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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#134 :: Thursday, 22 August 2019
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1. Moscow Times: 1 in 5 Russians Believe They Can Influence the Government, Poll Says.
2. Interfax: Sixty-three percent of Russians say proud of state symbols – poll.
3. Kremlin.ru: Joint news conference with President of Finland Sauli Niinistö. (excerpt) [Full text: en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61349]
4. Vesti.ru: Overhauling Russia’s Healthcare System! Putin Wants to Invest Huge Amount Into Modernization! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3180963&cid=4441
5. Financial Times: Max Seddon, Putin and the Patriarchs. Last October, the Ukrainian church broke away from Russia – and triggered the greatest schism in Orthodoxy for centuries. (excerpt)
6. Vedomosti: Russian op-ed views changes in electoral system over 20 years. (Alexander Kynev)
7. Interfax: United Russia may bolster its standing in 5 regions after Sept 8 elections – report.
8. Meduza: Prominent journalist Alexey Venediktov has accused ‘Meduza’ of cheating to prove Moscow’s online voting system is hackable. He’s wrong.
9. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Putin Allies Show Sympathy for Protests. Some members of the pro-Kremlin elite are daring to be seen backing more liberal policies.
10. Meduza: More than 600 Russian scholars worldwide demand end to ‘rioting’ case against Moscow protesters.
11. American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages: Open Letter from AATSEEL on the arrests of Egor Zhukov and Daniil Konon.
12. www.rt.com: Protests in EU ‘have larger, graver consequences’ than in Russia – Putin.
– rt.com/news/467017-putin-europe-protests-police-brutality/
13. TASS: Situation around media freedom in Ukraine critical, says Russian diplomat.
14. Wall Street Journal: Russian Web Activists Joust with Kremlin to Keep Internet Free. Band of Russian techies and lawyers score wins in protecting web freedom, as they try to halt a plan to firewall the country from the rest of the internet.
15. Jacobin: Ivan Matyeev, In Russia, the Fight Is Alive. Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime claims to offer order in place of post-Soviet chaos. Yet the crude repression of opposition demonstrations shows the regime’s fear of the rising popular discontent.
16. Russia Beyond: Are there ‘female’ and ‘male’ professions in Russia? – rbth.com/business/330851-female-male-jobs
17. TASS: Putin expressed confidence in implementation of Nord Stream 2.
18. Reuters: Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov unable to get U.S. visa, friend says.
19. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Trump wants Russia back in G8.
20. Valdai Discussion Club: Evgenia Obichkina, G7 Summit: Macron’s Urbi et Orbi Message. – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/g7-summit-macron-s-urbi-et-orbi-message/
21. TASS: G7 wants Russia back in the club due to stiff competition with G20, says source.
22. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Putin’s G-7 Game Isn’t About Getting Back In. Trump’s push for an invitation gives the Russian leader more interesting opportunities than membership.
23. Carnegie Moscow Center: Alexander Baunov, Why Macron Gave Putin Such a Warm Welcome in France. It’s impossible for Russia to return to the G7, but it’s also impossible for the group to solve many problems important to it without Russia. France’s relationship of trust with the Russian leadership, and the opportunity to represent Russia behind the scenes at the group’s gatherings, are an important diplomatic asset that France would hate to lose.
24. Moscow Times: Mark Galeotti, Russia and China’s Cosplay Alliance. How long will this awkward friendship last?
25. TASS: Kommersant: Donbass peace process showing signs of improvement.
26. TASS: Kiev exits post-Soviet CIS agreement on WMDs.
27. The Guardian (UK): Richard Wolffe, Trump wanting to buy Greenland is yet another sign of Putin’s puppetry. Greenland didn’t just bubble into Trump’s mind randomly – it’s very much on Russia’s radar for its unknown supply of oil, gas and rare metals.
28. The Hill: John Solomon, 10 declassified Russia collusion revelations that could rock Washington this fall.
29. Sic Semper Tyrannis: Larry Johnson, Joseph Mifsud, British “Joe”, Not Russia’s Boy. (except) – turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2019/08/joseph-mifsuds-bogus-russian-connection-by-larry-c-johnson.html#more
30. Russia Matters: George Kennan on Russia: Insights and Recommendations. (excerpt)

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