RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2019-#18 :: Thursday, 7 February 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#18 :: Thursday, 7 February 2019
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1. The National Interest: Alexander Lukin, How the United States Got Russia Wrong. The West today is paying for its collusion with Russia in the 1990s
2. Indian Punchline: M.K. Bhadrakumar, Post-cold war era barely lasted 1144 days.
3. Intellinews.com: More controversy as Rosstat upgrades Russian GDP growth to a six-year high.
4. New York Times: With Savings to Burn, Russia Turns (Again) to a State-Led Spending Plan.
5. Paul Goble: At Least Twice as Many Russians Now Living in Poverty than Moscow Suggests, Gontmakher Says.
6. LeftEast: Ilya Budraitskis, The Protests against Russia’s Pension Reform and the Reasons for Their Defeat. (excerpt) [criticatac.ro/lefteast/the-protests-against-russias-pension-reform-and-the-reasons-for-their-defeat/]
7. Moscow Times: Roman Lunkin, Russia’s Crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses Hits Critical Milestone. By cracking down on Jehovah’s Witnesses, the authorities sent a clear signal to all religious minorities in Russia.
8. www.documentjournal.com: Caroline Christie, Exploring the rise of Soviet nostalgia in Russia. Looking into why millennials are championing the undying appeal of Soviet-era aesthetics. [documentjournal.com/2019/01/exploring-the-rise-of-soviet-nostalgia-in-russia/]
9. The Unz Review: Paul Craig Roberts, Is Putin Too Polite? [unz.com/proberts/is-putin-too-polite/]
10. Wall Street Journal: Russia’s New Shield From U.S. Sanctions: A Siberian Gold Mine. Sukhoi Log, widely seen as one of the world’s largest untapped gold deposits, could give Moscow a bulletproof currency backstop.
11. Bloomberg: Russia Welcomes Trump Offer of New Nuclear Pact, Awaits Details.
12. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrey Kortunov, The Domino Effect: America’s Withdrawal from the INF Treaty and Its Ramifications.
13. https://gilbertdoctorow.com: Gilbert Doctorow, The INF Treaty is dead: will the arms race be won this time by the most agile or by the biggest wallet?[gilbertdoctorow.com/2019/02/05/the-inf-treaty-is-dead-will-the-arms-race-be-won-this-time-by-the-most-agile-or-by-the-biggest-wallet/]
14. Strategic Culture Foundation: Anatoly Karlin, American Suspension of INF Treaty is Aimed at China. [strategic-culture.org/news/2019/02/05/american-suspension-inf-treaty-aimed-at-china.html]
15. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, NYT Writer: “Corruption Is in Russia’s DNA” [unz.com/akarlin/nyt-writer-corruption-is-in-russias-dna/]
16. www.rt.com: Bryan MacDonald, Like the ‘Gerasimov Doctrine’ it spawned, it’s time to retire the concept of ‘Russia Watching’ [rt.com/op-ed/449981-russia-watching-gerasimov-doctrine/]
17. Russia Beyond: Why did the USSR enter Afghanistan. [rbth.com/history/329948-why-did-ussr-enter-afghanistan-war]
18. Moscow Times: U.S. Shuts Down Only Immigration Office in Russia, Citing Falling Demand.
19. History News Network: Walter Moss, What Do the Russians Think About Trump, Putin, and America? [historynewsnetwork.org/article/171021]
20. Russia Matters: Jeanne Wilson, Russia and China Beyond Realpolitik: The Bond of Respect and Values.
21. Asia Times: Backing Maduro could be costly for Moscow. Even if the Venezuelan president remains, Russia will be stuck with major costs from suspect oil deals.
22. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, NOVICHOK FULL O’ NUTS – IN THE CASE OF SERGEI SKRIPAL POLICE COMMISSIONER ANGUS MACPHERSON LIFTS THE LID. (excerpt)[johnhelmer.net/novichok-full-o-nuts-in-the-case-of-sergei-skripal-police-commissioner-angus-macpherson-lifts-the-lid/]
23. Reconsidering Russia Podcast #17: Stephen F. Cohen
24. Antiwar.com: Gilbert Doctorow, War With Russia? (re Stephen Cohen)[original.antiwar.com/Gilbert_Doctorow/2019/02/05/war-with-russia/]
25. H-Diplo/ISSF Policy Series: David Hendrickson, Fractured: Trump’s Foreign Policy after Two Years. (excerpt re Russia) [networks.h-net.org/node/28443/discussions/3637620/issf-policy-series-david-c-hendrickson-fractured-trump%E2%80%99s-foreign]