“For the first time in our history, we have combat-ready battle groups in the Baltic region … in Latvia and … Lithuania,” Stoltenberg said …. NATO also conducts air policing and has an increased naval presence … in the Baltic region […]
Headlines
RUSSIALINK: “Russia’s Gazprom Reports Record Profits as Gas Prices Soar” – Moscow Times
Europe receives a third of its gas supplies from Russia and has seen energy prices surge to record highs in recent months. (Moscow Times – […]
RUSSIA NEWS & INFORMATION – Johnson’s Russia List contents & links :: JRL 2021-#232 :: Monday, 29 November 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 […]
What’s Behind The Russia-Ukraine War Fears — And What Might Actually Happen?
The buildup of forces is evident in western Russia and also in Crimea, according to satellite images. It’s impossible to ascertain exactly what Russia’s intentions are […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russian Markets Tumble on Discovery of ‘Worst Ever’ Coronavirus Strain” – Moscow Times
Russian financial markets have tumbled in a day of global market turmoil following the discovery of a new coronavirus strain, dubbed the “worst ever” by scientists […]
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin’s Ukraine gambit seen as part of play for new Biden summit” – Reuters
“… U.S., NATO and Ukrainian officials have raised the alarm in recent weeks over what they say are unusual Russian troop movements closer to Ukraine, […]
RUSSIA NEWS & INFORMATION – Johnson’s Russia List contents & links :: JRL 2021-#231 :: Friday, 26 November 2021
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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia and Ukraine both step up military alert with combat drills” – Reuters
“Russia staged military drills in the Black Sea, south of Ukraine, … and said it needed to sharpen the combat-readiness of its conventional and nuclear […]
Why There Won’t Be a People’s Republic of Left-Bank Ukraine Just Yet
(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Simon Saradzhyan – Nov. 23, 2021) Simon Saradzhyan is the founding director of the Russia Matters Project. Evidence of recently […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russia Losing 1-3 Meters of Arctic Shoreline to Climate Change Annually – Scientists” – Moscow Times
Russia is losing increasing amounts of its Arctic coast each year as climate change accelerates natural erosion processes […]
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia, China sign roadmap for closer military cooperation” – AP
“Russia’s defense chief [Sergei Shoigu] … signed a roadmap for closer military ties with China …. Russia has sought to expand ties with China as […]
RUSSIALINK: “Kremlin Blasts ‘Divisive’ U.S. Democracy Summit Snub” – Moscow Times
Around 110 countries have been invited to the virtual summit … snubbing Russia and China … Invitees from the former Soviet world include Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and Georgia and the three Baltic states […]
RUSSIALINK: “Moscow Court Begins Hearings on Closing Top Rights Center” – Moscow Times
A court in Moscow on Tuesday began hearings into a request by prosecutors to shut down a key center of Russia’s leading rights group Memorial […]
Jehovah’s Witness Acquitted In Russia In ‘First’ For Group, Despite Crackdown
The Jehovah’s Witnesses say more than 70 members are incarcerated across Russia, while 265 probes have been launched against 574 Jehovah’s Witnesses since 2017 […]
RUSSIA NEWS & INFORMATION – Johnson’s Russia List contents & links :: JRL 2021-#230 :: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
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Ivan Katchanovski: “Revelations that wounding of a female Maidan medic was staged”
Subject: Revelations that wounding of a female Maidan medic was staged Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 From: Ivan Katchanovski <ikatchan@uottawa.ca> Since it might be of […]
RUSSIA NEWS & INFORMATION – Johnson’s Russia List contents & links :: JRL 2021-#229 :: Tuesday, 23 November 2021
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JRL NEWSWATCH: “For Putin, the Great Prize Has Always Been Ukraine” – WSJ
The Russian president takes pride in having restored his country’s power and prominence after the Cold War, but he won’t consider his legacy complete until Kyiv again becomes Moscow’s satellite […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russia Scrambles to Escort Ships Stuck in Arctic Shipping Route – Reports” – Moscow Times
Dozens of ships have gotten stuck in the sea ice of the Russian Arctic due to an earlier-than-expected freeze over the past week […]
Russia’s Putin Says He Got COVID Booster Shot
In recent weeks, Russia has regularly reported record coronavirus-related deaths amid a surge of infections […]
Environment
RUSSIALINK: “Russia Losing 1-3 Meters of Arctic Shoreline to Climate Change Annually – Scientists” – Moscow Times
Russia is losing increasing amounts of its Arctic coast each year as climate change accelerates natural erosion processes […]
Spies, Spy Allegations
RUSSIALINK: “Russia’s SVR: Allegations regarding concentration of forces in Russia for invading Ukraine ‘absolutely false'” – Interfax
MOSCOW. Nov 22 (Interfax) – The allegations that Russia has concentrated substantial forces to launch a military invasion of Ukraine are “absolutely false,” the Russian […]
U.S.-Russian Relations, U.S.-Ukrainian Relations
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin’s Ukraine gambit seen as part of play for new Biden summit” – Reuters
“… U.S., NATO and Ukrainian officials have raised the alarm in recent weeks over what they say are unusual Russian troop movements closer to Ukraine, […]
Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
RUSSIALINK: “Moscow Court Begins Hearings on Closing Top Rights Center” – Moscow Times
A court in Moscow on Tuesday began hearings into a request by prosecutors to shut down a key center of Russia’s leading rights group Memorial […]
Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
RUSSIALINK: “Russia’s Gazprom Reports Record Profits as Gas Prices Soar” – Moscow Times
Europe receives a third of its gas supplies from Russia and has seen energy prices surge to record highs in recent months. (Moscow Times – […]
Assassinations, Assassination Attempts, Beatings, Threats
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Get them while they’re young: Vladimir Putin’s henchmen target Russia’s universities and students” – The Economist
“There’s an election coming.” “… But going after politicians and the media, and arresting students and activists, is no longer sufficient. The Kremlin is now […]
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 […]
Cybersecurity
RUSSIALINK: “Russia, U.S. conducting cybersecurity dialogue – Peskov” – Interfax
MOSCOW. Nov 9 (Interfax) – Moscow and Washington are conducting cybersecurity dialogue, but the details of this dialogue cannot be relayed to the public, Kremlin […]
Population Disaster, Demographics
Russia Continues to Lose Scientists as Kremlin Cuts Back Funding
(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, Oct. 10, 2021) The number of scholars and associated personnel working in the natural sciences has fallen […]
Space
JRL NEWSWATCH: “NASA, Russia stress that space partnership remains strong after Nauka incident at space station” – Space.com
“Following a serious incident at the International Space Station last Thursday … Russia and the U.S. have reaffirmed their partnership and shared next steps to […]
Arctic
RUSSIALINK: “Russia Losing 1-3 Meters of Arctic Shoreline to Climate Change Annually – Scientists” – Moscow Times
Russia is losing increasing amounts of its Arctic coast each year as climate change accelerates natural erosion processes […]
Russia & Ukraine
What’s Behind The Russia-Ukraine War Fears — And What Might Actually Happen?
The buildup of forces is evident in western Russia and also in Crimea, according to satellite images. It’s impossible to ascertain exactly what Russia’s intentions are […]
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin’s Ukraine gambit seen as part of play for new Biden summit” – Reuters
“… U.S., NATO and Ukrainian officials have raised the alarm in recent weeks over what they say are unusual Russian troop movements closer to Ukraine, […]
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia and Ukraine both step up military alert with combat drills” – Reuters
“Russia staged military drills in the Black Sea, south of Ukraine, … and said it needed to sharpen the combat-readiness of its conventional and nuclear […]
Why There Won’t Be a People’s Republic of Left-Bank Ukraine Just Yet
(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Simon Saradzhyan – Nov. 23, 2021) Simon Saradzhyan is the founding director of the Russia Matters Project. Evidence of recently […]
Oil, Gas, Energy
RUSSIALINK: “Russia’s Gazprom Reports Record Profits as Gas Prices Soar” – Moscow Times
Europe receives a third of its gas supplies from Russia and has seen energy prices surge to record highs in recent months. (Moscow Times – […]
Nuclear, Missile Defense
JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia, U.S. Release Latest Nuclear Weapons Counts as Moscow-NATO Ties Collapse” – Newsweek
“… Russia counted 527 deployed … ICBMs[] … SLBMs[] and heavy bombers, 1,458 warheads on deployed ICBMs … SLBMs and … heavy bombers as well […]
Media, Internet
Why There Won’t Be a People’s Republic of Left-Bank Ukraine Just Yet
(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Simon Saradzhyan – Nov. 23, 2021) Simon Saradzhyan is the founding director of the Russia Matters Project. Evidence of recently […]
RUSSIALINK: “Staff of Shuttered Kyiv Post Announce ‘Independent’ Relaunch Effort” – Moscow Times
The staff at Ukraine’s English-language Kyiv Post announced efforts to relaunch as an “independent” publication days after its owner shuttered it amid a dispute over editorial independence […]
‘Sword Of Damocles’: With First Legal Charges, Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Law Bares Its Teeth
“‘… you have to remember how every single ruble ended up in your account.’ If a report is deemed erroneous, a designated “foreign agent” could face a fine of up to 300,000 rubles ($4,250) or a prison term from two to five years […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russian Journalist Dmitry Muratov Wins Nobel Peace Prize” – Moscow Times
[Dmitry Muratov,] editor-in-chief of one of Russia’s leading independent newspapers, Novaya Gazeta, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. … for the paper’s reporting on human rights, freedom of speech and other politically sensitive topics […]
Belarus
RUSSIALINK: “Poland Says Belarus Has Changed Tactics on Migrant Crisis” – Moscow Times
The West accuses Belarus of artificially creating the crisis by bringing in would-be migrants, mostly from the Middle East, and taking them to the Polish border with promises of an easy crossing into the EU […]
RUSSIALINK: “EU Border Migrant Crisis Complicates Russia-Belarus Alliance” – Moscow Times
The EU has accused the Belarusian government of shipping Middle Eastern migrants toward Poland to force the bloc to drop sanctions […]
Kremlin Lashes Out At West, Defends Troop Movements, As It Boosts Role In Belarus-EU Border Crisis
The Kremlin has vowed to safeguard its borders in the face of actions by countries it accused of trying to “contain” Russia and sought to walk back a Belarusian threat of a cutoff of Russian natural gas to Western markets […]
RUSSIALINK: “Russia’s Aeroflot Denies Transporting Migrants to Belarus” – Moscow Times
Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot has denied helping migrants and refugees from the Middle East travel to Belarus as European leaders scramble to deal with a migrant crisis on the Polish border […]
Europe, EU
NATO Chief Touts Alliance’s Forces In Baltics Ahead Of Foreign Ministers Meeting In Riga
“For the first time in our history, we have combat-ready battle groups in the Baltic region … in Latvia and … Lithuania,” Stoltenberg said …. NATO also conducts air policing and has an increased naval presence … in the Baltic region […]
Health, Alcohol, Smoking, AIDS, Epidemics
Russia’s Putin Says He Got COVID Booster Shot
In recent weeks, Russia has regularly reported record coronavirus-related deaths amid a surge of infections […]
Human Rights
RUSSIALINK: “Moscow Court Begins Hearings on Closing Top Rights Center” – Moscow Times
A court in Moscow on Tuesday began hearings into a request by prosecutors to shut down a key center of Russia’s leading rights group Memorial […]
Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's
RUSSIALINK: “Moscow Court Begins Hearings on Closing Top Rights Center” – Moscow Times
A court in Moscow on Tuesday began hearings into a request by prosecutors to shut down a key center of Russia’s leading rights group Memorial […]
Chechnya, Dagestan, North Caucasus
RUSSIALINK: “Biggest Names Among Russia’s Election Winners: A first female mayor, a TV host and Chechnya’s strongman” – Moscow Times
Russia held controversial parliamentary elections last weekend that were marred by claims of mass fraud […]
Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime
RUSSIALINK: “Moscow Court Begins Hearings on Closing Top Rights Center” – Moscow Times
A court in Moscow on Tuesday began hearings into a request by prosecutors to shut down a key center of Russia’s leading rights group Memorial […]
Life in Russia, Culture, Arts
RUSSIALINK: “Russia Celebrates Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 200th Birthday” – Moscow Times
Virtually every city and province is honoring the writer. On [Nov. 11,] 1821, Fyodor Dostoevsky was born … into the family of an army doctor who worked at a hospital for the poor […]
Religion
Jehovah’s Witness Acquitted In Russia In ‘First’ For Group, Despite Crackdown
The Jehovah’s Witnesses say more than 70 members are incarcerated across Russia, while 265 probes have been launched against 574 Jehovah’s Witnesses since 2017 […]
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