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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2021-#17 :: Sunday, 23 January 2022
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1. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Why tensions with the West are driving Russians to get revaccinated. The squabbles between Russia and the West over whether to recognize each other’s vaccines are undermining a critical bridge between the two: Russians who travel between East and West.
2. rt.com: Russia not insisting on Ukraine ‘sphere of influence’ – Lavrov.
3. rt.com: Paul Robinson, Secret of ‘microwave weapons’ targeting US diplomats revealed. The rise and fall of ‘Havana Syndrome’ is a story of lazy assumptions and sloppy reporting.
4. The National Interest: Nikolas Gvosdev, The United States Needs a New Approach to Russia. There is no silver bullet solution that achieves all of America’s geopolitical objectives with no risk and at minimal costs.
5. The Independent (UK): Mary Dejevsky, The west is attempting to goad Russia into a war it doesn’t want. It is difficult to understand why the US, in particular, would be talking up the war scenario now. – independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/russian-ukraine-invasion-putin-biden-b1997307.html
6. Foreign Policy: Samuel Charap and Scott Boston, The West’s Weapons Won’t Make Any Difference to Ukraine. U.S. military equipment wouldn’t realistically help Ukrainians—or intimidate Putin. – foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/21/weapons-ukraine-russia-invasion-military/
7. New York Times: Ross Douthat, How to Retreat From Ukraine.
8. gilbertdoctorow.com: Gilbert Doctorow, Blinken and Lavrov meeting in Geneva: two steps forward and one step back. – gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/01/22/blinken-and-lavrov-meeting-in-geneva-two-steps-forward-and-one-step-back/
9. Slate.com: Fred Kaplan, Would Putin Really Invade Ukraine For This? How the Biden administration’s high-stakes diplomacy to avoid a crisis in Ukraine is going. – slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/ukraine-russia-us-blinken-lavrov-biden-putin.html
10. rt.com: Russia responds to British ‘coup’ allegations. Russia has urged the UK to cease spreading false stories. – rt.com/russia/546864-moscow-uk-ukraine-claim/
11. TASS: Russia does not rule out military provocations from US, Kiev regime – diplomat – tass.com/politics/1391903
12. New York: Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine. In a highly unusual public statement, backed by U.S. officials, London named the putative head of a potential puppet government but few other details.
13. The American Conservative: Ivan Eland, NATO Bears Some Responsibility For The Ukraine Crisis. NATO’s expansion humiliated Russia and put the nation on the offensive rather than securing European peace.
14. rt.com: German Navy chief resigns over Putin ‘respect’ comments. – rt.com/russia/546858-german-admiral-resigns-comments-crimea/
15. Awful Avalanche: Ukrainian Tail Wags German Dog. – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2022/01/23/ukrainian-tail-wags-german-dog/
16. Wall Street Journal: In Ukraine Talks, Who Is Playing for Time? As diplomacy continues, Russia and the West see trade-offs.
17. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SECRETARY BLINKEN AT GENEVA REVEALS PSYCHOPATHOLICAL INCAPACITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH RUSSIA. – johnhelmer.net/content-analysis-of-secretary-blinken-at-geneva-reveals-psychopatholical-incapacity-to-negotiate-with-russia/print/
18. Wall Street Journal: Germany’s Reliance on Russian Gas Limits Europe’s Options in Ukraine Crisis. Berlin is vulnerable if the West sanctions Russia over Ukraine and Moscow responds by cutting off exports.
19. The Cradle: Pepe Escobar, Iran-Russia hit maximum strategy. Three ain’t a crowd: The Iran-Russia summit this week, concurrent with RIC military drills in the Sea of Oman, in advance of a Xi-Putin meeting in two weeks, suggests a rapidly-advancing strategic vision for the three Eurasian powers. – thecradle.co/Article/columns/6033
20. Washington Post editorial: Russia’s ransomware arrests send an ominous message.
21. Russian Foreign Ministry: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions at a news conference following talks on security guarantees with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Geneva, January 21, 2022.
22. Russia Foreign Ministry: Response to the US Department of State’s fact sheet Facts vs. Fiction: Russian Disinformation on Ukraine.
23. Financial Times: Gideon Rachman, Russia and China’s plans for a new world order. For Moscow and Beijing, the Ukraine crisis is part of a struggle to reduce American power and make the world safe for autocrats.
