RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#143 :: Thursday, 5 September 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#143 :: Thursday, 5 September 2019
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1. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrey Kortunov, Between Polycentrism and Bipolarity. (excerpt) – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/between-polycentrism-and-bipolarity/
2. The Nation: Stephen Cohen, What We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate. Vital questions about perhaps the worst alleged presidential scandal in US history remain unanswered.
3. Bear Market Blog: Politics and Regions.
4. Moscow Times: As Discontent Simmers, Russia’s Ruling Party Dons Camouflage in Countrywide Elections. Candidates from the ruling United Russia party are running as independents or under different banners on Sept. 8.
5. Moscow Times: Kremlin Vows to Investigate Moscow Lawmaker Accused of Fraud Ahead of Elections.
6. Washington Post: Will Englund, In Russia’s local elections, the vote totals are not what really count.
7. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Commentator says Russians not ready for revolution. (Georgy Bovt)
8. The Economist: Kremlin v people. Repression in Russia no longer works as well as it did. A violent crackdown on protests has prompted widespread outrage.
9. Opendemocracy.net: Erica Marat, Awakening a new generation of activists in Eurasia. An emerging young, urban population has begun to challenge the lasting legacies of the Soviet era.
10. Meduza:RuNet: The Miniseries ‘Meduza’ interviews creator of new documentary about Russian Internet’s rise.
11. TASS: Kommersant: Russia rises in national Internet segments’ reliability ranking.
12. TASS: Four-day work week in Russia possible only in long term perspective, says Labor Minister.
13. Oilprice.com: Russia Could Allow Private Oil Firms To Explore Arctic Shelf.
14. Bloomberg: Putin Reaps Political Gains From OPEC+ But Economic Boost Wanes.
15. Russian Embassy in UK: Embassy comment on the situation concerning the Salisbury incident with Russian nationals Sergei and Yulia Skripal – rusemb.org.uk/fnapr/6909?fbclid=IwAR2_mOK6h4nB6oWicytnvFHc1zl_hpxlw_WD2BPtxjdctp5JQoXx1WadKlI
16. Reuters: Putin Says Russia Will Make New Missiles, Warns of Arms Race.
17. TASS: Putin offered Trump hypersonic weapons from Russia to purchase.
18. TASS: Putin slams arrests of Russians at US request as “very bad practice”
19. Daily Caller: Dimitri Simes Jr., Germany Profits While U.S.-Russian Tensions Rise.
20. Wall Street Journal: As Beijing and Moscow Grow Closer, the Neighbors Grow Wary. Meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin this week, the leaders of Japan and India share a goal: prying him away from China.
21. Sputnik: EEF 2019: How Russia is Emerging as a Constructive Player in the Multipolar Environment. (Thomas Graham)
22. www.rt.com: Only ‘morons’ argue Far East territories are ‘burden’ for Russia – Putin.
23. www.rt.com: Over $9 billion invested in Russia’s Far East since 2015 – Putin.
24. Valdai Discussion Club: Artyom Lukin, Russia’s “Turn to Asia” Has Yet to Bring Prosperity to the Far East. – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/russia-s-turn-to-asia-has-yet-to-bring-prosperity/
25. Valdai Discussion Club: Leonid Bliakher, Russia’s Pivot to the East: Between Wishes and Reality. – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/russia-pivot-to-the-east-between-wishes/
26. Oilprice.com: Superpowers Are Vying For Power In This New Oil & Gas Frontier. (Eastern Med)
27. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Why religion and politics are a fickle mix in Ukraine. Religion and politics can make for uncomfortable bedfellows. Patriarch Filaret’s ambitions for a unified Ukrainian Orthodox Church were disrupted when they became enmeshed in a presidential platform.
28. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Viktor Medvedchuk – en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/61452
29. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, WHITEWASHING COLLABORATIONISM. – irrussianality.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/whitewashing-collaborationism/
30. New Cold War: “Coverage of the Maidan massacre by the mainstream media in the West involves gross misrepresentation”, says Prof. Ivan Katchanovski – newcoldwar.org/coverage-of-the-maidan-massacre-by-the-mainstream-media-in-the-west-involves-gross-misrepresentation-says-prof-ivan-katchanovski/
31. www.rt.com: Ukraine’s Nazis: Who are they, why are they so influential – and why have media ignored them? – rt.com/news/468097-ukraine-nazis-media-history/
32. Washington Post: Hannah S. Chapman and Theodore P. Gerber, Russian propaganda isn’t as effective as you may think. Our research shows it only influences neighboring countries’ citizens on subjects they know little about.