In the eighty-fourth edition of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the frontpage articles from four Russian newspapers: Komsomolskaya Pravda, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Izvestia, and Moskovsky Komsomolets.
He examines the chances of an invasion of the Donbas region by the Ukrainian military during the Soccer World Cup which starts in Russia on June 14. In addition, Professor Kovacevic talks about NATO’s recent revitalizing of the anti-Russian regional organization called the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development which consists of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova – the so-called GUAM countries.