RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-114 :: Tuesday, 21 June 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#114
Tuesday, 21 June 2016

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1. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with students taking part in International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).
2. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, BOOK REVIEW: THE INVENTION OF RUSSIA. (by Arkady Ostrovsky)
3. Russia Direct: Nina Rozhanovskaya, US-Russian relations, a historical perspective of shifting perceptions. The new book, Russian/Soviet Studies in the United States, Amerikanistika in Russia, which takes a detailed historical view of Russian Studies in the U.S. and American Studies in Russia, could help policymakers in Moscow and Washington understand each other better.
4. Russia Insider: Pepe Escobar, US Think Tanks Lost in Own Fantasy World of Russian Aggression and Imminent Collapse.
5. Russia Direct: Russia’s Olympics ban, SPIEF 2016, and tragedy in Karelia. Russian media roundup: Hot topics last week included the possibility of the Russian team being banned from this year’s Summer Olympics in Brazil, the results of the 20th annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the tragedy in one of the summer camps in Karelia.
6. Russia Direct: Marina Obrazkova, New survey shows what an ideal political candidate looks like in Russia. With the Russian parliamentary campaign in full swing, what type of politicians are voters supporting? For now, it appears that Russian voters are backing centrist candidates capable of enacting slow, gradual change.
7. Vedomosti: Russian paper views ruling party’s election promises.
8. US-Russia Business Council: Russia’s Economic Indicators Continue To Be Mixed.
9. Reuters: Rival Kremlin camps prepare for battle over economy.
10. Financial Times: Russian tycoon says civil society is key to economic growth. (Alexei Mordashov)
11. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Russia Going Ahead With More Oil ‘Privatization’ Deals.
12. Russia Beyond the Headlines: SPIEF 2016: Russia will attract only the best foreign technologies. Russia plans to set up a new presidential council to promote economic innovation, as business deals are unveiled.
13. Russia Beyond the Headlines: How Russia deals with terrorism in the North Caucasus. The number of terrorists in Chechnya and Dagestan has gone down, Russian experts say. However, the state has managed to achieve this only by total control over the population and the use of tough prevention techniques.
14. www.rt.com: Duma committee softens restrictions on exiting Russia in new anti-terrorist bill.
15. Intellinews.com: Russian investigators close Nemtsov murder case.
16. www.rt.com: Suspects in murder of Russian politician Nemtsov motivated by greed, not religion – investigation.
17. The Nation: James Carden, By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment. Should ultra-wealthy foreign nationals be able to transform their personal vendettas against foreign governments into law?
18. Sputnik: Russian Opposition Filmmaker: ‘Everything About Magnitsky Case is Invented’
19. AP: IOC leaves door open for some Russians to compete in Rio.
20. SABC (South Africa): Abbey Makoe, Russian athletes must refuse to become “neutrals”
21. www.rt.com: Maria Finoshina, Divided Unity: Why Russian Church is missing largest Orthodox gathering in Crete.
22. Reuters: Cracks emerge in the European consensus on Russia.
23. www.rt.com: ‘Never mind the US, Russia’s the one losing patience over Syria ceasefire chaos’ – Chief of Staff.
24. Huffingtonpost.com: Alastair Crooke, The Slow Death of the Syria Cease-Fire Brings a Hybrid War With Russia Closer.
25. Xinhua (China): Spotlight: Power struggle between NATO and Russia on rise.
26. Russia Insider: Riley Waggaman, Why Did Russia Put Its Country So Close to NATO’s Massive But Very Peaceful Military Exercises?
27. www.opendemocracy.net: Mark Galeotti, No, Russia is not preparing for all-out war. Russia’s snap military mobilisation drills are an internal exercise. But troublesome relations with the west could still have unintended (and unpleasant) consequences.
28. Chronicles: Edward Lozansky and Jim Jatras, “Hello, Lenin!” three components of America’s misguided foreign policy.
29. Russia Direct: Eugene Bai, Understanding the rise of political populism in the US and Russia. The success of Republican billionaire candidate Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential campaign is not an isolated phenomenon – across Europe and in Russia there has also been a shift in favor of populist messages.
30. Fort Russ: Ask the Russians: Survey shows Russians’ opinions on friendly vs. hostile states.
31. Vice.com: Alexander Clapp, Why American Right-Wingers Are Going to War in Ukraine.
32. Russia Beyond the Headlines: What Russia will do if Ukraine joins the NATO mission in the Black Sea. Kiev has expressed its desire to join the NATO mission in the Black Sea. The Russian Foreign Ministry says if it goes ahead Moscow will take “appropriate measures.” What exactly can Russia do?
33. Transitions Online: Whatever Happened to Pussy Riot? Iconoclasts to some, icons to others – we look at what they’re up to today.
34. Paul Goble: Putin Understands West but West Doesn’t Understand Putin, Moscow Hybrid War Specialist Says.

 

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