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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#122 :: Thursday, 1 August 2019
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1. The National Interest: Nikolas Gvosdev, Has a Color Revolution Come to Russia? Probably Not. What do the latest protests in Moscow mean for Russia?
2. Russian International Affairs Council: Pavel Koshkin, Russian Revisionism or Restoring Justice? (“Even if the Kremlin sees statements by U.S. or European colleagues as exaggerated or contrived, it stills needs to persuade Washington that Moscow is ready to cooperate in order to get out of the current crisis in mutual relations. However, this equally applies to Washington: if the U.S. resorts to raising confrontational rhetoric to the detriment of empathy, the existing problems will remain un… – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/russian-revisionism-or-restoring-justice/
3. TASS: Almost 70% of Russians prefer career to family, survey reveals.
4. Moscow Times: Sam Greene, Violent Crackdowns on Russian Opposition Reveal Dangerous Policy Shift. The level of confrontation between the Kremlin and the Russian opposition has increased, and along with it the scale and severity of the law-enforcement response to protests.
6. TASS: Yabloko opposes unauthorised protests over Moscow poll.
7. Moscow Times: Russians’ Trust in TV News Falls 25% in 10 Years – Report.
8. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexandra Prokopenko, Why the Russian Government Can’t Attain Economic Growth. – carnegie.ru/commentary/79600
9. Meduza: ‘I’d be willing to work against this government with Satan himself’ We talked to a suburban Russian policeman who spied for the CIA, fought in eastern Ukraine, and got sentenced to 13 years for treason. (excerpt)
10. Wall Street Journal: ‘Last Man Standing’: An American Investor in Russia Takes a Fall. Michael Calvey remained a Kremlin cheerleader long after other fund managers left. Now he is facing prison.
11. Vesti.ru: Defense Ministry Expert: Russia Needs to Buy More Time to Modernize Military and Prepare! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3173942&cid=4441
12. Transitions Online: Cold War in Cyberspace. Western military hackers have penetrated Russian targets, from tech giants to the nationwide power grid, reports say.
13. Vedomosti: Paper views Russians’ sentiment towards sanctions.
14. www.rt.com: US Senate committee green-lights sanctions against Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
15. TASS: Operator of Nord Stream 2 project evaluates US Senate sanctions committee decision.
16. Bloomberg: Easing in U.S.-Russia Ties Seen in Move on Moscow School Visas.
17. RFE/RL: Trump Calls Putin To Offer Help Battling Siberian Fires.
18. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: China ‘buries’ key nuclear arms control treaty.
19. Washington Post editorial: A nuclear treaty is about to vanish. Its demise should teach a lesson.
20. Financial Times editorial: Collapse of the INF treaty could be followed by the expiry of New Start.
21. Wall Street Journal: NATO Grapples With Collapse of Missile Treaty. With U.S. set to quit pact with Russia, allies prepare European defenses.
22. TASS: Kommersant: Moscow sees prospects with new administration in Kiev.
23. TASS: In Saakashvili’s shoes? Poroshenko asks US lobbyists to shield him from criminal charges.
24. Vice News: FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS HAVE BEEN USING UKRAINE’S CIVIL WAR AS A TRAINING GROUND. THEY’RE RETURNING HOME. – news.vice.com/en_us/article/vb95ma/far-right-extremists-have-been-using-ukraines-civil-war-as-a-training-ground-theyre-returning-home
25. The Unz Review: The Saker, Zelenskii’s Dilemma – unz.com/tsaker/zelenskiis-dilemma/
26. Russia in Global Affairs: Geopolitics in Space and Time (excerpt). Alexander Solovyov talks with Vladimir P. Lukin about the intellectual misery of political science, the will of people and the power of things, the reassessment of the Cold War and national interests, “the society of the spectacle” in the 21st century and the advance of artificial intelligence, about attempts to run away from present-day reality into the future, and many other disturbing modern tendencies. – eng.globalaffairs.ru/number/Geopolitics-in-Space-and-Time-20123
27. Chicago Sun Times: Jacob Sullum, Moscow’s election meddling was miniscule. All it takes to combat Russian propagandists is a brain.
28. www.rt.com: Is nothing sacred? For WaPo, hamburgers have ‘hidden Russia connection’ – rt.com/usa/465513-wapo-hamburgers-trump-russia-connection/
29. The Onion: [SATIRE:] Russian Operative Disappointed Gerrymandering Taking All The Fun Out Of Hacking 2020 U.S. Election.