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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2021-#152 :: Friday, 30 July 2021
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1. Bloomberg: Russia’s Global Vaccine Ambitions Stumble During Supply Shortage
2. TASS: Russia reports over 23,500 daily COVID-19 cases — crisis center – tass.com/society/1321049
3. The Spectator (UK): Matthew Luxmore, Ella Pamfilova and the dismantling of Russia’s democracy
4. rt.com: Russia is becoming ‘fascist’ state due to political ‘repression’ & ‘cannibalistic’ reforms, veteran Communist leader tells Putin – rt.com/russia/530583-fascist-state-zyuganov-putin/
5. Paul Goble: Nostalgia for Soviet Times Doesn’t Extend Beyond Elites to Most Russians, Especially Those under 35, Makarkin Says.
6. Intellinews: Russia’s GDP catches up with pre-COVID level
7. Intellinews: Yukos shareholders claim $5bn appeal award from Russia
8. rt.com: Russia rejects Dutch court ruling to hand $5 BILLION of taxpayers’ cash to ex-oligarchs over collapse of Yukos oil & gas empire – rt.com/russia/530589-court-yukos-cash-oligarchs/
9. RFE/RL: In Blacklisting A U.S. College, Russia Shutters A Program That Bridged An International Divide.
10. TASS: Sports world tired of politicized pressure on Russian athletes, foreign intelligence chief – tass.com/sport/1321171
11. rt.com: ‘You need to learn how to lose’: ROC throw scathing shade at ‘sore losers’ & ‘Western propaganda’ at Tokyo 2020 – rt.com/sport/530673-russian-olympics-us-media/
12. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Republican Senators pressing Biden to stop Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
13. Russia Matters: Jeffrey Mankoff, Be Careful What You Wish For: Russia, China and Afghanistan after the Withdrawal
14. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrey Chuprygin, Russia in Libya and the Mediterranean – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/russia-in-libya-and-the-mediterranean/
15. Modern Diplomacy: Uran Botobekov, Russia’s ‘Great Game’ in Central Asia Amid the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
16. TASS: Global experts suggest Kiev officially recognize Donbass as conflicting side – tass.com/politics/1321153
17. New Cold War: Dmitriy Kovalevich, July Update: US-German deal over Ukraine and beyond: permission for Nord Stream in exchange for support of a neo-Nazi concept in Eastern Europe – newcoldwar.org/july-update-us-german-deal-over-ukraine-and-beyond-permission-for-nord-stream-in-exchange-for-support-of-a-neo-nazi-concept-in-eastern-europe/
18. RFE/RL: British Judge To Rule In October On Libel Case Over ‘Putin’s People’ Book.
19. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, CATHERINE BELTON LOSES FIRST TRUTH TEST, RUPERT MURDOCH PUBLISHER TO RETRACT, APOLOGISE — REUTERS PRETENDS IT ISN’T SO – johnhelmer.net/catherine-belton-loses-first-truth-test-rupert-murdoch-publisher-to-retract-apologise-reuters-pretends-it-isnt-so/print/
20. TASS: Kommersant: Russia offers world community new path to combat cyber crimes.
21. rt.com: Maitreya Bhakal, The United States is still far and away the single biggest hacker on the planet – Pegasus or no Pegasus – rt.com/op-ed/530495-spyware-pegasus-us-biggest-hacker/
22. Novaya Gazeta: Veteran opposition politician says ‘mafia state’ created in Russia. Interview with Yabloko party founder Grigory Yavlinsky – novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/07/13/kto-mozhet-golosovat-za-iabloko
