Ukraine News Links 19-20 May 2014

20 May 2014 18:10:51 — williambowles.info

Is Ukraine Entering A Revolutionary Moment? (Greanville Post)

Estonia: Large-Scale Article 5 NATO War Games On Russia’s Border (Stop NATO)

Russian senator initiates parlimentary inquest into Odessa tragedy (ITAR-TASS)

Kiev offers to repay Gazprom gas debts ‘in 10 days’ if discount price granted (RT)

Russia-NATO relations need rethinking – Lavrov (Voice of Russia)

Ukrainian Parliament to ban criminal prosecution of protesters (Voice of Russia)

Medvedev Says Russia Not Obliged to Guarantee Ukraine’s Territorial Sovereignty (SCF)

Russia & China: ‘No to sanctions rhetoric, regime change in other countries’ (RT)

‘West forgot to lock back door, pushed Russia into gas deal with China’ (RT)

‘They took my bulletproof jacket and helmet – interrogation oriented:’ RT stringer held by Kiev forces (RT)

Russia has been seeking for NATO Council meeting on Ukraine for several weeks (ITAR-TASS)

Russian troops to return to permanent bases after drills on Ukraine border (ITAR-TASS)

Ukraine receives first 100 mln euros from EU (Voice of Russia)

Just imagine… If Russia had toppled the Canadian government (RT)

LifeNews journalists detained in Ukraine being kept at Kiev’s security department (Voice of Russia)

Kiev authorities freeze pension payment in Slavyansk, Kramatorsk (Voice of Russia)

Ilargi: European Democracy Is Roadkill (Naked Capitalism)

Lithuania to review its defensive concept because of Ukraine developments (ITAR-TASS)

Russia demands immediate release of LifeNews journalists in Ukraine (ITAR-TASS)

Most Russians condemn Kiev’s crackdown on federalists in eastern Ukraine – poll (Voice of Russia)

Russia’s VTB and Bank of China agree on domestic currency settlements (RT)

What Drives The West’s Self-Destructive Belligerence? (Land Destroyer)

Color revolutions result in permanent instability, poverty through promise of democracy and prosperity (Voice of Russia)

Consumer confidence falls in Ukraine (Voice of Russia)

Three people wounded in clashes in Kramatorsk, Slavyansk – spokesman (Voice of Russia)

#SaveOurGuys tops Russian Twitter, demands release of Ukraine-held journalists (RT)

Ukraine security forces continue strikes against Slavyansk, Kramatorsk – self-defence (Voice of Russia)

Claims that Russia wants to expand its territory amid Ukraine crisis mere propaganda – PM Medvedev (Voice of Russia)

Everything done to free Russian journalists in Ukraine – Kremlin’s spokesperson (Voice of Russia)

May 19-20: West-Russia standoff over Ukraine unwise, nuke plant seizure attempt by Right Sector, and more (Voice of Russia)

What’s New: New urgencies for solidarity with the political rebellion inUkraine (Socialist Project)

US not capable of confronting Russia and China at same time – political analyst (Voice of Russia)

While all facts say US is behind Ukraine’s crisis, Western media eager to put blame on Russia (Voice of Russia)

Ukraine finishes registering international observers for presidential elections (Voice of Russia)

Russian troops coming back after military exercises on border with Ukraine (Voice of Russia)

Russian journalists arrested for breaking ‘Kiev’s UN-marked helicopters’ news – report (RT)

Putin Blinks in Ukraine Standoff With the US (Greanville Post)

Militarist Bunkum (Greanville Post)

Chloroform found in Odessa House of Unions – Ukrainian Interior Ministry (SCF)

The Strengthening of Russia-China relations (NEO)

NATO Leaving Afghanistan: Have Transit Routes Going Through Russia Become Redundant? (SCF)

‘West may end up isolated if Russia turns East’  (RT)

What Drives The West’s Self-Destructive Belligerence? (NEO)

Ukraine minorities worry as Russia claims troop pullout
USA TODAY
DONETSK, Ukraine — Jews and other minorities in eastern Ukraine are worried they will become targets if their region gains autonomy and falls …

Ukraine’s Government Gains the Advantage Over the Separatists
Businessweek
With the notion of invasion or annexation by Russia apparently off the table for now, the conflict in eastern Ukraine has settled into a slow, grinding …

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

Ukraine Standoff has Worldwide Implications
Voice of America
KYIV — The continuing East-West standoff over Ukraine is being watched closely elsewhere in Europe and around the world, where the United States …

Ukraine Bonds Rise to 5-Week High as BofA to Commerzbank Upgrade
Bloomberg
Ukraine’s Eurobonds gained, sending the yield to the lowest in five weeks, after Bank of America Corp. and Commerzbank AG raised their …

Ukraine forces fight rebels as separatists prepare fall election
Stars and Stripes
The space station is just one example of how the mess in Ukraine is undermining aerospace trade between the two leaders in space travel. Russia …

Ukraine: Putin pulls Russian troops back from eastern border
WJLA
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered troops deployed near Ukraine to return to their home bases, while fighting …

Fear and Hope in Ukraine
Forbes
Fear and Hope – a group exhibition by Ukrainian artists Mykyta Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova and Artem Volokytin – opened this past weekend in Kyiv …

Ukraine poll officials targeted: UN
Independent Online
Pro-Russian militants walk to their positions to fight against Ukrainian government troops at a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links …

Ukraine, European Union Face A Big Week Of Elections
Investor’s Business Daily
Elections in the European Union may exert some influence this week on overseas markets, particularly in Greece, while Ukraine’s looming presidential …

Prison Planet.com » Ukraine crisis: Putin orders troops back from border
Prison Planet.com ? admin
BBC News May 19, 2014. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops near Ukraine’s border to withdraw, the Kremlin says. Units in the …

SteveLendmanBlog: State-Sponsored Terror in Ukraine
SteveLendmanBlog ? Steve Lendman
“It’s evidenced by the present-day tragic events in Ukraine, the rampancy of neo-Nazi forces that unleashed a veritable terror against civilians,” he said …

Will Ukraine’s New President Change Anything? – The American Interest
The Feed
Vladimir Putin has reportedly ordered his troops to pull back from Ukraine’s borders (although NATO has not yet seen any evidence of a withdrawal at …

Prison Planet.com » The Solution to Territorialism in Ukraine
Prison Planet.com ? admin
The Ukrainian coup changed some faces but kept the idea of a monopoly government based in Kiev. The anti-Kiev contingents that arose and took …

Putin orders troops near Ukraine to return home | Times Free Press
Times Free Press stories: Latest News MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered troops deployed near Ukraine to return to their home bases, while fighting …

The unfolding Ukraine crisis signals a new world order
War in Context ? News Sources
Tony Brenton, former British ambassador to Russia, writes: A way out of the Ukraine crisis may now be faintly discernible. The round-table negotiations …

Gunmen capture Hungarian in Ukraine | Politics.hu
Politics.hu ? Hungary Around the Clock
Unidentified armed men in Ukraine captured a Hungarian in unclear circumstances, the Anti-Terrorist Centre (TEK) announced. The TEL said the man …

Donetsk, Ukraine 1962 | English Russia
English Russia ? tim
If you watched the news lately and had seen some coverage on Ukraine, you probably have seen some armed men. Most of those I think come from …

Russia orders troops back to bases ahead of Ukraine vote | Army & Land Forces News at …
Army News at DefenceTalk.com ? Agence France-Presse
Russia said Monday it had ordered troops near the border with Ukraine to return to their bases, just days ahead of a crucial presidential vote aimed at …

UKRAINE: Excuse Me Mister: How Far Is It From Simferopol To Grozny? | Tahrir-ICN
Tahrir-ICN ? tahriricn What follows is an attempt at the impossible: a critical review of the situation in Ukraine, the involvement of Putin?s Russia, and the international …

BBC News – At the secret training base of Ukraine’s militias
bbc.com
An armed militia group in eastern Ukraine has given the BBC exclusive access to its training camp.

Putin orders troops near Ukraine to return home – News from The Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops deployed in regions near Ukraine to return to their home bases, the Kremlin …

BBC News – Putin orders Ukraine border pullout
Russia’s President Putin orders troops near the Ukraine border to return to their permanent bases.

Putin Orders Troop Withdrawal from Ukraine Border | Common Dreams
Putin poses with veterans in Sevastopol, Ukraine on May 9. (Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office/ the Kremlin)President Vladimir Putin …Ukraine News One: Tymoshenko calls for NATO membership referendum (VIDEO) – Kyiv Post
Ukraine News One (UN1) is the world’s first Ukrainian TV news channel for international audiences. Broadcasting via cable, satellite and online in two …

Poland, Russia, Ukraine: Experts to Discuss the Future of Transatlantic Relations | Bipartisan …
Washington, D.C. – In light of the crisis in Ukraine, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will host two Undersecretaries of State—one a former U.S. …

Threats aim to derail Ukraine’s presidential vote – The Big Story – Associated Press
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The 38-year-old mother of two insisted on meeting in a nondescript courtyard on the outskirts of Ukraine’s eastern city of …

Timothy Frye: Is Ukraine Really on the Verge of Civil War? | Columbia | Harriman Institute
Timothy M. Frye, Director, Harriman Institute; Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, debates with Greylock Capital’s Andrey …

Going to Beijing, Putin Opted for Backing off in Ukraine | The Jamestown Foundation
Russia’s commitment to maintain this policy course was emphasized by the 40,000-strong grouping of troops deployed along Ukraine’s border, …



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