Tag: Ukraine

RIA Novosti: Analysis: U.S. Refuses to Consider Kiev’s Responsibility for Atrocities Against Civilians

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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WASHINGTON, June 10 (RIA Novosti) – It isn’t too surprising that the US refuses to even look into the fact that the government in Kiev is responsible for committing atrocities against civilians in eastern Ukraine, said Michael Hughes, a Washington D.C.-based journalist and foreign policy analyst. “The administration and State Department continue to redefine reality on the ground to justify […]

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Russia Sees Underhanded Sanctions in Bulgaria’s Suspension of South Stream

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – June 10, 2014) Bulgaria’s decision to suspend construction of the Russia-led South Stream pipeline project on its territory, undermining Russia’s efforts to diversify its gas transportation infrastructure to Europe away from Ukraine, is an underhanded economic sanction thrust on Russia by the West, a top Russian diplomat and Russian industry analysts said […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#127 contents with links :: Monday 9 June 2014

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… 9. Reuters: Russia, Ukraine to hold gas crisis talks as deadline looms.
10. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine President Takes On Other Crisis: a Broken Economy. Poroshenko Accuses Separatists of Damaging Economy, Says Violence Must Stop This Week.
11. Reuters: Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans new team to take on Putin, build ties with West.
12. Kyiv Post: English-language translation of Poroshenko’s inaugural address on June 7. …

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

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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

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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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Rumblings In The West: Ukraine’s Other Ethnic Quandary

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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Glenn Kates – BEREHOVE, Ukraine – June 6, 2014) A foreign leader whose country pines for its lost empire advocates self-rule for a Ukrainian province and gives passports to its residents. The call resonates among many in the region, where tens of thousands of people don’t even speak the Ukrainian language. Donetsk? Luhansk? Not quite. This is happening along Ukraine’s […]

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

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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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The battle for Donetsk

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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(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

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

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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

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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

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(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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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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Russia getting support from European Commission in Ukraine gas talks – Novak

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(Interfax – June 2, 2014) The European Commission has effectively supported the Russian position in the second and third round of talks on payment of Ukraine’s gas debt to Russia, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with Rossiya 24 television. “I consider that the European Commission has behaved quite constructively at these and previous consultations and many of […]

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Interfax: Ukraine’s GDP could contract by 5% in 2014 – Fitch

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MOSCOW. June 2 (Interfax) – Fitch Ratings forecasts that Ukraine’s GDP will contract by 5% in 2014, the ratings agency said in a statement. “The crisis will continue to weigh on Ukraine’s economy. We forecast GDP to contract by 5% this year. Ex-Crimea, industrial production shrank 6% year on year in April, and consumer spending is well down, especially in […]

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Interfax: Russians back economic, financial aid for southeast Ukraine – poll

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MOSCOW. June 2 (Interfax) – The Russians are rethinking their vision of the political future of the southeastern Ukraine but the majority of them are unanimous that Russia must provide economic and financial support, not direct military aid, to these regions, a poll has shown. The percentage of Russians who would like to see the southeastern regions of Ukraine as […]

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RIA Novosti: Special Op in Eastern Ukraine May Last as Long as One Year – Pro-Kiev Militia

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KIEV, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – A special operation of Ukrainian forces against independence supporters in the country’s southeast could last as long as one year, said Semen Semenchenko, commander of the Donbass battalion, a pro-Kiev militia set up by the Right Sector nationalist movement. “Unlike many people who believe that the ATO [anti-terrorist operation] will end in just a […]

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RIA Novosti: Lavrov Criticizes West for Media Spin, Blackout on Ukraine

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MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday voiced his surprise at the Western media’s spin of the ongoing bloodshed in southeastern Ukraine and the fact that they either hushed up the real situation or showed “different pictures” instead. “We are very concerned by what is going on there. People are being killed every day, […]

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Five Arguments Russians Make for Decentralization of Ukraine Even More Compelling for Russian Federation

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(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, June 1, 2014) One of the problems that Moscow propagandists face is that many of the arguments they put out for political change in Ukraine apply with equal or even greater force to the Russian Federation and thus have the potential to spark demands inside the latter country that the Kremlin is […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#122 contents with links :: Saturday 31 May 2014

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… 21. The National Interest: Robert Merry, How to Start a Civil War in Ukraine (and How to Avoid One).
22. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: Peter E. Davis and Siegfried S. Hecker, Why the US should keep cooperating with Russia on nuclear security.
23. Asia Times: Pepe Escobar, The future visible in St Petersburg. …

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Ukraine Nears Russian Gas Deal as Eastern Clashes Persist

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Elena Mazneva, Brian Parkin, Ewa Krukowska – May 31, 2014) Russia and Ukraine moved closer to a deal that would keep gas flowing between the countries even as they spar over Russian support for separatists seeking to break away from the government in Kiev. After talks brokered by the European Union in Berlin, Ukraine made its […]

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RIA Novosti: Analysis: Poroshenko’s Millions Interfere With Ukraine’s Fight for Democracy

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MOSCOW, May 30 (RIA Novosti), Nastassia Astrasheuskaya – While much of Ukraine’s population and most western governments tie high hopes with the newly elected president Petro Poroshenko, a former diplomat and now a successful entrepreneur, foreign critics say his millions are likely to stand in the way of bringing democracy to the country that finds itself in deep political crisis. […]

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RIA Novosti: Ukrainian Army Denies Reports on Plans to Complete Special Op by June 14

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KIEV, May 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Ukrainian forces have not confirmed the media reports that it planned to complete the special operation against federalization supporters in the eastern regions of the country by June 14, news agency UNN reported Friday. “As for the media reports on the timeframes of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, most likely it’s total nonsense,” UNN reported, […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#121 contents with links :: Friday 30 May 2014

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… 4. Wall Street Journal: East Ukraine Town Digs In for Fight. Pro-Russian Locals Rally to Repel Military Attempt to Retake Town, Blaming Government for Bloodshed.
5. Kyiv Post: Civilian Donbas Battalion forming National Guard unit.
6. Reuters: Quoting Old Testament, new pro-Russia militia group lines up in Ukraine.
7. The Herald (Scotland): Pro-Russian separatists beyond Kremlin control.
8. Reuters: Russia has withdrawn most troops from Ukraine border: U.S. official. …

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Reporter’s Notebook: Separatists In Eastern Ukraine Think Journalists Are Either For Them Or Against Them

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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Aleksandra Vagner – LUHANSK, Ukraine, May 29, 2014) Probably the most surprising thing that struck me during my four days reporting from the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine last week came as soon as I arrived. Men armed with automatic weapons stood around the station, watching everything that was going on. From what I’d read, I had expected such men […]

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Maidan comes to Abkhazia

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(opendemocracy.net – Islam Tekushev – May 28, 2014) Islam Tekushev is the editor-in-chief of the Caucasus Times. Events in Ukraine have both highlighted and influenced Abkhazia’s political divisions, as yesterday’s protests clearly demonstrate. The Crimean precedent has breathed a new divisive life into politics inside Abkhazia. Against the background of the Ukrainian crisis and the growing role of Russia in […]

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Survey Sees Less Risk of Future Economic Sanctions Against Russia

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – May 30, 2014) The risk that the U.S. and European Union will slap further sanctions on Russia over Ukraine is subsiding, but the threat of a recession still looms over Russia, a Bloomberg poll of economists found. Half of the 32 economists questioned for the poll, released on Tuesday, said the Russian economy would slide […]

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TRANSCRIPT: State Department Daily Press Briefing (excerpt re Ukraine)

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US Department of State Jen Psaki Spokesperson Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC May 27, 2014 (excerpt re Ukraine) QUESTION: Ukraine. You have seen reports, I presume, of the fighting that’s going on in Donetsk. I’m wondering if you have anything to say about that. MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm. Well, first, let me of course – I know we put out a […]

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RIA Novosti: Preview: Russia, EU, Ukraine Attempt to Resolve Gas Dispute for Third Time

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MOSCOW, May 30 (RIA Novosti) – Officials from Russia, Ukraine and the EU are set to hold talks in Berlin on Friday, a third attempt to resolve the gas dispute caused by Ukraine’s $4 billion outstanding gas debt. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak is also scheduled to meet with EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger on Friday. AND SO IT BEGINS […]

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Press Digest: Maidan activists release manifesto; Poroshenko profiled

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Darya Lyubinskaya, special to RBTH – May 29, 2014) RBTH presents a selection of views from leading Russian media, featuring U.S. character references of Ukraine’s president-elect Petro Poroshenko, the options open to the new president, and the release of a manifesto by Maidan activists outlining their post-election vision. Russky Reporter In an editorial […]

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Why the next move will be decisive for Ukraine

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Fyodor Lukyanov, special to RBTH – May 30, 2014) The author is editor in chief of Russia in Global Politics magazine. The election of Petro Poroshenko marks a watershed moment in the Ukrainian crisis. There are now clear opportunities for both Kiev and the self-proclaimed “people’s republics” in the east of the country […]

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