RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#128 contents with links :: Tuesday 10 June 2014

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1. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Fyodor Lukyanov, Can Putin and Poroshenko make peace? The Russian leadership has been more accommodating to the new president of Ukraine than many anticipated. What will it take for Kiev and Moscow to mend their relationship?
2. Reuters: Russian gas keeps flowing to Ukraine as deadline passes.
3. Interfax: End to military operation key to settlement in Ukraine – Lavrov.
4. Bloomberg: Ukraine Peace Talks Progress as Evacuation Route Set Up.
5. Moscow Times: Putin and Poroshenko Square Up.
6. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia, West look for compromise on Ukraine.
7. Kremlin.ru: Answers to journalists’ questions. Following the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, Vladimir Putin answered questions from journalists.
8. ITAR-TASS: Economic association with EU having more cons than pros for Ukraine.
9. www.rt.com: Lavrov: Russia won’t sanction Ukraine if Kiev signs association agreement with EU.
10. The Independent (UK): Padraig Belton, Petro Poroshenko is likely to fail as Ukraine’s new president. What can ‘The Chocolate King’ do to fix the country’s problems?
11. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Mikhail Rostovskiy, Poroshenko Fracture. The New President of Ukraine Veers Between Makhno and Common Sense.
12. Vedomosti: Pavel Aptekar, Petro Poroshenko’s Inauguration and the Attitude Towards Ukraine; Kremlin Comes to Terms With Yanukovych’s Fall and Plans. Albeit Reluctantly, To Set Up Dialogue With Kiev.
13. Financial Times: Russian red lines restrict Poroshenko.
14. The Globalist: Colin Cleary, Ukraine’s Balcerowicz Moment. Ukraine’s present duress could help push forward necessary reforms.
15. The Sunday Times (UK): Pinned to the ground by blizzard of bullets. As Ukraine’s new president prepared to meet Putin in Paris, Mark Franchetti joined a militia flushing out a border post in the east. Then all hell broke loose
16. The Voice of Russia: Ukrainian soldier dropping rifle during Poroshenko’s inauguration ceremony to be sent to war.
17. AP: Rebel Stronghold In Eastern Ukraine Hit By Shelling.
18. ITAR-TASS: Russian TV reporters reveal details about their captivity in Ukraine.
19. RFE/RL: On The Road With Volunteers Supplying Ukrainian Troops.
20. New York Times: Russians Find Few Barriers to Joining Ukraine Battle.
21. Moscow Times: Ukrainian Rebels Channel U.S. Confederates.
22. RIA Novosti: ANALYSIS: US Refuses to Consider Kiev’s Responsibility for Atrocities Against Civilians.
23. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Putin Won’t Make Any Further Concessions on Ukraine, Two Moscow Experts Say.
24. Stratfor.com: George Friedman, Borderlands: The View Beyond Ukraine.
25. Global Research: Peter Hart, The New York Time’s Ukraine Kremlinology: When Lack of Direct Evidence is Probably Proof of Russian Implication.
26. Reuters: Russia’s Putin denies waging war on Internet freedoms.
27. Moscow Times: Justice Ministry Adds 5 More Russian NGOs to ‘Foreign Agent’ List.
28. New York Times editorial: Who Ordered Politkovskaya’s Murder?
29. ITAR-TASS: Volgograd or Stalingrad – debates over city name continue unabated.
30. Interfax: Putin did not voice support for bringing back Stalingrad – spokesman.
31. Moscow Times: Russian Millionaires Up By 18.5 Percent, Report Shows.
32. Bloomberg: Alisher Usmanov, Russia’s Soccer Hopes Rest With Italian Coach.
33. Valdai Discussion Club: Yaroslav Lisovolik, Russia: Another Go at Industrial Policy?
34. Interfax: Nobody wants to give up energy cooperation with Russia – Putin.
35. Moscow Times: Russia Sees Underhanded Sanctions in Bulgaria’s Suspension of South Stream.
36. www.rt.com: ‘US doesn’t care about its allies if there is a chance to hurt Russia’
37. New York Times: For Western Oil Companies, Expanding in Russia Is a Dance Around Sanctions.
38. Moscow Times: Duma Deputy Seeks to Unleash Prosecutors on Anatoly Chubais and Rusnano.
39. Moscow Times: Moscow Renews Demolition Crusade Against Khrushchev’s 1950s Apartment Blocks.
40. Interfax: Senior Russian diplomat accuses NATO of “hostile intentions”
41. RIA Novosti: No Plans for Anti-Missile Defense in Georgia, Ukraine – Nuland.
42. Russia Beyond the Headlines: NATO cold shoulder over EuroPRO prompts Russia to find answers.
43. Carnegie Moscow Center: Akio Kawato, Much Ado About “Sino-Russian Axis”
44. Financial Times: Jack Farchy, Russia’s neighbours: Primary colours. The emergence of the Eurasian Economic Union raises concerns about growing isolation from the west
45. Moscow Times: Pavel Luzin, Russia’s Space Program Needs U.S. Partners.
46. Moscow Times: Peter Rutland, Abkhazia’s Crisis Not Over Yet.
47. Moscow Times: John Freedman, Volkostrelov Resurrects Soviet ’60s.
48. Foreign Policy Journal: William Blum, Who Is More Exceptional: The United States or Russia?
49. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Speech by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, at the meeting with members of the Russian International Affairs Council.