RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-231 :: Saturday, 17 December 2016
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#231
Saturday, 17 December 2016
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1. TASS: Around 100 million Russians active internet users–Russian presidential advisor.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Medvedev rails against sanctions and McLaren report in TV interview. On Dec. 15, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with several of Russia’s main TV channels (Channel One, NTV, Rossiya, RBK and Dozhd TV) for a traditional end-of-year interview. We have selected key quotes from the conversation, which included discussion of defense spending, the McLaren report and the doping scandal, and the arrest of Economics Minister Alexei Ulyukayev.
3. Government.ru: In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five television channels.
4. Wall Street Journal: Clinton says Putin’s ‘personal beef’ prompted election hacks.
4a. Facebook: Michael McFaul: “I believe this. I witnessed it first hand.”
5. New York Post: Obama thinks Republicans are too friendly with Russia.
6. CNN.com: Russia challenges US to prove campaign hacking claims or shut up.
7. The National Interest: George Beebe, Russia’s Role in the US Elections: The Case for Caution. The conclusion that Russia hacked its way toward a Trump victory is no slam dunk, despite its plausibility. (former chief of Russia analysis at the CIA)
8. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, FAKE SEX NEWS. (re New York Times coverage of Vladimir Bukovsky by Andrew Higgins)
9. The Intercept: Jeremy Scahill and Jon Schwarz, OBAMA MUST DECLASSIFY EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN HACKING.
10. Consortiumnews.com: Alastair Crooke, Politicized Intelligence Kneecapping Trump.
11. www.rt.com: Danielle Ryan, Revealed! Putin personally hacked DNC from surveillance aircraft with bear on board.
12. Townhall.com: Comey to Trump: The Russians Didn’t Influence the Election.
13. Democracynow.com: What’s Next for U.S.-Russia Relations? Stephen Cohen & Ken Roth on Trump, Hacking & Tillerson.
14. Intellinews.com: Alexei Navalny to run for Russian presidency as Kremlin irritant of convenience.
15. www.rt.com: Investment flowing into Russia on signs of possible thaw in US relations.
16. Russia Direct: Sergey Markedonov, Russia faces another Transnistrian dilemma. Now that the new leaders of both Moldova and Transnistria have a pro-Russian orientation, Moscow must decide how to move the situation forward with less antagonizing the West.
17. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidksy, Exxon CEO Has the Skills for a Better Russia Policy.
18. Russia Matters: Jeffrey Mankoff, Looking for U.S.-Russian Cooperation? Try Asia.
19. Russian International Affairs Council: Sam Nunn et al, Rising Nuclear Dangers: Steps to Reduce Risks in the Euro-Atlantic Region.
20. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Putin-Abe summit ended in favor of Russia – experts. Experts interviewed by RBTH had mixed feelings about the two-day summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They, however, agree that the countries have moved ahead in addressing the territorial dispute.
21. The Unz Report/The Independent (UK): Robert Fisk, There Is More Than One Truth to Tell in the Terrible Story of Aleppo.
22. Paul Goble: Debates in the West about Putin Now Recall Those in Europe about Hitler in Mid-1930s, Ikhlov Says.
