Tag: Russian News

RIA Novosti: Political Analyst: US Backs Kiev Regime As Only Anti-Russian Force in Ukraine

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

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) – The United States supports Nazi-like Kiev regime as it is the only anti-Russian force that exists in Ukraine, director of the Moscow-based Institute of Globalization Studies said Monday. “The US supports them out of need, simply because they are the only existing anti-Russian,Russophobic force that exists in Ukraine. It’s understood that had Hitler attacked […]

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RIA Novosti: Medvedev: Russia to Stick to Current Development Course Despite External Disturbances

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
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MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is not planning to change its development course, despite being subject to external disturbances, according to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “The conditions for economic development, for the development of the country and people’s lives are certainly not simple. Speaking bluntly, as a member of the country’s leadership, I can say that I […]

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Interfax: War did massive damage to Donetsk – city mayor

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

KYIV. Sept 8 (Interfax) – Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukyanchenko says the military action has done “massive” damage to the city. “It’s in the billions [hryvni]. If we take the industrial sector, residential; buildings, social infrastructure, energy facilities, and railway, it will be a colossal amount of damage. It will take the city’s economy a lot of time to return to […]

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VIDEO: Will the cease-fire between Ukraine and Russian separatists last?

NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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From PBS, Jeffrey Brown interviews Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, about unfolding events in Ukraine and the Western response. Click here for transcript: pbs.org/newshour/bb/will-cease-fire-ukraine-russian-separatists-last/    

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#196 table of contents with links :: Saturday 6 September 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 JRL 2014-#196 :: Saturday 6 September 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  1. Reuters: Putin is under Satan’s influence – leader of Kiev […]

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RIA Novosti: Official: Ukraine’s NATO Membership Not Discussed at Meeting in UK

NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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NEWPORT, September 5 (RIA Novosti) – NATO and Ukraine did not discuss the possibility of the Eastern European country’s membership in the military alliance, a NATO official said Friday. “In regard to membership, no, that question wasn’t raided and wasn’t discussed,” the official said on conditions of anonymity. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian government approved legislation to change the country’s “non-bloc” […]

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Moscow Times: U.S.-Russia Split Over Ukraine Gives Islamic State Upper Hand

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Allison Quinn – September 5, 2014) As the NATO summit gets under way in Wales and world leaders put on a united front against the growing threat posed by radical terrorist organization the Islamic State, continued bickering between Russia and the West over events in Ukraine threatens to give the “apocalyptic” group carte blanche to […]

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Interfax: Parties led by Poroshenko, Lyashko, Tymoshenko may garner comparable number of votes in Ukrainian parliamentary elections – poll

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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KYIV. Sept 4 (Interfax) – The Solidarity party led by Petro Poroshenko, the Radical Party led by Oleh Lyashko, and the Batkivshchyna all-Ukrainian association have roughly equal electoral ratings in the run-up to early parliamentary elections scheduled in Ukraine for October 26, 2014, as is seen from a poll conducted by GfK Ukraine. In particular, 16% of respondents plan to […]

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Moscow Times: New EU Sanctions to Inflict Long-Term Pain

Europe, EU, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Truck at Russian Border Crossing

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Howard Amos – September 5, 2014) The Russian business world is braced for the European Union’s unfurling of a fresh round of economic sanctions on Friday, with analysts predicting that Russia’s $2 trillion economy will be squeezed even tighter while its companies face isolation from international markets. A peace plan sketched out by President Vladimir […]

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Interfax: Gen. Baluyevsky: New Russian military doctrine to have no provisions on preventive nuke strike, potential enemy

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Russia ICBM on Mobile Launcher

MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax) – The updated Russian military doctrine will not designate a potential enemy and conditions of a preventive nuclear strike against it; such information is available in classified directives, former Russian General Staff Chief Gen. of the Army Yuri Baluyevsky, who co-authored the 2010 military doctrine of Russia, told Interfax-AVN on Friday. “The state military doctrine is […]

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Interfax: Stepashin: U.S., its allies are looking to get Putin out of power, isolate Russia

United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama Seated with Flags Behind

MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax) – Sergei Stepashin, chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society and former prime minister of Russia, believes the purpose of the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its allies on Russia is to get Vladimir Putin out of power and isolate Russia on the international scene. In his letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, the text […]

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Russia Beyond the Headlines: Ukrainian conflict: What exactly is Russia trying to achieve in the east?

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Gevorg Mirzayan, special to RBTH – September 4, 2014) Moscow has a vital interest in maintaining a unified Ukraine in which the pro-Russian south-eastern regions will have a distinct voice. The main goal of Russia’s support for the militants in the Donbass region is to ultimately prevent Ukraine’s entry into NATO and to […]

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Interfax: OSCE mission in Ukraine may be increased to 500 observers – Russian envoy to OSCE

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File Photo of OSCE Banners

MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax) – The OSCE intends to increase the number of its observers in Ukraine to 500, which may be enough for monitoring a ceasefire observance in eastern Ukraine, in the nearest future, Russian permanent envoy to the OSCE Andrei Kelin said. “We will begin recruiting in the nearest future. We may increase the mission [in Ukraine] to […]

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What the FSB is doing in Russian universities

Education, Academia, Spies, Spy Allegations
Stylized Artist's Depiction of Shadowy Figures in Dark Coats and Dark Hats, One Carrying a Briefcase

(opendemocracy.net – ALEKSANDR CHORNYKH – September 2, 2014) Aleksandr Chornykh writes for the Russian newspaper Kommersant. He specialises on education in Russia, and is one of the leading experts in his field. In Soviet times, the KGB kept a close watch on intellectuals – they might turn out to be dissidents. Today, the FSB still skulks on university corridors… In the Soviet […]

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Justice Ministry Adds Nuclear Research Center to ‘Foreign Agents’ List

Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's, Nuclear, Missile Defense
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – September 4, 2014) Russia’s Justice Ministry added a Moscow-based think tank that specializes in nuclear arms research to its controversial list of “foreign agents” on Wednesday. The designation means that the PIR Center, founded in 1994, has been found to receive funding from abroad and to conduct political activities, thus meeting two criteria that require […]

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The Troubled Rebirth of Political Opposition in Russia

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and Saint Basil's File Photo

(PONARS Eurasia – ponarseurasia.org – Vladimir Gelman – September 2014) Distinguished Professor, Political Sciences and Sociology; Aleksanteri Institute at the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies In the 2000s, most experts considered the role of political opposition in Russia as peripheral at best. But with the protest wave of 2011-12, opposition actors and movements reentered the political arena. What factors […]

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Decade After Beslan, Questions Remain Unanswered

Chechnya, Dagestan, North Caucasus, Terrorism
Kremlin and Saint Basil's

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – September 1, 2014) The children who set off for their first day of school 10 years ago in the small Caucasus town of Beslan, North Ossetia, will graduate from high school this coming academic year – at least, those who survived will. On Sept. 1, 2004, a group of 32 armed terrorists […]

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Russian Human Rights Council Attempts to Scrap Fines for ‘Foreign Agent’ NGOs

Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's
Kremlin and Saint Basil's File Photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – September 3, 2014) The Presidential Human Rights Council has prepared amendments to a controversial law that would stop nongovernmental organizations being fined for failing to register as “foreign agents,” Kommersant reported Tuesday. A law introduced by the government in 2012 requires NGOs that receive funding from abroad and are engaged in loosely defined political activity […]

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Moscow Times: Study Finds Russian Women Spend Most Time in Front of Mirror

Life in Russia, Culture, Arts
Two Babushkas file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – September 4, 2014) Russian women place first in the world in terms of how much time they spend in front of a mirror, a study conducted by U.S. company Harris Interactive revealed. Fifty-seven percent of Russian women between the ages of 18 and 49 spend at least 45 minutes getting ready before leaving the house, […]

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Russian Economic Ministry downgrades forecast for 2014

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

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Lossan, RBTH -September 1, 2014) The Russian Economic Development Ministry has considerably revised its forecast for economic development parameters for 2015-2017 for the worse. These include a drop in oil and gas production and lower oil prices. Experts predict that the forecast may be further revised, either up or down, as early […]

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RIA Novosti: Donetsk, Luhansk Leaders Say Ready to Order Ceasefire Friday If Peace Plan Agreed

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) – The leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics in eastern Ukraine said in a joint statement Thursday they were ready to order ceasefire on Friday afternoon if a peace plan is signed during negotiations in Minsk. “We are ready to order ceasefire at 3:00 p.m. Moscow time [11:00 GMT] if an agreement […]

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Ceasefire called in Ukraine

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – September 4, 2014) Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko called for a “permanent ceasefire” on September 3, following a call to Russian President Vladimir Putin, raising hopes that peace was around the corner in Ukraine. Those hopes were dented later the same day when the Ukrainian presidential website where the announcement had first appeared revised the […]

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RIA Novosti: Lavrov: Russia Ready to Explain Provisions of Putin’s Plan on Ukraine in Details

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow is ready to explain and clarify the provisions of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s seven-point plan on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. “We, as a country that in cooperation with OSCE officials has been trying to launch a substantive and meaningful dialogue between Kiev and southeastern Ukraine, have put forward a […]

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Poll: Most Russians Would Sacrifice Booze and Cigarettes to Hurt West

Europe, EU, Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – September 4, 2014) More than 70 percent of Russians would ban imports of booze and cigarettes from Western countries in retaliation for sanctions, but few would give up foreign cars or pay an additional tax on vacations abroad, a recent poll indicated. Other popular measures included blacklisting foreign hotels (supported by 77 percent) and banning […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#195 table of contents with links :: Friday 5 September 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 JRL 2014-#195 :: Friday 5 September 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  1. The Times (UK): Neo-Nazis give Kiev a last line of defence […]

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Interfax: “Putin plan” on Ukraine only a proposal on priority measures – spokesman

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Vladimir Putin file photo

(Interfax – September 3, 2014) Putin’s plan to settle the situation in Ukraine is only a proposal on priority measures, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitriy Peskov has said, Russian privately-owned Interfax news agency reported on 3 September. “This is not an exhaustive plan. It is a proposal on priority measures and everything else is an issue for further talks,” Peskov told […]

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Majority of Russia’s Urban Population Is Breathing Highly Polluted Air

Environment, Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse
Aerial View of Moscow From Beyond Stadium, file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – September 4, 2014) The majority of Russia’s urban population is breathing highly polluted air, including at least 14 million people in 38 cities where pollutant concentrations are 10 times above acceptable levels, according to a recent report by the national weather and environment service. Moscow was among cities that rated high on air pollution, mostly […]

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Ukraine Looks To Stalin Era To Root Out Spies

Spies, Spy Allegations, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Stylized Artist's Depiction of Shadowy Figures in Dark Coats and Dark Hats, One Carrying a Briefcase

(RFE/RL – rferl.org –  Luke Johnson – September 03, 2014) Kyiv appears to have taken a page from Stalin’s book in a bid to root out pro-Russian spies looking to weaken Ukraine’s defenses from within. Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey has announced the creation of a Special Service, similar to a counterintelligence organization that existed during Josef Stalin’s rule, to deal with subversive […]

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Islamic State to Putin: We Are on Our Way to Russia

Terrorism
Syria Map

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Allison Quinn – September 4, 2014) Members of the Islamic State, a violent group of extremists presently terrorizing Iraq and Syria, have released a video threatening President Vladimir Putin and vowing to wage war in Russia’s restive North Caucasus. Message to Putin A video released by Al Arabiya and reportedly filmed in a seized airport in […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#194 table of contents with links :: Thursday 4 September 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
St. Basil's file photo

[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2014-#194 :: Thursday 4 September 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  Ukraine & Russia 1. Moscow Times: Poll: Most Russians Would Sacrifice Booze […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#193 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 3 September 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News
St. Basil's file photo

… 31. Wall Street Journal editorial: Deterring a European War. Putin wants to break NATO, and his next move may be against the Baltic states. 32. New York Times editorial: NATO’s Urgent Challenges. 33. NATO: NATO and Russia: a new strategic reality. Remarks by NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow at the conference on “NATO after the Wales Summit” ….

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Interfax: Kremlin may not renew contract with its Western image makers – Putin spokesman

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Aerial View of Kremlin and Environs

(Interfax – Moscow, September 2, 2014) The Russian president’s press secretary, Dmitriy Peskov, has said that at the end of its contract with American company Ketchum, the Kremlin will have to decide on the future of their cooperation. “Communication services are largely useless now,” the Russian president’s press secretary said in an interview with [Russian-language] Forbes magazine (http://tinyurl.com/p9xko9j). “At a […]

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Russian Orthodox Church Risks Schism Over Conflict in Ukraine

Religion, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Church Domes with Crosses file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexey Eremenko – September 3, 2014) On the last day of summer, a Russian Orthodox priest imposed against his parishioners who had fought in Ukraine’s “fratricidal war” a 20-year ban on receiving communion. Those deemed to have only promoted the conflict raging in Ukraine’s east, either verbally or in writing, will be hit with an […]

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TRANSCRIPT [Vershbow]: NATO and Russia: a new strategic reality

NATO
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(NATO – nato.int – September 2, 2014) “NATO and Russia: a new strategic reality” Remarks by NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow at the conference on “NATO after the Wales Summit”, Cardiff University Thank you, Sir Emyr Jones Parry, for that kind introduction. I’m grateful for the invitation to be here on the eve of the NATO Summit. We’ve been preparing […]

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Russian Cultural Figures Targeted as New Opposition

Human Rights, Life in Russia, Culture, Arts, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and Saint Basil's File Photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – September 2, 2014) With Russia’s political opposition either sidelined or splintered over Russian policy in Ukraine, dissenting cultural figures have become the new focus of pro-Kremlin witch hunts, with state media treating them as a political force and accusing them of treachery. The practice has echoes of Soviet times, when cultural figures […]

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Interfax: Eastern Ukrainian militia mistrust Poroshenko ceasefire declaration

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

DONETSK. Sept 3 (Interfax) – Oleh Tsaryov, the chairman of the common legislature of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), is skeptical about the Ukrainian presidential press service’s declaration on reaching agreements on a ceasefire in Donbas. “This is not the first time that the Ukrainian authorities declare halting of combat activities. The previous such […]

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Business New Europe: Ukraine’s Poroshenko orders “permanent ceasefire” in Ukraine following Putin conversation

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

(Business New Europe – bne.eu – September 3, 2014) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko permanent ceasefire in eastern Ukraine firing a conversation this morning with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Poroshenko made the announcement on Twitter account. “Mutual understanding was achieved concerning the steps which will enable the establishment of peace,” a statement said after Poroshenko and Putin spoke by phone. The […]

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Business New Europe/RIA Novosti: European Commission to level new sanctions on Friday

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Europe, EU, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Truck at Russian Border Crossing

(Business New Europe – bne.eu/RIA Novosti – September 3, 2014) The European Commission suggests limiting Russian state-owned companies’ access to European capital markets, as it prepares to possibly impose new tougher sanctions on Russia at a meeting on Friday, September 5. According to agency statements, the new economic sanctions against Russia, proposed by the European commission, include limiting the access […]

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Interfax: Reporter Stenin dies in Ukrainian attack on refugee convoy, says Investigative Committee

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Interfax – September 3, 2014) Rossiya Segodnya news agency photographer Andrei Stenin died on the Snizhne-Dmytrivka road in southeastern Ukraine in the Ukrainian army’s attack on a refugee convoy, Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Interfax. “Detectives have discovered circumstances of the journalist’s death : A. Stenin was on a field trip to Snizhne, Ukraine, on August 5,” the […]

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Russia Beyond the Headlines: Hot rhetoric, chilly war? Politicians and analysts on the future of U.S.-Russia relations

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

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – David Miller, RBTH – September 3, 2014) Relations between the U.S. and Russia deteriorated in 2014 at a rate few would have predicted, as divisions over civil unrest in Ukraine escalated into tit-for-tat rounds of economic sanctions. But is it a new Cold War? Political observers – and politicians – are divided on […]

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Russia Beyond the Headlines: Tough NATO response over Ukraine may lead to greater divisions with Russia

NATO
NATO Meeting file photo

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Gevorg Mirzayan, special to RBTH – September 3, 2014) NATO will hold its first summit since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on September 4-5. According to information leaked to the media, the alliance is planning to adopt several measures aimed at deterring Russia from military action against European nations. Analysts polled by RBTH […]

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RIA Novosti: Russian pundits, officials agree with need for new military doctrine

Military, NATO
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(RIA Novosti – September 2, 2014) Russian politicians and pundits have expressed support for the announcement that Russia will update its military doctrine. The deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, Mikhail Popov, said today in an interview with RIA Novosti news agency that Russia will make changes to its current military doctrine before the end of 2014 to account […]

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RIA Novosti: “John Tefft Sworn In as New US Ambassador to Russia”

United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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WASHINGTON, September 3 (RIA Novosti) – The new US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft has been sworn into office in Washington, the US Embassy in Moscow reported on Twitter. “Congratulations! Today John Kerry has sworn new US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft into office,” the Tweet on Tuesday said. The date of the diplomat’s arrival to Moscow has not been […]

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RIA Novosti: Ukraine Plans to Build Wall on Border With Russia in 6 Months

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine plans to build a wall along its border with Russia in six months, the Kiev government said in its National Renewal plan released Wednesday. “The Wall Project to build and equip a reinforced barrier between Ukraine and Russia [should be completed] within six months,” the plan says. Earlier the same day, Ukrainian Prime […]

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Interfax: “Russian veterans: Volunteers fighting for just cause in Ukraine”

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

MOSCOW. Sept 3 (Interfax) – Russian volunteers fighting in Ukraine have gone there by the call of their heart to help their brothers and to defend people’s right to a decent life, Russian veterans’ organizations stated. “Russian volunteers are fighting for a just cause, they are defending their friends, the ideals of justice and freedom, the right of people to […]

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Interfax: Ukraine should withdraw subdivisions from settlements to stop bloodshed – Putin

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

ULAN-BATOR. Sept 3 (Interfax) – Both conflict parties should agree and carry out a set of actions in order to stop the bloodshed and stabilize the situation in south-eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “The first thing is to stop active offensive operations by the armed forces and armed formations of militia of south-eastern Ukraine in the direction of […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#192 table of contents with links :: Tuesday 2 September 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
St. Basil's file photo

[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2014-#192 ::Tuesday 2 September 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  1. Paul Grenier: A Remarkable Interview: Ukraine General Regarding the East Ukraine […]

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Re: The Ukraine, the West and Russia

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

Subject: The Ukraine, the West and Russia Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 From: “Dr. Christian Wipperfürth” <cwipperfuerth@email.de> (Associate Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations, dgap.org/en/user/16515/christian-wipperfuerth) The Ukraine, the West and Russia The “United Nations” have announced that far more than 2000 people have been killed in the east Ukraine between April and mid August 2014. The UN described their estimate […]

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Interfax: Kremlin rows back from Putin’s talk of “statehood” for southeast Ukraine

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

(Interfax – August 31, 2014) The Kremlin’s press spokesman has clarified remarks made by President Vladimir Putin about “statehood” for the separatist parts of southeast Ukraine. Dmitriy Peskov “explained that when he was talking about the need for Kiev to start talks with the militias in Novorossiya, Vladimir Putin was talking not about the region’s status but an inclusive dialogue […]

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Business New Europe: Sabre rattling vs. progress towards peace in Ukraine

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

(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Ben Aris – September 2, 2014) September 1 saw more sabre rattling in Berlin and Brussels with more demands that “Russia must be made to pay,” while in the Belarusian capital Ukrainian rebel leaders made a few key concessions necessary for an eventual peace. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was strident in her comments that […]

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