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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#142
Tuesday, 2 August 2016
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1. www.rt.com: Site of historic Kremlin monastery destroyed by Bolsheviks set to become museum.
2. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, IT’S ONLY PROPAGANDA WHEN THEY DO IT. (re Michael McFaul with comment by Anatoly Karlin)
3. Wall Street Journal: Peter Schweitzer, The Clinton Foundation, State and Kremlin Connections. Why did Hillary’s State Department urge U.S. investors to fund Russian research for military uses?
4. http://theduran.com: Kremlin says Clinton’s involvement in Skolkovo Innovation Center was “good” and “welcomed”
. Russia Beyond the Headlines: 5 facts about Fazil Iskander, the USSR’s answer to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Fazil Iskander, one of the giants of Soviet and modern Russian literature, died at the age of 87 on July 31, 2016. What will he be remembered for?
6. Sputnik: Russian Economy Model Must Reflect Long-Term Low Oil Prices, Sanctions. (Medvedev)
7. Russia Direct: Marina Obrazkova, Why Putin reshuffled his political deck. A rotation of the Russian elites has become a defining feature of President Vladimir Putin’s governing style, as he seeks to consolidate power among those he trusts.
8. Vedomosti: Putin still relies on security services – newspaper. (Pavel Aptekar)
9. Vedomosti: Pundits expect new top reshuffle after Duma polls.
10. Newsweek.com: VLADIMIR PUTIN’S RED SCARE? INSIDE RUSSIA’S RESURGENT COMMUNIST PARTY.
11. Bangor Daily News (Maine): Gwynn Dyer, The US, Russia agree on Syria: Assad must survive.
12. BBC Monitoring: Russian press says US election rhetoric locked on Russia.
13. Sean’s Russia Blog: Sean Guillory, Яркий Trump.
14. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian sports stars: Support our clean athletes in Rio. Because of the doping scandal, Russia will have a seriously depleted team at the Rio Olympics. Prominent Russian sports figures tell RBTH why, despite all the problems, it is still worth supporting the country’s Olympians, and give their views on the scandal.
15. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, Why Russia and the world should be grateful to the IOC. Despite the grossly unfair treatment of Russian athletes the most important fact about the doping scandal is that an attempt to expel a whole country from the Olympic movement has been defeated.
16. The Gleaner (Jamaica): Jungle Justice For Russia’s Athletes.
17. Consortiumnews.com: Rick Sterling, New Cold War at the Olympics. The Western media’s Russia-bashing has become epidemic, creating a dangerous dynamic as the world plunges into a new Cold War, with even sports becoming a propaganda arena.
18. Reuters: U.S. Weighs Dangers, Benefits of Naming Russia in Cyber Hack.
19. TASS: One in three Russians positive Trump victory would boost US-Russian relations – poll.
20. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Who does the Kremlin want to win: Clinton or Trump?
21. CNN: Poll: 48% of Americans Say Russia Is Trying to Control the Election.
22. http://theduran.com: Peter Lavelle, The illogic logic of “Putin did it.” If he isn’t coopting one U.S. presidential candidate as his stooge, he is hacking the emails of the other candidate.
23. Kennan Institute: E. Wayne Merry, In DNC’s Russia Controversy, Finger-pointing Trumps Analysis.
24. Izvestia: Russian expert says Moscow, Beijing interests closer. (Yuri Tavrovskiy)
25. The Guardian (UK): Piers Robinson, Russian news may be biased – but so is much western media. Manipulation of the news for propaganda purposes is not the prerogative of the west’s enemies. It’s vital to look at all media, including the UK’s, with a critical eye.
26. Financial Times: Timothy Ash, Russia’s long-term arms and how the west will respond. How should we read Russia, and Vladimir Putin’s game plan with respect to the US, the west and Ukraine?
27. www.rt.com: Russia ready for constructive partnership with NATO, invites military experts for talks – MoD.
28. The Conversation: James Harris, What Stalin’s Great Terror can tell us about Russia today.
29. Global Voices: Kevin Rothrock, Why the Russians Don’t Care About Trump, Clinton, and the DNC Hack.
30. www.opendemocracy.net: Denys Gorbach, Coup talk in Ukraine. The war in the east, the rise of paramilitaries and polarised public opinion are feeding fears of a violent seizure of power in Kyiv. Could Ukraine follow in Turkey’s footsteps?