RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#142 :: Wednesday, 4 September 2019
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#142 :: Wednesday, 4 September 2019
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1. Moscow Times: Russia Is Warming Disproportionately Fast, Environment Ministry Says.
2. Wall Street Journal: Gary Saul Morson, ‘Without the Banya We Would Perish’ Review: Sweat Like a Russian. (re WITHOUT THE BANYA WE WOULD PERISH: A HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN BATHHOUSE By Ethan Pollock)
[Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ZPslvU]
3. Moscow Times: Russia’s Young Innovators Build the Future at Rukami Festival. (excerpt)
[Complete text with photos: themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/02/russias-young-innovators-build-the-future-at-rukami-festival-a67103]
4. Foreign Policy: Amy Mackinnon and Reid Standish, Russians Begin to Consider Life Without Putin. After a summer of discontent, a series of elections in Russia opens up a new chapter in its political history.
5. Moscow Times/Vedomosti: Ella Paneyakh, Does the Kremlin Have an Alternative? Let’s imagine that the Kremlin unexpectedly decides to behave constructively and engage in negotiation – what is there to negotiate?
6. Levada.ru: Poll suggests Russians unhappy with police actions at Moscow protests.
7. Interfax: Russian electoral system ready for unified voting day – Pamfilova.
8. Vedomosti: Experts Disagree on Effectiveness of Smart Voting: Some Candidates Recommended by Navalny Could Win, But the Strategy Has Split the Opposition. – vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2019/09/03/810381-eksperti-razoshlis
9. La Stampa (Italy): Russian opposition activist condemns sanctions, Syria war. Interview With Lyubov Sobol.
10. Natylie’s Place: Oksana Boyko Interviews Prof. Mark Galeotti on Worlds Apart (RT)
[Text with video: natyliesbaldwin.com/2019/09/oksana-boyko-interviews-mark-galeotti-on-russian-politics-and-us-russia-relations-rasmussen-poll-56-of-americans-think-it-would-be-better-to-have-russia-as-a-friend-than-a-foe/]
11. Gazeta.ru: Editorial offers measures to boost Russia’s economy
12. Intellinews.com: Russian companies put in yet another month of strong profits in June
13. TASS: Izvestia: Northern Sea Route attracts companies from Scandinavia and Asia.
14. Sputnik: How Russia Can Help the UK Ride Out Its Post-Brexit Economic Storm Through Trad. – sputniknews.com/business/201909041076698978-how-russia-can-help-the-uk-ride-out-its-post-brexit-economic-storm-through-trade/
15. Awful Avalanche: Russians and Tatars: A Complicated History – Part II – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2019/09/02/russians-and-tatars-a-complicated-history-part-ii/
16. Awful Avalanche: Russians and Tatars: A Complicated History – Part III – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/russians-and-tatars-a-complicated-history-part-iii/
17. Financial Times: Finland urges EU to step up efforts to improve Russia ties. Move essential to boost European security, says foreign minister Pekka Haavisto.
18. Asia Times: Russians learn lessons from Syrian battlefield. Modern warfare is more about precision and measured effects, rather than grouping large masses, experts say.
19. www.rt.com: Ditching the dollar: National currency payments key to boosting Russia-India trade, says Putin.
20. Indian Punchline: M.K. Bhadrakumar, Modi needs congenial team to advance Russia ties.
21. TASS: Kommersant: Putin’s visit ushers in new era in Russian-Mongolian relations.
22. Al Jazeera: John Bolton bids to pivot Eastern Europe away from Russia. US national security adviser lauded moves to attract Western investment and influence in Moscow’s former client states.
23. Carnegie Moscow Center: Artyom Shraibman, Official Visit Symbolizes New U.S. Attitude to Belarus.
24. TASS: Trump may punish Kiev for ‘flirting with China,’ expert says.
25. Carnegie Moscow Center: Konstantin Skorkin, Idealism vs. Reality: Ukraine’s New Government Prepares for Challenges
26. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Ukraine’s new parliament sets itself a hectic legislative agenda.
27. Brookings: Steven Pifer, Heading for (another) Ukraine-Russia gas fight?
28. Foxnews.com: Russia probe reckoning? DOJ facing rising pressure to release surveillance documents and more.
29. Washington Post: David Ignatius, Why America is losing the information war to Russia.
30. Bloomberg: U.S. Unleashes Military to Fight Fake News, Disinformation.
