RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2020-#110 :: Friday, 19 June 2020
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2020-#110 :: Friday, 19 June 2020
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1. rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Putin: Stalin’s Soviet regime is rightly accused of crimes & mass repression against its own people – rt.com/russia/492341-putin-stalin-soviet-regime-accusations/
2. AP: Putin Insists on Recognition of USSR’s WWII Role.
3. Kremlin.ru: Vladimir Putin, 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory: Shared Responsibility to History and our Future – en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63527 [Also at “Vladimir Putin: The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II”: nationalinterest.org/feature/vladimir-putin-real-lessons-75th-anniversary-world-war-ii-162982]
4. rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Putin: 75 years after WW2, new global crisis calls for victorious anti-Nazi coalition to work together again – rt.com/russia/492297-putin-wwii-global-crisis-coalition/
5. Facebook: Fred Weir, Comment re “Vladimir Putin: The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II”
6. ReForum: Yana Gorokhovskaya, Healthcare Reform, Demographic Trends, and COVID-19 In Russia: A Conversation With Professor Judyth Twigg
7. Wall Street Journal: Russia Cuts Interest Rates to Post-Soviet Low. Central bank’s rate cut comes as economic pain penetrates all sectors of Russian society
8. rt.com: Back in business? Moscow economy almost back to normal as capital lifts lockdown.
9. Intellinews: Ben Aris, Russia’s Economy Ministry releases fresh forecasts for 2020 and beyond on June 18. Russia’s Ministry of Economics has released a fresh forecast for 2019-2022: no V-shaped recovery, but strong RUB and low inflation and unemployment.
10. rt.com: Russia lifts ban on Telegram messenger after two years of failing to effectively restrict access.
11. Interfax: Durov on Telegram unblocking in Russia: confidentiality, privacy of correspondence remain messenger’s fundamental principle.
12. Russia Beyond: Everything (we are allowed to tell you) about Russia’s next generation strategic bomber.
13. Facebook: Fred Weir, Comment on “Everything (we are allowed to tell you) about Russia’s next generation strategic bomber”
14. The Economist: New START’s end? The clock is ticking for nuclear arms control. Avoidable Armageddon.
15. Interfax: Primakov Readings: Cancellation of EU restrictions against Russia unlikely in near future – Russian diplomat.
16. Valdai Discussion Club: New Bipolarity: While Interdependence Grows, Interaction Shrinks. ONLINE DISCUSSION. – valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/new-bipolarity-interdependence-grows-interaction-shrinks/?fbclid=IwAR3xnV6dpVF7AEDCkYR4z1S_LRTkmmrIWKk9B95lgEXvaQ9SocXDodGa464
17. Valdai Discussion Club: Oleg Barabanov, Will Global Mobility Recover After the Pandemic? – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/will-global-mobility-recover-after-the-pandemic/
18. Awful Avalanche: Russian Reaction To American Protests – Part IV – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/russian-reaction-to-american-protests-part-iv/
19. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrey Kortunov, We Need to Create a More Inclusive System of Global Governance – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/we-need-to-create-a-more-inclusive-system-of-global-governance/
20. Voice of America: Russia Looks to Washington for Help in Libya
21. Intellinews: Ukraine’s General Prosecutor Office is petitioning for a Poroshenko arrest warrant.
22. https://theduran.com: Anastasia Frank, Why is Ukraine perceived in the world as an unreliable partner? – theduran.com/why-is-ukraine-perceived-in-the-world-as-an-unreliable-partner/
23. Russian International Affairs Council: Dmitriy Kiku, A Ukraine Link to North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Programs Development – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/a-ukraine-link-to-north-korea-s-nuclear-and-missile-programs-development/
24. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, THE SEDWILL POISONINGS – CABINET OFFICE, MI6, AND BBC DRAW 12 MILLION VIEWERS; NOVICHOK IS TOP OF THE POPS – johnhelmer.net/the-sedwill-poisonings-cabinet-office-mi6-and-bbc-draw-7-2-million-viewers-novichok-is-top-of-the-pops/print/
25. Foreign Affairs: Anna Arutunyan, Putin Is Not Smiling. The Kremlin Fears American Disorder More Than It Celebrates It.
26. The New Kremlin Stooge: Mark Chapman, The Baker of Maidan Square Serves Up Another Delicious Puffy Treat. (re Victoria Nuland)
[The with links, charts, and comments thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com/2020/06/17/the-baker-of-maidan-square-serves-up-another-delicious-puffy-treat/#more-861]
[Victoria Nuland article in Foreign Affairs: foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2020-06-09/pinning-down-putin]
27. Asia Times: Pepe Escobar, Warmonger paints Trump a peacenik. Bolton’s book bodyslams Trump but the excoriating account may ultimately lift the fallen leader from the canvas before a next round election.
