RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-120 :: Wednesday, 29 June 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#120
Wednesday, 29 June 2016

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RUSSIA

1. www.rt.com: Putin promises response to foreign pressure by strengthening Russian military forces.
2. Kremlin.ru: Reception in honour of graduates of military academies.
3. Interfax: Shoigu: NATO doubled intensity of trainings near Russian borders.
4. TASS: Diplomat sees no signs NATO will reckon with Russia’s legitimate security interests.
5. Sputnik: ‘Creaking and Groaning Alliance’: NATO ‘Doesn’t Pose Any Threat to Russia.’ (Die Zeit)
6. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia to open new naval base in Black Sea to counter NATO. The Russian Navy is to open a new base on the Black Sea coast in Novorossiysk hosting Varshavyanka class Project 636.6 diesel-electric submarines with Kalibr cruise missiles. However, there are still some weather-based issues to be resolved
7. Sputnik: US Navy’s ‘Road Hog’: US Destroyer ‘Deliberately Provoked’ Russian Ship.
8. War on the Rocks: Alexander Gabuev, RUSSIA’S “CHINA DREAMS” ARE LESS OF A FANTASY THAN YOU THINK.
9. www.rt.com: Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia as China’s top oil supplier.
10. The National Interest: Dave Majumdar, Does Russia Have a Coherent Nuclear Strategy?
11. Antiwar.com: Ron Forthofer, The Political Establishment’s Hubris on Russia.
12. RIA Novosti: Russian ruling party confirms Duma election candidates.
13. Vedomosti: Russian local election chief’s resignation seen as “signal”
14. Interfax: Putin will decide whether to “veto” anti-terrorist laws when he receives them for signing – Peskov.
15. US-Russia Business Council: Russian Telecom Companies Fighting New Data Storage Requirements.
16. Politkom.ru: Russian analyst views changing media attitudes since 2012. (Tatyana Stanovaya)
17. www.rt.com: Will Brexit ever actually happen? There are plenty of signs it won’t.
18. Sputnik: Brexit Unlikely to Make EU Change Stance on Anti-Russia Sanctions – Envoy.
19. Bloomberg: Moscow a safe haven? Brexit erodes perceptions of political risk.
20. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, For Russians, Brexit elicits schadenfreude, but also worry. Britain’s pending exit from the European Union recalls the breakup of the USSR but also raises questions about Russia’s attempt to build its own common market.
21. The Nation: James Carden, Keep Calm and Carry On: Why the Angst Over Brexit? Brexit is no more about Vladimir Putin than it is about Donald Trump or the Syria “red-line.”
22. Asia Times: M.K. BHADRAKUMAR, Brexit: Russia’s comfort level rises, US loses Eurasian plot.
23. Wall Street Journal: Vladimir Putin Sympathizes With Turkey After Airport Killings. The Russian president’s response to the attack on Atatürk Airport builds on a rapprochement with Ankara.
24. Russia Direct: Will Turkey’s apology for downing the Russian jet alleviate tensions? Debates: With Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressing his regrets for downing a Russian jet close to the Turkey-Syria border in November 2015, it remains to be seen if this move will improve Moscow-Ankara relations.
25. The Unz Review: Philip Geraldi, The Magnitsky Hoax? Who stole all the money?
26. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrei Tsyganov, THE AGE OF TRANSITION AND THE SOFT POWER DECLINE. Soft power will continue to decline. In the increasingly polarized world, the United States will seek to preserve its power by all available means, while the rising powers will aim at improving their international position including by obstructing the power of hegemon.
27. www.rt.com: Russian diplomats harassed by US, not other way around – Moscow on Wash Post article.
28. http://theduran.com: Alex Christoforou, U.S. is harassing Russian diplomats all over Europe [Satire]. Reliable sources tell The Duran that the United States is waging a war of terror on Russian diplomats.
29. Russia Insider: William Dunkerley, Congressman’s Russia-Rant Shot Down by Former Ambassador McFaul. Representative Connolly appears agitated to the verge of seizure while hyping alarming allegations about Russia.

UKRAINE

30. CBS News (Canada): Ongoing war in Ukraine turns 1.7 million people into refugees. ‘Internally displaced persons’ struggle to find new homes and jobs in their own country.
31. Sputnik: Two Years at the Helm: What is Behind Poroshenko’s Political Maneuvers.
32. Fort Russ: Good-Bye, Europe! Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be in the EU Anymore.
33. Reuters: Dutch PM Rutte wants ‘binding’ assurances over EU’s Ukraine deal.
34. The Vineyard of the Saker: Victor Medvedchuk to RT: Ukraine is a colony of the West and ruled by foreign governments.
35. TASS: Lavrov stresses direct Kiev-Donbass dialogue most important condition for settlement.
36. The Unz Review: The Saker, US Options in the Ukraine: Trigger a Religious War? (with comment)
37. www.strategic-culture.org: Dmitry Minin, Obama Wants to Wrap up The “Ukrainian Project” by November.
38. Interfax: Basurin reports over 800 attacks in DPR territory, injury of 3 civilians in past 24 hours.
39. Facebook: Ivan Katchanovski, Maidan Shootings.
40. Kyiv Post editorial: Monopoly on power.
41. Kyiv Post: Ukraine pundits see Brexit as a bad omen.
42. Kyiv Post: Masha Yovanovitch: ‘The best defense against Russian aggression is a successful Ukraine’

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