{"id":16544,"date":"2014-07-31T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=7133"},"modified":"2014-07-31T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T12:21:16","slug":"7133-foreign-media-digest-30-july-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/7133-foreign-media-digest-30-july-2014","title":{"rendered":"Foreign media digest 30  of July 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian\u2019s  correspondent has been to captured Horlivka city and met Ukraine\u2019s rebel chief Igor Bezler, nicknamed the Demon.<br \/>\nThe interview with Bezler had gone wrong. While the Demon was answering the first question about hostages, he said those who were fighting with the Ukrainian army, they kept as prisoners. Those who were fighting with volunteer battalions, they questioned them and then shot them on the spot. His voice grew louder as he grew more angry, shouting how he hates Ukrainian \u201cfascists\u201d. He even threatened to execute Walker, who was making notes in his notebook. After journalists were searched they drove them to the separatists\u2019 checkpoint and let them go.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jul\/29\/-sp-ukraine-rebel-igor-bezler-interview-demon\" target=\"_blank\"> www.theguardian.com <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanctions and Russia\u2019s political leaders\u2019 split: famous critics of Russian authorities say Putin and the hard-line leaders overreached by suggesting Russia could thrive without the West.<br \/>\nThe New York Times:<br \/>\nGrumbling over \u201cthe creeping isolationism\u201d has grown louder, the newspaper thinks. \u201cBut there has been no direct indication from Putin that he wants to change tacks,\u201d the newspaper comments. Analytics think economic issues are likely to broaden the split between liberal economists and the conservative members of security services.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/30\/world\/europe\/as-sanctions-pile-up-russians-alarm-grows-over-putin-tactics.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\"> www.nytimes.com <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger calls for the West to admit \u201cit is impossible to persuade Putin.\u201d<br \/>\nTagesanzeiger:<br \/>\nUnder no circumstance Russia should get military weapons. \u201cNATO should buy Mistral warships. For this every country should increase its payments to alliance\u2019s budget.\u201d It is impossible to imagine how we could get back to the prewar level of relations with Russia in the future \u2013 Russian authorities have deliberately decided not to let it happen. Putin has signed his verdict. It is unknown how much time will pass until people realize they are fed up with self-isolation. But this moment will happen.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tagesanzeiger.ch\/ausland\/europa\/Putin-heischt-mit-Krieg-nach-Anerkennung\/story\/27014943\" target=\"_blank\"> www.tagesanzeiger.ch <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some western media emphasize if Putin is put under constant pressure, there could be \u201can unpredictable chain of events\u201d. Der Spiegel calls not to increase pressure on Putin.<br \/>\n \u201cInstead of continuing to increase the pressure, the West should &#8211; although it is tedious and unpleasant &#8211; to resume the dialogue,\u201d Kaminer is sure. \u201cIt is necessary to show the way out of the situation where Russia is today: economic sanctions have destabilized Russian economy. Russia&#8217;s policy has become a risk factor, no bank, no financial institution will risk investing money in Russia.\u201d :Russia\u2019s isolation could make the country more dangerous, make its foreign policy more unpredictable. One must not let Russia stew in its own juice,\u201d Kaminer sums up. Besides, Russians \u201cplay bad football, but if no one plays with them, they will be strengthened in their faith that they are the best players in the world.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/panorama\/wladimir-kaminer-ueber-die-sanktionen-gegen-russland-a-983180.html\" target=\"_blank\"> www.spiegel.de <\/a><br \/>\nNew Republic\u2019s senior editor Julia Ioffe emphasizes the West has got Putin cornered, but under these circumstances he has become very dangerous.<br \/>\n\u201cPutin backed into a corner is not a great outcome for the West,\u201d says Masha Lipman, a prominent Russian political analyst. \u201cSanctions might force Putin to pursue a policy he doesn\u2019t want to pursue.\u201d But Putin has also shown that, given the opportunity to make it look like he made the decision himself and to make himself look level-headed and benevolent, he will pleasantly surprise \u2013 at least those with an untrained eyes. Ioffe underlines two precedents \u2013 Mykhail Khodorkovsyky\u2019s release from jail and handling down the situation with Syria chemical weapons.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/118890\/european-sanctions-russia-put-putin-dangerous-corner\" target=\"_blank\"> www.newrepublic.com <\/a><\/p>\n<p>English newspapers react on the new sanctions against Russia, which was announced on Tuesday.<br \/>\n&#8220;Closing a 25-year chapter with Russia&#8221;.<br \/>\nFinancial Times<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/4e21575c-1717-11e4-8617-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz38jzuIQ5U\" target=\"_blank\"> www.ft.com <\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Stronger Sanctions on Russia, at Last&#8221; &#8211; exclaims<br \/>\nThe New York Times in its headline.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/30\/opinion\/Stronger-Sanctions-on-Russia-at-Last.html\" target=\"_blank\"> www.nytimes.com <\/a><br \/>\n \u201cEurope Acts At Last&#8221; \u2013 echoes<br \/>\nThe Times in its title.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/tto\/opinion\/leaders\/article4161376.ece\" target=\"_blank\"> www.thetimes.co.uk <\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;The U.S. and European Union on Tuesday finally made good on their threats of robust sanctions on Russia. 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