RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#216 :: Friday 6 November 2015

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#216
Friday 6 November 2015
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1. Russia Insider: Oleg Makarenko, Russia Is Sobering Up From Its Drunken 1990s America-Worship. Yet sadly American politicians’ uninformed groupthink about Russia has not changed much at all.
2. Russia: Other Points of View: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP.
3. The National Interest: John Richard Cookson, Reviving Détente?
4. Moscow Times: New Editor-in-Chief Appointed to The Moscow Times. (Mikhail Fishman)
5. The Guardian: Russia’s last independent English newspaper ends daily edition. (DJ: Were there two?)
6. Moscow Times: More Russians Attending Pro-Putin Rallies.
7. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Vladimir Putin again tops list of world’s most powerful people.
8. www.rt.com: The secret of Putin’s success: Defending Russia like a modern-day Bismarck. (interview with Martin McCauley)
9. The Economist: Russia’s Sergei Shoigu. Master of emergencies. The trusty defence minister is the only person to serve in every government since the fall of the Soviet Union. He could be the next president.
10. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, For Business, World Bank Says Russia Better Than These Countries.
11. TASS: Russia approves Far East development strategy for 2015-2025.
12. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, The Soviet Parallels of Fishtown’s Middle-Aged Male Mortality Crisis.
13. TASS: Arrest of Ukrainian library director is “disgrace” – Russian rights council head.
14. Moscow Times: Natalia Antonova, No Way Back for Russian Women.
15. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Could The Russians Defeat The US Army?
16. TASS: Russia takes another long stride to bring Syrian settlement nearer.
17. Valdai Discussion Club: Jonathan Steele, Stalemate in Syria.
18. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexander Baunov, The Concert of Vienna: Russia’s New Strategy.
19. TASS: Russian Defense Ministry gets impression location of IS facilities is US state secret.
20. Reuters: Russia’s Putin suspends all flights to Egypt on security advice.
21. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, As US, UK point at ‘bomb’ in Sinai plane crash, Russia takes cooler approach.
22. The New York Observer: Mikhail Klikushin, Obama Cracked Jokes While the Rest of the World Mourned. President declines to join world leaders in offering condolences for Russia’s worst ever air disaster.
23. TASS: Charlie Hebdo caricatures on A321 air crash outrage Russian public.
24. Antiwar.com: Justin Raymondo, Who Downed Metrojet Flight 9268? Was it ISIS – or somebody else?
25. Andrei Liakhov: A-321 crash – Comment on HMG decision.
26. Moskovskiy Komsomolets: Mikhail Rostovskiy: If it is terrorist act. Political consequences of air disaster in Egypt.
27. RFE/RL: Putin’s Dilemma: How To Respond If A Bomb Caused Sinai Air Crash.
28. Wall Street Journal: U.S., Allies to Boost Aid to Syria Rebels. Shipments of arms, supplies are aimed at pressuring Assad while countering Russia, Iran.
29. www.valuewalk.com: Polina Tikhonova, Europe Turns Away From U.S. Toward Russia.
30. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Poland: Could anyone spell PiS as ‘peace?’ Is it worth trying? Several experts ponder the future of Russian-Polish relations.
31. Sputnik: Pentagon’s Former Russia ‘Expert’ Proves She Doesn’t Know Much About Russia. (Evelyn Farkas)
32. AEI: Leon Aron, Russian Propaganda: Ways and Means.
33. www.rt.com: Get Unlucky? Commandos ‘abduct’ Russian Army choir singing James Bond Spectre theme (VIDEO)
34. Paul Goble: If the Russian Elite is to Preserve Itself, It Must Change,’ Gudkov Says.
35. Politico.eu: Marc Bennetts, Growing up in the shadow of ‘Brother Putin.’ He dominates Russian consciousness like no other, especially among children.
36. Interfax: Russia does not see Ukraine as enemy despite Kyiv’s new military doctrine – Russian Security Council.