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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#129 :: Thursday, 15 August 2019
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1. Russian Artist Imagines His Everyday Life With Giant Cats Looming Over Him. – laughingsquid.com/giant-cats/ ….instagram.com/odnoboko/?utm_source=ig_embed
2. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia faces new demographic crisis.
3. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Putin is a victim of his own success.
4. Valdai Discussion Club; Ivan Timofeev, Short Letter vs. Long Telegram: US Ambassador Huntsman Departs Moscow. – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/us-ambassador-huntsman/
5. Foreign Affairs: Susan Glasser, Putin the Great. Russia’s Imperial Impostor.
6. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW: Stephen F. Cohen: Nuclear Explosion and Political Protest in Russia. audioboom.com/posts/7341652-tales-of-the-new-cold-war-1-of-2-russia-s-nuclear-powered-fear-of-first-strike-stephen-f-cohe
audioboom.com/posts/7341650-tales-of-the-new-cold-war-2-of-2-russia-s-nuclear-powered-fear-of-first-strike-stephen-f-cohe
7. TASS: Media: US meddling in Hong Kong cheapens real struggle for democracy.
8. RFE/RL: ‘Bums, Freaks, And Gypsies’: How Pro-Kremlin Media Depict The Moscow Protesters.
9. Washington Post: Hannah Chapman, In Moscow, citizens have been protesting for five weekends in a row. What does the res t of Russia think? Here’s why many Russians may not actually know what’s going on.
11. Paul Goble: Kremlin’s Strategy of Ignoring Protests Politicizing Them and Bringing on a Systemic Crisis, Kagarlitsky Says.
12. Reuters: Kremlin warns of foreign espionage as scientists chafe under new restrictions.
13. Meduza: Russia is imposing new restrictions on communication with foreign researchers. Here’s what we know about those rules so far.
14. New York Times: Meeting a Russian Scientist? He Might Need to Report on You.
15. Reuters: Relentless rise of consumer debt in Russia fuels bubble fears for some.
16. Intellinews.com: Russian sanctions fifth anniversary, but no reason to celebrate.
17. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Russian tabloid says economic sanctions ‘not that fearsome’
18. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Russian senator criticises US ‘policy of sanctions’ (Aleksey Pushkov)
19. TASS: Potential US pullout from WTO will not be fatal for organization – Russian minister.
20. TASS: Military expert rejects Bolton’s claim Russia stole hypersonic technologies from US.
21. Moscow Times: Pavel Luzin, I Don’t Believe a Missile Is to Blame for Russia’s Deadly ‘Nuclear’ Explosion. The basic laws of physics mean there is no such thing as a nuclear-powered missile.
22. www.rt.com: Lost forests: Russia considers banning lumber exports to China over concerns about illegal logging.
23. TASS: Over half of Russians believe baptism should be done in childhood, poll reveals.
24. TASS: Global disparity of interests between Europe, US sparked WWII, says Russian politician.
25. TASS: Lavrov says God-given traditional family values need to be protected by international law.
26. Washington Times: Edward Lozansky, Mr. President: Send Sam Nunn to Moscow. U.S.-Russia ties ‘in a state of strategic instability’
26. Washington Times: Edward Lozansky, Mr. President: Send Sam Nunn to Moscow. U.S.-Russia ties ‘in a state of strategic instability’ 27. Russia in Global Affairs: A Kingdom divided against himself. Special edition. Resume: This is a special issue of Russia in Global Affairs, dedicated to this big topic. Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, euphoria over the triumph of liberal ideology, which is “omnipotent because it is true,” has given way to dark pessimism about the future and led to
28. Russia in Global Affairs: Fyodor Lukyanov, The Church at a Historical Crossroads. – eng.globalaffairs.ru/book/The-Church-at-a-Historical-Crossroads-20127 … eng.globalaffairs.ru/book/A-Kingdom-divided-against-himself-Special-edition-20146
29. TASS: Some 3 mln Ukrainians may obtain Russian citizenship under simplified procedure – official.
30. Intellinews.com: Ukraine’s economy takes off? Economic growth jumps to 4.6% in 2H19.
31. Vesti.ru: Crimea Finally Achieves Self-Sufficiency! Huge Russian Investment Turns Back Years of Neglect! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3178222&cid=4441
32. Slate.com: John Brunson, Is Ukraine Due for Another Revolution? There are warning signs beneath this year’s political developments. – slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/ukraine-zelenskiy-revolution-maidan.html
33. Uawire.org: Ukrainian Intelligence names four scenarios of possible Russian invasion.
34. The Unz Review: THe Saker, Ukie Nationalism vs Otto von Bismarck. – unz.com/tsaker/ukie-nationalism-vs-otto-von-bismarck/
35. TASS: Izvestia: Moscow urges Washington to extend nuclear arms reduction treaty.
36. Russian International Affairs Council: Alexander Savelyev, Russia – US: On the Brink of a New Nuclear Arms Race. – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/russia-us-on-the-brink-of-a-new-nuclear-arms-race/

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