RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#196 table of contents with links :: Saturday 6 September 2014
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JRL 2014-#196 :: Saturday 6 September 2014
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1. Reuters: Putin is under Satan’s influence – leader of Kiev Orthodox Church.
2. Washington Post editorial: Russia sees a military solution in Ukraine even if the West doesn’t.
3. New York Times editorial: A Cease-Fire in Ukraine.
4. Wall Street Journal editorial: A Bad Week for Free Europe. Putin wins in Ukraine, and NATO doesn’t rise to the challenge.
5. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine’s Shaky Cease-Fire Holds. Situation Remains Tense With Both Sides Saying Occasional ‘Provocations’ Have Taken Place.
6. Reuters: Ceasefire holds in eastern Ukraine, exchange of POWs planned.
7. Interfax: National Guard commander mentions minor violations of truce on militia’s part.
8. Financial Times: Russians pull together in face of sanctions.
9. Reuters: EU slaps new sanctions on Russia, may suspend them if ceasefire holds.
10. www.rt.com: ‘The reality is that Ukraine has lost Donbass.’ (interview with Alexander Mercouris)
11. Interfax: Luhansk starts rebuilding infrastructure – city council.
12. ITAR-TASS: Donetsk mayor says city may face heating problems in winter – OSCE observers.
13. www.rt.com: Ukraine’s killing fields in 10 stories: RT reporter goes to Lugansk and Donetsk. (video interviews)
14. Moskovskiy Komsomolets : Marina Perevozkina and Artur Avakov, How long latest ceasefire in Donbass will last, and what Kolomoyskyy has to do with it. ‘Poroshenko does not control punitive battalions’
15. RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Luhansk, Donetsk rebel leaders emphasize political process.
16. Russia Direct: Russian media claim NATO is seeking a return of the Cold War. Weekly Media Roundup: The historic NATO Summit in Wales, France’s decision to suspend delivery of Mistrals and the “Putin Plan” for peace in Ukraine dominated Russian media headlines this week.
17. The National Interest: Robert Merry, Obama’s Ukraine Folly Comes Full Circle. “The mismatch between the realities on the ground and the nature of the president’s pronouncements reveals a president who is out of touch with reality.”
18. New York Times: Ukraine Deal Imposes Truce Putin Devised.
19. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Ukraine’s cease-fire leaves many questions dangling.
20. Russia: Other Points of View: Chris Weafer, CEASE-FIRE PROCESS BRINGS SANCTIONS RISK RELIEF.
21. Democracy Now: Ukraine Ceasefire Takes Hold, but an Expanding NATO on Russia’s Borders Raises Threat of Nuclear War. (interview with Stephen Cohen)
22. PBS Newshour: Will the cease-fire between Ukraine and Russian separatists last? (with Nicholas Burns, Michael McFaul, and John Mearsheimer)
23. RIA Novosti: Moscow: Ukrainian Crisis Became Excuse for NATO’s Eastward Expansion Nurtured for Years.
24. www.rt.com: ‘NATO anxious to move towards de-escalation over Ukraine’ – former UK ambassador to Russia. (Anthony Brenton)
25. Council on Foreign Relations: Russia Wants ‘Hot Peace,’ Not War. (interview with Mark Galeotti)
26. RFE/RL: For Russia, Ideal Scenario In Ukraine Might Just Be The Bosnian Model.
27. Vineyard of the Saker: Transcarpathia and Transnistria SitRep 30 Aug – 05 Sep.
28. UNIAN (Kyiv): Russia planning “occupation” of Ukraine’s eastern regions – envoy.
