RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#141 :: Tuesday, 3 September 2019
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#141 :: Tuesday, 3 September 2019
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1. TASS: Majority feel assured that Russia able to defend public from terror, poll says.
2. Moscow Times: Most Russians Don’t Believe ‘Western Meddling’ Is to Blame for Moscow Protests, Poll Says.
3. Riddle: One Of Russia’s Top Foreign Policy Analysts Turns Inwards, With Warnings Of Revolution. Anton Barbashin reviews Sergei Karaganov’s latest piece on the recent spate of protests in Moscow.
4. AP: Russian Investigators Drop Charges Against 5 Protesters.
5. New York Times: Michael Khodarkovsky, Putin’s Nightmare: The Ballot Box. On the eve of regional elections, the Kremlin has turned to tricks, threats and shows of force to get past the shadows of protests and falling approval ratings for Russia’s president.
6. Moscow Times: Pavel Luzin, Why Corporations Are the Kremlin’s Best Friends. State-owned and state-controlled companies have come to play a crucial role in managing Russia and guaranteeing stability in the regions. But can the Kremlin depend on them alone in the turbulent years ahead?
7. Moscow Times: Jake Cordell, Isolationism Is Shielding Russia From Potential Global Market Meltdown. Sanctions are acting as a buffer, but the country is sacrificing growth for stability.
8. TASS: Russian-US trade turnover tops $13.8 bln in first half of 2019.
9. Intellinews.com: Russian e-commerce market grows 26% in 1H19.
10. Russia Beyond: How much Russia spends on its military. – rbth.com/science-and-tech/330916-how-much-russia-spends-on-army
11. Paul Goble: More than Half of All Russians Think World War II Began Only When Hitler Invaded the USSR.
12. www.rt.com: US-Russia gas war drives European energy prices to 10-year low.
13. www.rt,com: Pipeline to bring Russian gas to Europe is three-quarters complete.
14. High School Insider (Los Angeles Times): An Interview with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul.
15. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at a meeting with the students and faculty of MGIMO University on the occasion of the new academic year, Moscow, September 2, 2019. (excerpt re arms control)
16. TASS: Kommersant: Indian PM Modi to be guest of honor at Eastern Economic Forum.
17. Valdai Discussion Club: Viktoria Panova, Is There Life in the Far East?
18. Asia Times: Ken Moak, Pointless for Trump to try to pit Russia against China.
19. Valdai Discussion Club: Yauheni Preiherman, John Bolton in Minsk: How to Avoid the Trap of Misunderstanding in Belarus-Russia Relations.
20. TASS: Armed conflict between South Ossetia and Georgia not very likely, says expert.
21. Moscow Times: Tensions Are Flaring Between Georgia and Russia-Backed South Ossetia. Here’s What’s Happened.
22. Russian International Affairs Council: Russian Mamedov, Troubled Partners: What Russia and Turkey are Dividing Up in Syria.
23. The Hill: Vikram Singh and Jacob Stokes, Can US, China and Russia cooperate on Afghan Peace?
24. TASS: RBC: Zelensky plays Ukrainian economic roulette.
25. TASS: Normandy Four leaders’ aides fail to agree on summit’s date, expert says.
26. Intellinews.com: New Ukraine foreign minister seeks Donbas peace within six months.
27. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, A Prisoner Swap With Russia Tests Ukraine’s President. Whether Zelenskiy decides to give up a key MH-17 witness will shed light on his policy toward eastern Ukraine.
