RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#174 :: Tuesday, 29 October 2019
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#174 :: Tuesday, 29 October 2019
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1. NYU Jordan Center: Harley Balzer, Are Russians Rejecting Authoritarianism?
2. TASS: Vedomosti: Experts expect social protests to swell.
3. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, VEB creating a new quality of life in Russia. Andrey Klepach, chief economist of Vnesheconombank, tells bne IntelliNews that the point of the Kremlin’s RUB27 trillion investment plan is to create a better quality of life across the whole country.
4. Moscow Times: How Big Is Russia’s Shadow Economy and Why Does It Matter? The informal labor market is a window into the country’s wider economy.
5. Financial Times: Russia’s bureaucratic state pledges to tear up paper. Digital push raises privacy fears in country where government has wielded great power.
6. Russia Beyond: These countries are the biggest investors in Russia (INFOGRAPHIC) – rbth.com/business/331204-biggest-investors
7. TASS: Moscow Court extends house arrest for Baring Vostok’s Calvey until January 13.
8. Forbes.com: Andrew Busby, The Moscow Retail Scene: Why It Will Take Your Breath Away.
9. Interfax: Returning the Names event begins near Solovetsky Stone in Moscow.
10. Interfax: Eight communities of Old Believers granted Russian citizenship, planning to move from Brazil, U.S. to Primorye.
11. Moscow Times: The Biggest Takeaways From Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev’s New Book.
12. Russia Beyond: 10 best documentaries to improve your Russian and get to know our country – rbth.com/arts/331194-10-best-documentaries-to-improve-your-russian
13. Kennan Institute: Kennan Institute Back-to-School Reading List.
15. AP: PUTIN HOSTS CUBAN LEADER FOR TALKS ON EXPANDING TIES.
16. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Eugene Rumer and Andrew Weiss, A Brief Guide to Russia’s Return to the Middle East. The Kremlin is riding high in the Middle East, where Russia’s military intervention in Syria has changed the course of the country’s civil war. The Kremlin’s actions in the Middle East have deep historical roots, but potential Russian influence should not be over-exaggerated.
17. The National Interest: Dimitri Alexander Simes, Is Russia Headed for Trouble In Syria? As it expands its role, Moscow may discover that Syria is anything but a cakewalk.
18. https://theduran.com: Serban V.C. Enach, Russia and the African Lions. The Russian Federation has not only signaled its return to Africa [since the implosion of the USSR], but its commitment to a heterodox financial model to boot – theduran.com/russia-and-the-african-lions/
19. Foreign Policy: Alexander Motyl, Putin May Want to Be an Emperor, but Russia Isn’t an Imperial Power. Russia’s drive to expand its sphere of influence isn’t inevitable-or even in the country’s best interest.
20. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
21. AP: Ukraine, Separatists Both Pull Back Heavy Weapons From East.
22. Awful Avalanche: Sucks To Be Him: Zelensky Can’t Control the nazis – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2019/10/29/sucks-to-be-him-zelensky-cant-control-the-nazis/
23. Kyiv Post: ‘I’m not a loser’: Zelensky clashes with veterans over Donbas disengagement (VIDEO)
24. Foreign Policy Research Institute: Robert Hamilton, Five Years of War in the Donbas.
25. Khpg.org (Ukraine): Stark warning to Ukraine’s leaders that Maidan crimes investigation faces imminent collapse.
26. Russian and Eurasian Politics: Gordon Hahn, REPORT: The Real Ukrainian “Snipers’ Massacre”, 20 February 2014. (excerpt)
27. Intellinews.com: Latest Russia-Ukraine gas talks fail to yield breakthrough.
28. Strategic Culture Foundation: Michael Averko, Geopolitical Realism Utilized by Obama and Trump – strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/17/geopolitical-realism-utilized-by-obama-and-trump/
29. Washington Times: Edward Lozansky, How Washington turmoil affects U.S.-Russia relations.
30. Truthout.org: Norman Solomon, The Frenzy About Russia Has Undermined Progressive Agendas.
31. Sputnik: Unfortunate Son: Muddied Waters of Ukraine’s Gas Company Burisma & Hunter Biden’s Quid-pro-Quo.
32. The Nation: Aaron Mate, Uncovering Russiagate’s Origins Could Prevent Future Scandals. There are legitimate grounds to probe the intelligence officials behind the all-consuming Trump-Russia affair.
33. New York Times editorial: As Putin Meddles Abroad, He Cracks Down at Home. The Russian leader is not too busy in Ukraine and Syria to ignore growing disaffection with his government.
