UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-11 :: Monday PM, 18 January 2016
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#11
Monday 18 January 2016
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RUSSIA
1. TASS: Russia’s chief negotiator: serious progress is possible in implementation of Minsk accords.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Kommersant: Gryzlov: Significant progress possible in fulfillment of Minsk agreements.
3. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian government daily slams Kiev’s stance at east Ukraine settlement talks.
4. Facebook: Vladimir Suchan, Nuland-Surkov Talks.
5. TASS: Almost 70 pieces of heavy equipment reportedly redeployed to disengagement line in Donbas.
6. BBC: Ukraine says 7,000 Russian troops fighting in Donbass.
7. Interfax: Ukrainian military disrupt repair works in Zaitseve by opening fire – Russian representative in JCCC.
8. Facebook: Ivan Katchanovski, Latest Polling.
9. Kyiv Post: Life turns dark and dismal for many in Russian-occupied Crimea.
10. Facebook: Ivan Katchanovski, Maidan Massacre.
11. Russia Insider/Gazeta.ru: Dutch MH17 Report Is Full of Holes. Russian experts don’t agree with a whole lot of what their Dutch counterparts are saying.
12. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, MH-17’s Unnecessary Mystery.
13. Atlantic Council: Luke Drabyn, Ukraine Should Do More to Combat Human Trafficking.
14. Intersection: Anton Shekhovtsov, Will Ukraine Have a Junta? How real are the prospects of a right-wing junta in Ukraine?
15. Newsweek.com: Alexei Sobchenko, KREMLIN, KIEV PEDDLE RIVAL VERSIONS OF UKRAINE’S HISTORY.
