(Article text ©2021 RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – rferl.org – Yelena Rykovtseva, Robert Coalson – July 28, 2021 – article text also appeared […]
Headlines
RUSSIALINK: “Why Russia Can’t Compete in the Tokyo Olympics, But Its Athletes Can” – Moscow Times
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – July 29, 2021) Russian athletes have won a total of 25 medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics under the neutral […]
RUSSIA NEWS & INFORMATION – Johnson’s Russia List contents & links :: JRL 2021-#151 :: Thursday, 29 July 2021
To inquire about a subscription to the full Johnson’s Russia List e-mail newsletter, e-mail David Johnson at davidjohnson@starpower.net Support the JRL: russialist.org/funding.php Donate Online: click […]
Biden Warns That Cyberattacks Could Lead To ‘A Real Shooting War’
Biden noted a growing number of cyberattacks against government agencies and private industry that U.S. officials have linked to Russia and China […]
U.S. and Russian Experts Share Insights on Strategic Stability Ahead of Bilateral Talks
Top U.S. and Russian diplomats are to meet in Geneva on July 28th to revive a high-level dialogue on strategic stability […]
RUSSIALINK: “Kremlin fears ‘instability’ after U.S. withdrawal from Iraq” – Interfax
(Interfax – July 27, 2021) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has said that the planned withdrawal of US troops from Iraq may lead to greater […]
RUSSIA NEWS & INFORMATION – Johnson’s Russia List contents & links :: JRL 2021-#150 :: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
To inquire about a subscription to the full Johnson’s Russia List e-mail newsletter, e-mail David Johnson at davidjohnson@starpower.net Support the JRL: russialist.org/funding.php Donate Online: click […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russia ‘Successfully Disconnected’ From World Wide Web in Tests – RBC” – Moscow Times
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – July 22, 2021) Russia has “successfully disconnected” from the world wide web during tests of its “sovereign internet” technology, the […]
Putin’s Essay on Russia and Ukraine about Far Larger Issues than That, Yavlinsky Says
(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, July 19, 2021) Vladimir Putin’s essay about Russia and Ukraine is about far more than that, Grigory […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russia Bans Navalny-Linked Candidate From St. Petersburg Assembly Elections” – Moscow Times
The St. Petersburg election commission has banned the former head of jailed Kremlin’s critic Alexei Navalny’s headquarters, Irina Fatyanova, from running in elections to the city’s legislative assembly […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russian Central Bank Unveils Largest Rate Hike in 7 Years” – Moscow Times
Bank opts for rare move of raising key rate by full percentage point as inflation pressures show little sign of slowdown. (Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com […]
Russia Is Finally Embracing The Electric Vehicle Boom
(Oilprice.com – Felicity Bradstock – July 25, 2021) Late in the race, Russia has recently announced investments targeting electric vehicle (EV) growth in an attempt […]
Environment
Russia Is Finally Embracing The Electric Vehicle Boom
(Oilprice.com – Felicity Bradstock – July 25, 2021) Late in the race, Russia has recently announced investments targeting electric vehicle (EV) growth in an attempt […]
Spies, Spy Allegations
Biden Warns That Cyberattacks Could Lead To ‘A Real Shooting War’
Biden noted a growing number of cyberattacks against government agencies and private industry that U.S. officials have linked to Russia and China […]
U.S.-Russian Relations, U.S.-Ukrainian Relations
Biden Warns That Cyberattacks Could Lead To ‘A Real Shooting War’
Biden noted a growing number of cyberattacks against government agencies and private industry that U.S. officials have linked to Russia and China […]
Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
The Russian State Takes Ominous Steps To Bolster ‘Foreign Agents’ Law
(Article text ©2021 RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – rferl.org – Yelena Rykovtseva, Robert Coalson – July 28, 2021 – article text also appeared […]
Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
RUSSIALINK: “Russian Central Bank Unveils Largest Rate Hike in 7 Years” – Moscow Times
Bank opts for rare move of raising key rate by full percentage point as inflation pressures show little sign of slowdown. (Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com […]
Assassinations, Assassination Attempts, Beatings, Threats
Five Former Moscow Police Officers Jailed Over 2019 Arrest Of Journalist Golunov
A Russian court has sentenced five former police officers to several years in prison for the 2019 arrest of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov on trumped-up drug charges. … The journalist suffered bruises, cuts, a concussion, and a broken rib […]
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Jailed Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Ends Hunger Strike” – Wall Street Journal
“Opposition leader says doctors advised him to end the hunger strike because it was threatening his life.” “… Navalny announced Friday that he would end […]
Cybersecurity
Biden Warns That Cyberattacks Could Lead To ‘A Real Shooting War’
Biden noted a growing number of cyberattacks against government agencies and private industry that U.S. officials have linked to Russia and China […]
Population Disaster, Demographics
Far Fewer Abortions are Taking Place in Russia Now, but Statistics about Them have Deteriorated, HSE Experts Say
(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, July 7, 2021) Russia has significantly reduced the number of abortions over the last several decades both […]
Space
A Cosmonaut Is Demoted And Russia’s Star-Crossed Space Agency Lurches. Again.
… Despite drawing on vast infrastructure, decades of experience, and world-class engineering talent, the past few years have dented Roskosmos’s reputation […]
Arctic
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Melting Arctic Ice Pits Russia Against U.S. and China for Control of New Shipping Route” – Wall Street Journal
Warming in the Arctic is opening a shipping passage through Russia’s northern waters that could put the country at the center of new Asia-to-Europe trade routes […]
Russia & Ukraine
Putin’s Essay on Russia and Ukraine about Far Larger Issues than That, Yavlinsky Says
(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, July 19, 2021) Vladimir Putin’s essay about Russia and Ukraine is about far more than that, Grigory […]
JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. and Germany strike deal on Nord Stream 2 pipeline” – bne Intellinews
“The U.S. and Germany reached a bilateral agreement on Nord Stream 2 on July 21 that will allow the pipeline to be completed without further […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russia Takes Ukraine to European Court Over Post-Annexation Grievances” – Moscow Times
The filing marks Russia’s first-ever interstate complaint with the ECHR […]
JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S.-German Deal on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Expected Soon” – Wall Street Journal
“The U.S. and Germany have reached an agreement allowing completion of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, officials from both countries say.” “…. The […]
Oil, Gas, Energy
Russia Is Finally Embracing The Electric Vehicle Boom
(Oilprice.com – Felicity Bradstock – July 25, 2021) Late in the race, Russia has recently announced investments targeting electric vehicle (EV) growth in an attempt […]
Nuclear, Missile Defense
U.S. and Russian Experts Share Insights on Strategic Stability Ahead of Bilateral Talks
Top U.S. and Russian diplomats are to meet in Geneva on July 28th to revive a high-level dialogue on strategic stability […]
Media, Internet
RUSSIALINK: “Russia ‘Successfully Disconnected’ From World Wide Web in Tests – RBC” – Moscow Times
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – July 22, 2021) Russia has “successfully disconnected” from the world wide web during tests of its “sovereign internet” technology, the […]
RUSSIALINK: “How Do Russia’s ‘Undesirable Organizations’ and ‘Foreign Agents’ Laws Work?” – Moscow Times
The designations are seen by Kremlin critics and analysts as an attempt to throttle independent journalism and retaliate against those who expose high-level corruption ahead of high-stakes parliamentary elections
Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Amendments ‘Seriously Violate’ Human Rights: Venice Commission
… state media monitor Roskomnadzor has prepared hundreds of complaints against RFE/RL’s projects … total fines levied could run to more than $3 million […]
RUSSIALINK: “Putin signs into law bill on ‘grounding’ Google, Facebook, other IT giants in Russia” – Interfax
MOSCOW. July 1 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill compelling major foreign IT companies working with Russian audiences to […]
Belarus
Unpalatable Truths About Belarus’s Political Crisis
(Jamestown Foundation – jamestown.org – Eurasia Daily Monitor: Volume 18, Issue 99 – Grigory Ioffe – June 22, 2021) On June 14, Belarus’s Ministry of […]
Russian-Belarusian Codependence Highlighted in Wake of Forced Jet Landing
… Lukashenko is dependent on Putin for funding and personal protection. But Putin cannot afford to “lose” Belarus, and Lukashenko has been able to instill in his Moscow patrons a belief that he is indispensable […]
Belarus Could Become a Normal European Country with Far Less Difficulty than Ukraine, Inozemtsev Says
(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, May 31, 2021) Once Alyaksandr Lukashenka is ousted from power, Belarus would find it far easier to […]
Amid A Disinformation Cacophony From Minsk, Analysts Say ‘Putin Benefits’
… The cacophony of leaks and claims has also helped muddy the waters around the events of May 23, making it increasingly difficult to untangle fact from fiction […]
Europe, EU
JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. and Germany strike deal on Nord Stream 2 pipeline” – bne Intellinews
“The U.S. and Germany reached a bilateral agreement on Nord Stream 2 on July 21 that will allow the pipeline to be completed without further […]
Health, Alcohol, Smoking, AIDS, Epidemics
RUSSIALINK: “Russia registers 24,702 new cases of Covid-19, all-time high of 780 deaths in past 24 hours – HQ” – Interfax
MOSCOW. July 13 (Interfax) – Russia has registered 24,702 new cases of Covid-19 and a new all-time high of 780 deaths in the past 24 […]
Human Rights
Far Fewer Abortions are Taking Place in Russia Now, but Statistics about Them have Deteriorated, HSE Experts Say
(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, July 7, 2021) Russia has significantly reduced the number of abortions over the last several decades both […]
Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's
JRL NEWSWATCH: “‘A big blow’: Washington’s arms controllers brace for loss of their biggest backer” – Politico
“The MacArthur Foundation’s decision to stop funding nuclear policy work threatens to silence key voices amid fears of a new arms race …” Click here […]
Chechnya, Dagestan, North Caucasus
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia’s weather goes crazy” – bne Intellinews
“In May it was hotter on the coast of the Arctic Circle than in the Mediterranean. Russia is heating up three times faster than the […]
Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime
RUSSIALINK: “Why Russia Can’t Compete in the Tokyo Olympics, But Its Athletes Can” – Moscow Times
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – July 29, 2021) Russian athletes have won a total of 25 medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics under the neutral […]
Life in Russia, Culture, Arts
RUSSIALINK: “The 2021 Russian National Bestseller Award Goes to Alexander Pelevin; His winning novel “Pokrov-17″ is a dystopian mystery” – Moscow Times
… The new Russian literary reality, as seen through the National Bestseller lens, is a world of drug addicts, volunteers, online messengers, and Russia’s trademark never-ending search of justice […]
Religion
More than Half of Russians Consider Extra-Marital Sex and Divorce Morally Acceptable, Levada Center Poll Finds
… Americans are still more inclined to accept divorce than Russians are. Only 36 percent of Russians consider it morally acceptable […]
