RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#189 :: Tuesday 29 September 2015

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#189
Tuesday – 29 September 2015

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1. Real Clear Politics: Putin to Obama: Learn The Lessons Of Soviet History, “Social Experiments For Export” Do Not Work.
2. www.rt.com: Violence instead of democracy: Putin slams ‘policies of exceptionalism and impunity’ in UN speech.
3. Kremlin.ru: 70th session of the UN General Assembly.
4. Kremlin.ru: Answers to journalists’ questions.
5. TASS: Putin’s idea of coalition against IS focal issue at UN General Assembly – expert. (Alexey Arbatov)
6. Interfax: Joint command in fight against ISIL unrealistic, but efforts on the ground should be coordinated – Lavrov.
7. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, At UN, Putin talks tough against IS. Will the West work with him? The Russian president bluntly blamed the US for the chaos in the Middle East. But his plan for an alliance against IS may still find some listeners in the West.
8. Russia Direct: Dmitry Polikanov, Putin’s UN speech: Big on ideas, short on details. Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out Russia’s displeasure with the global order, but offered no specific solutions.
9. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, In UN Speech Putin Blasts US Foreign Policy. Wide ranging speech by Russian President directly challenges US claims to world leadership and criticises US for creating chaos in Middle East and war in Ukraine.
10. President of Ukraine: Statement by the President at the UN Peacekeeping Summit.
11. Washington Post: Lally Weymouth, Poroshenko: ‘Ukraine is fighting….for global democracy and freedom’
12. www.rt.com: Wherever US used force bypassing UN, countries suffered – Lavrov to RT.
13. The National Interest: Graham Allison, U.S.-Russia Relations: What Would Henry Kissinger Do? As President Obama meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the U.N., Obama should ask: WWKD – What Would Kissinger Do?
14. LobeLog: Robert Hunter, Russia is Back. Get Used to it.
15. Reuters: When Kremlin candidate loses election, even voters are surprised.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Voprosy Ekonomiki: 5 things Dmitry Medvedev wants to tell Russians. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has published an article titled “A New Reality: Russia and Global Challenges,” in which, according to him, he has tried to “analyze the major changes taking place today in the global economy and directly affecting the situation in our country.” RBTH cites the main theses of the prime minister’s article.
17. CNBC.com: Worst is over for Russia economy: CFO.
18. Bloomberg: Bank of America Seeing Life Signs in Russia’s Foundering Economy.
19. Moscow Times: More Foreign Retailers Coming to Russia Despite Economic Crisis.
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia admits lack of technologies for offshore oil production. The Russian government has announced that it is seeking to source equipment for offshore oil production from new countries due to the impact of sanctions by the European Union and the United States. However, as experts note, the development of Arctic fields is being hindered by low oil prices.
21. www.rt.com: 39% of Russians approve Putin policies on Syria.
22. The Real News Network: Obama Versus Putin at the U.N.. President Obama and President Putin address the UN on their strategies for fighting the Islamic State. (interview with Vijay Prashad)
23. Moscow Times: Samuel Ramani, Can Russia Unite Iran, Saudi Arabia on Syria?
24. New York Times editorial: Putin and Obama Have Profound Differences on Syria.
25. Washington Post editorial: Both Mr. Putin and Mr. Obama are wrong on Syria.
26. http://ask.fm: Anatoly Karlin, What do you think is the single biggest difference between Russians and Anglo-Saxons?
27. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, The West Isn’t a Friend to Russia. Neither Is Islam.
28. www.rt.com: Dmitry Babich, Russian-Polish tension: Anger at bitter truths.
29. www.rt.com: ‘We have no obsession that Russia must be a superpower’ – Putin.
30. Kremlin.ru: Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS. (Complete transcript including parts not broadcast)

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