RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#129 contents with links :: Wednesday 11 June 2014
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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#129 :: 11 June 2014
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1. Financial Times: Kiev anti-terror operation takes toll on Slavyansk residents.
2. Moscow Times: World Cup Victory for Team Russia: What are the Odds?
3. The Guardian (UK)/Kommersant Vlast: Why Washington must try harder to understand the Kremlin. The chill in US-Russia relations is not just down to conflicting interests on Ukraine – it stems from a deeper lack of expertise of the Kremlin’s logic and actions, says Alexander Gabuyev.
4. The Kremlin Stooge: Mark Chapman, Good Judgment Comes From Experience. Experience Comes From Bad Judgment.
5. Interfax: Russians doubt Poroshenko will stop the ‘war’ in Ukraine’s southeastern regions.
6. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: War ‘lost’ for Kiev; U.S. aid to beef up Ukraine’s borders.
7. The Times (UK): Tentative signs of hope for Ukraine. President Poroshenko ordered the establishment of safe corridors ‘for civilians who want to leave’
8. RIA Novosti: Russia Ready to Review Ukraine’s Gas Debt, Scrap Prepayment Scheme – Energy Minister.
9. Wall Street Journal: Russia Extends Ukraine Gas Talks Deadline. Move Pushes Back Threat to Cut Ukraine Gas Supply.
10. www.rt.com: Ukraine’s demand for gas price below $385 leads to deadlock – Putin.
11. Moscow Times: Igor Yushkov, Ukraine’s Legal Nihilism Threatens Gas Deal.
12. www.rt.com: EU sanctions on Russia could push gas prices up 50% – World Bank.
13. Time.com: Exclusive: Ukraine’s President Seeks ‘Understanding’ With Russia.
14. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Merci, Francois! Thank You, Angela! The French President and German Chancellor Coped Skilfully with the Role of Domestic Peacemakers.
15. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Aleksey Pankin, Novorossiya Does Not Believe in Promises. Komsomolskaya Pravda Asked Specialists About the Remarks of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Who Has Now Assumed Office.
16. Ekho Moskvy: Activist explains how Russian volunteers end up fighting in east Ukraine.
17. Interfax: Kremlin distances itself from Putin’s aide’s statements on Ukraine. (Sergey Glazyev)
18. Sean’s Russia Blog: “This is Not My War” – A Voice From Slavyansk
19. Interfax: Naryshkin: Crimea annexed in 1991 thru transfer to Ukraine by irresponsible politicians.
20. The National Interest: Graham Allison, How to Solve the Ukraine Crisis.
21. Kyiv Post: Steven Pifer, Settling Ukraine’s crisis.
22. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Putin’s Saber-Rattling Goes Quiet on Ukraine.
23. Washington Post: Daniel Drezner, Explaining Ukraine is a pain; it stays mainly just the same.
24. www.rt.com: US commandos get permanent Eastern European foothold.
25. The Voice of Russia: ‘Holding NATO military drills so close to Russia is incredibly provocative, hostile act’ – expert.
26. The International New York Times: James Rubin, Reassuring Eastern Europe.
27. ITAR-TASS: Russia capable of due response to NATO challenges – experts.
28. Wall Street Journal: In Germany, Anti-American Sentiment Fuels Push to Tread Softly on Ukraine. Public Distrust of U.S. Fuels Pressure on Merkel to Pursue Less Confrontational Line With Russia.
29. www.counterpunch.org: Diana Johnstone, Tightening the U.S. Grip on Western Europe. Washington’s Iron Curtain in Ukraine.
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30. Russia Beyond the Headlines: The ultimate sentence: Where do Russians stand on capital punishment?
31. Russian Media Center: What’s the Deal with Russia’s Media? An Interview with Professor of Philology Daria Kolesova.
32. www.rt.com: Internet restrictions must not touch upon freedom of speech – Putin.
33. Business New Europe: UralSib, Russian stocks exiting the darkness – profits should climb as economy recovers.
34. RIA Novosti: Russian Human Rights Activists Should Not Conform to Western Colleagues – Russian Ombudsman.
35. Washington Post editorial: Justice is not yet done in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
36. www.rt.com: Nadezhda Kevorkova, Politkovskaya case: What was left behind after court verdict.
37. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: As Putin Pursues Imperial Goals, Fewer Russians Regret End of USSR.
38. Washington Post: Abigail Hauslohner, Young Russians never knew the Soviet Union, but they hope to recapture days of its empire.
39. The Real News: Theodore Karasik and Heinrich Matthee, Russia’s Emerging Defense and Security Doctrine: Impact on Europe and the Near East.
40. www.opendemocracy.net: Stephen Jones, South Ossetia’s unwanted independence. South Ossetians may yearn for union with Russia, but the complicated political realities of the South Caucasus make this an unlikely prospect.
41. ITAR-TASS: EU association offers Moldova grim prospects.
