RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#157 :: Thursday, 26 September 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#157 :: Thursday, 26 September 2019
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1. Moscow Times: Russian Women Are Getting Married 8 Years Later On Average, Official Data Says.
2. Vesti.ru: Ministry of Health: Russians Live Longer, Healthier Lives Again – Recover After Collapse of USSR!
[https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3192489&cid=4441]
3. Vesti.ru: Medvedev and Putin Agree to Expand Healthcare in Russia! More Than 20% Spending Increase!
[https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3192507&cid=4441]
4. TASS: Putin asks Prime Minister to eliminate red tape in national projects funding.
5. Interfax: Kudrin announces upcoming visit by1. Le Monde diplomatique: Richard Sakwa, WHAT DOES RUSSIA REALLY WANT? Reversing the polarities Is Russia looking east or west for its permanent position in global power? It’s in the middle of the Eurasian landmass, between two systems and two spheres, trying for control of both.
2. Russian Faith: 150,000 March in St. Petersburg, Russia, Cross Procession (Video)
3. Vedomosti: Pollster examines Russian views of country’s, personal future. (Aleksey Levinson)
4. TASS: Court calls off arrest and releases participant of July 27 unauthorized rally in Moscow.
5. Moscow Times: United Russia Officials Meddled in St. Petersburg Vote, Top Election Official Says. Ella Pamfilova said members of the ruling party had “directly intervened in the electoral process.”
6. Paul Goble: Putin’s Preferred Methods of Rule No Longer Working as Intended, Shevtsova Says.
7. Intellinews.com: Russia signs off on Paris accord, sets itself an easy CO2 target.
8. Interfax: Economic growth not an end in itself, vital to boost incomes – Putin.
9. TASS: Vedomosti: Low economic growth rates and risk of new sanctions hamper Russia’s development.
10. Moscow Times: Russia’s Biggest Companies Account for More Than 80% of GDP.
11. www.rt.com: Story of 5 major pipelines explains Europe’s love-hate relationship with Russian energy.
12. The Barents Observer: Big growth in Russian Arctic ports. More Arctic shipping means more load for regional seaports.
13. www.rt.com: Russia will eclipse American oil production by 2050 – US energy agency.
14. www.rt.com: ‘IMF must DIE!’ Top Russian banker says International Monetary Fund should be abolished. (Herman Gref)
15. TASS: Putin’s proposed moratorium on missile deployment aims to ensure global peace, says expert.
16. Sputnik: Russian Participants of Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Conference Denied US Visas – UN Ambassador.
17. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, LIBERAL ILLIBERALISM.
18. Opendemocracy.net: James Brown, Why Russia should learn to love the rules-based international order. As a middling power, Russia could benefit from siding with international institutions, instead of disregarding them.
19. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, The Ukraine Scandal Will Prolong a Real War. U.S. politics threaten the Ukrainian president’s goal of reaching a peace deal with Russia.
20. Interfax: Conflict in Donbas should be resolved by 3 Slavic peoples – Lukashenko.
21. TASS: Lavrov says won’t be surprised if it turns out true Poroshenko offered Donbass to Russia.
22. Moscow Times: Russia Wants to End the War in Donbass, Ukraine Leader Says.
23. Vesti.ru: EU Courts Ruling: Yanukovich Pure as the Driven Snow! Plans TRIUMPHANT Return to Kiev!
24. TASS: Media: Ukrainegate hoopla may be Democrat ploy to win back White House.
25. Financial Times: Ukraine’s president caught in US predicament. Zelensky tries to balance good relations across all sides in attempt to keep Russia at bay.
26. TASS: Zelensky says no one ‘pushed’ him during phone talk with Trump.
27. New York Times: The Whistle-Blower Complaint: Read the Document.
28. The Nation: Lev Golinkin, The Full Scope of Ukraine’s Impact on the 2016 Election Has Yet to Be Examined. Vulnerabilities in US election security need attention, and Ukraine’s 2016 impact could be instructive.
29. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Trump launches his re-election campaign in Kyiv with Ukraine-gate.
30. Defensenews.com: Here’s what you need to know about the US aid package to Ukraine that Trump delayed.
31. Wall Street Journal editorial: The Ukraine Transcript Fizzle. The phone call evidence isn’t enough to annul a presidential election.
32. Moon of Alabama: Trump Pushed Ukraine’s President To Investigate Issues That Are Of U.S. Public Interest.
33. The Hill: John Solomon, Let’s get real: Democrats were first to enlist Ukraine in US elections.
34. Politico.com (January 2017): Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire. Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton. (excerpt)
35. Russia Beyond: How Russian Parliament tried to impeach President Yeltsin.
36. Russia Insider/Vesti.ru: Top Russian Analyst Explains Why Strong Military Only Guarantee Against Out-of-Control Western Belligerence.
37. Russian International Affairs Council: Dayan Jayatilleka, Protracted Asymmetric Geopolitical Conflict.