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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2021-#53 :: Sunday, 14 March 2021
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1. rt.com: Police disrupt Moscow summit of banned pro-Western group linked to UK-based former-oligarch Khodorkovsky, making dozens of arrests – rt.com/russia/518036-police-khodorkovsky-summit-arrests/
2. U.S. News and World Report: Russia, U.S. Locked in Propaganda War Over Vaccines. The claim from the Kremlin – which U.S. experts say is likely true – comes as world powers race for greater ‘vaccine diplomacy.’ And the U.S. is falling behind.
3. Irrussianaility: Paul Robinson, SHOCK REVELATION: PUTIN WANTS STABILITY IN THE USA – irrussianality.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/shock-revelation-putin-wants-stability-in-the-usa/
4. TASS: West’s actions have precipitated regulation of cyberspace, says Russian diplomat.
5. Paul Goble: ‘Blocking Social Media Only Intensifies Popular Anger at the Authorities,’ Experts Say.
6. Meduza: ‘He’s quite lucky they brought him to us’. Meduza special correspondent Maxim Solpov reports from Kolchugino, where Alexey Navalny was in custody until just recently.
7. Indian Punchline: M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asymmetry in US-Russia-China triangle – indianpunchline.com/asymmetry-in-us-russia-china-triangle/
8. Antiwar.com: Johanna Ross, The Atlantic Council’s Russia ‘Post-Regime Change’ Report Is a Work of Fantasy – original.antiwar.com/Johanna_Ross/2021/03/12/the-atlantic-councils-russia-post-regime-change-report-is-a-work-of-fantasy/
9. The Bell: Russia’s Eurovision entry sends progressive message – thebell.io/en/trialing-internet-isolation/
10. Washington Examiner: State Department suggests US can’t thwart ‘virtually complete’ Russian gas pipeline to Germany
11. Russian International Affairs Council: Ivan Timofeev, Sanctions Against Russia: A Look into 2021 – russiancouncil.ru/papers/Sanctions2021-Report65-En.pdf
12. Bloomberg: EU Officials Plot Lighter Touch on Russia But It’s a Tough Sell
13. Valdai Discussion Club: What Expects Relations Between Russia and Europe? When the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry speaks of Russia’s readiness to cut relations with the European Union, it is, of course, a formal reflection of what the parties have already achieved in reducing the real volume and content of these relations, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/how-are-the-relations-between-russia-and-europe/
14. Sunday Times (UK): UK’s new foreign policy — Russia is No 1 danger
15. New York Times: Born in Soviet Exile, They Might Die in a Russian One. Many victims of Stalin’s gulag are still unable to return to their families’ hometowns. Despite a court order, Moscow isn’t helping them.
16. CovertAction Magazine: Jeremy Kuzmarov, Is Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny a Key Prop in a Psychological Warfare Operation Designed to Bring Down Vladimir Putin? – covertactionmagazine.com/2021/03/13/is-russian-opposition-leader-alexey-navalny-a-key-prop-in-a-psychological-warfare-operation-designed-to-bring-down-vladimir-putin/
17. Washington Post: Henry Owen, China and Russia’s proposed lunar research station is an ominous sign for the West
18. Washington Post editorial: Ukraine’s president again comes under U.S. pressure — this time, for good reason
19. Awful Avalanche: Will Spring Bring New War to Donbass? – Part IV – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2021/03/13/will-spring-bring-new-war-to-donbass-part-iv/
20. Awful Avalanche: Ukraine Versus Donbass: Conquer Or Starve? – Part I – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2021/03/14/ukraine-versus-donbass-conquer-or-starve-part-i/