RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-208 :: Wednesday, 9 November 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#208
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
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1. www.rt.com: Western criticism of Moscow policies ruffles few feathers among ordinary Russians, poll shows.
2. www.rt.com: Putin on Trump victory: Russia is ready to restore relations with US.
3. TASS: Kremlin warns it’s naive to think crisis in relations with US may be resolved overnight.
4. TASS: Experts say Russia should not indulge in illusions over Trump’s victory.
5. Wall Street Journal: Trump in Position to Forge New U.S.-Russia Relationship. President-elect has shown interest in tighter ties with the Kremlin, which could rock Washington’s allies.
6. The Guardian (UK): Mary Dejevsky, Trump could bring Russia in from the cold. Far from being a Putin stooge, Trump might be able to establish a better working relationship with Russia than Obama managed.
7. TASS: Putin’s aide believes Trump will lift anti-Russian sanctions.
8. BBC Monitoring: Russian press muted about US election outcome.
9. TASS: “A new life will begin”: Russian lawmakers’ reaction to US election results.
10. Rethinking Russia: Jeanne Wilson, The US Elections and the Russian Factor.
11. Sputnik: A Taste of Trump: Burger King Russia Marks Election Victory With New Sandwich.
12. www.rt.com: With Trump as president & Republican Congress, 22mn people could lose health insurance.
13. Russia Direct: The United States will elect a one-term president. Russian political analysts view the upcoming four years as a tumultuous period for the next U.S. president, whether it’s Clinton or Trump.
14. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Clinton and Trump: A psychological profile through a Russian lens. As the citizens of the U.S. vote on a successor to President Barack Obama, Russia tries to understand the inner selves of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in an attempt to see how well the newly elected president will get along with Vladimir Putin.
15. Center on Global Interest: Evgeny Minchenko: “Russia’s leaders have no idea how to handle Trump”
16. Russia Direct: Ekaterina Grobman, The new man at the head of Russian domestic policy. According to experts, the recent appointment of Sergei Kiriyenko as first deputy chief of chief of the Presidential Administration fits well into Putin’s strategy for the country before and after the presidential elections in 2018.
17. Vedomosti: Daily details Kremlin’s “beauty pageants” among pundits.
18. In Moscow’s Shadows: Mark Galeotti, Evgeni Zinichev: Putin’s new man at the FSB.
19. Bear Market Brief: RANKhIGS Sees Stabilizing Mood on Economy.
20. Reuters: World Bank Improves Russia Economic Outlook, Sees 1.5 Percent GDP Growth in 2017.
21. TASS: No major impact of import substitution on Russia’s economic growth so far – World Bank.
22. Sputnik: Russia Harvests Record Amount of Grain in Nearly 40 Years.
23. Russia Insider: Paul Goncharoff, From Russia with Loving Returns on Funds.
24. http://theduran.com: Adam Garrie, Children in the West grow up too fast, Russia must set an even better example.
25. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Pundit views possibility of clash between Russia, USA. (Dmitry Trenin)
26. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Top official views risks to Russia’s security. (Nikolai Patrushev)
27. Indian Punchline: MK Bhadrakumar, Obama’s gambit to create legacy in Syrian war takes Russia by surprise.
28. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Was Russia involved in plotting a coup in Montenegro? Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnic has accused a group of Russian nationalists of being behind a coup allegedly aimed at assassinating Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic with the intention of preventing the country from joining NATO.
29. Quartz: It’s taken 25 years, but the “happiness gap” between post-Soviet countries and their peers has finally closed.
30. Deutsche Welle: ‘Russia is such a wonderful enemy.’ The propaganda war between the US and Russia is at fever pitch, as Washington accuses Moscow of meddling in its election. With Cold War animosity back in style, can young people look past the old stereotypes?
31. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, The Upside of Russian Interference.
32. Russia Without BS: Jim Kovpak, Dealing With a Trump Presidency.