RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-113 :: Monday, 20 June 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#113
Monday, 20 June 2016

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RUSSIA

1. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Fyodor Lukyanov, Confrontation in the Minds. (re NATO and Russia)
2. Izvestia: Russian pundit sees promising future in relations with EU. (interview with Fyodor Lukyanov)
3. AFP: Germany slams NATO ‘warmongering’ on Russia.
4. The Guardian: Mary Dejevsky, Isolating Russia isn’t working. The west needs a new approach. When even cautious German politicians are questioning Nato’s ‘war-mongering’ actions, it’s clear that a new tack is required.
5. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Putin lays out ambitious reforms in St Petersburg keynote speech.
6. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with heads of international news agencies.
7. Moscow Times: Russian State Duma Election Season Begins.
8. Interfax: Investments in Russia’s economy declining both because of structural problems, oil price drop – Putin.
9. St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF): LIFE AFTER OIL.
10. St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF): IF NOT OIL, THEN WHAT? RUSSIA’S PLACE IN THE NEW GLOBAL TRADE STRUCTURE.
11. St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF): THE RUSSIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH AGENDA.
12. St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF): Technological Efficiency of the Russian Economy: Facts vs. Perception.
13. St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF): Enhancing the Competitiveness of Russia’s Investment Environment.
14. Russia Direct: What stops Russia from becoming an innovation-driven economy? Debates: At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, foreign and Russian participants weigh in on the factors that are holding Russia back from developing a world-class innovation economy.
15. Interfax: SPIEF organizers thank U.S. State Department urging businesses to skip forum for “informational support”
16. Reuters: To the first, the spoils: Western investors venture back to Russia.
17. Sputnik: Russian FSB Statement About Gun Used to Kill Nemtsov Won’t Affect Inquiry.
18. Carnegie Moscow Center: Andrey Movchan, Worst Friends, Best Enemies: Trade Between the EU and Russia.
19. Bloomberg: Putin Said to Weigh $11 Billion Rosneft Sale to China, India.
20. Sputnik: What Makes Russia’s Policy in Asia-Pacific Different From That in Europe. (Vasily Kashin)
21. AP: World Orthodox Leaders Meet Despite Russia’s Absence.
22. Huffingtonpost.com: Armine Sahakyan, Using Bread-and-Butter Issues to Try to Foment Political Change in the Former Soviet Union.
23. Reuters: Russia says agrees with U.S. to improve military coordination in Syria
24. Moon of Alabama: Syria – Russian Surprise Attack Blows Up Kerry’s Delaying Tactic.
25. Antony Penaud: The Observer, the anonymous Twitter account, and the unnamed official. (re football violence)
26. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, While the rest of us see football hooligans, the Guardian sees Putin’s ‘hybrid warriors’
27. Intellinews.com: Support in Russia for Crimea annexation hits two-year high, poll finds.
28. Russia Direct: Andrei Zolotov, What a compromise solution for Ukraine might look like. At an event in Vienna, experts from Russia, Ukraine and Europe discussed the factors and conditions that would be required to finally resolve the Ukraine crisis.
29. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, US STRATEGY FOR RUSSIA – WAGE WAR BUT NOT DECLARE IT.
30. The Unz Review: Israel Shamir, The Untouchable Mr. Browder? (excerpt)
31. Washington Post editorial: Russian agitprop lands in Washington.
32. Washington Post: Kimberly Marten, What Russia’s Olympic ban means for Vladimir Putin.
33. Paul Goble: Putin’s New Friendship Offensive Won’t Work Abroad or at Home, Shevtsova Says.
34. New York Times: Olympic Ban Adds to Russia’s Culture of Grievances.
35. Sputnik: Jay Johnson, Is Russia the Real Enemy? In all levels of society, the average person is being taken advantage of by the powers that be. Radicalism continues to manifest itself in all forms and uses different words – Police state, terror, religion and unofficial foreign policy. When will the moderates win?

 

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