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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#110 :: Thursday, 11 July 2019
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1. TASS: Putin points to upbeat figures in Russia’s economy.
2. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Russian journalists.
3. Intellinews.com: Putin ridicules green energy in speech in Russia’s dirtiest region.
4. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, In Russia, Putin Prefers Birds Over Windmills.
5. Bear Market Blog: Entrepreneurs say business conditions are poor.
6. https://gilbertdoctorow.com: Gilbert Doctorow, Summertime: has Europe shut down for vacation? – gilbertdoctorow.com/2019/07/09/summertime-has-europe-shut-down-for-vacation/
7. Interfax: Russian ombudsman calls for LGBT rights to be protected.
9. Moscow Times: Evan Gershkovich, Crime, Torture and Punishment in a Moscow Suburb. Viktor Lukyan, sentenced to six years for murder, had little chance of a fair trial under a system that presumes defendants are guilty.
10. Carnegie Moscow Center/RBC: Andrei Kolesnikov, Why Government Economists Are Getting Nervous in Russia. Every step taken by any state manager, including ministers within the government’s economic bloc, is limited by a maze of KPIs, over the achievement of which they often simply have no control.
11. Moscow Times: Russians Work More Nights, Weekends Than Other Europeans – Research.
12. Moscow Times: Nearly Half of Russians Oppose 4-Day Work Week, Poll Says.
13. Riddle: A Tax Paying Autocracy? Jeremy Morris wonders whether Russia’s rising tax take is a sign of a state getting more effective, or if it is simply more of a federal fiscal cul de sac.
14. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, FREEDOM (excerpt)
15. Postsocialism: Jeremy Morris, Public intellectuals in a bathhouse full of spiders. – postsocialism.org/2019/07/10/on-public-intellectuals-in-the-age-of-the-bathhouse-full-of-spiders/
16. The Barents Observer: “We want to change the course of history,” says Northern Sea Route operator. With new super-powerful icebreakers, the Russian Arctic route might be able to compete with the Suez Canal, leader of nuclear power company Rosatom argues.
17. Interfax: Russia-U.S. trade in 2019 expected not to change year-on-year – trade rep.
18. TASS: Russia expects to resolve disagreements with US over New START.
19. Paul Goble: Attitudes of New Leaders in Russia and US Making Nuclear War Ever More Likely, Golts Says.
20. The National Interest: Lyle Goldstein, Europe Is Stuck between the United States and Russia. Is America using the Nord Stream-2 Gas Pipeline as a target for its hostility toward Russia?
21. www.rt.com: Huawei looking to Russia for technology to cut reliance on US tech.
22. The National Interest: Yacqub Ismail, The Limits of the Alliance Between China and Russia. Though the Sino-Russian partnership is growing by the day and will continue to develop, it ultimately benefits China at the expense of Russia. But creating a strategic alliance between the two countries could challenge the current world order.
23. TASS: Open access to Chernobyl exclusion zone carries risks, says expert.
24. New Cold War: Andriy Manchuk, My Chernobyl and HBO’s version. – newcoldwar.org/my-chernobyl-and-hbos-version/
25. Valdai Discussion Club: Konstantin Truevtsev, Astana Format: What Has Been Done and What Needs to Be Done – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/astana-format-what-has-been-done-and-what-needs-to/
26. Intellinews.com: Russian State Duma calls for sanctions on Georgia, but Putin urges restraint.
27. TASS: Russia ready for talks on Ukraine after new government is formed in Kiev, says Putin.
28. www.rt.com: Zelensky has ultimatum for Donbass, but is he in a position to talk? – rt.com/news/463771-zelensky-ultimatum-lugansk-donetsk/
29. Reuters: Party of Ukraine’s New President Leads Parliamentary Vote Race.
30. Bear Market Blog Ukraine: Polls predict landslide victory for party of president Volodymyr Zelensky.
31. TASS: Vedomosti: Kremlin’s backing of Medvedchuk’s party mobilizes anti-Russian forces.
32. TASS: Expectations regarding Zelensky are too high, says Ukrainian opposition politician.
33. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, NATO AND CHRYSTIA FREELAND HAVE LOST UKRAINIAN HEARTS & MINDS, NEW DUTCH GOVERNMENT VOTER POLLS SHOW. – johnhelmer.net/nato-and-chrystia-freeland-have-lost-ukrainian-hearts-minds-new-dutch-government-voter-polls-show/#more-21145
34. The New Republic: Michael Colborne, Friday Night Fights With Ukraine’s Far Right. The Azov Battalion is using mixed martial arts to prepare to fight non-Europeans-and seems to be exporting that model to the West. (excerpt)
35. www.rt.com: Another nail in Russiagate coffin? Federal judge destroys key Mueller report claim. – rt.com/usa/463880-judge-mueller-concord-russiagate/
36. Washington Post: Philip Bumb, Don’t blame the Seth Rich conspiracy on Russians. Blame Americans.

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