RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-104 :: Wednesday, 8 June 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#104
Wednesday, 8 June 2016

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1. The Daily Mail (UK): NATO shows Putin who’s boss: 31,000 troops, tanks and jets from 24 countries begin the largest war game exercise in eastern Europe since the Cold War in response to Russian aggression.
2. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, EXPLAINING RUSSIAN ASSERTIVENESS.
3. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Surprisingly, Russia’s Demographics Are Still Improving.
4. The Interpreter: Glenn Diesen, Putin: Russia’s last ‘pro-Western’ alternative.
5. Interfax: Russians believe policy should not change under sanctions.
6. Moscow Times: Putin Urges Global Authorities to Ensure Freedom Of Information.
7. Kremlin.ru: Visit to Rossiya Segodnya.
8. Kremlin.ru: Visit to the Bolshoi Theatre.
9. BBC Monitoring: Russian pollster sees big drop in ruling party’s rating.
10. Reuters: Russian minister says expects growth of 1 percent or more in 2017: newspaper.
11. Interfax: No return to previous oil, gas price situation – Ulyukayev.
12. TASS: Russian Finance Ministry to coordinate oil taxation, reconsider budget.
13. US-Russia Business Council: Russia Plans Ambitious Road Building Program.
14. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Russians can’t get enough of homegrown Primebeef.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines/RBK: More than 40% of top managers plan to leave Russia. Almost one in every six senior Russian managers plans to move to another country within the next two years, while even more – 42 percent – are considering emigration.
16. Moscow Times: New Bill Forces Russian Companies to Disclose Owner Information.
17. Interfax: Russia won’t put up with unsubstantiated slander against it on issue of doping in sports – Peskov.
18. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Breakaway state: Abkhazia has friend in Russia, but is that enough? The statelet, which the world doesn’t recognize, has retained its de facto independence from Georgia for years, thanks in large part to Russia’s patronage. But many Abkhazians worry about being smothered.
19. TASS: Gorbachev says attempts are made to close window into nuclear-free world.
20. Reuters: Poor U.S.-Russia Relations Increase Risk of Dirty Bomb in Europe: Experts.
21. www.rt.com: ‘Absurd’: Russian envoy to NATO ridicules allegations of plans to invade Poland.
22. Antiwar.com: Justin Raymondo, Rehearsing for World War III. Operation “Anakonda 16” is a dangerous provocation.
23. Valdai Discussion Club: RAQQA OFFENSIVE: NO CALM FUTURE FOR SYRIA.
24. PONARS Eurasia: Sergei Medvedev, The Kremlin’s Arctic Plans: More Gutted than Grand.
25. Interfax: Russians like Trump better than Clinton – poll.
26. Washington Times: Edward Lozansky and Gilbert Doctorow, Back to the USSR: A Call for Glasnost and Perestroika as We Re-think U.S. Foreign Policy.
27. Voice of America: Lawmakers: More US Pushback Needed Against Russian Aggression.
28. www.rt.com: What to do with Russia? Senate tries to issue ‘prescription’
29. Sputnik: It Is Complicated: Nuland Speaks on US, NATO Relations With Russia.
30. Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Russian Violations of Borders, Treaties, and Human Rights. Testimony of Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
31. Paul Goble: Russian Elite Not Only Believes Its Own Propaganda But is Basing Its Actions on It, New Russian Document Shows.
32. Washington Post editorial: Before a new iron curtain falls.
33. RFE/RL: Savchenko Says Willing To Hold Peace Talks With Separatists.
34. Paul Goble: Fewer than Half of Ukrainians Blame Moscow Alone for War in the Donbass, New Survey Finds
35. The Kremlin Stooge: Mark Chapman, The Madness of Anders Aslund; Economic Advice for Ideologues With Too Much Money. (re Ukraine)

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