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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#133 :: Wednesday, 21 August 2019
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1. The Calvert Journal: These portraits demonstrate the true diversity of Russian society, and the challenges still faced by minorities. In a series of portraits produced exclusively for The Calvert Journal, photographer Millie Coxon reminds us that the true face of Russia is a bold and diverse one. In their own words, these Russians of diverse ethnic backgrounds describe their lives in St Petersburg – the challenges they faced and their reasons for hope.
2. Moscow Times: Most Russians Don’t Believe in a Better Future – State Poll.
3. TASS: Russia vows to beef up western border amid rising tensions with NATO.
4. TASS: Russia among leading countries with lowest infant mortality rate, says Health Minister.
5. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Democrats Should Care More About Russia. Not Russiagate, but the real foreign policy issues.
6. Kremlin.ru: Greetings on the opening of the 12th National Congress on Fundamental Problems of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
7. Kremlin.ru: Meeting on primary care modernisation. – en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61340
8. Meduza: Russia’s Presidential Council on Human Rights files complaints with police, investigators, and National Guard about excessive force against protesters.
9. Interfax: Moscow City Court upholds Gudkov’s disqualification from Moscow Duma elections.
10. Vedomosti: Daily says authorities intimidate Moscow protesters with damage claims.
11. Postsocialism: Jeremy Morris, Moscow protests, the stifling Sobyanin embrace, and a tale of two societies. – postsocialism.org/2019/08/20/moscow-protests-the-stifling-sobyanin-embrace-and-a-tale-of-two-societies/
12. Chatham House: Protests in Russia Show How the Political Environment Has Changed. Nikolai Petrov speaks to Jason Naselli about a new wave of protests against Vladimir Putin’s government and what it means for the future of the Russian system.
13. Paul Goble: ‘Liberal Party in the Kremlin’ a Myth Invented and Cultivated by Russia’s ‘Mainstream Liberals,’ Skobov Says.
14. Carnegie Moscow Center: Konstantin Gaaze, Kremlin Analytica: Russian Elite Sets Sights on AI. A new experiment in the use of artificial intelligence will be monopolized by the Kremlin. It could have major political consequences in Russia.
15. Zdnet.com: Why the U.S. has lost to Russia in these top coding trials for almost a decade. For the big ICPC competition, Russian teams are trained by ex-champions. But that’s not the whole story.
16. Zdnet.com: Why is Russia so good at getting women into technology? A century ago, Russia pushed for equal rights to education and work for men and women. The effects are still being felt in tech today.
17. Intellinews.com: Russia’s slow embrace of recycled plastics.
18. www.rt.com: Going for gold: Russia boosts bullion stockpile by 9 tons in July.
19. Moscow Ties: Russian Oil Exports to U.S. Soar to 6-Year High.
20. The National Interest: Alexey Khlebnikov, Why U.S. Sanctions on Russia’s Automotive Industry Might Not Work. Washington’s effort to create mayhem in Moscow may work against it.
21. Valdai Discussion Club: Arnaud Dubien, Dialogue with Russia: A Path to a New Europe?
– valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/dialogue-with-russia-path-to-a-new-europe
22. New York Times: Trump Says Russia Should Be Readmitted to G7.
23. Interfax: G8 reinstatement based on ‘7 against 1’ principle could be trap – MP Kosachyov.
24. TASS: G8 comeback? Russia’s equality must be guaranteed if it returns, says senior MP.
25. Wall Street Journal: Trump Mulls Tapping Pompeo’s Deputy as New Russian Envoy. John Sullivan, No. 2 at State Department and potential nominee, had limited diplomatic experience dealing with Kremlin before 2017.
27. Vesti.ru: Pentagon Not Losing Any Time! Mushroom Clouds Seen in the Pacific as Nuclear Race Begins Again! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3180945&cid=4441
28. TASS: Kommersant: Tomahawk tests ax any hopes for INF revival.
29. Daily Beast: David Axe, Arms Race Redux! A U.S. Intermediate Range Nuclear Missile Test Shows Russia Was Right to Worry. When the Trump administration pulled out of the INF treaty, it blamed Russia for “cheating.” But Moscow had good reason to worry, too. Now 32 years of arms control are kaput.
30. www.rt.com: Darius Shahtahmasebi, Banned missile test reveals all you need to know about US foreign policy.
31. Wall Street Journal: Russia Criticizes Arms-Control Group Over Reporting of Nuclear Explosion. In first comments since disclosure that stations went silent, Moscow says it doesn’t have to share data.
32. Strategic Culture Foundation editorial: Russia’s Sound Proposal for Gulf Peace. – strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/16/russias-sound-proposal-for-gulf-peace/
33. PONARS Eurasia: Arkady Moshes, All Quiet in Russian-Belarusian Relations.
34. Strategic Culture Foundation: Michael Averko, Getting Real With the US Foreign Policy Establishment Realists. – strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/21/getting-real-with-the-us-foreign-policy-establishment-realists/
35. Vesti.ru: Deep Secrets of WWII Revealed! Documents Detailing Non-Aggression Pact Finally Declassified! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3180932&cid=4441
36. Russian Foreign Ministry: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the opening of the historical and documentary exhibition, “Year 1939: The Outbreak of World War II”, Moscow, August 20, 2019. – mid.ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3758047?fbclid=IwAR0NbAMfxtgccmg1EbJLp_V80iHZFpCNkZyo_GjNtgczyj-lruqz2PHBarY
37. TASS: Kiev’s initiative to expand Normandy Quartet rejected for good – expert.
38. TASS: Kiev court rules to press abuse of power charges against ex-Ukrainian leader, top diplomat.

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