Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#126 :: Friday 26 June 2015

Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#126
Friday 26 June 2015

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1. Moscow Times: Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia Must Exploit Its Pivot East.
2. Sputnik: Yevgeny Primakov: Russian PM, FM and Father of Russia-China-India Axis.
3. TASS: Gorbachev: Late Russian ex-PM Primakov was ‘responsive to society and to individual needs
4. YaleGlobal Online: Matthew Rojansky and Mykhailo Minakov, The New Ukrainian Exceptionalism. Ukrainian leaders, under siege from Russian and separatist forces, resist constructive criticism.
5. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Despite NATO propaganda, Russia not planning to invade Baltic States.
6. Levada.ru: Two in three Russians want Putin to remain president after 2018, believe he will.
7. Ekho Moskvy radio (Moscow): Referendum on Dzerzhinskiy monument divides Russian society.
8. Consortiumnews.com; Robert Parry, The Nitwits Are in Charge. (re Thomas Friedman)
9. New York Times: Putin Breaks Silence With Call to Obama Touching on Ukraine and ISIS.
10. Salon.com Patrick Smith, We restarted the Cold War: The real story about the NATO buildup that the New York Times won’t tell you. Our leaders and media push time-worn nonsense about American innocence, while taking aggressive moves. Look out.
11. Russia Direct: Yury Barmin, Is Russia losing the battle to ISIS online? The Russian government needs to do more to counter ISIS propaganda in social networks, which has proven successful of late in attracting and recruiting young Russians from both the North Caucasus and the Volga Region.
12. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexander Gabuev, Who’s Afraid of Chinese Colonization?
13. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Russia’s Pivot to China Is Real.
14. Valdai Discussion Club: Irina Zvyagelskaya, Why Russia and Saudi Arabia Are Resetting Relations.
15. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, Why Armenia Isn’t Ukraine (Probably).
16. Kyiv Post: Soviet social guarantees for employees scare away investors, often backfire.
17. TASS: Russian government does its utmost to let Ukrainian refugees start new life.
18. Reuters: Ukraine’s Defense Minister Says Putin Plans to Seize Country.
19. Reuters: Putin not done in eastern Ukraine, NATO’s top general says.
20. Reuters: Russian former leader of Ukraine rebels warns of ‘big war’

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