RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-110 :: Friday, 17 June 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#110
Friday, 17 June 2016
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1. Quartz: It’s happening: A robot escaped a lab in Russia and made a dash for freedom.
2. www.rt.com: Russian athletes to miss Rio 2016 as IAAF upholds doping ban – report.
3. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian expert fears Europe’s militarization. (Fyodor Lukyanov)
4. TASS: Putin admits US is the only superpower today.
5. Wall Street Journal: Russia, EU Need to Improve Relations, Says Putin. Russian president sees need to improve relations but flexibility needed.
6. Wall Street Journal: Vladimir Putin Sounds Off on U.S. Presidential Race.
7. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with members of Russian Direct Investment Fund International Expert Council and representatives of international investment community.
8. www.rt.com: Russian economy overcomes recession – Putin.
9. US-Russia Business Council: Russian Officials Press For Reforms, Increased Certainty For Businesses.
10. St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF): Russian Macroeconomic Policy in Response to a Volatile Global Environment.
11. Intellinews.com: Russia’s industrial output keeps in positive territory in May.
12. Vedomosti: Elena Mukhametshina, Political and economic tension growing in regions. But situation could improve thanks to autumn elections, experts suppose.
13. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Oleg Morozov, Crowd revolution 2.0 – Russia on the eve of elections: Do pre-requisites exist for a colour revolution.
14. Russia Direct: Russia, the EU look to restore trust at St. Petersburg Economic Forum. At this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the primary focus of attention has been how to restore Russian-EU relations to some degree of normalcy.
15. Fort Russ: 5 Minutes of Common Sense: Why the St. Petersburg Economic Forum Matters.
16. www.rt.com: ‘Foreign investors are interested in connecting with Russia’
17. Bloomberg: Russian Oil Producers Care More About Rubles Than Barrels.
18. Business Insider: Big Russian oil is ‘ready for anything’
19. Valdai Discussion Club: RUSSIA-EU: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN. VALDAI CLUB SESSION AT SPIEF-2016.
20. Russia Direct: Anastasia Nevskaya, Russia-EU economic relations: Assessing two years of sanctions. The past two years have seen a marked downturn in Russia-EU trade, as well as diminishing prospects for future economic cooperation. The impact of sanctions has been felt especially hard in Russia, which has also suffered from falling oil and gas prices.
21. Reuters: Russia’s Putin Says Will Work to Stamp Out Soccer Hooliganism.
22. www.rt.com: Public chamber to launch educational courses for Russian football fans.
23. Interfax: Putin promises fight against doping at state level.
24. The National Interest: Rachel Bauman, What Really Killed Sergei Magnitsky? A controversial filmmaker suggests the mainstream answer may be wrong.
25. Russia Direct: Anton Tamarovich, Would Brexit help or hurt Russia? Weighing the pros and cons of Britain’s exit from the EU, it’s clear that such a move would have significant implications for Russia, both economically and geopolitically.
26. Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR): Adam Johnson, ‘Allegedly’ Disappears as Russians Blamed for DNC Hack.
27. Moon of Alabama: The Next “Russian Government Cyber Attack” May Be A Gulf of Tonkin Fake.
28. www.rt.com: Robert Bridge, Deadly irony: US calls Russia ‘aggressive’ as NATO creeps eastward.
29. Russia Insider: Lisa Marie White, America: First Take the Beam Out of Your Own Eye. Always quick to judge Russia as Islamophobic and anti-gay, and ever-eager to rush to the defense of these groups, the United States really never takes a hard look at how their countless floundering military projects overseas threaten Muslims and the LGBT community overseas.
30. Russia Insider/Komsomoslkaya Pravda: It’s High Time Russia Started Defending Human Rights in the West. Rather than being on the back foot all the time, go on the offensive!
31. Kyiv Post editorial: Call to action.
32. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Is Nadia Savchenko Putin’s secret weapon? Savchenko, who recently returned to Kiev after two years in a Russian prison, has been accused of promoting Kremlin interests in Ukraine. According to Russian experts, these accusations are related to the fact that part of the Ukrainian establishment sees the pilot as a potential rival and seeks to discredit her.
33. www.opendemocracy.net: PER RUDLING, TARIK AMAR, and JARED MCBRIDE, Ukraine’s struggle with the past is ours too. What happens in Ukraine does not stay in Ukraine – uncritical glorification of Ukrainian nationalism is the west’s problem too.
34. http://thesaker.is: An absolutely fascinating look into the mind of an Ukronazi. (from Euromaidanpress)
35. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, THE OBAMA SHOE-BANGING MOMENT ON THE UKRAINE FRONT – DUTCH AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WERE PLANNING TO START WAR WITH RUSSIA AFTER MH17 WAS SHOT DOWN.
36. https://off-guardian.org: Catherine Brown, Deconstructing Russophobia.
37. http://theculturetrip.com: Varia Fedko-Blake, 12 Contemporary Russian Books Everyone Should Read.