RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-199 :: Thursday, 27 October 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#199
Thursday, 27 October 2016
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1. Medium: Jeffrey Carr, The Yandex Domain Problem. Or Who In Russian Intelligence Doesn’t Speak Russian?
2. Valdai Discussion Club/Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Fyodor Lukyanov, CONTOURS OF THE FUTURE: AS LONG AS WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT.
3. Russia Direct: What should Putin do next? Valdai experts offer suggestions. Debates: Experts at the 13th Valdai Discussion Club meeting discuss what recommendations they would give President Putin in order to stabilize the world order.
4. Kremlin.ru: Russian Popular Front’s interregional forum. (long session with Putin)
5. Moscow Times: Ukraine’s ‘Amazing Idiots’ and ‘Crimes Against Humanity.’ Five issues Vladimir Putin addressed when speaking in Yalta on Oct. 26.
6. Russia Direct: Pavel Koshkin, 25 years after liberalization, Russians are cautious of democratic reforms. Russia is ready to mark the 25th anniversary of economic liberalization, which took place immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Why did it fail and what impact did it have on Russians?
7. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Russians drinking more beer and less vodka as crisis continues. As the crisis continues, Russians are not only eating less, but they are also drinking less – as far as vodka and other hard liquors go. Against the background of an overall decline in alcohol consumption, Russians’ preferences are shifting toward beer and wine. And this trend will continue over the next decade if the population does not fall too far into poverty.
8. Bloomberg: Marc Champion, New Cold War Chills Annual Kremlin Gathering of Foreign Experts.
9. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Experts: Russia, the U.S. and China will determine the future of the world. At this year’s meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, representatives of government and academia from around the world are focusing on the changing world order and what countries will play the biggest role in the future.
10. Valdai Discussion Club: 13TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE VALDAI DISCUSSION CLUB. SESSION 5. THE WORLD ECONOMY: A NEW GLOBALIZATION OR NEW PROTECTIONISM?
11. Valdai Discussion Club: 13TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE VALDAI DISCUSSION CLUB. SESSION 6. WILL TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTIONIZE THE WORLD?
12. Valdai Discussion Club: 13TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE VALDAI DISCUSSION CLUB. SPECIAL SESSION. EUROPE – OUR FAILED FUTURE?
13. Carnegie Moscow Center: Anton Tabakh, How Long Until Russia’s Financial Reserves Run Out? Talk of an impending economic collapse in Russia is misplaced. The Reserve Fund is doing what it was built to do-cushioning the economy from the shock of falling oil and gas prices and giving it time to adjust to new conditions.
14. TASS: Western sanctions expected to relax gradually in 2017 – ex-finance minister. (Kudrin)
15. www.opendemocracy.net: Kirill Kobrin, Welcome to the post-post-Soviet era. To this day, Lenin lies in state on Red Square. There’s still space in the mausoleum for more modern heroes – and their ideas.
16. Counterpunch.org: Kathy Deacon, Plus ça Change: Regime Change 1917-1920.
17. Rethinking Russia: Plutonium scandal: the US games and Russia’s benefits.
18. American Committee on East-West Accord: Peter Rieth, The EU’s Amateur dialogue with Russia.
19. The National Interest: Andreas Kuersten, Why Russia Should Not Be Feared in the Arctic. There’s a battle for the Arctic taking place. It just doesn’t involve militaries.
20. www.rt.com: Danielle Ryan, Lights, camera, propaganda! US government anti-Russia campaign invades Hollywood.
21. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, MEMORY WARS.
22. www.rt.com: Almost half of all Russians want warmer relations with Ukraine poll shows.
23. Kyiv Post: Savchenko returns to Russia for first time after release.
24. Financial Times: Philip Stephens, Four rules for a realistic reset with Vladimir Putin. Tough management of relations should not preclude recognition of mutual interests.
25. Wall Street Journal: Notable & Quotable: How to Hack Russia Back. ‘There are a variety of responses that the Obama administration should be considering against Russia.’ (James Stavridis)
26. RFE/RL: Kasparov Says Confrontation With West Putin’s ‘No. 1 Goal’