TRANSCRIPT: Victoria Nuland Testimony on Ukraine Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee

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US Department of State Testimony on Ukraine Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Testimony Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC March 4, 2015 As prepared Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel and members of this committee – thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today on […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#44 table of contents with links :: Thursday 5 March 2015

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#44 :: Thursday 5 March 2015 A project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: russialist.org/funding.php  1. The Guardian (UK): Seumas Milne, The demonisation […]

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Additional JRL Tables of Contents

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Links to recent JRL Tables of Contents from the JRL e-mail newsletter Thursday – JRL 3.3.22 Wednesday – JRL 3.2.22 Tuesday – JRL 3.1.22 Monday – JRL 2.28.22 Sunday – JRL 2.27.22 Friday – JRL 2.25.22 Thursday – JRL 2.24.22 Wednesday – JRL 2.23.22 Tuesday – JRL 2.22.22 Monday – JRL 2.21.22 Sunday – JRL 2.20.22 Friday – JRL 2.18.22 […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#43 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 4 March 2015

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#43 :: Wednesday 4 March 2015 A project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: russialist.org/funding.php  1. Moscow Times: Sherlock Holmes, Pavel Kogan and […]

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Interfax: Kostin calls Ukraine a bankrupt nation

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MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax) – Ukraine is already in a default, and the country’s financial sector cannot exist without foreign financing, VTB (MOEX: VTBR) CEO Andrei Kostin told reporters on Wednesday. “Ukraine’s financial and banking sector is in an extremely difficult state. Ukraine is actually already a bankrupt nation and in a default, and without foreign aid and external [financing] […]

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War in Ukraine is a struggle for new rules in the global game

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The world should not hold its breath for a simple resolution to the confrontation that has arisen between Russia and the West over Ukraine – beyond the struggle for influence over Ukraine’s destiny lies a deeper ideological conflict. Moscow has issued a challenge to the U.S.-led unipolar model that has dominated global geopolitics for the last 25 years, and there […]

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Ukraine and rebels claim to have withdrawn heavy weapons from Donbas ceasefire line

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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Graham Stack in Kyiv – March 2, 2015) The ceasefire in East Ukraine’s Donbas region between Ukraine government forces and Russian-backed separatist rebels is fragile but holding. Both sides reported some clashes but no fatalities on February 28 and March 1, and claimed to have withdrawn their heavy weaponry, though this is as yet […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#42 table of contents with links :: Tuesday 3 March 2015

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1. https://meduza.io: Watch this touching performance of ‘Gangnam Style’ by Russian rescue workers. 2. The Spectator (UK): Alex Massie, Vladimir Putin’s Russia is no longer just an authoritarian state; it is a dictatorship. 3. Newsweek.com: CIA Veterans Finger Putin in Nemtsov Assassination. 4. Reuters: Russians stand in line to mourn by coffin of slain Nemtsov. 5. Business New Europe: Ben […]

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Sergei Roy: “Americans and Russians, Person-to-Person, with a Sidelight on Ukraine”

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Subject: Americans and Russians, Person-to-Person, with a Sidelight on Ukraine Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 From: Sergei Roy <sergeiroy@yandex.ru> Attached is my latest piece on “Americans and Russians, Person-to-Person.” Incidentally, it is a real letter to a real American friend. Americans and Russians, Person-to-Person, with a Sidelight on Ukraine (A letter to an American friend) By Sergei Roy [Former Editor-in-Chief, […]

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War in Ukraine obstructing Russian economic recovery, say analysts

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Lossan, RBTH – March 2, 2015) The war in Ukraine is impeding attempts to improve the business climate in Russia, according to the head of the Moscow State University Department of Economics, Alexander Auzan. The Russian authorities therefore have to invest in infrastructure projects in order to overcome the crisis, say analysts. […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#41 table of contents with links :: Monday 2 March 2015

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#41 :: Monday 2 March 2015 A project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: russialist.org/funding.php  1. Paul Goble: First Putin Marginalizes His Critics, […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#40 table of contents with links :: Saturday 28 February 2015

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#40 :: Saturday 28 February 2015 A project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: russialist.org/funding.php  1. Financial Times: Kathrin Hille and Courtney Weaver, […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#39 table of contents with links :: Friday 27 February 2015

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#39 :: Friday 27 February 2015 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 JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: russialist.org/funding.php  1. The National Interest: Mark Varga, Exposed: […]

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Moscow Preparing Revolts in Major Ukrainian Cities, Poroshenko Ally Says

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(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, February 27, 2015) Having been slowed by Ukrainian resistance and hope to use the Minsk Accords to avoid new sanctions, Moscow is planning to spark uprisings in major Ukrainian cities in March and April before beginning a major military attack on the country in May, according to Yuri Lutsenko, head of the Poroshenko […]

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RIA Novosti: Russians’ interest in Ukrainian developments on the rise – poll

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(RIA Novosti – Moscow, February 26, 2015) According to the data for February, over a half of the Russian population (51 per cent) follow the developments in Ukraine closely and on a regular basis; this figure has risen since November, when it amounted to 39 per cent of the respondents, the c reports. At the same time, the number of Russian […]

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Russian upper house calls on “constructive forces” in Ukraine to focus on truce

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(Interfax – Moscow, February 25, 2015) Members of the Federation Council have called on constructive forces in Ukraine to concentrate their efforts on implementation of the Minsk agreements and make further efforts to launch a nationwide dialogue. The Federation Council “fully approves the agreements reached in Minsk by the heads of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany and voices support for […]

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Interfax: Kyiv claims partial withdrawal of militia’s heavy weaponry, relocation of forces

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KYIV. Feb 27 (Interfax) – The heavy arms withdrawal by the Donbas militia from the line of contact has been only partial, and militia forces are being regrouped and bolstered, Kyiv said. “The militants are pulling back their hardware only partially and to distances which can be covered within 30 minutes. Besides, in the words of spokesman for the OSCE […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#38 table of contents with links :: Thursday 26 February 2015

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Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#38 :: Thursday 26 February 2015 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. Science: Mysterious Indo-European homeland may have been in the steppes of Ukraine and Russia. 2. The Calvert Journal: Michael Idov, Pastime […]

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Experts See Dark Plot in Spate of Mystery Bombings in Ukraine

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Allison Quinn – February 26, 2015) As the latest blast in a recent string of mysterious bombings in eastern Ukraine claimed another victim Wednesday, experts warned that there would be more to come – and they could spread the conflict further from the front lines. A Donetsk grocery store became the latest scene of carnage […]

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Interfax: Kyiv stepping up DPR economic blockade – Pushilin

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ROSTOV-ON-DON. Feb 26 (Interfax) – The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has accused Kyiv of increasing the economic blockade on the region in defiance of the latest peace accords. “In defiance of the Minsk agreements, Ukraine is intensifying the economic blockade on the DPR. Humanitarian aid is the only opportunity for people to get food today,” DPR envoy Denis Pushilin […]

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Interfax: Russia expects “responsible approach” from Ukraine to constitutional reform

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(Interfax – February 25, 2015) Moscow hopes that Ukraine will take a responsible approach to the implementation of the obligations undertaken in Minsk and carry out the constitutional reform, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. He was speaking at a meeting with President of the Senate of France Gerard Larcher in Moscow on 25 February, as reported by privately-owned […]

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Ukraine Risks Losing IMF Support for Aid If War Escalates

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Andrew Mayeda – February 26, 2015) Ukraine risks losing support from IMF member countries for a proposed $17.5 billion bailout if the conflict in the former Soviet republic continues to escalate, according to two people familiar with the matter. The new four-year loan program is awaiting approval by the International Monetary Fund’s executive board, which represents […]

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Interfax: Ukrainian army reports decline in ceasefire violations by militia

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KYIV. Feb 25 (Interfax) – The militia operating in eastern Ukraine failed to observe the ceasefire in the past 24 hours yet the intensity of gunfire has reduced, the Ukrainian army said. “The number of ceasefire violations by the militants has been markedly reducing for a second day in a row. Yet the enemy continues random attacks in particular populated […]

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Ukraine’s Tarnished Poster Child for Reform

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – February 24, 2015) Less than a year ago, Igor Bilous was a symbol of hope and change for Ukraine. The 36-year-old investment banker’s appointment to lead the country’s tax service seemed to confirm that the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych’s corrupt regime would mark a generational shift and a radical cleanup of the […]

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Ministers propose to bolster OSCE mission in Ukraine at Paris meeting

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Timofeichev, RBTH – February 25, 2015) At a meeting in Paris on Feb. 24 the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France proposed extending the OSCE’s mandate in eastern Ukraine and strengthen its mission to monitor the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements. Russian observers view the results of the meeting […]

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Interfax: Kyiv must supply energy to Donetsk, Luhansk under Minsk accords – Putin

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NOVO-OGARYOVO. Feb 25 (Interfax) – The central government in Kyiv must ensure energy supplies to Donetsk and Luhansk under the Minsk agreements, which were reflected in a resolution of the United Nations Security Council and have now become an international legal document, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “We mentioned the Minsk agreements which were not only signed in Minsk […]

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Is There a Plausible Strategy for the Ukraine Situation?

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(John Steinbruner – Perspectives on Peace & Security – perspectives.carnegie.org – Carnegie Corporation of New York – February 2015) John Steinbruner Professor, Public Policy Director, Center for International and Security Studies at University of Maryland CUAF – School of Public Policy One year after Russia’s seizure of Crimea, the situation in Ukraine continues to drift toward active military confrontation between […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#36 table of contents with links :: Tuesday 24 February 2015

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#36 :: Tuesday 24 February 2015 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. Kremlin.ru: Interview with VGTRK. (Putin) 2. Interfax-Ukraine: Poroshenko pledges […]

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The red tape tied around Donbass

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(opendemocracy.net – Yulia Gorbunova – February 19, 2015) Yulia Gorbunova is Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Moscow Daily life in the Donbass region can be described as follows: ‘If there is a Ukrainian flag, there is life. If there isn’t – you are on your own.’ Donetsk: ‘Did they come to an agreement?’ Sergey, my driver, asked anxiously as soon […]

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Interfax: Kyiv yet to guarantee security of ICRC workers in Donetsk airport

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DONETSK. Feb 24 (Interfax) – A visit of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers to the Donetsk airport is yet to be approved as Ukraine has not provided security guarantees, the Donbas militia said. “The Red Cross filed an enquiry with the Ukrainian side this morning about security guarantees in the Donetsk airport for the period of retrieval […]

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Interfax: DPR Defense Ministry denies preparing Mariupol offensive

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KHARTSYZSK. Feb 24 (Interfax) – Eduard Basurin of the Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has denied claims that militia forces are preparing an offensive on Mariupol. “We have no new hardware in the Mariupol area. No offensive is being planned,” Basurin told reporters on Tuesday.  

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NEWSWATCH: Poroshenko pledges to return Crimea to Ukraine

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[“Poroshenko pledges to return Crimea to Ukraine” – Interfax-Ukraine – Feb. 24, 2014] Interfax-Ukraine reports on statements by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko pledging to reunify occupied Crimea with the Ukrainian mainland. ‘The Ukrainian state will regain control over this temporarily occupied territory. I am not saying that this will be a simple thing to do which we will go through quickly. But this […]

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Tide starts to turn against corruption in Ukraine one year after Maidan

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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Graham Stack in Kyiv – February 24, 2015) One year after opposition protests ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, the fight against Ukraine’s endemic corruption has begun for real – and the tide has started to turn. “Corruption has not been eliminated since Maidan but it has been noticeably driven back where it was most […]

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U.S. Poll Finds More Americans Support Arming Ukraine Government

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – February 24, 2015) U.S. public support for arming Ukraine has grown from 30 percent to 41 percent over the past 10 months, though the majority of Americans still oppose sending lethal military aid to Kiev, a poll has shown. Fifty-three percent of Americans oppose supplying the Ukrainian government with weapons to battle pro-Russian separatists in […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#35 table of contents with links :: Monday 23 February 2015

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… 1. The Daily Express (UK): Danger to UK safety: Vladimir Putin’s Russian bombers ‘put British passenger jets at risk’
2. BBC: How to spot a Russian bomber.
3. Euromaidan Press: Where to attack next? Europe is facilitating Russia’s choice.
4. The Irish Times: People reappear in ruined Debaltseve, hungry and cursing Kiev. …

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NEWSWATCH: Russia’s military budget may shrink 10 percent in 2015 – Rostec

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[“Russia’s military budget may shrink 10 pct in 2015 – Rostec” – Reuters – Stanley Carvalho – Feb. 23, 2015] Reuters covers news that Russian defense spending might shrink this year, due to the impact of Ukraine-related sanctions. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov previously had said that 10 percent cuts to government spending would spare defense. But on Monday the head of […]

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RIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Yanukovych vows to return, urges warring sides to make peace

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(RIA Novosti – February 21, 2015) The authorities in Kiev will have to stop discriminating against southeast Ukraine and give the region enough autonomy to protect its rights if they want to hold Ukraine together, ousted former President Viktor Yanukovych said on 21 February. He urged the sides to negotiate a peace and said he would like to return to […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#33-34 tables of contents with links :: Saturday-Sunday 21-22 February 2015

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[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#34 :: Sunday 22 February 2015 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. Newsweek.com: Explosive Court Case Puts Ukraine’s Chocolate King in […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#32 table of contents with links :: Friday 20 February 2015

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Johnson’s Russia List JRL 2015-#32 :: Friday 20 February 2015 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 Daily Telegraph (UK): Justin Huggler, ‘Vladimir Putin is a wife-beater’ – and six other claims in new documentary. 2. […]

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Interfax: Russian general coordinates weapons withdrawal in east Ukraine

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(Interfax – February 19, 2015) Russian and Ukrainian military representatives are working together to coordinate a plan for withdrawal of heavy weapons in east Ukraine, a Russian general said on Russia’s official state television channel Rossiya 1 on 19 February. Speaking live on the phone in Rossiya’s primetime evening news programme, head of the Russian group for coordinating ceasefire issues […]

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Interfax: DPR Defense Ministry has no information about Ukrainian heavy arms withdrawal

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DONETSK. Feb 20 (Interfax) – The Ukrainian army has yet to begin the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact consistent with the Minsk deal, the command of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) army said. “The DPR Defense Ministry does not have information about the pullout of Ukrainian heavy armaments from the line of contact,” Eduard Basurin […]

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Debaltseve Was Fatal Flaw in Minsk Agreement on Ukraine

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – February 19, 2015) When the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France spent 17 hours last week negotiating an agreement aimed at stopping the fighting in eastern Ukraine and paving the way for a future fundamental settlement of the crisis, there was one key issue they failed to agree on. This was […]

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Putin Aide Linked to Maidan Killings

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(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, February 20, 2015) In the classic film about Watergate, “All the President’s Men,” Deep Throat warns that in unmasking a conspiracy, it is important not to go too fast but rather to build from the outer rings into the center. Otherwise, the conspirators will feel protected, and the possibility that anything will […]

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Arming Ukraine: A Dose of Realism

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Subject: ARMING UKRAINE: A DOSE OF REALISM Date: 17 Feb 2015 From: Kirk Bennett <kirkbennett7@yahoo.com> ARMING UKRAINE: A DOSE OF REALISM By Kirk Bennett Kirk Bennett is a former Foreign Service officer who served in both Moscow and Kyiv. The opinions expressed are his own and do not represent the views of the U.S. government. The latest upsurge in fighting […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2015-#31 table of contents with links :: Wednesday 18 February 2015

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… 24. Kyiv Post: Maxim Tucker, Putin doesn’t respond to slaps on wrists; it’s time to go for jugular.
25. Reuters: Steven Pifer, How to arm Ukraine without starting World War Three.
26. Kirk Bennett: ARMING UKRAINE: A DOSE OF REALISM. …

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Ukraine’s President Is Trapped With His Troops

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – February 17, 2015) Two days after the belligerent parties in eastern Ukraine were supposed to suspend fighting, the truce is not holding. The agreement sealed last Thursday has hit the first of several predictable snags: Kiev refuses to recognize that a large number of its troops are encircled near the railroad junction of […]

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Interfax: Self-proclaimed Luhansk republic may return to Ukraine on certain conditions – leader

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LUHANSK. Feb 18 (Interfax) – Ihor Plotnytsky, the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk people’s republic (LPR), does not rule out that the republic could reintegrate with Ukraine after Kyiv carries out the reforms indicated in the Minsk agreements of February 12. “Will we be part of Ukraine? Everything depends on what kind of Ukraine it is going to be. If […]

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Interfax: UNSC unanimously backs Russian resolution supporting Minsk deal

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(Interfax – February 18, 2015) The United Nations Security Council unanimously backed a resolution supporting the Minsk deal for Ukraine on Tuesday. The resolution was proposed by Russia. It said, for instance, that every warring side in Ukraine should fully implement the Minsk agreements. The UN Security Council members expressed concern about the hostilities in eastern Ukraine and declared the […]

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Ukrainian rebels fight way into Debaltseve

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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – bne IntelliNews – Feb. 18, 2015) Russian-backed rebels in East Ukraine’s Donbas region look set to take the town of Debaltseve despite a ceasefire agreement entering into force on February 15. Debaltseve is a local road and rail hub that forms a Ukraine-held salient jutting into rebel-held territory, which rebels have fought to encircle […]

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