RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#252 table of contents with links :: Sunday 7 December 2014
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JRL 2014-#252 :: Sunday 7 December 2014
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1. Ivan Katchanovski: Dmytro Bulatov.
2. Channel One TV (Moscow): Putin says Russia’s stability largely depends on creating independent judiciary.
3. www.rt.com: ‘Don’t get Russia wrong’: NATO intel warns against misjudging Moscow on Ukraine.
4. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, Ukraine’s Made-in-USA Finance Minister.
5. Kyiv Post: Desperate for revenue, government aims for big asset selloff soon.
6. UN Refugee Agency: Ukraine conflict uproots hundreds of thousands.
7. Washington Post: Michael O’Hanlon and Jeremy Shapiro, Crafting a win-win-win for Russia, Ukraine and the West.
8. Sputnik: Poroshenko: Kiev Ready to Start Decentralization of Power.
9. Kyiv Post: Timothy Ash, New round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks under way.
10. Bloomberg: Shipping Chokepoint Strangles Ukraine Hopes for U.S. LNG.
11. Opednews.com: Mike Whitney, Talking Turkey: Putin Gobsmacks Obama and Euro-Leaders with Surprise Gas Deal.
12. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, Cancelling South Stream Was No Defeat for Russia.
13. Fort Russ/Politrussia.com: The “taming” of Europe or Putin’s new compromise.
14. Interfax: Russia does not mind not getting Mistral but it wants its money back – Putin.
15. Kavkazskiy Uzel (Moscow): Russian pundits offer mixed views on nature of 4 December Groznyy attack.
16. Stratfor.com: Putin’s annual speech marks a dramatic shift.
17. Dozhd TV (Moscow): Ex-tycoon says can, ready to lead Russia out of crisis. (Mikhail Khodorkovskiy)
18. St. Petersburg Times: DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL SHOWS ANOTHER SIDE OF RUSSIA. Artdocfest’s weeklong program of documentaries covers feminism, gas production, weddings and much more.
19. Consortiumnew.com: John Pilger, Propaganda’s Triumph over Journalism.
20. Russia Insider: Shellback, NATO Would Probably Lose a War Against Russia.
21. www.rt.com: Nadezhda Kevorkova, What brings prosperous Westerners to join E. Ukraine militias?
22. Financial Times: Courtney Weaver, Ukraine’s rebel republics.
23. Kyiv Post: Will Ritter, Obama playing the long game against Putin in Ukraine.
24. The Sunday Telegraph (UK): Colin Freeman, Vladimir Putin’s Novorossiya may mark just the start of his empire-building ambitions.
