RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-210 :: Friday, 11 November 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#210
Friday, 11 November 2016
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0. Kremlin.ru: Conference Into the Future: Russia’s Role and Place.
1. www.rt.com: If Trump moves to heal ties with Russia, establishment will oppose him fiercely – Stephen Cohen.
2. Washington Post: Here’s how Trump’s election will affect U.S.-Russian relations. (DJ: Musings of “professional” experts.)
3. www.rt.com: Moscow says ‘no euphoria’ over Trump win.
4. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian pundit looks at challenges facing new US president. (Fyodor Lukyanov)
5. AP Interview: Aide Says Putin Hopeful About Trump. (Dmitry Peskov)
6. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, The Trump presidency: How will it affect ties to Putin’s Russia? US-Russian relations have been in decline, and Moscow was wary of a Clinton presidency. While Trump has spoken of improving ties, his lack of diplomatic experience may be an issue.
7. Russia Matters: Simon Saradzhyan and William Tobey, Trump’s Victory Bodes Well for US-Russia Ties, But Expect No Tectonic Shifts.
8. BBC Monitoring: Russian press keeps focused on newly elect US president.
9. TASS: Analysts predict new US president Donald Trump may propose new world agenda. (Rogov etc.)
10. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrei Tsygankov, AMERICA’S RUSSIA POLICY: WILL THE ZERO-SUM GAME CONTINUE?
11. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrei Kortunov, VICTORY OF POPULAR UPRISING OVER NATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.
12. Russian International Affairs Council: Russia and the United States Have to Get Back to Constructive Dialogue. Interview with Igor Ivanov.
13. Russia Direct: Ivan Tsvetkov, Why Russia has no reason to celebrate a Trump presidency yet. Trump’s rise to power will force the Kremlin and the state propaganda apparatus to come up with a new way to portray the U.S. How Russia chooses to view the U.S. could have important political and economic implications.
14. Izvestia: Russia “sees hope” in Trump – paper.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian media: Trump may abandon Ukraine. Caught out by the unexpected result in the U.S. elections, Ukrainian politicians are afraid of fully losing Washington’s support and are making their first attempts to build a relationship with the new man in the White House, Russian media have reported.
16. TASS: Trump may select businessman not diplomat as next US ambassador to Russia.
17. Sputnik: Russian Economic Situation Stable but No Dramatic Improvement Yet – Putin.
18. Business New Europe: Russian Markets Hit Record High On Trump Optimism.
19. www.rt.com: Trump win chance to end anti-Russian sanctions – Economy Minister.
20. TASS: Russian minister fears US elections have most serious impact on global financial markets.
21. Moscow Times: Half of Russians at Risk of Poverty, Says World Bank.
22. Moscow Times: Kremlin Urged to Rethink Privatization Plans – Reports.
23. BBC Monitoring: Russian article about possible Putin retirement disappears.
24. Moscow Times: One Third of Russians Think Protests Are Useless.
25. Russia Direct: Marina Obrazkova, The Russian protest movement, still without a real leader. The scandal around Ildar Dadin, the first person jailed for street protests under a new law on public assemblies, has renewed discussion about the possibility of a protest movement forming in Russia.
26. www.rt.com: United Russia plans to help opposition parties by boosting state sponsorship.
27. Moscow Times: Breaking Bad: How Russian State Patriotism Destroyed the Far Right. The Kremlin’s intervention in the Ukraine conflict has fragmented Russian nationalist groups.
28. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Experts say anti-Semitism is in decline in Russia, but are they right? Europe has witnessed a number of high-profile attacks against Jews and synagogues in the last year or so, yet Russian analysts claim that anti-Semitism is increasingly rare in Russia. But is this really the case?
29. Wall Street Journal: Russia to Block LinkedIn Over Data-Privacy Dispute. Law requires companies to store personal data of Russian users within the country’s borders.
30. www.rt.com: Russian court backs LinkedIn block.
31. Russia Direct: Nikolay Surkov, Ceasefire failure in Aleppo does not exclude further negotiations. Even though Russia-West relations are at a low point, Syria remains an issue where they continue to cooperate.
32. Carnegie Moscow Center: Ivan Zuenko, The Eurasian Gap: Winners and Losers of the Economic Union.
33. TASS: Konchalovsky’s Oscar nominated Paradise to hit Russian screens on January 19.
34. Wall Street Journal: A Throwback Showdown for Chess’s New Generation. Magnus Carlsen defends his world title against Russian Sergey Karjakin as the World Chess Championship returns stateside after a decades absence.
35. Counterpunch.org: Joyce Nelson, Trump & Woolsey: Was There a Bait-and-Switch? (excerpt)
36. The Economist: Russia’s Trump fans. Our American cousin. Vladimir Putin welcomes Trump’s win. Strangely, so do some of his opponents.
37. RFE/RL: Brian Whitmore, Russia Is Not Immune.
38. Washington Post: Moscow had contacts with Trump team during campaign, Russian diplomat says. (DJ: Shocking revelations.)
39. www.news.com.au: Pussy Riot video warns Donald Trump voters with Putin comparison.