RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#21 table of contents with links :: Friday 6 February 2015
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JRL 2015-#21 :: Friday 6 February 2015
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1. Reuters: Echoes of the 1990s in Ukraine as financial crisis bites.
2. Kyiv Post: Ukraine’s best promoters on world stage in 2014.
3. The Economist: Fighting in Ukraine. Give war a chance. The war in south-east Ukraine continues to expand in both size and scope.
4. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, Ukraine home truths.
5. Paul Goble: Another Sign Moscow Preparing Massive Invasion of Ukraine – and Facing Problems Doing So.
6. Business New Europe: Ben Aris, EU-Russia meet between Putin, Merkel, Hollande starts; seen going late into night.
7. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Will Putin buy into Merkel and Hollande’s Ukraine peace plan?
8. https://irrussianality.wordpress.com: Paul Robinson, The Merkel-Hollande Peace Plan.
9. Kyiv Post editorial: Don’t sell out Ukraine.
10. Interfax-Ukraine: German defense minister opposes arms supplies to Ukraine.
1. www.rt.com: Sending weapons to Ukraine would escalate violence – UK Defence Secretary.
12. The National Interest: Mary Elizabeth Malinkin and Liliya Nigmatullina, The Great Exodus: Ukraine’s Refugees Flee to Russia. Perm may not be on the radar of most Westerners, but it has become a major hub for Ukrainians seeking a safe haven in Russia.
13. Human Rights Watch: Dispatches: More Cluster Munition Use in Ukraine.
14. Newsweek.com: Ukraine Passes Law to Shoot Deserters.
15. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk: Ukraine: Call for female citizens over 20 to join armed forces.
16. Counterpunch.org: Dmitry Kolesnik, On the Road to Mass Terror? When Ukrainians Choose Not to Die in a War.
17. The Vineyard of the Saker: Ukraine SITREP: *Extremely* dangerous situation in Debaltsevo.
18. Fort Russ: John Kerry tells journalists to look in the social media for proof of Russian troops in Ukraine.
19. Reuters: Nader Mousavizadeh, Arming Ukraine will put the West in danger.
20. International Institute for Strategic Studies: Samuel Charap and Jeremy Shapiro, The looming New Cold War and its consequences.
21. USA Today: Kimberly Martin, Endangering USA won’t stop Putin. If suffocating sanctions have not accomplished the mission in Ukraine, why assume weapons will?
22. PONARS Eurasia: PONARS Perspectives: U.S. Military Assistance to Ukraine.
23. Business New Europe: Russians appear blasé toward sanctions.
24. Moscow Times: Don’t Expect Bread Lines From Russia’s Crisis.
25. www.rt.com: Russian economy will stabilize in 2016 – European Commission.
26. Russia Insider: Jon Hellevig, Reports of Foreigners Fleeing Russia Are Pure Fiction. Leading Russian business daily RBC says that foreigners are leaving Russia in droves. The problem: their report is completely fabricated.
27. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Yevgeniy Shestakov, Obama Confesses Candidly. President of United States Confirms His Involvement in Coup d’Etat in Ukraine.
28. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Yelena Krivyakina, Kiev promises “to push Russia to Siberia” with US weapons. Washington prepares to give military assistance to Ukraine.
29. Moscow Times: Josh Cohen, Putin Wants Ukraine Intact, But On His Terms.
30. Russia Insider: Russia Economy in 2014: GDP up, Industrial Output up, Big Trade Surplus. Real disposable income, however, fell by %1 for the first time since 2000.
31. Carnegie Moscow Center: Vladimir Dvorkin, Brief Commentary on the Termination of the Nunn-Lugar Program.
32. Carnegie Moscow Center: Nikolay Kozhanov, Russia and Saudi Arabia: Friends or Foes?
33. http://jordanrussiacenter.org: Eliot Borenstein, The Curious Incident of Putin’s Asperger’s Syndrome.
34. David Law: Getting Ready for President Putin’s Successor.
35. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, THE POLITICAL MOTIVATION OF CHANCELLOR MERKEL’S EMBRACE OF YULIA TYMOSHENKO, AND WAR.
36. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, THE THINK-TANK THAT BLASTS FROM THE PAST – THE CASE OF CASE, CRONIES AGAINST SELF-SACRIFICE IN EUROPE.
37. Business New Europe: Russian coal keeps UK household lights on as winter grips.
