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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2018-#147
Friday, 10 August 2018

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1. New York Times: Roslyn Sulcas, In Moscow’s Newest Park, All of Russia Comes Together.
2. www.rt.com: Russia to treat further US sanctions as an open declaration of economic war – PM.
3. www.rt.com: ‘No surprise if Moscow recalls ambassador’: Russia will lash out against new sanctions, say experts.
4. Bloomberg: Sanctions-Proofing Russia Helps Keep Economy Chugging Along.
[Text with charts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-08/u-s-sanctions-russia-over-nerve-agent-attack-on-ex-spy-in-u-k]
5. TASS: Vedomosti: Experts warn of economic slowdown in Russia due to new US restrictions.
6. www.rt.com: Houston, we have a problem: Russia threatens to stop supplying engines crucial for US space program.
7. TASS: US not going to impose direct sanctions against Russia’s Aeroflot – State Department.
8. www.rt.com: Russia may stop using US dollar for mutual payments – senator.
9. The Times (UK): Michael Binyon, Why Vladimir Putin is still so popular in Russia. Like Donald Trump, the Russian president thrives on confrontation and sanctions only improve his status.
10. Interfax: U.S. uses Skripals case to continue demonizing Russia – Foreign Ministry.
11. The Blog Mire; Rob Slane, Why Yulia Skripal’s Belief That She Was Attacked is Not Supported by the Door Handle Theory. [Text with comments theblogmire.com/why-yulia-skripals-belief-that-she-was-attacked-is-not-supported-by-the-door-handle-theory/]
12. Sputnik: Sanctions-Happy US Uninterested in Actual Evidence in Skripal Case.
13. Bear Market Brief: Putin to become pension reform salesman.
14. Bear Market Brief: Pension Reform.
15. Reuters: Factbox: U.S. Companies With Exposure to Russia.
16. Wall Street Journal: Russia Boosts Global Oil Supply. IEA said Russian crude and condensate production climbed to 11.21 million barrels a day.
17. Russia Beyond: Why is Russia setting up offshore zones? [rbth.com/business/328937-offshore-zones]
18. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: US and allies probing weak spots in Moscow-Beijing relations.
19. RFE/RL: A Landmark Caspian Agreement — And What It Resolves.
20. Interfax: Hunger striker Sentsov’s life not at risk in Russian prison – Federal Penitentiary Service.
21. Awful Avalanche: New Balkan War? – Part II. [awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2018/08/10/new-balkan-war-part-ii/]
22. New York Times Book Review: Boris Fishman, ‘A Terrible Country’ That’s Impossible Not to Love. (re A TERRIBLE COUNTRY By Keith Gessen)
23. Wall Street Journal: Oligarch: A Term for Russia’s Elite Spurs Objections. The word, cited by the judge in the Paul Manafort trial, came into the limelight after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
24. www.strategic-culture.org: Philip Giraldi, Butina Case: Neo-McCarthyism Engulfs America. [strategic-culture.org/news/2018/08/09/butina-case-neo-mccarthyism-engulfs-america.html]
25. Counterpunch.org: Pavel Kozhevnikov, Cold War in the Sauna: Notes From a Russian American. [counterpunch.org/2018/08/10/cold-war-in-the-sauna-notes-from-a-russian-american/]
26. www.rt.com: Michael Maloof, Latest sanctions against Russia show Trump not in control of his administration. [rt.com/op-ed/435646-sanctions-trump-russia-skripal/]
27. www.opendemocracy.net: Ilya Budraitskis, How conservative is the Russian regime? Russia’s intensifying neoliberal policies and the accompanying conservative rhetoric are clear evidence of the prolonged crisis facing the Putin regime.
[https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/ilya-budraitskis/how-conservative-is-the-russian-regime]

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