RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#237 table of contents with links :: Friday 14 November 2014
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JRL 2014-#237 :: Friday 14 November 2014
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1. Moscow Times: Fyodor Lukyanov, Icy Silence: The Future of U.S.-Russian Relations.
2. AFP: New Ukraine offensive ‘unlikely’ despite build-up fears: experts.
3. Russia Insider: Shellback, Why Russia Hasn’t and Won’t Invade Ukraine.
4. Sputnik: OSCE Reports Overlook Kiev’s Military Buildup in East Ukraine: Moscow.
5. TASS: Kiev has no plans to launch offensive in the east – Ukraine’s foreign minister.
6. TASS: Crisis in eastern Ukraine can be solved only by peaceful means – Poroshenko.
7. 5 Kanal TV (Kyiv): Ukraine checking reports on offensive allegedly planned by rebels – minister.
8. RIA Novosti: Ukrainian separatists call for new round of Minsk Group talks.
9. Fort Russ: Fighters from volunteer battalions bring weapons and chaos to Ukrainian home front.
10. The Guardian (UK): Volodymyr Ishchenko, Ukraine has ignored the far right for too long – it must wake up to the danger. The indifference of officials and mainstream opinion to the election of far-right MPs is hugely worrying.
11. New York Times: Nowhere to Run in Eastern Ukraine.
12. The Guardian/Novaya Gazeta: While cafes in the centre still serve oysters, residents in the suburbs are desperate for basic supplies. Zinaida Burskaya in Donetsk for Novaya Gazeta.
13. Reuters: Putin Accuses U.S. of Undermining Its Own Trade Institutions.
14. TASS: Putin says politicians will need time to understand his Valdai forum speech.
15. Interfax: Putin says discussing anti-Russian sanctions at G20 summit useless.
16. Kremlin.ru: Interview to TASS News Agency.
17. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Love Him or Hate Him, Vladimir Putin’s Poll Numbers Have Never Been Higher.
18. Reuters: Ukraine and Russia take center stage as leaders gather for G20.
19. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Press Digest: UN convenes after unmarked military column seen near Donetsk.
20. Reuters: Ukraine’s main task is to build army to stop Russia: PM Yatseniuk.
21. Bloomberg: Ukraine Default Risk Climbing One Year on From Maidan.
22. The Economist: Ukraine’s economy. Worse to come. The swooning economy is in desperate need of investment.
23. The Economist editorial: The collapse of Ukraine’s economy. Don’t chicken out of Kiev. Throttled by Russia, Ukraine’s economy needs more Western help-especially investment in infrastructure.
24. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Unravelling. The deal fails to resolve the underlying problem: Ukraine has no money to buy gas!
25. http://redpilltimes.com: How many times has Russia invaded Ukraine in the last year? Let’s add them up.
26. www.rt.com: Not alone: New radar data indicates other jets on MH17 course before crash.
27. http://russia-insider.com: You Think A Lot of People in Ukraine Speak Ukrainian? Think Again. A third language, Surzhyk creole, which is a mix of Ukrainian and Russian, is more widespread than Ukrainian.
28. Kyiv Post: Ukraine mobilizes truth to counter Russia’s PR attacks.
29. RIA Novosti: Dmitry Babich, Rioting in Warsaw: Many Hate the EU and Everyone Blames Russia.
30. New York Times: Russia to Curtail Nuclear Security Efforts With U.S.
31. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Commentary deplores “paralysis” of official, unofficial Russian-US contacts. (Mikhail Rostovskiy)
32. Government.ru: The Ninth East Asia Summit. (Medvedev Q&A)
33. Asia Times: Michal Romanowski, Russia faces new realities in Central Asia.
34. Carnegie Moscow Center: Akio Kawato, Pax Sinica: China and the New Russia.
35. The Real News Network: President Putin Pledges to Increase Trade with China and Asia to Rebuke Sanctions. The $400 billion, 40 year oil and gas deal between China and Russia is a response to the new cold war pressure and sanctions on Russia, says economist Michael Hudson.
36. Salon.com: Patrick Smith, What really happened in Beijing: Putin, Obama, Xi – and the back story the media won’t tell you. Ukraine, Iran’s nukes, the price of oil: There are ties worthy of a Bourne film, if the media connected the dots.
37. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, NAVAL TIT-FOR-TAT – WHO REALLY WANTS WAR WITH RUSSIA?
38. Valdai Discussion Club/Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC): Timofey Bordachev, Russia Needs a Realist Paradigm.
39. Der Spiegel: Interview with Henry Kissinger. ‘Do We Achieve World Order Through Chaos or Insight?’
