World press on Ukrainian conflict and U.S.-Russian relations (November 18-19, 2014)Ukrainian crisis and the role of Russia in it is still in the focus of international media. "NATO: Russia engaged in ‘serious military buildup’ near Ukrainian border" is an article published by the Washington Times on November 18. "“We call on Russia to pull back its troops,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said as he arrived for a meeting with EU defense ministers in Brussels... Reuters reported that he said the Russian actions violate a Sept. 5 cease-fire agreement — the so-called “Minsk protocol” — that German leaders negotiated between Russia and Ukraine," the article reads."Merkel challenges Putin's worldview" is another article on the subject published by The Christian Science Monitor on November 18th. "The issue in Ukraine is no longer just the Ukraine issue, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who should know. Russia’s provocations and power plays now extend farther into parts of Europe, from Finland to the Balkans. 'It affects us all,' she said Monday after spending hours alone in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'How can something like this happen in the middle of Europe? Old thinking about spheres of influence, trampling international law, must not succeed,' the article reads."Merkel wisely does not react out of fear but asserts vital concepts such as international law, backed up by the European Union and others in the withholding of economic benefits for top Russian officials and enterprises. Even as she speaks of upholding the EU values of honoring borders and operating by consensus, she has slowly ratcheted up sanctions on Russia, measure for measure.""Russia Wants a ’100% Guarantee’ That Ukraine Won’t Join NATO" is an article which appeared today in the Time."Dmitri Peskov told the BBC that NATO’s eastward expansion continued to make Russia “nervous.” His comments echoed similar tough talk coming from President Putin, who promised a crowd attending a forum in Moscow on Tuesday that Russia would never be subdued by Washington. 'Throughout history no one has ever managed to do so toward Russia — and no one ever will,' RT quoted Putin as saying," the article reads.Talking about the response of Western politicians to the statement mde by Peskov and previously Putin, the article notes that "as politicians verbally spar over Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the humanitarian disaster inside the country continues unabated. Last week, the U.N.’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned that Europe was facing its largest displacement crisis in more than two decades as winter arrives."
Ukrainian crisis and the role of Russia in it is still in the focus of international media. "NATO: Russia engaged in ‘serious military buildup’ near Ukrainian border" is an article published by the Washington Times on November 18.
"“We call on Russia to pull back its troops,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said as he arrived for a meeting with EU defense ministers in Brussels... Reuters reported that he said the Russian actions violate a Sept. 5 cease-fire agreement — the so-called “Minsk protocol” — that German leaders negotiated between Russia and Ukraine," the article reads.
"Merkel challenges Putin's worldview" is another article on the subject published by The Christian Science Monitor on November 18th.
"The issue in Ukraine is no longer just the Ukraine issue, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who should know. Russia’s provocations and power plays now extend farther into parts of Europe, from Finland to the Balkans. 'It affects us all,' she said Monday after spending hours alone in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'How can something like this happen in the middle of Europe? Old thinking about spheres of influence, trampling international law, must not succeed,' the article reads.
"Merkel wisely does not react out of fear but asserts vital concepts such as international law, backed up by the European Union and others in the withholding of economic benefits for top Russian officials and enterprises. Even as she speaks of upholding the EU values of honoring borders and operating by consensus, she has slowly ratcheted up sanctions on Russia, measure for measure."
"Russia Wants a ’100% Guarantee’ That Ukraine Won’t Join NATO" is an article which appeared today in the Time.
"Dmitri Peskov told the BBC that NATO’s eastward expansion continued to make Russia “nervous.” His comments echoed similar tough talk coming from President Putin, who promised a crowd attending a forum in Moscow on Tuesday that Russia would never be subdued by Washington. 'Throughout history no one has ever managed to do so toward Russia — and no one ever will,' RT quoted Putin as saying," the article reads.
Talking about the response of Western politicians to the statement mde by Peskov and previously Putin, the article notes that "as politicians verbally spar over Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the humanitarian disaster inside the country continues unabated. Last week, the U.N.’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned that Europe was facing its largest displacement crisis in more than two decades as winter arrives."
