RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#147 :: Wednesday, 11 September 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#147 :: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
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1. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrey Kortunov, Nuclear Missiles and Plastic Bags. What presents a greater threat to humanity, strategic nuclear missiles or disposable plastic bags? – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/nuclear-missiles-and-plastic-bags/
2. Meduza: Happy days for managed democracy Sources say the Kremlin welcomes recent election results, and Russia’s ruling political party lives to fight another day.
3. Interfax: Head of Moscow CPRF office Rashkin thanks Navalny for ‘smart voting’
4. Interfax: Sending blank election monitoring forms to Navalny’s campaign was criminal – CEC.
5. Reuters: Anti-Kremlin Candidate Wins Moscow Assembly Seat With Help of Army Votes: Data. (Sergei Mitrokhin)
6. Kommersant: Hand It Over: Court Awards Moscow City Transport 1.2 Million Rubles in Suit Against Opposition Politicians.
7. Meduza: Long-time IT consultant for Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation quits, accusing management of corruption.
8. Vesti.ru: Kiselev: Media Is Lying About “Peaceful Protestors” and Covering For Violent Liberal Extremists! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3187852&cid=4441
9. The Real News Network: Putin Suffers Setback in Moscow Election, But Remains Secure Nonetheless. In what many analysts saw as a test for Vladimir Putin’s rule, the Moscow election was a setback of sorts, but the opposition’s orientation towards capitalism undermines its own anti-corruption platform, says Tony Wood.
10. Politico.eu: Leonid Ragozin, Putin’s star is fading. With Moscow city council vote, Russia’s liberal opposition scored a major victory.
11. Paul Goble: Viewed from Regions, Moscow Opposition Very Much Like Regime It Says It Opposes.
12. Intelinews.com: Russia’s net public debt falls to zero.
13. Moscow Times: Automation May Push 20M Russians Into Unemployment, Study Says.
14. Forbes.com: Why Russia And Saudi Arabia Secretly Want The Democrats To Beat Trump.
15. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, MEDDLING SCHMEDDLING. – irrussianality.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/meddling-schmeddling/
16. Financial Times: Emmanuel Macron’s pivot to Russia sparks EU unease. French president accused of hubris over bid to repair Europe’s relations with Moscow.
17. Quartz: Who would you side with in a conflict between the US and Russia? Neither, say most Europeans.
18. Forbes.com: Kenneth Rapoza, For Washington, Russian And China Tech Spies Suddenly Everywhere.
19. Wall Street Journal: U.S. Sanctions Tighten Putin’s Circle, Extend Kremlin’s Reach. Russian businesses cut off from foreign funds turn to state banks.
20. Foreign Affairs: Michael Kimmage, A Post-Soviet “War and Peace.” What Tolstoy’s Masterwork Explains About Putin’s Foreign Policy.
21. TASS: Kommersant: Trump fires hawkish National Security Adviser John Bolton.
22. www.rt.com: Bolton’s sacking won’t change US foreign policy but Russia is always ready to talk – Kremlin.
23. Interfax: Bolton’s resignation increases chances of timely agreement on prolonging New START – Kosachyov.
24. TASS: Expert expects anti-Russian rhetoric, but not policies, to soften after Bolton’s dismissal.
25. Valdai Discussion CLub: Alexander Vorontsov, What Does America Really Want – Our Money or Our Life? (re China) – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/what-does-america-really-want/
26. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, SERVILITY OR SELF-DEFENCE: CYPRUS CAN DEFEND AGAINST THE TURKS WITHOUT AMERICAN PROTECTORATE OR RUSSIAN ADVICE. (excerpt)
27. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Ukraine and Russia Are Finally Ready to Talk Peace. A long-awaited prisoner exchange showed that they want to make a deal on elections in the Donbas region – johnhelmer.net/servility-or-self-defence-cyprus-can-defend-against-the-turks-without-american-protectorate-or-russian-advice/
29. Meduza: The CIA’s alleged Kremlin asset reportedly spent at least five years working inside Russia’s presidential administration.
30. Sic Semper Tyrannis: Larry Johnson, John Brennan’s and Jim Clappers’ Last Gasp? (re Oleg Smolenkov) – turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2019/09/john-brennans-and-jim-clappers-last-gasp-by-larry-c-johnson.html#more