RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-91 :: Friday, 20 May 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#91
Friday, 20 May 2016

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RUSSIA

1. Moscow Times: Russians Significantly Cut Back on Booze – Drug Treatment Center.
2. Russia Observer: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 19 MAY 2016.
3. Russia Direct: Marina Obrazkova, Are political primaries in Russia finally ready for prime time? Ahead of this fall’s Duma elections, all eyes are now on Russia’s political primaries taking place on May 22. For United Russia, the current ruling party, they are a test of the strength and diversity of the nation’s political platform.
4. Russia Direct: Dmitry Polikanov, Was RBC a victim of Russia’s siege mentality? RBC may have failed to take into account the shifting moods of the Russian elite, which now views any media outlet as a potential foe during its ongoing confrontation with the West.
5. Intellinews.com: Mark Adomanis, Leverage a la Russe.
6. US-Russia Business Council: IMF Slightly Improves Its Economic Forecast For Russia But Sees Growth Constraints.
7. TASS: Putin says bottom of crisis was passed in 2015.
8. Moscow Times: Economy Minister Says Russia Out of Recession More Than Six Months.
9. Russia Direct: Tips on dealing with Russians: Be real, honest and cool. RD Interview: Researcher and social scientist Tatiana Indina explains the finer points of Russian business culture and gives advice on how to get along with Russian partners.
10. Moon of Alabama: Syria – After Detours U.S. Finally Agrees To Russian Ceasefire Plan.
11. The Nation: Stephen Cohen, Slouching Toward War With Russia. The highly provocative and unnecessary ongoing US-NATO buildup in the Baltic states and Eastern Europe is bringing Washington closer to war with Moscow than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
12. AFP: NATO finalises military build-up to counter Russia.
13. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, As NATO Dominance Vanishes, British General Predicts War with Russia. Former NATO deputy commander says Russia will attack Ukraine and Baltic States next May.
14. www.rt.com: ‘Obama’s US exceptionalism statements rival Hitler quotes’ – top Russian judge.
15. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Nikkei Asian Review: Kavi Chongkittavorn, Russia: A new strategic partner for ASEAN? Russia is keen to embark on a closer relationship with the regional bloc, particularly at a time when ASEAN is in search of a new countervailing force in the region beyond the U.S.-China axis.
16. Asia Times: Salman Rafi Sheikh, Russia is building network of ties with disgruntled US allies in Asia.
17. Reuters: Snubbed by West, Russia Rolls Out Red Carpet for Asian Leaders.
18. Rethinking Russia: Matt Crosston, More Geopolitics, Less Xenophobia, Please: How the West Gets Russian Migration Policy Wrong.
19. www.opendemocracy.net: Anastasiya Ovsyannikova, Is neoliberalism applicable to Russia? A response to Ilya Matveev. Attempts to call the Putin regime “neoliberal” get one fundamental thing wrong: capitalism doesn’t exist in Russia.
20. Foreign Affairs: Gleb Pavlovsky, Russian Politics Under Putin. The System Will Outlast the Master.
21. Interfax: Mutko believes in rebirth of Russian track and field athletics.
22. Interfax: Mutko calls Rodchenkov’s statements saying he was made to substitute doping test samples “nonsense”
23. The San Diego Union-Tribune: Mark Zeigler, The US hypocrisy of pursuing Russian dopers. The Dept of Justice investigation into state-sponsored doping in Russia could have dire implications.
24. Antony Penaud, Nothing is impossible and truth doesn’t matter: adventures in western media Russophobia.
25. Huffington Post: Armine Sahakyan, Reaction to NATO Missile Defense System Is Just One Sign of Russia’s Growing Paranoia.
26. New York Times: Christina M. Paschyn, Russia Is Trying to Wipe Out Crimea’s Tatars.
27. Moscow Times: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova Performs Kalinka Dance at Summit.
28. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Moscow, May 19, 2016.

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