RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-48 :: Thursday, 10 March 2016

Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#48
Thursday, 10 March 2016
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RUSSIA

1. The Atlantic: Jeffrey Goldberg, The Obama Doctrine. The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world. [excerpt re Russia]
2. Fort Russ: What Would Putin Have Done in 1991? (Putin video)
3. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, RUSSIANS PACK THEIR TROUBLES INTO THEIR GROCERY BASKETS – PUTIN GAINS, MEDVEDEV LOSES, US WAR AIM FAILS.
4. Kremlin.ru: Working meeting with Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova.
5. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev.
6. http://cyceon.com (France): Russia has to reinvent its economic model. (interview with Andrey Kortunov)
7. www.rt.com: Ruble outperforms emerging economies on rising oil.
8. Valdai Discussion Club: RUSSIA’S PATH TO ENERGY SUPERPOWER STATUS MAY TAKE LONGER THAN EXPECTED. (Alexander Rahr)
9. Interfax: Putin signs law commemorating victims of political repressions.
10. Moscow Times: Like, Share, Convict: Russian Authorities Target Social Media Users.
11. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Even motor processions are now a demonstration in Russia. A law signed into force by Russian President Vladimir Putin equates car processions to demonstrations and the establishment of tent cities in public places – to protesting.
12. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Where does the Russian Orthodox Church get its money from? The Russian Orthodox Church is not only a religious organization, but also a large corporation that does business.
13. New York Times: Meldonium Ban Hits Russian Athletes Hard.
14. Interfax: Moscow expects explanations from WADA on meldonium ban – Lavrov.
15. www.rt.com: Ban on Meldonium may increase deaths among athletes – inventor of drug used by Sharapova.
16. Interfax: Hooliganism case opened after attack on journalists and rights activists on Ingush-Chechen border.
17. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexey Malashenko, Will Kadyrov Actually Step Down?
18. Russia Direct: Sergey Markedonov, The reasons behind turbulence in Russia’s North Caucasus. Are there any connections between the Russian military campaign in Syria and the terrorist threat in the turbulent North Caucasus?
19. The Guardian: Russian hostility ‘partly caused by west’, claims former US defence head. William Perry says US contempt toward Russia as ‘third-rate power’ after end of Cold War played a big role.
20. Georgia Today: Ambassador Thomas Pickering on the Decisions Made about Russia.
21. Consortiumnews.com: James Carden, Sleepwalking Toward Catastrophe. Because the mainstream U.S. media remains neocon-dominated, there has been little rational debate about the risks of stumbling into nuclear war with Russia.
22. U.S. Naval Institute: Panel: Russia Uses More Tools Than Just its Military to Influence, Threaten Neighbors. (Agnia Grigas)
23. Russia Direct: Does Russia really use the refugee crisis in Europe as a weapon? Top NATO commander Philip Breedlove recently accused Russia of using the migration crisis in Europe as a weapon. Russia Direct asked top experts about Breedlove’s remarks and their potential impact on the future of Russia-NATO relations.
24. Russia Direct: Nikolay Kurkov, Explainer: Russian foreign policy in the Middle East. Confused by what’s happening in Syria? In this brief explainer, we outline the key issues facing Russian foreign policy in Syria and the broader Middle East.
25. The Diplomat: Catherine Putz, China’s Silk Road Belt Outpaces Russia’s Economic Union. Beijing’s economic endeavors in Central Asia are off to a better start than Russia’s. Don’t expect that to damage ties.
26. Consortiumnews.com: Jonathan Marshall, Taking Aim at Russia’s ‘Underbelly’
27. http://russianuniverse.org: Sergey Armeyskov, Russia & the West. Pt. I: Deconstrucracy, or Imaginary Fall of the Imaginary West.
28. http://russianuniverse.org: Sergey Armeyskov, Russia & the West. Pt. II: Crussialism, or the Eternal Fall.