RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-178 :: Tuesday, 27 September 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#178
Tuesday, 27 September 2016

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1. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Fyodor Lukyanov, Are the U.S. elections really a turning point for global geopolitics? As the U.S. presidential elections loom, people around the world are discussing how the result might affect global politics in a time in which the geopolitical order appears to be in a state of flux. Just how important is this election campaign and what are the potential repercussions for the world? Political analyst Fyodor Lukyanov shares his thoughts.
2. TASS: Kremlin follows US presidential race without ‘bated breath’
3. Carnegie Corporation of New York: AS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA CONTINUE TO FRAY, CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES THREE $1 MILLION GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE STUDY OF RUSSIA AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES.
4. THE ASSOCIATION FOR SLAVIC, EAST EUROPEAN, AND EURASIAN STUDIES (ASEEES): The State of Russian Studies in the United States. (excerpts)
5. www.rt.com: NATO is reviewing ‘nuclear playbook’ to deter ‘terrible attacks’ by Russia – Pentagon chief.
6. Washington Post: Andrew Kuching, That brief U.S.-Russia strategic partnership 15 years ago? New interviews reveal why it derailed.
7. Moscow Times: Russians More Positive About Job Prospects as Unemployment Falls.
8. Levada.ru: Russians see economic crisis, hope to stay unscathed – poll.
9. Russia Direct: Duma elections’ results, new version of KGB and the Syrian deadlock. Russian media roundup: The results of the Russian parliamentary elections, the ongoing political reshuffle in the government, and a potential reform of the nation’s law enforcement agencies all made headlines last week.
10. http://theduran.com: Peter Lavelle, Guess what? Vladimir Putin is actually a moderate. When it comes to Russia, the West is squandering an important lost opportunity.
11. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV talk show discusses successor to Putin.
12. Oxford University Press Blog: Andrew Managhan, Putin and beyond: a Q&A on Russian politics.
13. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Russian daily views opposition failure in single-seat districts.
14. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Russia’s most feared cop Bastrykin reportedly resigns.
15. Interfax: Kremlin criticises media’s take of “Yarovaya laws”
16. Intellinews.com: Moscow falls below Riga and Tallinn in world financial centre ranking.
17. Kennan Institute: Mary Elizabeth Malinkin, Ya Heart Vladimir: A Visit to the Regions.
18. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Dmitry Yevstafyev, Ties that bind Tehran and Moscow. Economic links between Russia and Iran are the trump card in contacts that have often been complex.
19. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, TRADING INSULTS. (re Syria)
20. War on the Rocks: Leon Aron, THE COMING OF THE RUSSIAN JIHAD: PART I.
21. Sputnik: Moscow Makes Public Full Text of Russia-US Deal on Syria.
22. Izvestia: Russia, US ready to approve Syria cooperation deal – expert.
23. Russia Insider/Gazeta.ru: Mikhail Khodarenok, Ex-Russian Colonel: Why Moscow Has Not Succeeded in Syria After 1 Year of Involvement. In this view it’s largely down to deficiencies of its Syrian allies.
24. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Lavrov: U.S. military does not entirely obey commander-in-chief. The bombing of the UN humanitarian convoy on Sept. 19 and the upcoming U.S. elections are straining the prospects of Russia-U.S. cooperation in Syria, say Russian analysts, arguing that Pentagon officials are preparing for a more hawkish U.S. administration.
25. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, US admits it has no idea who attacked Aleppo UN humanitarian convoy. As top US officials admit they do not know who attacked the Aleppo relief convoy all prospects of an impartial investigation fade away.
26. Counterpunch.org: Mike Whitney, Putin Ups the Ante: Ceasefire Sabotage Triggers Major Offensive in Aleppo.
27. Consortium news.com: Alastair Crooke, New Cold War Spins Out of Control. U.S. enthusiasts for the New Cold War with Russia appear to be ignoring less-belligerent orders from President Obama and pushing for a dangerous escalation of tensions.
28. Russia Beyond the Headlines: The Investigator: Murder and paranoia mix in Stalinist Ukraine. “The Investigator” (Glagoslav, 2015), Jewish author Margarita Khemlin’s final novel, is a typically polyphonic work exploring questions of national identity and how we collectively assimilate past trauma.
29. Paul Goble: Russian Autocracy ‘Will Always Threaten the Development of Ukraine,’ Shevtsova Says.
30. Carnegie Moscow Center/RBC: Dmitri Trenin, Russia’s Next Move on Ukraine. The most likely scenario for eastern Ukraine is that a low-level conflict will continue to simmer. Moscow needs to give up its pipe dream that a pro-Russian government will come to power in Kiev, and forget its convenient but misleading stereotypes about its large neighbor.
31. Washington Post: Josh Rogin, Trump’s Russia adviser speaks out, calls accusations ‘complete garbage.’ (Carter Page)
32. www.thedailybeast.com: Michael Weiss, If You Knew Putin Like We Know Putin…Estonia’s president and Lithuania’s foreign minister talk to The Daily Beast about the menace Moscow poses to them, Europe, and the United States.

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