RUSSIA & UKRAINE: Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: 2014-#55 :: Thursday, 13 March 2014

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#55 :: 13 March 2014
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1. ITAR-TASS: Crisis in Ukraine caused by internal factors, not by Russia – Putin.
2. www.russiatoday.com: Kiev snipers shooting from bldg controlled by Maidan forces – Ex-Ukraine security chief.
3. www.russiatoday.com: Mercenaries took part in Maidan violence – Ex-Ukraine security chief.
4. www.russiatoday.com: Moscow wants EU probe into Maidan gun crimes & Ukraine’s post-coup govt.
5. Interfax: Head of Ukraine’s SBU provided Ukrainian special service officials’ personal files to CIA – Yakimenko.
6. AFP: Unsolved killings weigh heavy in Ukraine.
7. Nation of Change: Chris Kanthan, Ukraine: A Candid, In-depth Discussion.
8. Moscow Times: What the Papers Say, March 13, 2014.
9. Moscow Times: Russian TV and Radio Highlights, March 3-10, 2014.
10. Moscow Times: As Sanctions Loom, U.S. ‘Mistake’ Vulnerable to Russian Attack.
11. ITAR-TASS: Putin’s rating growth caused by successful Olympics and tough position on Ukraine.
12. Levada.ru: Voting intentions poll shows strong support for Putin, ruling One Russia.
13. The New York Times: Russia Massing Military Forces Near Border With Ukraine.
13a. www.russiatoday.com: Russia allows Ukrainian surveillance flight to confirm no troops near border.
14. Reuters: Crimea, a symbol of Russian identity vital for Putin’s legacy.
15. Canada.com: Matthew Fisher, Russia rejects claims that Ukraine facing threat of ‘full-scale invasion’
16. Business New Europe: Tim Ash, Obama Warns Putin Annexing Ukraine Will Be Costly for Russia.
17. Business News Europe: Teneo Intelligence, GERMANY/EU/UKRAINE: Fine-grained response likely to Crimean referendum.
18. Reuters: How the separatists delivered Crimea to Moscow.
19. Moscow Times: Foreigners View Russia as ‘Unpredictable,’ Overseas Cooperation Head Says.
20. Reuters: FACTBOX – Western sanctions against Russia.
21. Interfax: Kudrin on sanctions: Western banks already closing credit lines to Russian corporate sector.
22. www.russiatoday.com: Russia won’t exclude sanctions to counter US and EU – Ministry.
23. The International New York Times: John Mearsheimer, Getting Ukraine Wrong.
24. Reuters: Merkel warns Russia of “massive damage” if it persists.
25. Washington Post: Richard Maas, Why Washington and Moscow keep talking past each other.
26. www.foreignpolicy.com: Jeffrey Tayler, Sorry, Putin Isn’t Crazy. Why Russians have good reason to suspect the West’s motives in Ukraine.
27. Juliet Johnson: Statement of Concerned Scholars Regarding the Conflict in Ukraine.
28. Carnegie Moscow Center: Kateryna Pishchikova, Why It Is Not Only the Battle Over Crimea That Will Determine Ukraine’s Future.
29. New York Times: Ukraine’s New Premier, the ‘Rabbit,’ Seems to Be in His Element. (Arseniy Yatsenyuk)
30. The New Republic: “Ukraine’s Willy Wonka” Could Be Its Next President, Too. (Petro Poroshenko)
31. Los Angeles Times: Robert English, Ukraine’s threat from within. Neofascists are as much a menace to Ukraine as Putin’s actions in Crimea.
32. The White House: Remarks by President Obama and Ukraine Prime Minister Yatsenyuk after Bilateral Meeting.
33. The White House: Statement of G-7 Leaders on Ukraine.
34. Christian Science Monitor: Kurt Cobb, Ukraine crisis: There is no US ‘energy weapon’
35. ITAR-TASS: Most Germans against sanctions on Russia – pollster.
36. Salon.com: Patrick Smith, Propaganda, lies and the New York Times: Everything you really need to know about Ukraine. The media keeps buying the American spin on what’s happening in Ukraine. Let’s cut through the fog.
37. Reuters: Edward Hadas, Russia and the unreliable West.
38. Time.com: Cathy Young, We Don’t Owe Russia More ‘Respect.’Contrary to what some believe, we did not “humiliate” Russia after Communism. In fact, America did quite the opposite.
39. The Guardian: Simon Jenkins, The west’s do-somethings will do nothing for Ukraine. The response to Crimea shows just how easily misjudgment can emerge from political machismo and belligerent posturing.
40. www.thenation.com: Andrei P. Tsygankov, How the West Enabled the Rise of Russian Nationalism. Russian nationalism would not have become as influential without the Ukrainian revolution and the Western support for it.
41. www.foreignpolicy.com: Bruce Stokes, Let’s Sit This One Out. Western publics have little appetite for getting tough on Putin for Moscow’s Crimean invasion.
42. YaleGlobal Online: Strobe Talbott, Putin’s Dangerous Game. By redrawing Ukrainian borders and setting a precedent, Russia could be eventual loser.
43. http://reconsideringrussia.org: Pietro Shakarian, 5 Reasons Why Absorbing Crimea Would Be Detrimental to Russia.
44. Der Spiegel: Beyond Ukraine. Russia’s Imperial Mess.
45. http://reconsideringrussia.org: Pietro Shakarian, The Eastern Partnership and the EU’s Baltic Bloc.