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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2020-#181 :: Wednesday, 7 October 2020
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1. Putin reveals he likes many left-wing values
2. Moscow Times: Russia’s Security Guarantees for Armenia Don’t Extend to Karabakh, Putin Says.
3. rt.com: Urging a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, Putin confirms Russia will fulfil defense-pact obligations to Armenia.
4. Kremlin.ru: Interview with Rossiya TV channel.
5. rt.com: The real ‘useful idiots’? Putin says Trump opponents using ‘Russia card’ to damage US president are playing into Moscow’s hands.
6. Wall Street Journal: Putin Criticizes Joe Biden’s ‘Sharp Anti-Russian Rhetoric’. Discussing U.S. election, Russian leader praises Trump, says he is reassured by Democratic candidate’s support for arms control.
7. TASS: TASS exclusive interview with Putin closely studied in all capitals, says Kremlin.
8. TASS: Coronavirus spread may get stronger in Russia in fall compared to spring, expert says.
9. TASS: Kremlin does not see the need for new business support measures.
10. No Yardstick: András Tóth-Czifra, NY Dispatches: Putin’s bonuses.
11. Russia Beyond: What’s behind the recent ecological disaster in Kamchatka?
12. Oilprice.com: Russia Is Expanding Its Energy Influence In Africa.
13. Valdai Discussion Club: Ivan Timofeev, Russia-Germany: Perceptions and Motives.
14. Financial Times: Russia’s neighbourhood in flames. Uprising in Kyrgyzstan is latest in series of crises to hit Moscow’s sphere of influence.
15. AP: ‘How long will it last?’ Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rages on.
16. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Turkey nudging Russia out of the Caucasus.
17. Reuters: Russia says Islamist fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict pose threat to Moscow.
18. Southfront: AZERBAIJANI-TURKISH ALLIANCE IS TAKING UPPER HAND IN WAR WITH ARMENIA.
19. Antiwar.com: Danny Sjursen, Driven By Delusions: The West’s Nagorno-Karabakh Hypocrisy.
20. Intellinews: Belarus is the template for Bishkek’s rapid revolution. Bishkek has looked to Belarus for a template on how to run a revolution, but after two days it is now Minsk that will look to Bishkek on what to do after they kick Alexander Lukashenko out of office.
21. RFE/RL: Thousands Back In Bishkek Streets Demanding ‘Clean’ Politicians For New Government.
22. Meduza: Consider it a ‘sub-coup’. Central Asia expert Arkady Dubnov answers key questions about the political turmoil in Bishkek.
23. TASS: Izvestia: West gears up for sanctions after OPCW conclusions on Navalny case.
24. TASS: Work of Russian, OPCW experts can help depoliticize Navalny affair – Moscow.
25. BBC interview: “Hi, this is Navalny!”
27. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, URINE, BLOOD, & HEARSAY – OPCW REPORT GIVES THE GERMAN GAME AWAY, REVEALS NO NOVICHOK WEAPON, NO NAVALNY CRIME.
28. 112.international (Kyiv): Ukraine cannot end war in Donbas without dialogue with Russia, – Zelensky.
29. Facebook: Ivan Katchanovski, Maidan shootings.
30. Strategic Culture Foundation: Robert Bridge, Censored Russian Filmmaker Speaks Out Against ‘European Magnitsky Act’ as Yet Another Western Hit-Job Against Moscow.
31. National Review: New Files Highlight Brennan’s Role Promoting Clinton’s Russia Collusion Narrative . CIA was not seeking an FBI probe of Clinton; rather, it was pushing an investigation of Trump consistent with her baseless allegations.
32. Washington Post: Russia trying to stoke societal tensions and white supremacy is the most lethal threat to the United States, new DHS report says.
33. New York Times: Fiona Hill, Russia Can Interfere Only if We Let It. Moscow’s operatives did not invent our crude tribal politics; they just exploited them.
34. Wall Street Journal: How Russia Today Skirts High-Tech Blockade to Reach U.S. Readers. The Kremlin-backed outlet has been boosted by a news aggregator dominated by conservative media sites.
35. Meduza: ‘We couldnʼt tell the relatives’. Declassified transcripts show that Putin was obsessed with polling even as Bill Clinton consoled him after the Kursk submarine disaster. (excerpt)

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