links of the day 05/08/2014 (a.m.)

• Russian Diplomat's Sexist Attack On Pussy Riot

• Russia This Week: Opposition Marks 2nd Anniversary of Bolotnaya | The Interpreter

• Brash Ukrainian Mogul Prepares to Fight U.S. Bribery Charges - NYTimes.com

• Nawaat - Tunisia

• The Internet Freedom Fallacy and the Arab Digital activism | Nawaat - Tunisia

• Russia to deploy new weapons in Belarus - Charter'97 :: News from Belarus - Belarusian News - Republic of Belarus - Minsk

• Putin's champion Alexander Nekrassov boasts 79,000 Twitter followers. Could most of them be fake? – Telegraph Blogs

• Companies with Gazprom's participation and other affiliated entities

• With World Watching Ukraine, Russia Makes Energy Moves in Africa - US News

• Ukraine Crisis Forces ‘Wait-and-See’ Approach to Arctic Oil - US News

• Outside Threat: Experts Weigh in on Russia and Europe's Radioactive Relationship - US News

• Meet the Russian Kids Who Take the World's Riskiest Photos | Culture News | Rolling Stone

• Putin Shifts to a Softer Tone on Ukraine — for Today

• Euromaidanpr - Regarding V.Putin’s announcement about...

• Democratic Congressman Worries About NSA Having Access To Phone Calls With His Hypothetical Mistress

• Pro-Russian Separatists In East Ukraine Left Stumped By Putin's Surprise Comments

• Putin’s war against Ukraine has already cost Russia’s economy

• Outside Threat: Experts Weigh in on Russia and Europe's Radioactive Relationship - US News

• Sanctioning Goliath: Why Russia's Gazprom Remains Out of Reach for U.S., EU - US News

• hromadske.tv - Tijdlijnfoto's | Facebook

• Ukraine crisis starts to hit European firms - May. 7, 2014

• How Putin Manipulates Russians Using Revisionist History

• Germany will not recognize results of Donetsk so-called “referendum”| Ukrinform

• Van Rompuy: EU ready for further sanctions against Russia| Ukrinform

• Extremists from Russia and Transnistria go to Odessa region by May 9 - Yarema| Ukrinform

• Gegevens van 1,3 miljoen Orange-klanten gestolen - Internet - De Morgen

• USD to RUB Exchange Rate - Bloomberg

• The roots of Obama's folly on Russia and Ukraine - The Commentator

• Obama Aides Tell Executives to Skip Forum - NYTimes.com

• What is wrong with German foreign policy? | CER

• How MI5 and CIA Can Fight the Russian Threat | Opinion | The Moscow Times

• NATO Is Ready for Russia Tactics, Estonia Minister Says

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.