RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-238 :: Wednesday, 28 December 2016
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#238
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
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1. Kremlin.ru: Reception to mark the New Year.
2. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Fyodor Lukyanov, Why 2017 will mark the ‘start of a new era’ in global politics. The year 2016 has been a year of drastic changes in global politics, which – upon closer inspection – look if not predictable, at least easily understandable. But that is the benefit of hindsight. In real time, hardly anyone predicted the outcome of the UK referendum or the U.S. election. And out-of-touch governments now need to adjust their policies in the face of a populis
3. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, Russians Are Happier Now.
4. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Putin focuses on domestic issues in his annual press conference marathon. International relations and the showdown with the West in Ukraine and Syria got little attention this year.
5. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, In 2017, Putin faces his toughest challenge: Russian pessimism. After several years of economic hardship and international pressure over its annexation of Crimea, Russia may see its lot improve next year. But most are skeptical of the possibility of lasting change.
6. The National Interest: Thomas Sherlock, The Real Reason Russians Still Have Soviet Nostalgia. Russian public opinion is nationalist, but not expansionist.
7. Russia Direct: Marina Obrazkova, Russian domestic politics: 2016 in review. The top news stories of the year included parliamentary elections in September, a series of high-level political shakeups and several prominent corruption scandals.
8. Vedomosti: Maxim Trudolyubov, Empire on call. Why Russia needs to play sheriff’s role in Middle East.
9. Valdai Discussion Club: Dmitry Suslov, CONTOURS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S FOREIGN POLICY: REGIONAL PRIORITIES.
10. Russia Beyond the Headlines/Gazeta.ru: Kissinger could help Trump reconcile with Kremlin. A popular German newspaper has published an article alleging that former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has expressed his willingness to mediate between the Kremlin and Washington in order to help repair relations between Russia and the U.S. Russian observers say compromise on key issues such as Ukraine is possible, but only with Kiev’s participation.
11. Russian International Affairs Council: Vladimir Kanareykin, Her Excellency. From “On the eve of 2037” series.
12. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, New York Times admits Ukraine’s Yanukovich was right not to sign EU deal.
13. Russia Direct: Viktor Katona, Will Ukraine freeze this winter? As much as Ukraine claims that it is completely independent from Russian gas, Kiev continues to keep the door open to cooperation with Moscow.
14. Washington Post: Dana Milbank, As Trump prepares his kissy face for Putin, a glimpse into the dictator’s soul.
