RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#118 :: Friday, 26 July 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#118 :: Friday, 26 July 2019
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1. TASS: Police warn against calls to join illegal protests in Moscow on Saturday.
2. Interfax: Moscow City Election Commission officially denies registration to 5 candidates to Moscow City Duma.
3. Bear Market Blog: Russia After Putin
4. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, A TALE OF TWO MUSEUMS.
5. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Daily views ‘continuous’ drop in Russians’ incomes.
6. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Russian pundit suggests transition to ‘controlled market economy’. (Nikolay Mironov)
7. Center for Citizen Initiatives: Responses to “Poll Claiming 10% of Russians Have Been Tortured Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test”
8. Meduza: The evictors For the past five years, loan sharks have forced more than 500 Muscovites from their homes. Here’s how the industry works. (excerpt)
9. Wall Street Journal: Russia Cuts Interest Rate Again Amid Global Push for Looser Policy.
10. Paul Goble: Russia Becoming Part of Central Asia after Trying to Leave It Behind, Kuzmin Says.
11. Russia Observer: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 25 JULY 2019. – patrickarmstrong.ca/2019/07/25/russian-federation-sitrep-25-july-2019/
12. The Economist editorial: Russia and China. Partnership is much better for China than it is for Russia. Just how much better might not become clear for a few years yet.
13. The Economist: The junior partner. How Vladimir Putin’s embrace of China weakens Russia. He needs Xi Jinping more than Mr Xi needs him-and Central Asia is changing as a result.
15. Russia Matters: Russian Plane Draws Shots from South Korea in First Air Patrol with China: Belfer Experts Weigh In.
16. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, Russia Trolls to Better Relations with Korea? – unz.com/akarlin/russia-trolls-to-better-relations-with-korea/
17. Forbes.com: James Rodgers, Russia Plans To Relax Visa Rules, But The U.S. Could Miss Out.
18. www.rt.com: Ofcom’s £200,000 fine against RT ‘inappropriate and disproportionate’
19. RFE/RL: Russia Labels Atlantic Council Think Tank In Washington ‘Undesirable’
20. www.rt.com: Russia declares Atlantic Council think tank an ‘undesirable’ organization – what exactly is it? – rt.com/russia/465086-atlantic-council-russia-undesirable/
21. TASS: All ballots counted, Zelensky’s Servant of People party wins with 43.16% of votes.
22. TASS: Kiev court rules to open criminal case over possible power seizure by Poroshenko.
23. Interfax: Zelensky, U.S. reps hope Donbas truce enacted on July 21 to be comprehensive, permanent.
24. Kyiv Post: Bermet Talant, After winning parliament, what’s next for Zelensky?
25. https://theduran.com: Ted Luongo, Time Runs Out on Operation Ukraine. Europe has made it clear it is no longer interested in paying for its failed Ukrainian project. – theduran.com/time-runs-out-on-operation-ukraine/
26. TASS: Russian senate working on measures to resist Western information warfare.
27. Washington Post: Russians probably targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate panel’s report says.
28. Inquisitr: Stunning New Senate Report Warns If Donald Trump Loses In 2020, Russians Will Try To ‘Delegitimize’ Election.
29. Mashable.com: Exasperated officials use pineapple pizza to explain Russian election interference.
30. The New Yorker: Andy Borowitz, [SATIRE:] Republicans Defend Trump’s Decision to Give Putin Office Space at White House.
31. The American Interest: M. Steven Fish, Trump, Russia, and the Democrats’ Golden Opportunity. (excerpt) – the-american-interest.com/2019/07/24/trump-russia-and-the-democrats-golden-opportunity/
32. https://thatswhatshehad.com: Yulia Dyukova, Enough with the Evil Russians! (Stranger Things Made Me Write This). (excerpt) – thatswhatshehad.com/russian-villains-stranger-things/
33. Studybreaks: Caleb Dukes, Why Russians Should Not Have Been The Villain In ‘Stranger Things 3’. We’ve reached the death of the show’s subtle Cold War commentary.
34. Wall Street Journal: Kimberley Strassel, What Mueller Was Trying to Hide. His investigation was about protecting the actual miscreants in the collusion hoax.

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