Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 25, 2014

A protester holds a placard that reads 'Maidan' outside a courthouse in Moscow February 24, 2014. Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters

After Ukraine's Maidan, A Bigger Crackdown In Moscow? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor

Ukraine's Maidan movement has caught the attention of Russians and there are signs the Kremlin is moving to further constrict the country's political space.

Moscow police carted away about 70 people outside a Moscow district court Monday, charging most of them with holding an unauthorized gathering.

It was a fairly regular occurrence in Moscow, where police have zero tolerance for public meetings that haven't been granted explicit permission from the authorities to take place. But as they were being dragged away, some of the protesters shouted something new and potentially incendiary: "Watch out, the Maidan will come here."

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

In Ukraine turbulence, a lad from Lviv becomes the toast of Kiev -- Richard Balmforth, Reuters

Ultranationalist neo-Nazi parties on the march in Ukraine -- John Batchelor, Al Jazeera

How Ukraine's New Government Could Destroy the Country -- Alex B. Berezow, The Compass/Real Clear World

Sevastopol: A Russian city inside Ukraine's borders? -- Sabra Ayres, Christian Science Monitor

Why Russia is so worried about Ukraine -- John McLaughlin, USA Today/OZY.com

Putin's Difficult Decision: Ukraine Remains a Danger for Russia -- An Analysis by Uwe Klußmann, Spiegel Online

Ukraine crisis: Russia's options -- BBC

Why 2014 Isn't Another 1989 for Eastern Europe -- Yves-Michel Riols, World Crunch

Say Goodbye to Taiwan -- John J. Mearsheimer, National Interest

Central African Republic President Samba-Panza: 'There Is Still Hope' -- Jan Puhl and Petra Truckendanner, Speigel Online

Why Spain's militant ETA may be ending with a whimper -- Zach Campbell, Christian Science Monitor

Venezuela's Bloody Crisis Was Years in the Making—and Could Have Been Avoided -- Rodrigo Linares, New Republic

Venezuela Is No Ukraine -- Raul Gallegos, Bloomberg

Seven Things To Know About the Venezuela Crisis -- Mary Murray, NBC

The Race for Arctic Oil: Advantage Russia vs. U.S. -- David Francis, Fiscal Times

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