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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2021-#244 :: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
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1. Moscow Times: Russia to Introduce Health Exams for Foreigners: What You Need to Know.
2. Intellinews: Only 4% of Russians believe Russia is behind the hostilities in Donbas
3. rt.com: Russians reveal whether they see Ukraine as friend or foe – rt.com/russia/543188-survey-ukraine-friend-threat/
4. Moscow Times: Russia Sends Security Proposals to U.S. as Ukraine Tensions Soar.
5. Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry: Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov’s interview with Izvestia, December 13, 2021 – mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4992391
6. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia to respond to deployment of US medium-range missiles in Germany.
7. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, BREAN, BRAUN, AND PUTIN’S BRAIN – irrussianality.wordpress.com/2021/12/14/brean-braun-and-putins-brain/
8. Dances with Bears: John Helmer, SWEETS FOR MY SWEET, SWEETS FOR MY MONEY – RUSSIAN CHOCOLATE DEFENDS ITS MARKET. (excerpt) – johnhelmer.net/sweets-for-my-sweet-sweets-for-my-money-russian-chocolate-defends-its-market/print/
9. Interfax: Inflation poses serious challenge for implementation of national projects, risks of stalling should be reduced to minimum – Putin.
10. Intellinews: Russian policymakers face economic perfect storm. Russia’s economic growth appears to be slowing as problems like capital flight, sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic pile up. Policymakers will have a difficult time trying to balance these competing demands.
11. Valdai Discussion Club: Danila Bochkarev, Nord Stream 2 Could Provide Europe With Cheaper and Greener Energy; What Stands in the Way? – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/nord-stream-2-could-provide-europe-with-cheaper-gas/
12. AP: Kremlin: Xi supports Putin’s pursuit of guarantees from West.
13. rt.com: Kremlin reveals new independent Russian-Chinese financial systems – rt.com/russia/543258-moscow-china-create-independent-structure/
14. Indian Punchline: M.K Bhadrakumar, Russia-China alliance at the tipping point
15. Defense One: Lyle J. Goldstein, How to Avert War in Ukraine. The West should swallow a bitter pill.
16. Antiwar.com: Doug Bandow, The U.S., Not Ukraine, Decides Whether America Defends Ukraine.
17. Project Syndicate: Richard Haass, Defusing the Russia-Ukraine Crisis.
18. Moscow Times: Vladislav Inozemtsev, Russia’s Third Cold War. We cannot separate what is happening now from the previous “cold wars” or the obvious lessons to be learned from them.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/15/russias-third-cold-war-a75822
19. Valdai Discussion Club: William Hill, The Post-Cold War European Security Order Is Gone: What Will Replace It?
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-post-cold-war-european-security-order-is-gone/
20. Wall Street Journal: Andrew Michta, Russia and China’s Dangerous Decline. The risk of war arises not because they’re strong but because they foresee their advantages slipping away.
21. Foreign Affairs: Katharine Quinn-Judge, Why the Stalemate in Eastern Ukraine Will Likely Hold. Despite the Russian Buildup, the Status Quo Still Serves Both Sides.
22. www.rt.com: NATO dismisses Russia’s call for moratorium on missile deployment.
https://www.rt.com/russia/543216-moratorium-missile-europe-nato/
23. Asia Times: James Carden, Neocons bent on starting another disaster in Ukraine. US foreign policy is evidently held hostage by a venal, avaricious and, above all, reckless claque of elites.
24. Antiwar.com: Daniel Larison. Neutrality for Ukraine Is the Right Answer.
