RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-147 :: Wednesday, 10 August 2016

Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#147
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
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1. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. (re Michael Morrell)
2. www.rawstory.com: Ex-CIA official explains how Trump has already done Putin’s bidding.
3. Sputnik: Ex-CIA Chief’s Comments Reflect ‘What US is Secretly Doing in Syria’
4. Intellinews.com: International tensions overtake inflation on Russia’s “fear index”
5. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Closure of independent monitor dents credibility of Russian elections. In the midst of the campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Russia in September, the largest public violation monitoring organization has been disbanded. Who will observe the elections now?
6. Paul Goble: Russian Opposition Should Support Medvedev Rather than Try to Have Him Fired, Inozemtsev Says.
7. www.rt.com: Hundreds protest against newly adopted anti-terrorist law in Moscow.
8. www.rt.com: Siberian court orders company to compensate gay woman for job rejection.
9. New York Times: Restoring Old Churches Inspires a New Philanthropy in Russia.
10. www.rt.com: Medvedev calls for cheaper loans to Russian farmers.
11. Wall Street Journal: Turkey’s Erdogan Patches Up Relations With Putin.
12. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, As Russia and Turkey seek closer ties, not all the leverage in Kremlin’s hands. Easing tensions between Ankara and Moscow would seem to benefit both Mr. Erdoğan and Mr. Putin. But Turkey also presents a complicating factor to the Kremlin in its dealings with Turkic peoples at home and abroad.
13. Kremlin.ru: News conference following talks with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
14. BBC Monitoring: Russian press dominated by Putin-Erdogan meeting.
15. Intellinews.com: Erdogan quick to normalise relations with Russia and send a stark message to his western allies.
16. The Independent (UK): Robert Fisk, Erdogan’s meeting with Putin will tell us what the future holds for Syria. Not long ago, it was Hillary Clinton who wanted to press the ‘reset’ button with Putin. Now it’s Erdogan – with, one suspects, a far greater effect.
17. Izvestia: Analyst views US calls on Russia to halt offensives in Syria. (Vyacheslav Matuzov)
18. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, Here’s what happened in Baku between Russia, Iran, and Azerbaijan. The summit meeting in Baku suggests a mending of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and Russia and a further consolidation of integration processes in Central Asia and in southern Eurasia.
19. The Atlantic: Jeffrey Taylor, The Time Is Ripe for Détente, 2.0. When it comes to the dangers of unchecked NATO expansion, Trump was right.
20. Russia Direct: Ivan Tsvetkov, Why Hillary Clinton is better for Russia than Donald Trump. Many pundits believe that the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump, is a better option for Russia than his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton. However, that’s simply not the case – here’s why.
21. Opendemocracy.net: Natalia Antonova, Trumputin: What Russia can teach us about the US election. The Republican presidential nominee and the Russian president may have similarly-minded supporters – but the rise of Trump is bad for everyone, even the Kremlin.
22. Washington Post: Josh Rogin, Another Trump adviser with deep ties to Russia.
23. Consortiumnews.com: Robert Parry, Hillary Clinton’s Turn to McCarthyism. Hillary Clinton’s campaign is engaging in over-the-top Russia-bashing and guilt-by-association tying Donald Trump to the Kremlin, a McCarthyism that previously has been used on Democrats, including Bill Clinton.
24. New York Times: Ivan Krastev, America’s Dangerous ‘Putin Panic’
25. Antiwar.com: Renee Parsons, The Propaganda War With Putin.
26. AP: EFIMOVA IS A POOR POSTER CHILD FOR RUSSIAN SCANDAL.
27. Reuters: Olympics-Jeers, Drug Rows and Cold War Echoes Mar Rio Mood.
28. Yahoo.com: Why Russia’s Olympic scandals could benefit Vladimir Putin.
29. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian Minister of Sport seeks to change sports culture nationwide. In an exclusive interview with RBTH, the Russian Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth policy Vitaly Mutko speaks about the recent doping scandal, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and unruly fans.
30. Newcoldwar.com: Situation in Donetsk and Lugansk as of August 9, 2016.
31. RFE/RL: Guns Of August: Fears Of Full-Scale War Return As Casualties Mount In Ukraine.