czar of the world?’
46. Russia Direct: Pavel Koshkin, The Ukrainian crisis could lead to another Russian ‘brain drain.’ If the Ukrainian crisis ends up isolating Russia in the world, it may lead some of Russia’s best and brightest to pursue opportunities abroad. Can Russia deal with this challenge?
47. Moscow Times: Putin Says CIA Created the Internet, Cites Foreign Influence at Yandex.
48. Kremlin.ru: Media Forum of Independent Local and Regional Media.
49. Russia Beyond the Headlines: In the army now: A matter of honor or a difficult duty? Despite far-reaching reforms to the armed forces in recent years, attitudes toward military service among Russia’s young remain largely negative – though polls suggest that many older Russians do not share this view. What options does the army have to avoid being chronically understaffed in the future?
50. ITAR-TASS: Unsinkable Zhirinovsky in epicentre of high-profile row again.
