RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#202 table of contents with links :: Thursday 25 September 2014
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JRL 2014-#202 :: Thursday 25 September 2014
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DJ: This is likely the last issue of vacation JRL until normal JRL resumes September 29.
1. The National Interest: Nikolas Govsdev, Russia and the Precedent Problem. “As Moscow complains about American unilateralism, Putin finds that he is more than happy to take the position that he too can interpret international law to his own liking.”
2. Valdai Discussion Club: Sergei Karaganov, Russia and the U.S.: A Long Confrontation?
3. Reuters: Leader sees country applying for EU membership ‘in 6 years time’. (Poroshenko)
4. Fairobserver.com: Gordon Hahn, The Ukrainian Revolution’s Neo-Fascist Problem.
5. http://anton-shekhovtsov.blogspot.it: Ukrainian intellectual was attacked by paramilitary right-wing thugs in Kyiv.
6. ITAR-TASS: Kiev government underreporting Ukrainian Army casualties by dozens of percent – opinion.
7. Business New Europe: Mark Galeotti, The risks in a galvanized Nato.
8. RIA Novosti: Russia Sends List of Unanswered Questions to MH17 Investigators.
9. Business New Europe: Stagnation looms for Russia as consumption and oil revenues fall.
10. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Vladimir Mau, Russia needs reforms, not a sanctions war. Mutual sanctions are always extremely unpleasant, and the application of sanctions and the “hot” trade war between Russia, Europe and the United States can have no good result.
11. Reuters: Russia’s reputation as reliable trade partner is a key value: minister.
12. Reuters: As Ukraine’s debt tangle unwinds, Russia holds key thread.
13. Thehill.com: Desmond Lachmanuters, Is Ukraine another bottomless pit?
14. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Ukraine is broke – and winter is coming.
15. Business New Europe: Chris Weafer, Russia has eager new oil and gas customers in Asia.
16. Reuters: After euphoria, Russia may face discontent in Crimea.
17. The National Interest: James Carden, The False Promise of Petro Poroshenko. “The picture is more complex than the White House, the Congress and many pundits would lead us to believe.”
18. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russians’ Greatest Fears Coming True, Undermining Stability, Gontmakher Says.
19. Moscow Times: Ivan Sukhov, A Protest March Headed for Russia’s Borders.
20. RIA Novosti: Putin Called Top Moral Authority Among Russian Celebrities: Opinion Poll.
21. Valdai Discussion Club: Sergei Glaziev, The Threat of War and the Russian Response.
22. Vedomosti: Former jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovskiy gives extensive interview on Russian politics, future plans.
23. Washington Post: Lithuania’s president: ‘Russia is terrorizing its neighbors and using terrorist methods’
24. www.rt.com: Russia tops ISIS threat, Ebola worst of all? Lavrov puzzled by Obama’s UN speech.
25. RIA Novosti: Russian Envoy Slams Ukrainian Prime Minister’s Address to UN Assembly.
26. Council on Foreign Relations: A Conversation With Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
27. Ira Straus: JRL-2014#201 (Adomanis).
28. Kirk Bennett: Reflections on Russians and Ukrainians.
