RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-169 :: Friday, 9 September 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#169
Friday, 9 September 2016
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1. Russia International Affairs Council: Xenia Smertina, Why the Decision to Ban Para-Athletes has Proved Painful for Russian Society.
2. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian pundit dissects Putin-Obama seven-year relationship. (Fedor Lukyanov)
3. Valdai Discussion Club: Dmitry Suslov, THE US ELECTIONS AND THE COLD WAR 2.0: IMPLICATIONS AND PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIA.
4. Russia Direct: Ksenia Zubacheva, Why influencing the US presidential election is not in Moscow’s interest. Despite the accusations and suggestions that the Kremlin might have hacked the Democratic National Committee in an attempt to influence the outcome of the U.S. elections, such a scenario is simply too unlikely. Here is why.
5. Russia Insider: Riley Waggaman, Russia Has Legitimate National Interests Which Sometimes Don’t Align With Washington’s Grand Vision for the World. Sorry? Washington and Moscow will always have conflicting interests. Memo to Ash Carter: That doesn’t mean we need to toss diplomacy and common sense out the window.
6. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russian polling agency is victim as Kremlin opts to shoot the messenger. Just ahead of elections, bad news about support for the ruling party likely was seen as posing a threat.
7. Bloomberg: Putin Grooms a New Generation of Leaders. The Russian president is removing old allies and replacing them with young loyalists, likely ensuring his leadership will continue until 2024.
8. RIA Novosti: Russian pollster sees same parties in Duma after election.
9. Moscow Times: Russian Security Services Forced to Reveal Home Searches.
0. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexey Malashenko, Preserving the Calm in Russia’s Muslim Community.
11. Intellinews.com: Russia builds on G20 success in push to shed sanctions.
12. Global Times: Dmitri Trenin, Russia-China entente must move past rhetoric.
13. The Guardian (UK): Patrick Wintour, Could the US and Russia be about to strike a deal on Syria? Despite frosty relations, Moscow and Washington seem to be on the brink of an ambitious agreement.
14. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Can Moscow stop Kim Jong-un? Asia experts in Russia tell RBTH that Moscow, unlike Beijing, has practically no influence over Pyongyang. They, however, believe that Russia should use its channels of communication with the North Korean leadership to help bring about a compromise.
15. Russia Observer: Patrick Armstrong, First You Ride the Meme and Then the Meme Rides You.
16. The Nation: James Carden, Cyber Hacks: The Washington Post’s Baseless Crusade Against Russia. If you’re going to point the finger of blame at one country in particular you should have more, you know, proof.
17. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, New York Times and the New McCarthyism.
18. Counterpunch.org: Bindy Kampmark, Libeling Leakers: Julian Assange, Wikileaks and the Russian “Connection”
19. Forbes.com: Ron Katz, NY Times Leaves Out Crucial Credibility Finding In Its Front-Page Article On Russian Doping.
20. New York Times: Trump’s Love for Putin: a Presidential Role Model.
21. RFE/RL: Garry Kasparov, Any Vote Is A Vote For Putinism.
22. Wall Street Journal editorial: Obama and the Russia Hacks. Why shouldn’t Putin believe he can get away with it?
23. The Economist: Donald Trump and the Russians. Brazen meddling. The Kremlin prefers a Trump victory, but its feelings are mixed.
24. PBS Newshour: How would the candidates navigate high-stakes ties with Russia?
25. Washington Post: Anne Applebaum, How Russia could spark a U.S. electoral disaster.
26. NBCNews.com: Did Putin Really Call Trump ‘Brilliant’? Experts Say It Got Lost in Translation.
27. http://us-russia.org: War or Peace: for whom do we vote on November 8th? (excerpts)
28. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, Ukraine approaches its economic moment of truth. Confirmation that Russia’s claim for repayment of its $3 billion debt goes for trial in January increases pressure on Ukraine amidst mood of deepening depression and malaise.
29. UNIAN (Kyiv): Scandal around anti-graft MP Leshchenko: Media reports about his property.
30. Counterpunch.org: Dmitry Kovalevich, Per Aspera Ad Crimea (A Difficult Road to Crimea from Ukraine)