RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-130 :: Tuesday, 12 July 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#130
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
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1. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, BOOK REVIEW: WAR WITH RUSSIA. (re Richard Shirreff’s War with Russia. An Urgent Warning from Senior Military Command)
2. Moscow Times: Kremlin: Russia Will Not Boycott Rio Olympics.
3. The National Interest: Alexander Lukin, The EU Looks Like the Dying Soviet Empire. Both are collapsing ideological entities.
4. National Post (Canada)/Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Russia’s election won’t be rigged, because Putin doesn’t have to.
5. www.rt.com: Almost half of all Russians plan to vote at forthcoming Duma polls.
6. TASS: PM reports slowdown in decline of Russia’s economic indicators.
7. Russia Beyond the Headlines: NATO moving its troops closer to Russia but wants dialogue with Moscow. Russian military experts have summed up NATO’s actions as “they want peace but prepare for war,” adding, however, that Moscow will not be taking retaliatory measures against the alliance following its latest summit in Warsaw.
8. Asia Times: MK Bhadrakumar, NATO meet in Warsaw: Obama’s last waltz won’t last forever.
9. The Nation: James Carden, ‘Aggression’ May Be Threatening Europe – but NATO Is Looking for It in the Wrong Place. As world leaders in Warsaw focus on Russia’s “aggressive actions,” Europe’s real problems go unnoticed.
10. Russia Direct: Ruslan Kostyuk, The downward spiral in the Russia-NATO relationship. The recent NATO summit in Warsaw brought to the fore Russian society’s deep concerns about the goals and intentions of the military bloc. Across the political spectrum, anti-NATO sentiment is in full display.
11. Counterpunch.org: Gary Leupp, Putin’s “Threats” to the Baltics: a Myth to Promote NATO Unity.
12. Washington Post editorial: In the dark aftermath of Brexit, a ray of light comes from NATO.
13. Sputnik: Over 75% of Russians Not Deeming Russia Threat to Other States’ Security.
14. Moscow Times: Number of Russians Viewing U.S. as Threat Hits 10-Year Low – Poll.
15. Interfax: Toilet breaks down again in U.S. segment of International Space Station.
16. Sputnik: Even If Russia Agrees to Extend START Treaty, It Will Be on Moscow’s Terms.
17. Russia in Global Affairs: Sergei Karaganov, Missiles in Europe: Back to the Future? How to Avoid a New Trap.
18. Carnegie Moscow Center: Andrey Arkhangelskiy, The Black Hole Where Russia’s Ethics Should Be. In the current Russian political climate, ethical reasoning is no longer a recreation but a necessity. Although the country is stuck in a moral quagmire, a new system of ethics is being born-through contrariness.
19. Awful Avalanche: Russian Political Establishment Tilts To Trump – Part I.
20. Awful Avalanche: Russian Political Establishment Tilts To Trump – Part II.
21. Bloomberg: Russia Says Armenian-Azeri Peace Deal Is Closer Than Ever.
22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Will Ukrainian troops launch a new offensive in the Donbass? Russia is warning that Kiev may launch a new offensive against supporters of the self-proclaimed republics in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. Moscow is urging Paris and Berlin to put pressure on the Ukrainian authorities to prevent a potential renewal of violence.
23. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, Threat of Resumed War Hangs over Eastern Ukraine. Renewed fighting points to increasingly tense situation on the contact line.
24. Facebook: Ivan Katchanovski, Maidan Shootings.
25. Intellinews.com: Two opposition parties top Ukraine opinion polls.