RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-165 :: Monday, 5 September 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#165
Monday, 5 September 2016
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1. Kremlin.ru: Interview to Bloomberg. (full text)
2. Sputnik: Putin Blasts Western ‘Democratization’ Saying it Causes Terrorism, Failed States.
3. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Russia angles for deals on Ukraine, Syria at G20 summit.
4. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrey Bystritskiy, G20: POLITICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY.
5. Center for European Policy Analysis: CEPA FORUM 2016. Saving the West: Priorities and Principles. (Washington DC)
6. Facebook: Discussion of Russia’s RT. (with Fred Weir and others)
7. The Times (UK): Dominic Kennedy, Putin TV channel twists the thinking of western viewers. RT, a channel supported by President Putin, and has been accused of promoting a one-sided and anti-Western message.
8. www.rt.com: Danielle Ryan, John Kerry is wrong – media shouldn’t stop covering terrorism, but they should start explaining it.
9. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Post Karimov, Uzbekistan’s place amongst the global order must be decided.
10. Paul Goble: Russians Today Shorter and Weaker than Their Parents, Moscow Medical Experts Say.
11. Moscow Times: Yekaterina Schulmann, The Russian Protest Movement: Not Dead, Not Alive, Just Different.
12. Russia Beyond the Headlines: What do new U.S. sanctions mean for Russia? The latest bans put in place by the Treasury Department affect companies building a bridge in Crimea, an opposition radio station and a former Olympic pool.
13. Wall Street Journal: Obama, Putin Meet as Syria Deal Stalls. U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met after talks between their senior officials on Syria ended without an agreement.
14. Sputnik: Key Obstacle Preventing Russia and US From Reaching Breakthrough Deal on Syria.
15. Russia Direct: Anthony Musa, It’s time to revitalize US-Russian nuclear security cooperation. Leaders within Russia and the United States should be preparing for a new era of nuclear security cooperation. To do so, they need to separate other geopolitical issues from the debate over nuclear security.
16. Washington Post: Intelligence community investigating covert Russian influence operations in the United States.
17. Antiwar.com: Eric Schuler, Please Get Your Russia Conspiracies Straight.
18. Counterpunch.org: Peter Lee, America: the Indispensable Nation…Not!
19. The National Interest: Anita Inder Singh, Russia Isn’t Pivoting to Asia. Its interests remain firmly concentrated in Europe.
20. Russia Direct: Pavel Koshkin, This is how Russia wants to expand its energy clout in Asia Pacific. he Eastern Economic Forum highlights how the Kremlin is going to exploit the energy potential of the Far East to create an integrated energy system in the Pacific Rims countries. However, it is unclear if Russia will be able to satisfy their insatiable energy demands.
21. Russia Beyond the Headlines: ‘Crystal ball is our national interests’ – Putin. At the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe made it clear that Russia and Japan would eventually sign a World War II peace treaty. They, however, urged businesses to move ahead with cooperation, even as the peace talks continue.
22. Kremlin.ru: Eastern Economic Forum (excepts)
23. www.rt.com: Offices of Ukrainian TV channel accused of pro-Russian views attacked, set on fire (VIDEO)