RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-63 :: Thursday, 31 March 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#63
Thursday, 31 March 2016

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1. Russia Insider: Alexander Mercouris, Obama and Russia: A Partnership Thrown Away. Interview with The Atlantic exposes Obama’s arrogant contempt for Russia and its President and shows the way this has led to the catastrophic failure of his whole foreign policy.
2. Valdai Discussion Club: Anatol Lieven, A CONCERT OF WORLD POWERS? The project of unilateral US global hegemony, widely believed in – and not just by Americans – after the fall of the Soviet Union, has failed.
3. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Government members.
4. Sputnik: Putin’s Policies Enjoy Over 80% Approval Rating Among Russians.
5. Vedomosti: Russian paper compares effectiveness of election campaigning methods.
6. Sputnik: Reports of Russia’s Economic Difficulties are Greatly Exaggerated. (Finnish economist Pekka Sutela)
7. http://readrussia.com: Mark Adomanis, Russia’s Oil Problem.
8. Wall Street Journal: Rosneft Shows Crude Resilience, Shielded by Weak Ruble. Russian oil giant eked out small rise in full-year profit, also helped by smaller tax bill.
9. TASS: Economist: Russia should change itself, without waiting for West to change its views. (Christopher Pissarides)
10. Izvestia: Russian daily interviews ex-finance minister on pension system, economy. (Alexei Kudrin)
11. Russia Direct: Dmitry Polikanov, Making sense of the Kremlin’s move to restrict educational exchanges. There’s a reason why the Kremlin is becoming increasingly suspicious toward educational exchanges and shutting down some prominent programs – it’s all part of the Kremlin’s new international mindset that emphasizes self-sufficiency.
12. Vedomosti: Editorial by Nikolai Epple and Andrei Sinitsyn, Capture of Palmyra by Syrian Army suggests new alignment of forces. Russia and Al-Assad have concentrated attention on battle against terrorists, to everyone’s satisfaction.
13. Sputnik: Ekaterina Blinova, Syria’s Balkanization: Partitioning the Country ‘Not a Good Option’
14. Moscow Times: Josh Cohen, U.S. and Russia Must Cooperate to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism.
15. www.rt.com: Russia vows ‘totally asymmetrical’ response to major US troop build-up in Europe.
16. Eurasian Geopolitics: Edward W. Walker, Putin’s dilemma: Why pushing back against NATO “encroachment” makes Russia’s NATO problem worse. (excerpt)
17. www.rt.com: Danielle Ryan, Philip Hammond has a funny way of showing his commitment to ‘international norms’
18. CBCNews: Trudeau government signals thaw in relations with Russia. Policy of refusing to engage ‘only punishing ourselves,’ Stéphane Dion tells university audience.
19. www.avclub.com: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, The villain gap: Why Soviet movies rarely had American bad guys.
20. Sputnik: Ukraine is a ‘Failed US Project, a Battlefield With No Solution.’ (Dmitry Firtash)
21. https://dninews.com: “Azov”: 300 motivated fighters enough to seize power in Kiev.
22. www.rt.com: HRW urges Kiev to ‘explore possibility’ lawyer’s murder related to his defense of Russian citizen.
23. www.nltimes.nl: Netherlands PM against Ukraine joining EU.
24. Euromaidanpress.com: Russian intellectuals appeal to the Dutch voters on the eve of the referendum.

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