RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2018-6 :: Tuesday, 9 January 2018
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2018-#6
Tuesday, 9 January 2018
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1. TASS: Poll shows most Russians satisfied with life and domestic atmosphere.
2. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrei Kortunov, What Does 2018 Have in Store for the Kremlin?
3. www.thedailybeast.com: Anna Nemtsova, Now Shaking Up Russia: The Bernie Bro Taking on Putin on His Home Turf. The strategist for a socialite candidate running what’s seemed a quixotic campaign against Putin for the presidency already has handed the Kremlin some surprises.
4. Meduza: Russia’s invisible, ubiquitous lobbyists How armies of fixers and specialists negotiate the nation’s dicey relationship between businesses and the state. (excerpt)
5. https://raamoprusland.nl: Mark Galeotti, Putin will elevate loyalty over all in his next presidency. (excerpt)
6. Intellinews.com: Russians’ borrowing grows ahead of savings.
7. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Russia’s equity market sets out on its fifth super cycle.
8. Vesti.ru: DOCUMENTARY: The 2014 Financial/Energy Crisis Failed to Ruin Russia. Here’s Why.
9. Valdai Discussion Club: Robert Legvold, US-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN 2017: EXTREME DISAPPOINTMENT.
10. Bloomberg: Siberian Gas by Way of London Rescues Chilly Boston.
11. Valdai Discussion Club: Richard Weitz, TRUMP OFFERS COOPERATION ON UKRAINE, SYRIA, AND MISSILE DEFENSE.
12. Reuters: Talks with rebels in no-man’s land as Russia eyes post-war role in Syria.
13. TASS: Defense Ministry: US plane spotted near Hmeymim during terror attack on Russian facilities.
14. www.rt.com: Drones used by Syrian terrorists ‘require advanced training’ – Russian MoD in response to US
15. TASS: Lawmaker suggests Russia act as mediator at talks between North, South Korea.
16. The Diplomat: Dmitriy Frolovskiy, The Coming India-Russia Split. Shifting geopolitical dynamics, especially the rise of China, spell trouble for this long-standing relationship.
17. Oxford University Press: Shaun Walker, Putin and patriotism: national pride after the fall of the Soviet Union. (excerpt)
18. European Journal of International Security: Kimberly Marten, Reconsidering NATO expansion: a counterfactual analysis of Russia and the West in the 1990s. (excerpt)
19. Abkhaz World: Colonel Robert Hamilton on Abkhazia (again): A Reply (again) from George Hewitt.
20. TASS: US started seeing ‘Kremlin’s hand’ in polls only after Trump’s victory – Russian diplomat.
21. New York Times: Fusion GPS Founder Hauled From the Shadows for the Russia Election Investigation.
22. The Hill: FBI agents’ text messages spur congressional probe into possible news leaks.
23. Wall Street Journal editorial: The Russian Transparency Front. A House committee is finally getting to see Steele dossier papers.
24. Sputnik: Neil Clark, 2018 – The Year in Russophobia.
25. The Guardian (UK): From Seinfeld’s cable guys to Viktor Petrov: a TV history of Russian baddies.
26. Russian Universe: Sergei Armeyskovin, The Russian Universe Vocabulary.
