Tag: Russia

RIA Novosti: Russia Urges New OSCE Envoy to Ukraine to Engage in Reconciliation Efforts

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, June 9 (RIA Novosti) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) new envoy to Ukraine should actively engage in reconciliation efforts and promote dialogue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. The ministry reiterated Russia’s support for the OSCE Ukrainian conflict settlement roadmap, based on the April 17 Geneva agreements. “We assume that Heidi Tagliavini will actively […]

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RIA Novosti: Russians See Poroshenko as Promoting Western, not Ukrainian Interests – Survey

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, June 9 (RIA Novosti) – The majority of Russians see Ukraine’s new President Petro Poroshenko as promoting mainly the interests of the US, the EU and big business, a public-opinion poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) showed Monday. Some 43 percent of those surveyed said Poroshenko was lobbying for Western interests, while 37 percent said the […]

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Nicotine nation: The story of Russia’s addiction to the cigarette

Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Georgy Manaev, RBTH) On June 1, 2014, Russian lawmakers banned smoking in trains, hotels, cafes, and playgrounds. For a country where tobacco has been popular for more than 400 years, this is not the first action taken to restrict smoking. RBTH takes a trip back in time to uncover the history of smoking […]

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Interfax: Poroshenko’s categorical position on federalization, Russian language leads to deadlock – Russian analyst

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW. June 7 (Interfax) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has assumed a position leading to a deadlock by rejecting Ukraine’s federalization and official status for the Russian language in his inaugural speech, which shows his inability to settle the conflict and signals that he might lose presidency in a foreseeable future, says Yevgeny Minchenko, the general director of the International […]

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Happiness is sharing dacha memories

Life in Russia, Culture, Arts
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Joy Neumeyer, special to RBTH – June 8, 2014) Tomatoes, bikes and boyfriends: Russians and Americans share their dacha memories When Natalia Filonova talks about her dacha, she can’t talk quickly enough. She rattles off the most recent improvements she’s made with breathless pride: 23 new trees, a shower, hand-sewn curtains. “At the […]

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RIA Novosti: Politkovskaya Case Russia’s Biggest Justice Achievement – Prosecutor

Assassinations, Beatings, Threats, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television
File Photo of Mourners with Photo of Anna Politkovskaya

MOSCOW, June 9 (RIA Novosti) – A Moscow City Court prosecutor said on Monday the life sentence handed down to those found guilty of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder was the highest achievement of Russian justice, but the outcome will only satisfy the complainants when the mastermind of the murder is established. “We find the sentence lawful, founded and just. This is […]

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The battle for Donetsk

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(opendemocracy.net – Ilya Vasyunin – June 6, 2014) Ilya Vasyunin is an independent journalist, he previously worked at TV Rain and at Russkaya Planeta. People are not yet calling the situation in Eastern Ukraine a ‘civil war,’ but the battle for Donetsk might change that. During the two months of fighting between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian army in Slovyansk, Donetsk, […]

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Interfax: Avakov pledges to involve all Interior Ministry combat, patrol units in operation in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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KYIV. June 9 (Interfax) – A hundred percent of the combat and patrol units of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry will be involved in the operation in eastern Ukraine, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. “I have decided that a hundred percent of combat and patrol units of the Interior Ministry will take part in the antiterrorism operation. This is not only […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#126 contents with links :: Friday 6 June 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News
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… 1. Kyiv Post: Billionaire Kolomoisky takes over in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, blasting Putin and Yanukovych.
2. Kyiv Post: Kolomoisky promises cash rewards for fighting pro-Russian separatists.
3. Financial Times: Ukraine governor offers bounties to keep separatists at bay. …

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Russia’s International Reputation Hits 9-Year Low, Poll Shows

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – June 5, 2014) Russia’s global reputation has deteriorated markedly in the past year, according to the results of a poll published Wednesday. Across 23 countries, 45 percent of respondents viewed Russia in a negative light, according to a survey commissioned by the BBC World Service and conducted by consulting firm GlobeScan/Pipa. Negative views of Russia […]

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Putin’s China Deal Won’t Help Russian Economy Much, Moscow Experts Say

China, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
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(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, June 5, 2014) The much-ballyhooed gas deal Vladimir Putin signed with Beijing will only have an “insignificant” impact on Russia’s economic development and state revenues, according to an analysis by experts at the Center of Development of the Moscow Higher School of Economics. Their 43-page report is available at opec.ru/data/2014/06/04/1233922990/KGB_70f.pdf. Its main […]

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Death Be Not Proud – Be Profitable: Moscow’s Funeral Business

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime
Aerial View of Moscow From Beyond Stadium, file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Allison Quinn- June 5, 2014) Your beloved mother has died, leaving you in a state of grief just short of catatonic. Who do you call? Many Muscovites will tell you it was not really who you call that matters – it was who the police, the dispatcher or the medics call: the funeral agents. Because […]

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Putin has Put Together a New and Different Majority, Bunin Says

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Sitting at Desk

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, June 5, 2014) Having seen his original social compact with the Russian population become shaky – deference to his unrestricted power in exchange for a guarantee of rising incomes – Vladimir Putin has assembled a new majority, according to Igor Bunin, head of the Moscow Center for Political Technologies. The wave of […]

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In a global economy, can Russia go it alone?

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – David Miller, special to RBTH – June 4, 2014) Russia is far more integrated into the world economy today than its Soviet predecessor was, making sanctions a more challenging proposition than when the Soviet Union faced them in the 1980s. The standoff over Ukraine has pushed tensions between Russia and the West to […]

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Russians Paying Up to Turn Rubles Into Homes: Mortgages

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
File Photo of Cash, Coins, Line Graph

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Lyubov Pronina – June 4, 2014) Denis Ichetkin’s decision to get a mortgage for a one-bedroom apartment on the outskirts of Moscow in late January couldn’t have been better timed, he said. The 30-year-old journalist and his wife Veronika secured a 15-year loan from VTB Group with a 12 percent interest rate before Russia’s March incursion […]

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Smoking in Russia: kicking the habit

Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse

(opendemocracy.net – Diana Quirmbach – June 3, 2014) Diana Quirmbach is a PhD candidate at University College London. More people smoke in Russia than almost anywhere else in the world, but the government is finally catching up, in clamping down. On 1 June 2014, the landscape of smoking changed dramatically in Russia. While efforts to control tobacco are not new […]

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NGOs in Russia Could be Labeled ‘Foreign Agents’ Without Their Consent

Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – June 5, 2014) President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the Justice Ministry to register nongovernmental organizations as “foreign agents” without their consent, Interfax reported Wednesday. A law that entered into force in 2012 required all NGOs engaged in “political activity” to formally register as “foreign agents.” The designation itself carries strong, negative associations with […]

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Putin Brings Back the Option to Vote ‘Against All’

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Arm and Torso of Person in Brown Sweater Placing Paper Ballot into Ballot Box

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – June 5, 2014) Citizens unhappy with all available candidates for city office can now let their discontent be known by ticking off the “against all” option when casting ballots for municipal elections in accordance with a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin. A bill pushing for a return of the “against all” option, which […]

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D-Day at 70: Russia’s role in opening up the Western front

History, Soviet Union
D-Day Cemetery file photos

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – John Naughton, special to RBTH – June 5, 2014) By weakening the German army and keeping it occupied on the Eastern Front, Soviet Russia prepared for the way for the Allied success of D-Day in the West. The retired Royal Navy cruiser the HMS Belfast fired its six-round salute at midday on June […]

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RIA Novosti: Kiev’s Use of Heavy Weapons in Crackdown Violates International Law – Russia

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File Photo of OSCE Banners

VIENNA, June 5 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow has raised the issue of Kiev using heavy armaments in its special operations against independence supporters in eastern Ukraine at OSCE session, Russia’s envoy Andrei Kelin said on Wednesday. “The punitive operation led by Ukrainian forces reflects signs of an international human rights violation, in particular, of the Geneva convention of 1949,” Kelin […]

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RIA Novosti: Kerry Demands Poroshenko Prove Russia’s Involvement in East Ukraine Events

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) – US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko prove that Russia is involved in the independence movement in the eastern regions of Ukraine, according to The New York Times. During a meeting in Poland on Wednesday, Kerry asked the newly elected president to provide evidence of a connection between Moscow […]

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RIA Novosti: Poroshenko Wants ‘Dirtiest Work’ in East Ukraine Done Before Inauguration – DPR

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko plans to “do the dirtiest work” in the eastern parts of the country before his inauguration, Denis Pushilin, one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk, told the BBC Wednesday. “The presidential election took place, Poroshenko came to power but in overall the situation hasn’t changed [sic]. […]

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Interfax: Disarming east Ukrainian militia not priority, tackle causes of conflict first – Russian Foreign Ministry

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW. June 5 (Interfax) – Disarming militia fighters in east Ukraine is not the first priority, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “What they should be doing now is not treating symptoms or knocking down the temperature but looking for the origins of the conflict, which are fairly obvious, and deal with them. Then it will be easier to […]

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Moscow Times: Putin to Take Center Stage Among Western Leaders in Normandy

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – June 5, 2014) As diplomatic tensions reached a boiling point over Russia’s annexation of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin was rejected in March as host of the Group of Eight summit in Sochi, while his country was excluded altogether from the group of leading industrialized nations. But Putin’s arrival in Normandy on Thursday […]

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Leaders Start Two Days of Ukraine Diplomacy With Putin

Europe, EU, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of G7 Leaders and other Officials Around Round Table at the Hague, with Flags

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – James G. Neuger, Thomas Penny, Kateryna Choursina – June 5, 2014) The U.S. and its allies embarked on two days of contacts with Russian leaders in a bid to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, giving the Kremlin another chance to cut support to pro-Moscow rebels seeking to break up the country. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron […]

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RIA Novosti: Preview: Lavrov, Kerry to Talk Ukraine, Syria in Paris

Syria, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart, John Kerry, are due to meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss Syria and Ukraine, two countries that both have recently held presidential ballots amid what is largely described as a civil war. The two foreign policy officials have a long history of talks, having […]

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Interfax: Putin says Russian authorities “not connected to any particular person, including the incumbent president”

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Sitting at Desk

SOCHI. June 5 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has disagreed with suggestions alleging the existence of the “Putin regime”, adding that Russia has standard democratic institutions, which, however, have their own specifics and traditions. “The current regime is not connected to any particular person, including the incumbent President. We have common democratic state institutions, although they reflect Russia’s needs,” […]

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Negative attitude to U.S., EU reaches its maximum in Russia – poll

Europe, EU, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Interfax – June 5, 2014) The attitude of Russians towards the United States, the European Union and Ukraine is cooling amid the Western sanctions, and Belarus and China are liked much more, Levada Center told Interfax, quoting May poll statistics. Only 18 percent of Russians speak well of the United States now. The numbers stood at 43 percent in the […]

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WHITE HOUSE FACT SHEET: U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
White House

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 04, 2014 FACT SHEET: U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine The United States is working to bolster Ukraine’s ability to secure its borders and preserve its territorial integrity and sovereignty in the face of Russian occupation of Crimea and a concerted effort by Russian-backed separatists to destabilize eastern Ukraine. […]

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WHITE HOUSE TRANSCRIPT: Remarks by President Obama and President-elect Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine After Bilateral Meeting

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File photo of Barack Obama and Petro Poroshenko facing one another, with Obama gesturing

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 04, 2014 Remarks by President Obama and President-elect Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine After Bilateral Meeting Warsaw Marriott Hotel Warsaw, Poland 10:45 A.M. CET PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is a great pleasure for me to have the opportunity to have my first extended meeting with President-elect Poroshenko and to […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#125 contents with links :: Thursday 5 June 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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… 1. Wall Street Journal: Matthew Kaminski, The Battle on the New Russian Front. How Ukrainians united to turn back Kremlin rebels in one eastern city.
2. Reuters: Fog of war falls heavy after violence in eastern Ukraine region.
3. Interfax: Negative attitude to U.S., EU reaches its maximum in Russia – poll. …

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#124 contents with links :: Wednesday 4 June 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#124 :: 4 June 2014 E-Mail: davidjohnson@starpower.net A project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George  Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs: www.ieres.org JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist  JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: russialist.org/funding.php To subscribe to the JRL email version, email David Johnson at davidjohnson@starpower.net 1. Business New […]

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Russia decries NATO activity in Eastern Europe at Brussels meeting

NATO
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Yuri Paniyev, special to RBTH – June 3, 2014) The first NATO-Russia Council session in three months saw Russia’s envoy to NATO hit out at the organization’s deployment of extra troops to Eastern Europe. At the talks in Brussels Russia reiterated its call for Kiev to bring military operations in eastern Ukraine to […]

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RIA Novosti: Around 90% of Donetsk Self-Defense Troops From Donbas – Commander

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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DONETSK, June 4 (RIA Novosti) – Alexander Khodakovsky, one of the chief commanders with self-defense forces of Ukraine’s breakaway Donetsk Republic, has told RIA Novosti that the majority of its troops are residents of eastern and southern Ukraine who took to arms to protect their homes. “[They come from] Kharkiv, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia. We’ve become the center of […]

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Putin Forever? Russian President’s Ratings Skyrocket Over Ukraine

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Sitting at Desk

(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Mikhail Sokolov, Claire Bigg – June 3, 2014) Russian President Vladimir Putin is enjoying almost unprecedented job-approval ratings in his country. And the only reason for this popularity surge, sociologists say, is Russia’s tough stance on Ukraine. “A fierce anti-Ukrainian campaign was launched,” says leading sociologist Lev Gudkov, the head of Russia’s independent Levada polling center. “Authorities have used the […]

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RIA Novosti: Kiev Depends on Russia for Joint Projects – Ukraine’s Former Deputy PM

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Western CIS/FSU and European Environs

MOSCOW, June 4 (RIA Novosti) – Kiev needs Moscow as a strategic partner to help it implement joint projects that are essential for Ukraine to achieve its full potential, says Serhiy Arbuzov, Ukraine’s former Deputy Prime Minister. “Russia is Ukraine’s strategic partner. This relationship requires a lot of effort, but it’s a goal worth working towards because its joint projects […]

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Gazprom Says U.S. Can’t Prevent European Reliance on Russian Gas

Oil, Gas, Energy
Gas Flame file photo

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Elena Mazneva – June 3, 2014) OAO Gazprom (OGZD), Russia’s gas-export monopoly, said U.S. pressure won’t stop it from supplying fuel to Europe and increasing market share in the region. “We understand that the U.S., sitting high on a hill and independent of economic cooperation with us, is pushing Europe to take wild steps,” Gazprom Deputy […]

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RIA Novosti: Ukrainian Government Guaranteed Arms, Collaboration to Right Sector – Leader

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, June 4 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s radical nationalist Right Sector movement claims the government guaranteed it provisions, armament and collaboration with state agencies in the course of the special operation in the country’s east, the UNN news agency reports, citing the movement’s leader Borislav Bereza. “As of today, we are ready to accommodate and integrate entirely all territorial defense […]

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Interfax: Russia open to talks with Ukraine provided fighting stops – top lawmaker

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW. June 4 (Interfax) – The speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament said Russia is open to talks with the government to be formed in Ukraine after the recent presidential election but on the condition that military action is immediately ended in the southeast of the country. “We will hold negotiations after the government and all the state institutions […]

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Putin Offers to Meet Obama as East Ukraine Battles Rage

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama Seated Before Russian and U.S. Flags

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Henry Meyer, Volodymyr Verbyany, Daria Marchak – June 4, 2014) President Vladimir Putin offered the first face-to-face talks with Barack Obama since pro-Russian separatists unleashed an insurgency that’s claimed almost 200 lives in Ukraine. The Russian leader, who rejected accusations his military is present in Ukraine, said he’s ready to meet Obama this week in France […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Never Wanted to Destabilize Ukraine or Send Troops to Invade Country – Putin

Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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PARIS, June 4 (RIA Novosti) – It was never Russia’s intention to destabilize the situation in Ukraine or send its troops to invade the country’s south and east, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday in an interview with France’s TF1 channel and Europe1 radio station. “There are neither military personnel nor Russian instructors in southeastern Ukraine,” Putin stressed. When asked […]

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Ukraine still harbours doubts about benefits of EU deal

Europe, EU, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – COMMENT: Iana Dreyer of borderlex.eu- June 4, 2014) Ukraine and the EU are adamant both sides will sign the long-planned free trade and association deal. Yet President-elect Petro Poroshenko sowed confusion soon after his election May 25 when he asked for more time before putting pen to paper, highlighting lingering doubts over the true […]

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Russia and Ukraine pull back from the gas brink

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Gas Facility file photo

(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Tim Gosling in Prague – June 3, 2014) Raising hopes that Moscow and Kyiv are now serious about finding a route out of the crisis in Ukraine, the EU reported late on June 2 that the pair is mulling a proposed compromise on gas. Russian state-controlled gas giant Gazprom earlier extended the June 2 […]

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Russian stocks: Abandon all hope, or time to buy?

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
File Photo of Cash, Coins, Line Graph

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Michael McAtavey, Special to RBTH – June 3, 2014) Russian markets have been pummeled by poor GDP growth and political headwinds. Yet some fund managers say they are finding deals. Sanctions. Conflict in neighboring Ukraine. Sagging economic growth. And let’s not forget capital flight. These are just some of the reasons why Russia’s […]

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Russia, U.S. considering new joint projects in ISS – newspaper

Space
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(Interfax – June 4, 2014) Russia and the United States may soon announce new joint projects regarding the International Space Station (ISS), Izvestia wrote on Wednesday quoting First Deputy Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medical and Biological Problems Oleg Orlov. “Roscosmos has set a task to intensify the ISS scientific program. We are prepared. For instance, […]

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World Bank Approves First Russia Investment Since Crisis

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Sandrine Rastello – June 3, 2014) The World Bank approved an investment in Russia for the first time since President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea, overriding opposition from Canada and lack of support from the U.S. The International Finance Corp., the lender’s private-sector arm, voted May 29 for parts of a 250 million euro ($340 million) package […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#123 contents with links :: Monday 2 June 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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… 33. Financial Times: Western optimism rises as diplomacy takes centre stage on Ukraine.
34. Wall Street Journal: U.S. to Press Financial Weaponry In Talks With European Allies on Russia. Obama Administration Relies Increasingly on Treasury Unit to Hone Sanctions Strategy.
35. New York Times: In GPS Battle, Russia Sets Restrictions of Its Own.
36. The Times (UK): Russia fumes over Putin’s smoking ban. …

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Russia Gives Ukraine Leeway on Gas as Five Rebels Killed

Oil, Gas, Energy, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Elena Mazneva, Stephen Bierman, Daryna Krasnolutska – June 2, 2014) Russia gave Ukraine an extra week to pay in advance for gas supplies or risk a cutoff, as the Ukrainian government said its forces killed five pro-Russian rebels in an upsurge in fighting in the eastern city of Luhansk. Russian gas export monopoly OAO Gazprom (OGZD) […]

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RIA Novosti: U.S. to Give Ukraine $18 Million in Military Aid

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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KIEV, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – The United States has doubled its financial military aid to Ukraine, bringing it to a hefty $18 million over the past few months, according to US’s second top military commander Derek Chollet. Chollet, who serves as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs at the US Department of Defense, said at a press […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Demands Kiev to Pay Gas Debt in Full Before June 9

Oil, Gas, Energy
Gas Flame file photo

MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine has to pay Moscow the remaining part of $2.2 billion gas debt and agree on payment schedule for April-May gas supplies before June 9, press-service of Russia’s Energy Ministry said Monday. “Before this deadline Ukraine has to pay the remaining part of $2.23 billion debt and also agree on payment schedule for the […]

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