RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#141 contents with links :: Wednesday 25 June 2014
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Wednesday – JRL 2014-#141 :: 25 June 2014
1. Kremlin.ru: Press statements and answers to journalists’ questions following Russian-Austrian talks.
2. Reuters: Russia’s Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine.
3. RIA Novosti: Kiev Ready for Consultations with Moscow on Ukraine’s EU Integration Bid – Yatsenyuk.
4. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, No more little green men? Putin takes military option in Ukraine off table.
5. Reuters: Russian lawmakers revoke right to send troops into Ukraine.
6. RIA Novosti: Kiev Responsible For Ukraine Crisis, Demands of Moscow ‘Knocking On Wrong Door’ – Speaker.
7. Business New Europe: Tim Ash, Glimmer of hope for peace in eastern Ukraine.
8. ITAR-TASS: Experts differ over Kiev’s talks with self-proclaimed eastern republics.
9. Financial Times: Russian stocks stage remarkable turnround.
10. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Russian stocks hit 5-month high as Putin rescinds right to use military force in Ukraine.
11. BBC: Steven Rosenberg, The Ukrainian refugees escaping to Russia.
12. Sean’s Russia Blog: Sean Guillory, Ukraine’s Refugees.
13. Moscow Times: William Risch, Fear and Loathing Rule Eastern Ukraine.
14. Moscow Times: Andrei Tsygankov, Putin is Not a Nationalist.
15. New York Times: Doubting Putin, Obama Prepares to Add Pressure.
16. The National Interest: Nikolas Gvosdev, Ukraine’s Ancient Hatreds. Three hundred years of history explain why Putin can never see his neighbor as a fully legitimate sovereign nation.
17. The National Interest: Dmitri Simes, How Obama Is Driving Russia and China Together. American bluff and bombast toward Moscow has stoked Russian nationalism, convinced Putin we’re weak, and fostered a dangerous realignment.
18. ITAR-TASS: Viktor Litovkin, NATO’s Rasmussen masters Cold War rhetoric.
19. Valdai Discussion Club: Maxim Bratersky, Transformation of Russia’s Foreign Policy.
