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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2018-#193 :: Friday, 2 November 2018
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1. The Daily Beast: Center for Public Integrity, The Pentagon Has Prepared a Cyberattack Against Russia. U.S. military hackers have been given the go-ahead to gain access to Russian cybersystems as part of potential retaliation for any meddling in America’s elections.
2. www.rt.com: Make GRU GRU again, Putin says as intelligence agency turns 100.
3. Intellinews.com: Russian savings rate drops to the lowest level in 15 years as Russian start to spend more freely.
4. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, In Russia, Putin Whistling Past The Graveyard.
5. Interfax: Kremlin not considering cancellation of ‘municipal filter’
6. Riddle: Marlene Laruelle, Putin the Geographer. Territory and Space as Part of Russia’s Rebranding. [ridl.io/en/putin-the-geographer/]
7. Intellinews.com: US overtakes Russia to become the world’s biggest oil producer.
8. TASS: Putin: authorities will do their best to make foreign investors feel comfortable in Russia.
9. www.rt.com: Russia’s gold reserves smash Soviet-era record as part of Moscow’s de-dollarization drive.
10. www.rt.com: Russia’s alternative to SWIFT payment system poised to eclipse the original – MP.
11. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, ASSUMPTIONS. [irrussianality.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/assumptions/]
12. The Calvert Journal: Howard Amos, Yevgeny Vodolazkin: Russia’s prize-winning novelist on Orthodoxy, death and playing with time. To mark the publication of Yevgeny Vodolazkin’s Solovyov and Larionov, his second novel to appear in English in under a year, The Calvert Journal sat down with the academic-turned-writer to talk about his literary success, the role of religion and the allure of the medieval world.
13. Interfax: Patriarch Kirill speaks out against Western-style globalization.
14. www.rt.com: ‘Romanovs are role models’: Kremlin hosts conference marking royal family martyrdom anniversary.
15. Valdai Discussion Club: Ivan Timofeev, Anti-Russia Sanctions: A Fall Lull? [valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/anti-russia-sanctions-a-fall-lull/]
16. Financial Times: Russia vows to help Iran counter US oil sanctions. Energy minister says Moscow will continue trading Tehran’s crude despite American restrictions.
17. Russia Matters: Dmitry Gorenburg, NATO’s Trident Juncture Exercise as a Deterrence Signal to Russia.
18. The National Interest: Alexey Khlebnikov, A Russian Pivot to Asia? Can Moscow balance the search for new partners in Asia while maintaing its existing relationship with the West?
19. Reuters: Russia Reaches Out to Afghan Leaders for Taliban Talks, Angering Kabul.
20. Intellinews.com: Russia imposes sanctions against Ukraine companies, businessmen, politicians.
21. TASS: Kommersant: How Russia’s countersanctions against Ukraine impact trade.
22. TASS: Russia’s retaliatory sanctions affect Poroshenko’s sponsors, expert says.
23. The New Cold War: Dmitry Kovalevich, October update: more legislation and bans to keep Poroshenko in power. [newcoldwar.org/october-update-more-legislation-and-bans-to-keep-poroshenko-in-power/]
24. Public Orthodoxy: Nicolai Petrov, IN UKRAINE, IS CONSTANTINOPLE RUSHING IN “WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD”?
25. Strategic Culture Foundation: Patrick Armstrong, American War Declaration.[strategic-culture.org/news/2018/10/22/american-war-declaration.html]
26. The Unz Review: The Saker, A Senior Russian Diplomat Confirms: “Russia Is Preparing for War” – Is Anybody Listening? [unz.com/tsaker/a-senior-russian-diplomat-confirms-russia-is-preparing-for-war-is-anybody-listening/]

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