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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2021-#197 :: Thursday, 7 October 2021
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1. RFE/RL: Poll: Trust In Putin Drops To Lowest Levels Since 2012
2. TASS: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s biography – tass.com/politics/1346501
3. Paul Goble: At Current Rate, Russia Won’t Vaccinate Half the Population until a Year from Now, Watchdog Group Says
4. Intellinews: European gas prices slide back after Putin hints Russia may help “stabilise” the market
5. rt.com: Natural gas prices drop as Putin says Russia will boost supplies to Europe – rt.com/business/536824-gas-europe-falls-russia-boost-supply/
6. Washington Post: Russia’s rising young communists pose an unexpected new threat to Putin’s grip
7. Moscow Times: Russian Female Politicians Push to Encourage Women to Run for Office
8. Wall Street Journal: Russia Opens Probe Into Video Reports of Tortured Prisoners. Several officials were fired in cases that human-rights advocates say point to systematic torture in the country’s prisons.
9. AFP: 15 years on, editors warn time up for justice in Politkovskaya murder
10. TASS: Rossiyskaya Gazeta: World Bank improves outlook on Russian economy.
11. Izvestia: Military expert Andrei Frolov on how Russia’s new military budget will affect state defence programmes.
12. Riddle: Experimental Russia of the future. Kirill Shamiev on how an experimental approach to reforms will ensure Russia’s dynamic development – ridl.io/en/experimental-russia-of-the-future/
13. Intellinews: Pandora Papers link influential Russians to offshore havens
14. Russia Matters: Joseph Nye, U.S.-Russian Cyber Stability Needs ‘Drunken Party’ Approach: Limits, Deterrence and Communication.
15. Council on Foreign Relations: Academic Webinar: Constraining Putin’s Russia. Thomas Graham, distinguished fellow at CFR, leads a conversation on constraining Putin’s Russia. (excerpt)
16. Russia International Affairs Council: Camilla Gironi, Russia’s War on Terror(ism) – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/columns/military-and-security/russia-s-war-on-terror-ism/
17. rt.com: Taliban invited to Moscow for talks over future of Afghanistan in wake of American troop withdrawal, top Russian diplomat confirms – rt.com/russia/536835-taliban-invited-to-moscow-for-talks/
18. rt.com: Putin instructs Russian energy minister to ensure gas transit through Ukraine is maintained & Gazprom honors existing contracts – rt.com/russia/536775-putin-gas-transit-ukraine-gazprom/
19. The National Interest: Lynn Rusten, Reducing the Role of Nuclear Weapons Will Make America Safer.
20. The National Interest: What Vladimir Soloviev Really Thinks About Russia and America. The National Interest editor Jacob Heilbrunn goes toe-to-toe with the prominent and outspoken Russian talk show host, Vladimir Soloviev.


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