Johnson's Russia List

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• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-131 :: Wednesday, 13 July 2016
• NEWSWATCH: “NATO, Russia to Discuss Increased Baltic Tensions. Russia promises troop buildup in response to 4,000-strong Western force” – Wall Street Journal
• NEWSWATCH: “The Russian ‘Firehose of Falsehood’ Propaganda Model. Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It.” – The RAND Corporation
• Putin Isn’t About to Let Go of the Crown Jewels After Alrosa
• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-130 :: Tuesday, 12 July 2016
• Russia Says Armenian-Azeri Peace Deal Is Closer Than Ever
• Number of Russians Viewing U.S. as Threat Hits 10-Year Low – Poll
• RBTH: NATO moving its troops closer to Russia but wants dialogue with Moscow
• Kremlin: Russia Will Not Boycott Rio Olympics
• Toilet breaks down again in U.S. segment of International Space Station
• NEWSWATCH: “Factbox: Main Decisions of NATO’s Warsaw Summit” – Reuters
• Putin Regime Now in Trouble for Seven Reasons, Solovey Says
• Interfax: DPR reports dozens of destroyed houses in latest Ukraine’s army shell attacks
• Are Russia’s ‘anti-tobacco’ laws responsible for the decline of smoking?
• Gorbachev: NATO Preparing For ‘Hot’ War Against Russia
• NEWSLINK bne Intellinews: “Meet the stoligarchs, Putin’s pals who control a fifth of the Russian economy”
• NEWSLINK Washington Post: “David Filipov named Moscow bureau chief”
• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-129 :: Monday, 11 July 2016
• NEWSWATCH: “In the ‘lungs of Moscow’ forest, Russia’s civil activists make their mark; Runaway housing developments have been going up around Moscow, threatening the ‘lungs’ of the city – the ring forest around the capital. But locals have been fighting back against the project – with success.” – Christian Science Monitor/Fred Weir
• NEWSLINK RBTH/ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA: “William Perry, Ex-Pentagon chief: Risk of nuclear catastrophe is greater than in Cold War”
• NEWSWATCH: “Pyatt: High hopes, some regrets, one big question” – Kyiv Post/Brian Bonner
• NATO Can Reduce the Threat of Escalation With Russia
• Shellings in Donbas increase threefold in past week – OSCE SMM
• Moscow interested in further dialogue with NATO – Federation Council members on NATO-Russia Council meeting
• Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-128 :: Friday, 8 July 2016
• Russian Artist Pavlensky Stripped of Award Over Support for Police Killers
• NEWSLINK Forbes/Kenneth Rapoza: “Russia Hints Of New Bond Offerings, Fearless Of Sanctions”
• A survival guide for dating Russian women
• NEWSWATCH: Ukraine’s Poroshenko: “‘We believe in Europe’; Memories of war and oppression are short in the EU, as Brexit shows. Not in Ukraine.” – Petro Poroshenko/Politico.eu
• [CAUTION: GRAPHIC DETAILS] Rebel Artist Pavlensky Says Inspired By Pussy Riot, Russian Church
• UK Government Warns on Russian Military Threat
• Russia’s Savior From Oil’s Drop Is Now Snuffing Out Recovery
• NEWSWATCH: “NATO Set to Approve Baltic Force at Warsaw Summit; Alliance officials say they are uncertain how Russia’s Putin will respond” – Wall Street Journal
• UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-127 :: Thursday PM, 7 July 2016
• RUSSIA – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-126 :: Thursday AM, 7 July 2016
• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-125 :: Wednesday, 6 July 2016
• Putin’s Apparent Cancellation of Three Domestic Trips This Week Sparks Speculation
• Ira Straus: Re: 2016-#123-Johnson’s Russia List. (re: Breedlove)
• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-124 :: Tuesday, 5 July 2016
• Third of Russians Expect Rigged 2016 Duma Elections
• Here’s What Putin Wants From Central Bank as Elections Near
• Ukraine’s authoritarian signals
• After Initial ‘Painful Reaction,’ Russians ‘Quietly Adapting to Crisis,’ New Survey Finds
• NEWSLINK The Washington Post/J. Paul Goode: “Russia’s leaders are happy about Brexit, but it won’t help the regime much at home.”
• NEWSLINK CNN/Nina Khrushcheva: “Putin’s Pick: Clinton or Trump?”
• We Are Right, You Are Wrong: Russia’s Response to Brexit
• A gaffe too far: Russia’s controversial children’s rights ombudsman resigns
• NEWSLINK Moscow Times/Vladimir Frolov: “A Modest Deal: Vladimir Putin’s New Détente”
• NEWSWATCH: “Russia’s Baltic outpost digs in for standoff with NATO” [Kaliningrad] – Reuters
• NEWSWATCH: “Prokhorov’s Onexim says not selling all Russian assets” – Reuters
• Putin, Russian Security Council Discuss Baltic Airspace
• Turkey Signals Cooperation With Russia Against Islamic State
• RBTH: Moscow and Washington consider expanding cooperation in Syria
• Russian Oil Exports Set for Record as Europe Competition Grows
• NEWSLINK RBTH: “Russia’s strict new anti-terror laws: What is the debate about? A new package of “anti-terrorist” laws adopted by the State Duma on the last day of the legislative season has the potential to affect many areas of the lives of ordinary Russians. What do lawmakers hope to achieve with the new legislation and why has it been criticized?”
• NEWSLINK The National Interest/Simon Saradzhyan: “An Olive Branch from Putin? Despite containing a litany of customary anti-Western complaints, the Russian president’s speech clearly showed that he’s willing to improve relations with the West once Russia and NATO complete announced deployments.”
• NEWSLINK AP: “Sports court puts Russian appeal on fast track”
• NEWSLINK bne/Intellinews: “Putin’s United Russia dominates polls in run-up to September elections.”
• NEWSLINK AP: “July 4 Message From Putin to Obama: Let’s Have Better Ties”
• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-123 :: Monday, 4 July 2016
• TRANSCRIPT: [Putin] Press statements and answers to journalists’ questions following Russian-Finnish talks (excerpt)
• NEWSLINK Washington Post/Josh Rogin: “The U.S. can’t ignore Russia, or its increasingly horrendous behavior.”
• NEWSLINK Washington Post editorial: “Obama retreats from Putin in Syria – again”
• NEWSLINK Asia Times/M.K. BHADRAKUMAR: “Russia-China entente: Lofty rhetoric, shifty discourse.”
• NEWSLINK The National Interest/Sergey Aleksashenko: “Is Russia’s Economy Doomed to Collapse? Putin must undertake serious reforms to keep the country competitive.”
• Billionaire Tycoon Prokhorov to Sell All Russian Assets
• NEWSLINK bne Intellinews/Mark Adomanis: “Russian Railways – the good, the bad and the ugly”
• NEWSLINK Wall Street Journal: “U.S. Proposes Deal With Russia to Ground Syrian Air Force. Washington would help Moscow with targeting to avoid striking U.S.-backed opposition fighters.”
• TRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Meeting of Russian Federation ambassadors and permanent envoys
• Ukrainian Question Divides Orthodox World
• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-122 :: Friday, 1 July 2016
• TRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Meeting with Alexei Repik, President of Delovaya Rossiya national public organisation
• RBTH: St. Petersburg State University researchers battle corruption
• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-121 :: Thursday, 30 June 2016
• Russia Seeks to Reassure Over Brexit Volatility
• Russian markets rode out Brexit volatility fairly smoothly – Nabiullina
• Governor Belykh’s Arrest Has Russian Elite on Edge
• TRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Meeting with Government members
• U.S. Ambassador To Russia: NATO ‘Most Effective Defensive Alliance’ In History
• Moscow a safe haven? Brexit erodes perceptions of political risk
• Interfax: Shoigu: NATO doubled intensity of trainings near Russian borders
• Russia Takes $6.2 Billion Bite Out of Banks to Soak Up Cash
• TRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Reception in honour of graduates of military academies
• Putin will decide whether to “veto” anti-terrorist laws when he receives them for signing – Peskov
• Russian ruling party confirms Duma election candidates
• RBTH: Russia to open new naval base in Black Sea to counter NATO
• Interfax: Basurin reports over 800 attacks in DPR territory, injury of three civilians in past 24 hours
• RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-120 :: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
• Lack of Solidarity Among Russian Opposition an Ominous Echo of 1937, Pavlova Says
• Karasin, Abashidze meet in Prague to confirm commitment to continue course toward normalization of Russia-Georgia relations – Russian Foreign Ministry
• RBTH: Why Erdogan apologized to Putin
• Former U.S. Defense Officials Warn Of Russian Response To NATO Summit
• Interfax: Ex-Russian military representative to NATO sees no prerequisites to improve relations between Russia, alliance
• The Corner of Russia’s Economy Where Crisis Rages Unabated
• Sharapova to spend disqualification period at Harvard
• Wealthy Russian Families Lose Up to 75% of Their Income in 2015
• Primakov Offers Five Lessons Today’s Russian Leaders Aren’t Following, Bordyugov and Rybakov Say
• Russian Opposition Governor Arrested for Corruption Claims Innocence
• RBTH: Four possible effects of Brexit on Russia’s economy
• TRANSCRIPT: [Putin] Answers to media questions [Putin on Brexit)