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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2021-#202 :: Friday, 15 October 2021
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1. Kremlin.ru: Interview with CNBC – en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66920
2. TASS: Russia kicks off ‘first-ever digital’ nationwide population census – tass.com/society/1350051
3. AFP: Russia Starts Census Amid Pandemic, Demographic Crisis
4. Meduza: The Red East. How Russia’s Communist Party achieved unprecedented electoral success in Russia’s Far East — previously a stronghold for the far-right Liberal Democrats.
5. Meduza: United Russia blocks Communist initiative to launch parliamentary investigation into torture and rape inside Russian prisons
6. Washington Post: As Russian voting moves online, Putin’s foes say another path to curb Kremlin is lost
7. Novaya Gazeta: Russian commentary views causes, implications of poverty in country – novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/10/05/tsvetushchaia-bednost-osnova-stabilnosti
8. RFE/RL: Arrest Of Russian University Rector Sparks Fears Of Further Clampdown On Liberal Arts
9. rt.com: Russia is NOT manipulating gas market to drive up costs, European Commission says in response to claims Moscow plotted price rise – rt.com/russia/537538-russia-not-manipulating-gas-market/
10. Dances With Bears: WHO’S TO BLAME FOR THE GAS SHORTAGE & RISING PRICES IN EUROPE – IT’S THE EUROPEAN UNION STUPID. (Vzglyad article) – johnhelmer.net/whos-to-blame-for-the-gas-shortage-rising-prices-in-europe-its-the-european-union-stupid/print/
11. rt.com: Nord Stream 2 pipeline won’t face further sanctions now construction is complete, as US backtracks on policy, Politico reports – rt.com/russia/537487-nordstream2-further-sanctions-report/
12. TASS: Izvestia: How much longer will the world need coal.
13. Russia Observer: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 14 OCTOBER 2021 – patrickarmstrong.ca/2021/10/14/russian-federation-sitrep-14-october-2021/
14. AFP: Nine restaurants win stars as Michelin launches Moscow guide
15. Washington Post: Michelin now ranks Moscow’s restaurants. It’s seen as a win for Putin’s food import bans.
16. Moscow Times: Most Russians Oppose Same-Sex Relationships – Poll
17. New York Times: U.S. Holds Global Meeting to Fight Ransomware, Minus the World’s No. 1 Culprit. Russia, the biggest source of the problem, was not invited to the 30-nation conference, which sought to engage allies in efforts to disrupt cybercrime.
18. TASS: Media: Nuland’s visit to Moscow less productive than expected.
19. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Fyodor Lukyanov, Nato Has Just One Common Function, Which Is To Contain Russia – rg.ru/2021/09/28/lukianov-u-nato-ostalas-edinstvennaia-obshchaia-funkciia-sderzhivanie-rossii.html
20. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Russia-Japan Relations: Were Abe’s Efforts In Vain? Expanding the modest elements of trust in the Japan-Russia relationship, talking through reciprocal concerns before they lead to conflict, avoiding bilateral incidents, and engaging in mutually beneficial economic cooperation is the way forward.
21. Global Times: Andrey Kortunov, Shared territorial concern, opposition to US intervention prompt Russia’s support to China on Taiwan question – globaltimes.cn/page/202110/1236320.shtml
22. rt.com: Russian gas transit through Ukraine will exceed required contractual volumes – Energy Ministry – rt.com/business/537531-russia-gas-ukraine-increase-transit/
23. Kommersant: Why contacts with the current Ukrainian leadership are meaningless. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev addressed Kommersant with his new article – kommersant.ru/doc/5028300
24. The Times (UK): Professor Paul Dukes. Aberdeen university lecturer, author and expert on Russian history who was fascinated by the country’s links with Scotland.


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