RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#106 table of contents with links :: Johnson’s Russia List – Thursday PM, May 28, 2015
Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#106 :: Thursday PM 28 May 2015
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UKRAINE
1. Interfax-Ukraine: Poroshenko: Those guilty of making Ukraine non-aligned should be brought to justice.
2. TASS: Ukraine’s interior minister calls for full blockade of Donbas.
3. Business New Europe: Three-quarters of Ukrainians not satisfied with government.
4. Moscow Times: Ruslan Pukhov, Nothing ‘Hybrid’ About Russia’s War in Ukraine.
5. AP: TV showdown in Ukraine highlights press freedom anxieties.
6. ICTV television (Kyiv): Ukrainian detained for antistate propaganda via Internet.
7. Counterpunch.org: Eric Dragster, The Reality of the Repression. Kiev’s Repression of Anti-Fascism in Odessa.
8. www.rt.com: Ukraine humanitarian crisis ‘one of the world’s worst’ – UN refugee agency.
9. Sputnik: Russia Ramps Up Border Security As Ukraine Conflict Rages On.
10. Reuters: Exclusive: Russia masses heavy firepower on border with Ukraine – witness.
11. Russia Insider: Bloomberg Claims Russia Is Burning Dead Soldiers in Ukraine. Bloomberg cites unnamed Ukrainian and U.S. intelligence sources, claiming that Russia is using mobile crematoriums in Ukraine. Sounds legit!
12. Moscow Times: Russia and Ukraine Trade Turnover Falls by Two-Thirds.
13. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, In Kyiv Vs Moscow Fist Fight, Russia (Barely) Holding Up As Ukraine Against Ropes.
14. Moscow Times: Max Hess, Russia-Ukraine Debt Dispute Threatens IMF.
15. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Will Ukraine’s bondholders force a default on purpose?
16. UNIAN (Kyiv): Roman Tsymbalyuk, Russians know perfectly well what’s going on.
17. www.rt.com: Al Gurnov, Poroshenko presidency, one year on: Can peace be achieved amid heightened nationalism?
18. www.rt.com: NATO keeps pinning blame on Moscow, pushing Kiev to military resolution – Russian envoy.
19. http://gordonhahn.com: Gordon Hahn, DID PUTIN REALLY TELL BUSH ‘UKRAINE IS NOT EVEN A STATE’?
20. Newsweek.com/Brookings: Chrystia Freeland, Why Putin Is Afraid of Ukraine.
