RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-154 :: Monday, 22 August 2016

Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#154
Monday, 22 August 2016
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1. www.rt.com: ‘West spreads its democracy like coffee in bags, but people need to make own choice’ – Gorbachev.
2. The Washington Times: Andrei Suchentsov, Hierarchy of threats to Russia.
3. UPI.com: Harlan Ullman, Russia’s no Western democracy; that doesn’t make it automatic adversary.
4. The Unz Report: Anatoly Karlin, 7 Reasons Why Russia Won’t Invade Ukraine.
5. New York Times editorial: Playing With Fire in Ukraine.
6. Sputnik: Nooscope: Media Concocts Conspiracy Theory About Putin’s New Mind Melting Weapon.
7. Irrussianality: Paul Robison, KREMLIN KILLINGS?
8. New York Times: More of Kremlin’s Opponents Are Ending Up Dead. A Pattern That Suggests State Involvement.
9. Evgeny’s Blog: Original sin of Clinton clan. (re deaths of Russian journalists)
10. www.foreignpolicy.com: Maria Antonova, Vladimir Putin’s Walkable Streets. A bid to make Moscow a livable city is also making it a less democratic one.
11. www.rt.com: Navalny to seek participation in 2018 presidential polls – report.
12. Interfax: Russian Justice Ministry to consider Anti-Maidan leader’s request on checking several NGOs for foreign financing.
13. CNBC.com: Russian stocks, boosted by stabilizing economy, may surprise: Analysts.
14. Sputnik: Russia’s Economic Development Minister Expects GDP to Start Growing in October.
15. Sputnik: Russian Farmers Enjoy Sanctions & Bumper Harvest in World’s Top Breadbasket.
16. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Why is Russia postponing the privatization of its oil companies? The Russian government has announced that it will postpone the privatization of state share packages in the Rosneft and Bashneft oil companies. Russian analysts believe that this is because the price being asked is not acceptable to buyers.
17. Russia Direct: Viktor Katona, What is lacking in Russia’s strategy to reform its higher education? Recent decisions of the government in education present only half-measures that will not ensure success in the long term. The new minister will have to take this into account.
18. www.rt.com: 25 years on: Failed coup that ended the Soviet Union (PART 1)
19. www.rt.com: 25 years on: The failed coup that ended the Soviet Union (PART 2)
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: ‘This was a very Russian coup.’ Seamus Martin, former Irish Times Moscow correspondent, recalls 1991 coup in Moscow.
21. Moscow Times: Leonid Ragozin, Our 1991: Why the World Risks Repeating Russia’s Post-Soviet Nightmare. Toxic nationalism and pack instincts undid the 1991 democratic revolution. Today, the same forces are at play far beyond Russia’s borders.
22. www.rt.com: Dmitry Babich, West remembers 1991 Soviet coup anniversary for all the wrong reasons.
23. The National Interest: Ted Galen Carpenter, Hillary Clinton Could Easily Push America into Open Conflict with Russia.
24. Sputnik: Russia Has More Important Goals Than One-Upping US in Middle East.
25. www.rt.com: Russia finishes 4th in Olympics medal table despite track & field ban.
26. AP: Missed Opportunities: The Gold Medals Russia Could Have Won.
27. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Yelena Isinbayeva to fight for athletes’ rights within the IOC. Russia’s 34-year-old pole vaulter and two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been elected to the IOC Athletes’ Commission and says she will strive to give athletes a greater voice in dialogue with the IOC.
28. Reuters: William E. Pomeranz, Putin’s ever-shrinking circle shows a return to Soviet politics.
29. New York Times: Boris Fishman, A Novel Imagines Putin Is Retired and Has Dementia. (re THE SENILITY OF VLADIMIR P. by Michael Honig)
30. Russia Direct: Dmitry Polikanov, Will Russia-Ukraine relations spiral out of control? Ukraine continues to provoke Russia into a military intervention. Thus far, cooler heads are prevailing.
31. Sputnik: ‘No Wall, No Yatsenyuk, No Money’: All That’s Left From Project Wall With Russia.
32. Vineyard of the Saker: GH Eliason, Ukraine was Right! Why Russia is the Biggest Threat in the World!
33. Wall Street Journal: Ben Nimmo, Russian Propaganda Isn’t Pro-Donald Trump: It’s Anti-U.S. Establishment.
34. Washington Post: Anne Applebaum, The secret to Trump: He’s really a Russian oligarch.
35. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Putin Unbound.
36. Paul Goble: How Bad are Things in Russia Today? Some People There are Now Pawning Their Teeth.