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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#188 :: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
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1. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, BOOK REVIEW: THE RUSSIA ANXIETY. (Mark Smith)
2. Medium.com: Caitlin Johnstone, 25 Times Trump Has Been Dangerously Hawkish On Russia.
3. Vesti.ru: Have Some Of Your Own Medicine! – Putin Forces Government Officials to Take Flu Shots – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3211142&cid=4441
4. Moscow Times: Russia’s Domestic Violence Problem Is ‘Exaggerated,’ Justice Ministry Says.
5. Times Higher Education: Russia makes progress in science subject rankings.
6. TASS: Most Russians prefer to save money for future, not ready for big-budget purchases – poll.
7. Moscow Times: Russian Ruble Least Volatile Since 2015. Macroeconomic stability and a lack of new U.S. sanctions have created a period of calm for the ruble.
8. RFE/RL: Clock Ticking In Congress As Russia Presses Ahead With Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline.
9. TASS: Extending New START Treaty for 5 or less years still possible – Russian diplomat.
10. Russian International Affairs Council: Pavel Karasev, It’s Hard to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room, Especially If It Isn’t There. RAND on the Search for Cyber Coercion – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/it-s-hard-to-find-a-black-cat-in-a-dark-room-especially-if-it-isn-t-there-rand-on-the-search-for-cyb/
11. Post-Soviet Affairs: Sharon Werning Rivera and James Bryan, Understanding the sources of anti-Americanism in the Russian elite. (excerpt) – tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1060586X.2019.1662194
12. Foreign Policy: Rajan Menon, Don’t Believe the Hype. Russia Is Losing in the Middle East-and Around the World. Putin’s apparent victories in spreading Russian influence are mirages, some of which have come at a great cost.
13. Russian International Affairs Council: Vasily Shikin, Russia-India Strategic Partnership: Crisis of Understanding? – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/russia-india-strategic-partnership-crisis-of-understanding/
14. The American Conservative: Brian Clark, Blame American Ineptitude For Russian-Chinese Bonding. Thanks to our self-defeating foreign policy, these two mismatched powers are now strengthening relations on a global scale.
15. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, NATO INTELLIGENCE DISASTER – NEW TELEPHONE INTERCEPTION TAPES REVEAL THERE WERE NO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND KREMLIN AFTER MH17 CRASH – NO DUTCH EVIDENCE, NO RUSSIAN CRIME. – johnhelmer.net/nato-intelligence-disaster-new-telephone-interception-tapes-reveal-there-were-no-communications-between-ukraine-and-kremlin-after-mh17-crash-no-dutch-evidence-no-russian-crime/print/
16. https://jennifereremeeva.com: Podcast: Russia’s 20th Century: A Fresh Look at Soviet History. (with Michael Khodarkovsky)
17. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine President, Walking Tightrope, Inches Closer to Moscow. Russian overtures and peace summit aid Zelensky’s mission, amid questions about Putin’s motives.
18. TASS: EC recommends Kiev to return to direct gas purchases from Russia.
19. USA Today: Michael O’Hanlon, President Trump’s instincts on Ukraine have been bad, but he’s right about one thing. U.S. policy for years has been to add key adversaries of Russia to NATO and the Western political stage. But is that wise?
20. The National Interest: Andriy Radchenko, Ukraine Doesn’t Need Aid. It Needs Land Reform. Ukraine remains one of six nations in the world where selling land is forbidden. It shares this dubious distinction with North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Tajikistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (with comments)
21. Time.com: Trump’s Call For Investigations Finds New Support Among Russian Allies in Ukraine.
22. https://johnsolomonreports.com: John Solomon, Impeachment surprise: How Adam Schiff validated my reporting on Ukraine.
23. Washington Post: The Hill is reviewing the work of former opinion contributor John Solomon.
24. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, The West Needs to Measure Russian Election Meddling. Here’s How. Techniques that once quantified the impact of political advertising don’t work for internet propaganda.
25. Jessica Pisano: Correction: Re: 2019-#187-Johnson’s Russia List/#20
26. Washington Post: George Feifer, journalist and author who chronicled the Soviet Union, dies at 85.

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