RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-221 :: Monday, 28 November 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#221
Monday, 28 November 2016

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1. Newsweek.com/Atlantic Council: Alexander Motyl, EUROPEANS PREPARE RESISTANCE TO PUTIN INVASION.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Dmitry Likhachov: The spiritual leader of the USSR in its twilight years. In the Middle Ages, the role of spiritual leaders in Russia belonged to saints; in the 19th century, to writers; in the late 20th century, in the final years of the USSR, it fell on a great academic, Dmitry Likhachov, a leading scholar of Russian literature and culture and the holder of an honorary doctorate from Oxford and a dozen other leading universities. His pupil Yevgeny Vodolazkin, no
3. New York Times: At World Chess Championship, Familiar Overtones of East-West Politics.
4. The Kremlin Stooge: Mark Chapman and Jenifer Hor, What Does Freedom Mean to You? Putin at Valdai, 2016.
5. New York Times: Stephen Sestanovich, The Two Putin Problem.
6. Moon of Alabama: Putin Tutors Euklidean Geometry – Pundits Say “All Greek To Me”
7. Intellinews.com: Arrest of EconMin Ulyukaev casts corruption shadow on government, Putin.
8. Interfax: Kremlin announces new personnel decisions in connection with election of officials to Russian Academy of Sciences.
9. The Japan News: Kensuke Nakazawa, Can Russia overcome economic slump?
10. Russia Insider: Paul Goncharov, How Really Corrupt is Russian Corruption? ‘But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought’ – 1984, George Orwell
11. www.opendemocracy.net: Nataliya Rostova, In Russia’s media, censorship is silent. A new survey of 100 Russian journalists reveals their perceptions of professional challenges, objectivity and freedom.
12. Paul Goble: Kremlin Media Doesn’t have Long-Term or Profound Impact on Young, Surveys Show.
13. www.rt.com: ‘Talented mimic’: Senior prison official rejects activist’s torture claims. (re Ildar Dadin)
14. Wall Street Journal: Russian Campaign in Syria Exposes Moscow’s Defense Gaps. Deployment of warships to assist Assad regime lays bare weaknesses in Russian military’s naval aviation and carrier operations.
15. Awful Avalanche: Aleppo Cauldron Shrinking, Syrian Forces Winning.
16. Russia Direct: Obama’s legacy: Not that bad after all? Debates: As U.S. President Barack Obama enjoys his last few weeks in office, Russian and American experts examine the goals of his last international trip and assess the results of his policy decisions over the last eight years.
17. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, Washington Post’s ‘Fake News’ Guilt/ The “fake news” theme has captivated The Washington Post and the mainstream U.S. media so much that it is stooping to McCarthyistic smears against news outlets that don’t toe the State Department’s propaganda line.
18. Washington Post: Paul Musgrave, If you’re even asking if Russia hacked the election, Russia got what it wanted. It’s all about sowing confusion and doubt.
19. www.rt.com: Evidence of Russian interference in US presidential election ‘just not there.’ (interview with Ray McGovern)
20. Counterpunch.org: Dave Lindorff, Confessions of an Alleged ‘Russian Propagandist’
21. AFP: Ukraine’s ousted leader says protestors started war.
22. Kyiv Post: Yanukovych denies ordering police to shoot EuroMaidan protesters.
23. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Ukraine Already Making Nice With The Russians.
24. The Unz Review: The Saker, What Are the Ukronazis Up to in Crimea?
25. The National Interest: John Mearsheimer, Donald Trump Should Embrace a Realist Foreign Policy. But can he take on the infamous Washington “Blob”?
26. Kremlin.ru: Meeting of Council for Strategic Development and Priority Projects.

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