Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-128 :: Friday, 8 July 2016
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#128
Friday, 8 July 2016
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1. Russia Beyond the Headlines: A survival guide for dating Russian women.
2. Rethinking Russia: Experts Discuss the Specifics of the 2016 Electoral Campaign.
3. Rethinking Russia: ISEPR Foundation Carried out the Comparative Analysis of the Russian Political Parties’ Electoral Ratings at the Start of the State Duma Elections of 2011.
4. Gazeta.ru: Editorial downbeat about pre-election developments in Russia.
5. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Russian PM Medvedev proposes hiking income taxes for first time since 2000.
6. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, Russia Hints Of New Bond Offerings, Fearless Of Sanctions.
7. Moscow Times: Russian Artist Pavlensky Stripped of Award Over Support for Police Killers.
8. Russia Direct: Sergey Markedonov, Abkhazia: A complexity of political choices. As Abkhazia prepares to vote in a new referendum to determine its future political path, it’s clear that this republic still faces uncertainty over its social and economic development.
9. Valdai Discussion Club: Dmitry Suslov, GERMANY’S UNIPOLAR MOMENT IN THE EU. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR RUSSIA? The internal balance of forces in the EU has changed irrevocably. From now on, Berlin will be the sole and indisputable EU hegemon.
10. The National Interest: Mark Katz, Can Russia and Iran Still Be Friends after the Nuclear Deal? Moscow and Tehran are learning how to agree to disagree.
11. Los Angeles Times editorial: It may be a long shot, but trying to cooperate with Russia in Syria is Obama’s best option.
12. Washington Post: Trump’s Russia adviser criticizes U.S. for ‘hypocritical focus on democratization.’ (Carter Page)
13. Interfax: Moscow interested in further dialogue with NATO – Federation Council members on NATO-Russia Council meeting.
14. BBC Monitoring: Russian press filled with grim comments about NATO summit.
15. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, NATO Can Reduce the Threat of Escalation With Russia.
16. The Nation: Michael Klare, The United States and NATO Are Preparing for a Major War With Russia. Massive military exercises and a troop buildup on NATO’s eastern flank reflect a dangerous new strategy.
17. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Memo to NATO: Europe can’t be ‘whole and free’ without Russia.
18. Forbes.com: Doug Bandow, NATO Isn’t A Social Club: Montenegro, Georgia, And Ukraine Don’t Belong.
19. DNINews.com: US journalists have not found Russian army in Donbass.
20. Sputnik: No More Maidans: NATO Training Ukrainian Troops to Crush Future Protests.
21. Interfax: Shellings in Donbas increase threefold in past week – OSCE SMM.
22. Fort Russ: Russian Senator: Ukrainians are being ideologically prepped for war.
23. Kyiv Post: Forsaken: Little love for Kyiv in front line Donbas city wracked by warfare and poverty.
24. Kyiv Post: Pyatt: High hopes, some regrets, one big question. (US ambassador)
25. Euromaidan Press: Polish-Ukrainian confrontation over historical past gains momentum.
26. Ukraine Today (Kyiv): Ukraine jointly with US launches space rocket Antares. [DJ: This is where I live in Chincoteague, Virginia. I believe there are both Ukrainian and Russian engineers here.
