{"id":17736,"date":"2014-08-19T11:42:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T11:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=8025"},"modified":"2014-08-22T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T06:13:00","slug":"8025-foreign-media-digest-18-august-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/8025-foreign-media-digest-18-august-2014","title":{"rendered":"Foreign media digest 18 August 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

The famous French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Levy writes about his impressions after meeting with Ukraine\u2019s President Petro Poroshenko. Petro Poroshenko deserves the West\u2019s support.
\nHuffington Post:
\nThe writer assured Petro Poroshenko there are many people in France who are against supplying Russia with Mistral-class assault ships. Poroshenko underlines that \u201chis country\u2019s most urgent need is for the precision weapons of which France is one of the world\u2019s few suppliers.\u201d Weapons that would enable Ukraine, first, to dissuade Putin from committing himself further to this criminal war; second, to deal once and for all with the terrorists militias of Donetsk while keeping civilians out of harm\u2019s way; and, third, to quickly establish the conditions for the peace that the vast majority of Ukrainians in fact seek. \u201cAt that moment, Petro Poroshenko no longer seemed to me to have much in common with the chocolate king I had met six month before\u2026A reluctant war leader — a sentinel for Europe, which he has come to believe in almost as much as he believes in Ukraine itself — standing his ground against Putin when so many of his contemporaries prefer to lie low and seek accommodations, Petro Poroshenko is taking his place in that gallery of great figures who have always fascinated me,\u201d Henri Levi writes, saying Poroshenko deserves the West\u2019s support. \u201cWe should follow him on the course he has chosen, which is to resist the imperialism blowing in from the east,\u201d in such a way the famous French writer finished his article.
\n www.huffingtonpost.com <\/a><\/p>\n

FOUR-PARY NEGOTIATIONS IN BERLIN. <\/p>\n

Four-party negotiations of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France, which had lasted five hours, went without concrete results.
\nDie Zeit:
\nFrench diplomatic sources inform despite a tense atmosphere parties have reached some progress. Russian side, as the newspaper underlines, lately admitted they had achieved some progress and said they are ready to continue negotiations in this format. In Twitter Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin denied \u201cthey need to meet many times for five house to achieve some progress.
\n www.zeit.de <\/a><\/p>\n

Kyiv authorities\u2019 attempt to stop the export of defense products to Russia \u201chas run into strong resistance from workers at defense enterprises.\u201d
\nThe Washington Post:
\n\u201c Nowhere is there such interdependency as at the Motor Sich factory, which produces nearly all of the engines used in Russian military and transport helicopters, as well as a majority of the country\u2019s transport aircraft engines. Company spokesman Anatoliy Malysh said to Washington Post \u201cWe depend on Russia (Kyiv authorities) think national interests are more important than economy. But they should talk to the unemployed. We are also patriots. We have our own party \u2013 Motor Sich.\u201d Other defense firms have already begun to feel the pinch. Yuzhmash, a state-owned rocket factory that supplies and maintains Russia\u2019s heavy SS-18 ICBMs. Work has dwindled at the plant because no new Russian contracts have come in, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not have permission to address the media. The company has slashed pay and cut operations to three days a week, he said. The deputy governor of Dnepropetrovsk region Borys Filatov agrees although Ukraine needs to cut ties with Russia, his region\u2019s industries need international support. Otherwise, enterprises\u2019 workers might go to Russia, Iran or North Korea,\u201d he thinks.
\n www.washingtonpost.com <\/a><\/p>\n

French media do not see something unusual in Philipp de Villers\u2019 (right-wing politician and the creator of historical park Puy du Fou) visit to Russia. What still surprises are the location for building one of the park \u2013 the territory annexed Crimea \u2013 and Villers\u2019 partner \u2013 Konstantin Malofeev, who is the \u201cbanker\u201d of Donetsk\u2019s separatists.
\nLe Figaro:
\nOn August 14, Philipp de Villiers (the creator of Puy du Fou) met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Yalta. The meeting \u201clasted nearly 50 minutes and allowed Putin to acknowledge the work of the Puy du Fou park \u201cknown around the world\u201d, which traces some historical episodes of the Vendee and France\u201d, a journalist reports. Company\u2019s international department adds Villers was impressed by \u201cVladimir Putin\u2019s charisma\u201d. On his Twitter French politician and businessman says the meeting was \u201cunforgettable\u201d.
\n www.lefigaro.fr <\/a>
\nPuy du Fou park has gained the fourth place in France for attendance due to 30-year work of Villers family. In 2013 it receives Paksmania Awards. On July SAS du Grand Parc company signed a contract with Marshall Capital Partners, a Russian equity investment firm to build two parks in Russia. The fist of them \u2013 Tsargrad center \u2013 300 ha in area is about to open in 2017. The second part will be built in Crimea.
\n www.lefigaro.fr <\/a>
\nDie Welt:
\n“Contracts with Russian partner has been signed, – the article states. \u2013 But the partner is a specific one.” Konstantin Malofeev, 39, is a billionaire famous for his passion love to Tsarist Russia. His public relations assistant was Oleksander Borodai, the former prime minister of Donetsk People\u2019s Republic. Separatists\u2019 military leader Igor Girkin also was in his circle: it was founded he was the head of Malofeev fund\u2019s security service. The billionaire denies Girkin was his colleague, but does not deny his close relationship with him and with insurrectionary movement. \u2013 Novorossiya is as legitimate as Ukraine is.
\n www.welt.de <\/a><\/p>\n

Novorossiya does not need close ties with Russia. Having Moscow as a good friend is already enough. If the government in Kiev tries to intervene, the government of Novorossiya would need only to ask the Kremlin for help: “And then they’d send in the peacekeepers.” And why not? It’s been done before.
\nForeign Policy columnist Christian Caryl tells a few days ago during his stay in Odessa he was asking one of the coordinators of \u201cAnti-Maidan\u201d movement Yegor Kvasnyuk, what pro-Russian Ukrainians want: autonomy or become a part of Russia? \u201cNo, Kvasnyuk explains, It would make more sense for the other Russia-oriented parts of Ukraine to join together to form a new country of their own — a country he referred to as “Novorossiya,” his writes. With population of 20 million, with industry, resources. By European standards that\u2019s already a good-sized country,\u201d Kvasnyuk was dreaming.
\n www.foreignpolicy.com <\/a><\/p>\n

NATO IS PREPARING FOR A SUMMIT<\/p>\n

In the joined article Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Philip M. Breedlove write \u201cRussian aggression has made it clear. We need an alliance that is fitter, faster and more flexible.\u201d
\n The Wall Street Journal:
\n NATO\u2019s leaders think Readiness Action Plan should have three key components. \u201cFirst, we need to build on the steps we have already taken to assure NATO allies’ security, to make them sustainable for the longer term. Second, we need the presence of NATO forces in Eastern Europe for as long as necessary; upgraded intelligence gathering and sharing; updated defense plans; and an expanded training schedule with more exercises, of more types, in more places, more often. Third, we need to upgrade elements of our rapid-reaction capability, the NATO Response Force, to make them able to deploy even more quickly and deploy at the first sign of trouble, before a conflict erupts
\n online.wsj.com <\/a>
\nNATO supreme commander in Europe:
\n\u0413\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0447 \u041d\u0410\u0422\u041e \u0432 \u0404\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0456: “We see movements of troops day by day\u201d on the Ukraine-Russia border. Separatists are supplied with military weapons, vehicles and finances every day. Die
\nWelt am Sonntag:
\n“If NATO fix the fact that international forces seep into their territory we could demonstrate their relations with aggressor country, then chapter 5 of NATO statute will come into force. It means a military response to aggressor\u2019s actions,\u201d Bridslav explains. Meanwhile, high-ranking military underlines \u201cNo singular country among the NATO members is interested in military intervention.\u201d But a range of security measures for the Eastern European members has been done to secure their safety. \u201cThese are surveillance flights, ground troops in Baltic States, Poland, Romania. Naval patrols in the Baltic Sea.\u201d
\n www.welt.de <\/a>
\nhe former US ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst: There’s only one way to stop Putin’s ugly new doctrine of an irregular intervention — hit back even harder.
\nForeign Policy:
\n“The time has come for the West to make a decisive move to counter Putin’s irregular war against Ukraine, Jeffrey Stacey, a senior consultant at the U.S. Department of Defense and John Herbst, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine write for Foreign Policy. \u201cThe Russian president has introduced a perilous new norm into the international system, namely that it is legitimate to violate the borders of other countries in order to “protect” not just ethnic Russians, but “Russian speakers” — with military means if necessary.\u201d The aim of Western actions must involve compelling Russia to end all support for the rebels in eastern Ukraine and ensure complete respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity. In order to bring about this result — and ensure Moscow does not continue its dangerous double game — a comprehensive approach is needed. It should consist of three elements: even tougher economic sanctions; military armaments to Ukraine; and an updated NATO strategy. The combined effect of this approach is to persuade the Kremlin that the cost of its Ukraine adventure and aggressive pursuit of the Putin Doctrine is too high,\u201d the publication states.
\n www.foreignpolicy.com <\/a><\/p>\n

In late July Russian writer Luydmila Ulitska will receive Austrian state prize in European literature. In her essay for Der Spiegel she combines her thoughts about this ceremony with thoughts about the current situation in Russia and in the world. \u201cToday we, Russian artists, and its small part where I belong, could say only: Good bye, Europe!\u201d
\n Der Spiegel:
\n“My country has been moving to the new war with every day\u2026Good bye, Europe, I\u2019m afraid we won\u2019t be the part of European family of nations. Today our huge culture, our Tolstoy and Chekhov, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, our actors, artists, philosophers and academics couldn\u2019t do anything with the policy of mentally ill authorities, as earlier they could do nothing with the policy of religious fanatics and communists ideas. For 300 years we\u2019ve been seeking strength for existence from the same springs\u2026and never gave up hope. Today we, Russian artists, its small party where I belong, could say only: Good bye, Europe!
\n magazin.spiegel.de <\/a><\/p>\n

German agricultural minister Christian Schmidt does not expect \u201cRussia can hold its import ban on European agricultural goods over time.
\nFrankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung:
\n“Self-sufficiency of Russian agriculture is 60 percent. For example, it could not resolve an issue with the lack of dairy products on its own,\u201d the politician says in his interview for Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. That\u2019s why European Union does not need \u201cto dramatize about Russian import ban.\u201d The consequences for European agricultural market will be \u201cinsignificant\u201d. Schmidt told demands for compensations are \u201cpremature\u201d. \u201cBut if they need this help, they will be provided with it,\u201d he underlines.
\n www.faz.net <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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