Putin’s Kampf – Project
Syndicate
Charles Tannock: Russia’s seizure of Crimea is the
most naked example of peacetime aggression that Europe has witnessed since Nazi
Germany invaded the Sudetenland in 1938.
Wall Street Reacts to
Putin: Nevermind, Nothing to See Here – WSJ
Provided the military situation in Ukraine and Crimea does not escalate
from here, it is likely the Russia will get a proverbial slap on its wrists for
bearing its canines and the military display of what largely amounts to a shot
across the Ukrainian bow.
What Putin Really
Wants
– Op-Ed
/ NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/opinion/what-putin-really-wants.html?hp&rref=opinion
Pipeline Politics – WSJ
Rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine leave Europe’s gas supply
vulnerable.
Overall support of at least €11 billion over the next couple of years
from the EU budget and EU-based international financial institutions
Ukraine Won't Pay Russia For Gas, Has Billions In Obligations Due; Europe
Promises Aid Money It Doesn't Have – ZH
The Ukraine crisis has entered
its “wait and see” phase. Does this mark the beginning of a peaceful resolution
or is it the calm before the storm?
Moscow and Kiev are at loggerheads
in the Crimea, but the peninsula is just one element of a bigger
prize. A complex game between Russia and Europe is likely to play
out based on energy security issues, and the potential game-changer of US shale gas.
At the traditional core of Ukrainian corruption is the natural gas trade
with Russia. Simply put,
powerful Ukrainians and Russians skim billions of dollars a year through opaque
financial arrangements between the two countries.
(2009) Where East Meets West: European
Gas and Ukrainian Reality – Washington
Quarterly
The 'Hidden Debts'
Of Russia And Ukraine That Could Make Them More Exposed Than Any Other
Country In The World – BI
The official statistics only measure a given corporation's debt issuance
in the home country, and don't take into account offshore debt issued through
overseas subsidiaries.
Barroso said the assistance, to be discussed by European Union leaders
at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, would
require widespread reforms by the new Ukrainian government and the signing of a
deal between Ukraine and the
International Monetary Fund.