Tag: Ukraine

RIA Novosti: Factbox: Ukraine’s Likely President Poroshenko Mulls Replacing 1994 Budapest Memorandum

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) – Petro Poroshenko, who, with ballots still being tallied, is leading in Ukraine’s presidential race, has said that he intends to spearhead the creation of a new security framework that would replace the Budapest Memorandum. The Memorandum on Security Assurances was signed in Budapest on December 5, 1994 by Russia, Great Britain, the United States […]

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RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Next President to Face Overwhelming Task of Comprehensive Reform

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MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti), Nastassia Astrasheuskaya – Ukraine’s May 25 election, regardless of its outcome, will require the country’s new president to tackle large-scale reforms to reverse the public discontent that triggered the February protests, Dr. Nadiya Kravets of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University told RIA Novosti Monday. “Ukraine is in the process of fundamentally restructuring and […]

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Moscow Unlikely to Ease Up on Ukraine After Vote, Experts Say

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexey Eremenko – May 26, 2014) As Ukrainians cast their votes for a new president on Sunday, analysts said the election was unlikely to fully stabilize the situation in the strife-ridden nation – partly because it would be in Moscow’s best interest to keep its smaller neighbor mired in conflict. “Instability in Ukraine is a […]

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Poroshenko Rolls Up His Sleeves: Ukraine’s New President’s Top, Top Priorities

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(RFE/RL – rferl.org –  Robert Coalson – May 26, 2014) Chocolate magnate Petro Poroshenko seems set to be declared the outright winner of Ukraine’s May 25 presidential election. But even before the confetti hits the floor, he’ll have to start tackling some daunting tasks to stabilize a country in the grips of economic, political, and geopolitical crises. Here are a few of […]

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Interfax: ODIHR/OSCE praises Ukrainian election, awaits vote counting completion before June 7

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KYIV. May 26 (Interfax) – The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (ODIHR/OSCE) has praised the way the voting process was organized in Ukraine and hopes the vote counting will be completed before June 7. We shall stay here until all the results have been counted and all complaints considered, […]

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Chocolate King wins Ukraine presidency in first round

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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Ben Aris in Moscow – May 26, 2014) Ukraine wakes up this morning on May 26 to a totally different country; one with a legitimate president and a chance to finally start rebuilding from the ruins left following the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych. The so-called Chocolate King, Petro Poroshenko, stormed the Ukrainian presidential elections […]

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Russia Invasion Risk Is Unchanged, Ukrainian Envoy Says

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Nicole Gaouette, Daryna Krasnolutska – May 24, 2014) The risk of Russia invading Ukraine is as high as at any time since the crisis began, with Kremlin agents stoking unrest in the east of the country preparing for elections tomorrow, according to Ukraine’s envoy to the U.S. Russia hasn’t taken any “practical steps” to ease tensions […]

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Antony Penaud: The Ukraine crisis and recent russophobia

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(Antony Penaud – May 23, 2014) Antony Penaud <antonypenaud@yahoo.fr> received a DPhil in applied mathematics from Somerville College, University of Oxford, UK, in 2000. In the last few years, he has noticed the development of anti-Russia campaigns in the Western media. The quasi-uniform reporting of the Ukraine crisis has led him to write this essay. He is French and lives […]

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Interfax: Just minor violations uncovered in Ukraine elections – observers

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MOSCOW/KYIV. May 25 (Interfax) – International observers monitoring the Ukrainian presidential elections, among them Russian, said the violations uncovered were few and not serious. “The most common violation we have noticed is that reports about the number of received ballot papers were not entered on some of the election commission’s reports before the start of the voting. Three observers had […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#117 contents with links :: Monday 26 May 2014

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#117 :: 26 May 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. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#116 contents with links :: Sunday 25 May 2014

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#116 :: 25 May 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. The National Interest: […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#115 contents with links :: Saturday 24 May 2014

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#115 :: 24 May 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. Kremlin.ru: St Petersburg […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#114 contents with links :: Friday 23 May 2014

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: 2014-#114 :: 23 May 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. Wall Street Journal: […]

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Interfax: Right Sector officially becomes Ukrainian party – representative

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(Interfax – May 22, 2014) The Right Sector has been officially reg istered by the Ukrainian Justice Ministry as a political party, its information coordinator Boryslav Bereza said. “The Right Sector Party has officially been registered. Now we are a legitimate political force, which means we can stand for election and get elected at every level,” he wrote on Facebook […]

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Ukrainians to Decide Who Gets to Clean Up the Mess

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Allison Quinn – May 23, 2014) As fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops intensified in eastern Ukraine on Thursday with 11 killed near Donetsk, ordinary citizens were gearing up for Sunday’s presidential election. The race has had a polarizing effect on many residents of Ukraine, with widespread disagreement on whether it will stabilize the […]

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Willy Wonka in the lead as Ukraine goes to the polls for crucial presidential elections

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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – May 23, 2014)  Ukraine goes to the polls this weekend in a crucial presidential vote that will end the political vacuum that has been the root cause of the turmoil plaguing the country since former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country in February. There is little doubt about who will win. Ukrainian oligarch […]

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Interfax: Moscow warns U.S. against further sanctions, retaliation will follow – Ryabkov

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MOSCOW. May 23 (Interfax) – If the United States imposes further sanctions against Russia, these will be followed by retaliation, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. “We would like to warn the U.S. once again against making hasty decisions in this sphere. Regrettably, the danger remains of additional sanctions being imposed. What we have been watching over the past […]

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Interfax: Putin claims he would sue West over sanctions

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ST. PETERSBURG. May 23 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Western sanctions imposed over Crimea so far concern the people from his close entourage, and that he would have started a legal action if he were in their shoes. “But for now all these sanctions boil down to picking someone close to me from my personal entourage, and […]

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RIA Novosti: Opinion: West Should Think Twice Before Imposing New Sanctions Against Russia

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MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – The West should not rush to impose further sanctions against Russia as they could have an extremely negative effect on the global financial system, Chair of the Government Department at Harvard University Timothy Colton told RIA Novosti. “The West should think twice, think very carefully about extending the sanctions, because it could end up […]

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RIA Novosti: Future of US-Russia Relations Depends on Ukraine – Harvard Professor

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ST. PETERSBURG, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – The future of US-Russia relations largely depends on the development of the situation in Ukraine, Chair of Harvard University’s Department of Government Timothy Colton told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “A lot depends on what happens in Ukraine. If things start to settle down – gradually, […]

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Ukraine Crisis Drives a Quiet Lobbying Boom in U.S.

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Margaret Talev, Jonathan Allen – May 23, 2014) Turmoil in Ukraine has sparked a boomlet of lobbying in Washington, with an almost five-fold increase in the number of companies and organizations weighing in with lawmakers and officials. The subject is so sensitive that the lobbyists even more than usual want to be heard and not seen. […]

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Russia Beyond the Headlines: Ukraine is not Russia – but it cannot do without Russia

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Sergei Mikheyev, special to RBTH – May 22, 2014) Sergei Mikheyev is director of the Political Environment Center of Russia Though many of the presidential candidates in the upcoming elections in Ukraine are taking care to position themselves firmly as anti-Russian, the truth of the matter is that the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian […]

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RIA Novosti: US Sees Ukraine Crisis as Technical Issue – Putin

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ST. PETERSBURG, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – The situation that has appeared in Ukraine is very important for Russia but is only a technical issue for the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. “In regard to Ukraine, you know what the problem is. For us it is extremely important, but in America questions on Ukraine were decided on […]

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Interfax: Russia will evaluate Ukrainian elections based on OSCE mission monitoring – Lavrov

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ST. PETERSBURG. May 23 (Interfax) – Russia will evaluate the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine based on the monitoring conducted by the OSCE mission and using modern technologies, but will not send its monitors due to the absence of safety guarantees, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “It’s very easy in our age of electronic mass media,” Lavrov told reporters […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#113 contents with links :: Thursday 22 May 2014

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… 6. Wall Street Journal: Ian Birrell, Ukraine and the Shame of Europe. From the left to the right, Kiev’s putative friends found reasons to think that Putin isn’t such a bad fellow.
7. Bloomberg: Mark Champion, Ukraine Can Kneel or Starve.
8. RFE/RL: Robert Coalson, The Costs Of Russia’s Ukraine ‘Victory’ ….

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Ukraine Can Kneel or Starve

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Marc Champion – May 21, 2014) Marc Champion writes editorials on international affairs. He was previously Istanbul bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. He was also an editor at the Financial Times and the editor-in-chief of the Moscow Times. He is based in London. Now that the prospect of a hot war in Ukraine has […]

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Putin Seeks to Destabilize Former Soviet Space Not Occupy It and to Repress Russia Not Modernize It

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(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, May 21, 2014) If Vladimir Putin had wanted to occupy part or all of Ukraine, he would have installed a different group of leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk, Yegeniya Albats says, a comment that provides an important clue to the Kremlin leader’s more general strategy with regard not only to Ukraine but […]

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The Costs Of Russia’s Ukraine ‘Victory’

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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Robert Coalson – May 22, 2014) Russia’s aggressive policies in Ukraine since the fall of 2013 have resulted in some remarkable gains for Moscow. Kyiv’s European-integration plans have been derailed. The strategically important Crimean Peninsula has been annexed. And the destabilization caused by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine threatens to continue casting doubt over the legitimacy of the government in […]

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The West’s Real Double Standards in the Ukrainian Crisis

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(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, May 22, 2014) For months, Moscow officials and commentators have complained about what they say is a double standard on the part of the West, arguing that Western governments and writers are condemning Russia for doing in Ukraine exactly what the US and the West more generally have done elsewhere. Such complaints […]

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The Hilterisation of Putin

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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – COMMENT – Ben Aris in Moscow – May 21, 2014) Hitler has followed me to Russia and won’t leave me alone. The cover of the Daily Mail on May 21 has a shock-sensation banner headline: “Charles: Putin is behaving like Hitler.” Before I go any further let me say for the record that Hitler […]

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Granville on Poker with Putin: “The Folly of Playing High-Stakes Poker with Putin”

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(Jack Matlock, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991 – jackmatlock.com – May 18, 2014 – http://jackmatlock.com/2014/05/granville-on-poker-with-putin/#more-723 – reviewing “[PDF] The Folly of Playing High-Stakes Poker with Putin: More to Lose than Gain over Ukraine” by Johanna Granville) Dr. Johanna Granville, a professor at the American University of Bulgaria who has resided in Western Ukraine for the last two years, has written […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#111 contents with links :: Tuesday 20 May 2014

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… 18. Reuters: Factbox: Leading candidates in Ukraine’s May 25 presidential race.
19. Interfax-Ukraine: Presidential polls must, will be held in all Ukrainian regions – premier.
20. International New York Times editorial: A Critical Election in Ukraine.
21. Washington 19. Interfax-Ukraine: Presidential polls must, will be held in all Ukrainian regions – premier.Post editorial: Russia’s interference in Ukraine’s national election must carry consequences.
22. Reuters: Russia says Ukraine election may aggravate crisis. ….

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RIA Novosti: Ukraine Says No Russian Troops Within 10km of Border

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KIEV, May 20 (RIA Novosti) – The Ukrainian State Border Guard Service did not detect any Russian troops within ten kilometers of Ukraine’s eastern border during aerial inspections on Monday, a spokesman for the service said Tuesday. “An aircraft inspection of 820 kilometers of the border was conducted yesterday. We did not detect any wrongdoing, any convoys crossing the border. […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Withdraws Troops From Ukrainian Border

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MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has started a pullback of its troops from temporary bases near the Ukrainian border, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Tuesday. “It seems to me that maybe a few days will be enough and if you ask me when you start this process I would like to confirm openly that it has been […]

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Ukraine Must Show Will to Pay Before Gas Talks, Medvedev Says

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Ryan Chilcote, Olga Tanas and Henry Meyer – May 20, 2014) Ukraine should settle a substantial part of its natural-gas debt and set a payment schedule before Russia will start price negotiations amid a dispute that may affect Europe, according to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “It should be a substantial sum that would clearly indicate their […]

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Interfax: Russian troops ordered to pull back after drills in southwestern Russia – Defense Ministry

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MOSCOW. May 20 (Interfax) – Russian Armed Forces units taking part in routine military exercises at ranges in the Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk regions have been ordered by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to return to their permanent bases, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a press release. “Following the completion of the exercises, which were conducted in field conditions at […]

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RIA Novosti: Russian PM Says Claims of Moscow Planning to Attain Parts of Ukraine – Propaganda

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MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) – Confirmation that Russia has plans to claim any part of Ukraine is propaganda and the comparison with the situation with Crimea is inappropriate, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday. “In regard to the type of hypotheses that Russia would like get some extra land is nothing more than propaganda. I don’t even want […]

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New Cold War May Emerge in Ukraine Crisis, Medvedev Says

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Ryan Chilcote, Henry Meyer and Olga Tanas – May 20, 2014) Russia is being pulled into a new Cold War with the U.S. and its allies, who are using economic warfare reminiscent of the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said. Russia has prepared a raft of retaliatory steps in response to […]

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Kiselyov Defends TV Network After Caucasus Footage Labeled as Ukraine

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – May 20, 2014) The deputy chief of a pro-Kremlin television holding has dismissed as an “accidental error” his network’s use of footage from a gunfight in the North Caucasus to illustrate supposed recent anti-Russian violence in eastern Ukraine, a news report said. The footage – first used in a Rossiya television report […]

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RIA Novosti: Opinion: Russia Could Turn Off Gas Supply to Ukraine

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MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti), Nadia Koulikova – There is every possibility that Russia will turn off gas flows to Ukraine should the country not pay its outstanding debts, William Powell, senior managing editor for Platts International Gas Report, told RIA Novosti Tuesday. “To do otherwise would set a dangerous precedent that bills are optional. No other consumer is entitled […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#110 contents with links :: Monday 19 May 2014

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… 13. AFP: Ukraine’s very survival at stake in presidential vote.
14. The Times (UK): Chocolate King to sweet-talk Ukraine back from brink. (Petro Poroshenko)
15. New York Times: Front-Runner in Ukraine Election May Be Shifting Putin’s Stance.
16. Der Spiegel: Loved and Hated. Can Tymoshenko Still Lead Ukraine? ….

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Golinkin on the Language Issue in Ukraine; The Lessons of Donetsk’s Referendum

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(jackmatlock.com – May 18, 2014) Much of the media and official comment on the turmoil in Ukraine has focused on geopolitical factors, with little attention to the historical context of the various issues or to one of the most emotional issues dividing Ukraine: the status of the Russian language. One of the first acts of the Ukrainian parliament following the forcible ouster […]

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Interfax: Almost no police left in Donetsk, Luhansk regions – Turchynov

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KYIV. May 19 (Interfax) – The Donetsk and Luhansk regions have effectively been left with no security or police forces, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Speaker and Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said. “The reform of the law enforcement system is not happening fast. For instance, the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are effectively left without the Security Service and police who are supposed […]

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Interfax: National Guard refutes claims of executing 10 servicemen for refusing to participate in counterterrorist effort

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DONETSK/KYIV. May 18 (Interfax) – The self-defense force in Donetsk region claims that a Ukrainian National Guard unit deployed in Kramatorsk executed 10 servicemen for refusing to participate in the military operation in the region. The press service of the National Guard refutes the claims. “In Kramatorsk National Guards shot dead ten of their colleagues, conscripts who said they did […]

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Interfax: Russia outraged with Kyiv’s attempts to lie about reasons behind Odessa tragedy – Lavrov

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MOSCOW. May 19 (Interfax) – Moscow thinks that the Ukrainian authorities are lying about the reasons behind the tragedy, which occurred in Odessa. “We are outraged with what happened in Odessa and how the Ukrainian authorities treat this, we are outraged with the attemp ts to lie about the reasons of what happened and attempts to hide the truth,” Russian […]

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RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Communist Party Vows Not to Recognize May 25 Election

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KIEV, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s Communist Party, whose leader has been banned from withdrawing his candidacy for the presidency, will not recognize the results of the upcoming May 25 election, People’s Deputy Alexander Golub said. “We will support neither candidate as we have no choice in Ukraine. Everything happening now is a farce and we acknowledge neither the […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Ready to Discuss Gas Discounts if Ukraine Pays April Debt

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BERLIN, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is prepared to discuss energy discounts after Kiev pays its April 1 bill for Russian natural gas, which Ukraine and the European Commission have confirmed stands at $2.2 billion, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Monday. “Ukraine needs to show its readiness, at least partially, to pay its debt,” Novak said. Because of […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Poured $200 Billion Into Ukrainian Economy Over 20 Years – Russian Minister

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MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has invested $200 billion in Ukraine’s economy over the last 20 years, including discounts on natural gas prices, Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said in an interview with the RT news channel. “Maybe our European and American friends do not understand that we support the Ukrainian economy … by undercharging them […]

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Both Sides in Ukraine Standoff Call For New Tactics

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – D. Garrison Golubock – May 19, 2014) A day after fighting broke out between pro-Russian separatists and forces loyal to the new Kiev government in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, both sides in the ongoing standoff upped the stakes and called for new tactics: guerrilla warfare and female battalions, among other things. Pro-Russian separatists […]

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INVISIBLE HAND: West needs to jaw-jaw, not war-war

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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Liam Halligan in London – May 19, 2014) Liam Halligan is Editor-at-Large of Business New Europe “That the Cold War ended in our lifetime without a general war and a nuclear exchange is the greatest shared boon, a true miracle of our own times. Nothing beats that – it is the thing that trumps […]

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