RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2018-103 :: Thursday, 7 June 2018

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2018-#103 :: Thursday, 7 June 2018
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1. TASS: Direct Line with Vladimir Putin: President’s annual Q&A session.
2. Sputnik: Highlights of Vladimir Putin’s Direct Line Q&A Session.
3. Reuters: Key quotes from Russian President Putin’s annual phone-in.
4. Kremlin.ru: Direct Line with Vladimir Putin.
5. The Cipher Brief: Michael Sulick, The Russia Threat is More Comprehensive than you Think.
6. NPR (National Public Radio): Going Down Timothy Snyder’s ‘Road To Unfreedom’
7. PBS Newshour: Russia hacked U.S. minds and undermined democracy, author says. (Clint Watts)
8. Washington Post: Kenneth Roth, Global leaders, beware: Russia will use the World Cup to whitewash its war crimes.
9. Los Angeles Times: Sabra Ayres, To prepare for soccer’s World Cup, Russia is killing stray dogs. Animal-rights activists are fighting back.
10. AP: NATO trumpets resolve over Russia, plays down divisions.

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