RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-109 :: Thursday, 16 June 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#109
Thursday, 16 June 2016

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1. http://thesmokinggun.com: DNC Hacker Releases Trump Oppo Report. “Guccifer 2.0” claims credit for breaching party’s networks.
2. www.rt.com: 80K pictures: 150 years of Russian history spring to life in online photo trove.
3. AP: Police Use Tear Gas to Disperse English Soccer Fans.
4. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russian hooligans rattle soccer world: What’s behind their aggression?. Russia’s national team is on probation after a few hundred of its supporters attacked English fans in Marseille, raising concerns about Russia’s hosting of the 2018 World Cup. Some fan groups have connections to ultra-nationalist political forces.
5. The Guardian: Mary Dejevsky, Who are this new breed of Russian football fans? The fighting at Euro 2016 in Marseille was initially blamed on English hooligans then Russian thugs. Perhaps it’s best seen as a regrettable stage in the evolution of sporting self-assertion.
6. Intellinews.com: Mark Adomanis, Russia is becoming more European, despite the politics and rhetoric.
7. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, Russian Support of Stalin Is Tribal.
8. Moscow Times: United Russia: Same Game, New Tactics.
9. Rethinking Russia: In France and in Russia Primaries are an Emerging Trend.
10. US-Russia Business Council: Medvedev Calls For Stable, Balanced Budget Policy.
11. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Russia Needs A ‘Budget Miracle’
12. TASS: Sanctions, crude prices, counter-sanctions main negative factors in Russian economy – AEB.
13. TASS: Ex-finance minister Kudrin: Russian economy needs to beef up muscles.
14. CNBC.com: Why Russia’s economy may be on hold ahead of elections.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines: International Economic Forum opens in St. Petersburg. Russian observers expect dialogue and possible progress on the softening of EU sanctions against Russia from the forum, as well as Gazprom and Shell’s joint launch of an enormous LNG plant in Russia’s northwest.
16. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrey Bystritsky, SPIEF-2016: SUMMER SOLSTICE.
17. AP: During Rare Visit, EU Official Says Bloc Must Engage Russia.
18. www.rt.com: Russia, EU pledge to continue dialogue despite sanctions.
19. Bloomberg: Putin’s Reliance on American Commerce Has Never Been Greater. U.S. becomes Russia’s No. 5 partner as trade war hits EU worse.
20. Moscow Times: Hanging in There: A Guide to Russia’s Economy.
21. Russia Direct: Economic belt tightening could be a boon for Russia’s domestic tourism. Given the overall economic situation in the country, Russia’s domestic tourism industry could be an unexpected beneficiary, especially during the peak summer travel season.
22. New Eastern Outlook: F. William Engdahl, Russia Number One World Wheat Exporter.
23. Moscow Times: Vladimir Pakhomov, Presenting the Long-Term Case For Investing in Russia.
24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia ranks among top 30 countries worldwide in terms of soft power. A British agency has given Russia high marks for its engagement in the resolution of global problems, its culture and influence in the media.
25. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Putin orders first comprehensive check of Russia’s arsenals. Russia has launched its first snap check of arsenals and depots for military equipment. Also assessed will be the readiness of a number of military control points, as well as the actions of the troops in emergencies, including technical disasters.
26. Reuters: Russia Warns NATO Not to Build Up Naval Forces in Black Sea.
27. Interfax: Russia trying to avoid confrontation with West – Lavrov.
28. www.rt.com: NATO aims to feed fears by painting Russia as ‘treacherous enemy’ – Russian Defense Ministry.
29. The National Interest: Ted Galen Carpenter, NATO Must Stop Crowding Russia.
30. Vedomosti: Russia-US arms reduction relations at 30-year low point – paper.
31. Asia Times: MK Bhadrakumar, Russian-Iranian alliance in Syria at crossroads.
32. Interfax: Attitude to Ukraine improves in Russia over past year although 36% still want closed border, visa regime – poll.
33. New York Times: Yelena Isinbaeva, Let Me Compete in Rio.
34. The Nation: Stephen Cohen, US Refusal to Cooperate With Russia Against International Terrorism May Be the Worst Casualty of the New Cold War. While NATO continues its provocative buildup on Russia’s borders, Washington continues to reject Moscow’s proposals to cooperate against terrorism from Syria to homeland security.
35. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexander Baunov, Russia, Orlando, and the Chance to Turn a Page.
36. Russia Beyond the Headlines: U.S. elections: Would Trump isolationism be music to Moscow’s ears? Donald Trump has turned out to be a true heretic by openly challenging the U.S. foreign policy paradigm. Strangely, Moscow, at least publicly, has failed to notice it.
37. www.rt.com: ‘He was not killed, he died’: Kremlin critic’s Magnitsky movie premiers in US, exposing Browder.
38. Russia Insider: Rostislav Ishchenko, Was It Worth Russia Splitting From the USSR? “…it was a weakened Russia that took up the struggle to change the global system.”

 

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