RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#119 :: Monday, 29 July 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#119 :: Monday, 29 July 2019
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1. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, The Jewish Museum & Center of Tolerance. (excerpt)
2. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Kremlin ups its game with police violence at Moscow protests
3. TASS: Media: Aftermath of the unauthorized Moscow election protest.
4. TASS: Moscow ombudsperson studying proposals to amend election legislation.
5. Guides to Washington DC and London Demonstration Permit Process.
6. www.rt.com: Massive rally urging to fix relations with Russia held in Georgia (VIDEOS)
7. New York Times: Fears of Navalny Poisoning Are Rooted in Previous Attacks on Kremlin Foes. (excerpt)
8. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Putin Reminds Russians He Can Do Suppression. A record crackdown on protests in Moscow is a warning to voters tempted to protest their increasingly hopeless situation.
9. Kennan Institute; Maxim Trudolyubov, Russia’s Super-Important Nonelections.
10. Paul Goble: Russians Finally Finding Out Just How Poorly Paid They Are, Shelin Says.
11. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, There’s No Real Reason To Sanction Russia Anymore.
12. Financial Times: Russia’s role in producing the tax man of the future. Aimed at shopkeepers rather than oligarchs, Moscow has technology to record and tax real time transactions.
13. Wall Street Journal: Yaroslav Trofimov, Gap Between Russia’s Dreams and Means Feeds Adventurism Abroad. President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin struggles to recapture glory of former empire with risky forays abroad, but now as a second-tier power.
14. International Centre for Defense and Security (Estonia): The “Moscow Rules”: Ten Principles for Working with Russia.(Keir Giles)
15. www.rt.com: Vahan Dilanyan, US and Russia after the INF Treaty: What should Europeans fear?
16. TASS: Russian-Chinese relations reach unprecedented height, ambassador says.
17. Russia Matters: Michael Kofman, Russia-China Bomber Patrol Shows Stronger Alignment Between the Two.
18. Eurasianet.org: U.S. troops in Georgia amid tensions with Russia. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan are staying out of the exercises.
19. Washington Post editorial: Ukraine has an extraordinary chance to turn things around.
20. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Commentary says Zelensky has ‘chance’ to heal ties with Russia. (Mikhail Rostovsky)
21. Washington Post: Dana Milbank, Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset.
22. The Epoch Times: Roger Simon, Did the Russians Really Want Trump to Win?
23. New York Times: Samuel Moyn, The Mueller Fantasy Comes Crashing Down. The only thing that can save America is us.
24. Anitwar.com: Dave DeCamp, MSM Coverage of Senate Intelligence Report Is Misleading.