RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-191 :: Friday, 14 October 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#191
Friday, 14 October 2016
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1. http://waterfordwhispersnews.com: America Good, Russia Bad.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines: New study finds Russians the most vain people in the world. A pair of online surveys reveal new insights about how nations view the attractiveness of their own citizens.
3. Paul Goble: Russia’s Largest Problem: Permafrost Lies beneath Two-Thirds of Its Territory and Two-Thirds of That Will Melt This Century.
4. Moscow Times: Russians Losing Trust in Government and Putin – Poll.
5. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Russia Is Out Of The Woods, Almost.
6. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Putin: Russia cannot be isolated and sanctions are harmful to all. The Russian president has spoken out on the futility of trying to isolate Russia through sanctions and expressed his belief that any restrictions in the sphere of economy dictated by politics are harmful for all.
7. Foreign Policy: Thomas Graham and Matthew Rojansky, America’s Russia Policy Has Failed. Here are seven things the next U.S. president should do to put Washington back in the driver’s seat.
8. www.rt.com: US implements ‘scorched earth’ policy towards Russia – FM spox.
9. TASS: Press review: BRICS losing weight and India rattled by Russia’s ties with Pakistan.
10. Interfax: Russian govt gives general approval to 2017-2019 draft budget.
11. TASS: PM: Russia cannot afford “living on credit time and again”
12. Government.ru: Government meeting. Agenda: federal budget.
13. Wall Street Journal: Russian Benchmark Rate Should Stay at 10%, Central Bank Says. Despite economy minister saying cut was possible, new report emphasizes inflation risks.
14. Izvestia: Experts view delivery of Russian air defense systems to Syria.
15. www.rt.com: Obama to discuss bombing Syrian military positions – officials.
16. Bloomberg: Bromance Between Xi and Putin Grows as U.S. Spats Escalate.
17. Russia Beyond the Headlines: 5 reasons why Russia’s pivot to Asia is more serious than you thought. Despite falling trade figures between Russia and Asian countries, analysts are optimistic about the medium to long term. There is a growth in Russian food exports to the continent, and new logistics projects have been set up to take advantage of trans-shipment opportunities in Eurasia. Russians have also developed a more pragmatic attitude when it comes to doing business with Asian countries.
18. TASS: Putin to attend post-Soviet military bloc summit in Armenia.
19. New York Times: José María Figueres, Russia Is Vital to Protecting Antarctica’s Ross Sea.
20. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, DOUBLE STANDARDS AGAIN.
21. BBC Monitoring: Russian press hails Bob Dylan winning Nobel Prize.
22. TASS: Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize in literature: crisis or breakthrough?
23. Moscow Times: John Freedman, Did Bob Dylan Shed Tears of Rage in Russia? (2009)
24. Russia Insider: Gilbert Doctorow, Russia Is Preparing for War, While The American Public Slumbers On. The end result of the official silence in the USA about Russia’s readiness to defend what it considers its national interest is that Americans are flying blind.
25. Sputnik: Glenn Greenwald on US Mainstream Media’s ‘McCarthyite’ Anti-Russian Hysteria.
26. Reuters: Russia Has ‘Playbook’ for Covert Influence in Eastern Europe-Study.
27. Bloomberg: Eli Lake, Treat Russia Like the International Poison It Is.
28. Wall Street Journal: Helsinki Versus Yalta: A Conversation About Russia with NATO’s Vershbow. NATO’s departing deputy secretary-general speaks about relations with Moscow.
29. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Syrian leader interviewed by pro-Kremlin tabloid.