RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#161 :: Thursday, 3 October 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#161 :: Thursday, 3 October 2019
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1. Washington Post: Scott Radnitz, Where else do leaders do what Trump is accused of? Start with Russia. And he has plenty of chances to do it again.
2. Russia Matters Book review: Paul Saunder, Fearing and Ignoring Russia: A Recipe for Trouble. (re “The Russia Anxiety and How History Can Resolve It” by Mark B. Smith)
3. Paul Goble: Russian Fertility Rate will Continue to Fall Even if Economy Improves, Data Show.
4. Moscow Times: Russian Cities at Risk as Climate Change Accelerates Permafrost Thaw – Report.
5. Bear Market Brief Russia: Politics and Regions. Russian outlet Nezavisimaya Gazeta released on September 30th a list of Russia’s 100 “leading politicians”
6. Vedomosti: Daily says Kremlin uses United Russia party as ‘outlet for discontent’. (Maxim Trudolyubov)
7. Between Two Worlds: The “Art” of an American Surviving in Small Town Russia. Hal Freeman, SCHOOL BEGINS: PUBLIC EDUCATION IN LUGA – halfreeman.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/school-begins-public-education-in-luga/
8. RFE/RL: Staff At Russia’s Main Cancer Center Quit En Masse, Citing Low Wages And Dire Conditions.
9. RFE/RL: Khodorkovsky: Putin ‘Doesn’t Believe In Institutions’
10. TASS: Vedomosti: Russian manufacturers’ business activity hits 10-year low.
11. CNBC.com: Putin praises Trump’s economic policies; says trade with Russia has rebounded.
12. Interfax: U.S. still lacks technology to deploy shorter-range, intermediate-range missiles – Huntsman.
13. Valdai Discussion Club: Timofei Bordachev, The East’s Rise and the New Russian Foreign Policy. Russia is bracing to turn from its centuries-old foreign policy model (dating back to the Moscow Principality) to maintain direct control over its immediate periphery as a way to provide for its security. How new self-defense methods get integrated into the nation’s strategic culture can play a crucial role in the future – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-east-rise-and-the-new-russian-foreign-policy/
15. TASS: Russian foreign intelligence chief recommends MEPs to seek historians’ advice.
16. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Ukrainian president signs off on the Steinmeier formula for the Donbas conflict resolution.
17. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, STEINMEIER MANIA.
18. TASS: RBC: Ukrainian opposition up in arms over Zelensky’s move to sign Steinmeier formula.
19. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Is Ukraine’s President a Hero or a Traitor? His move to end war with Russia has provoked calls of treason.
20. Awful Avalanche: Ukrainian Railroad System On Verge Of Collapse – Part I – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/ukrainian-railroad-system-on-verge-of-collapse-part-i/
21. Awful Avalanche: Ukrainian Railroad System On Verge Of Collapse – Part II – awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/ukrainian-railroad-system-on-verge-of-collapse-part-ii/
22. Transitions Online: Peter Rutland and Dmytro Babachanakh, Stuck in the Middle. Looked at more broadly, Trump’s treatment of Ukraine shows the country’s lingering inability to escape the power games of Moscow and Washington.
23. The Nation: Stephen Cohen, Unasked Questions about US-Ukrainian Relations. Is US national security being trumped by loathing for Trump?
24. Vesti.ru: Russia Caught RED-Handed! Putin Declares His Intentions to Hack the 2020 Elections! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3195765&cid=4441
25. New York Times: Putin Says He Doesn’t Mind if Private Talk With Trump Is Made Public.
26. Wall Street Journal; Holman Jenkins, All Roads Lead to Mueller. The Russia collusion morass threatens to spoil the Democrats’ impeachment drama.
27. Sic Semper Tyrannis: Larry Johnson, My Whistleblower Complaint on the Alleged Russian Hack. – turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2019/10/the-intelligence-community-claim-that-the-dnc-emails-were-taken-via-a-russian-spearphising-attack-is-a-lie-all-35816-dnc-em.html
28. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, ROBERT SERVICE’S PATHETIC FALLACY – BRITISH WARFIGHTER’S GUIDE TO TARGETTING VLADIMIR PUTIN – johnhelmer.net/robert-services-pathetic-fallacy-british-warfighters-guide-to-targetting-vladimir-putin/print/
29. The Unz Review: Anatoly Karlin, Kevin Rothrock, A Gem in the State Department’s Eyes – unz.com/akarlin/
30. Foreign Affairs: Andrei Kolesnikov, Putin Welcomes Stalin Back to the Pantheon. A New Russian Patriotism Embraces the Soviet Past.