RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#162 :: Monday, 7 October 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#162 :: Monday, 7 October 2019
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1. Politico.com: George Beebe, We’re More at Risk of Nuclear War With Russia Than We Think. U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle need to start addressing the danger.
2. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, BOOK REVIEW: PUTIN V. THE PEOPLE. (by Samuel Greene and Graeme Robertson)
3. Bloomberg: Marc Champion, ‘Post-Imperial’ Putin Glimpsed in Softer Foreign-Policy Tone.
4. Kremlin.ru: Valdai Discussion Club session – en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/61719
5. www.rt.com: WATCH Putin hiking & driving off-road in Siberian mountains in signature holiday VIDEO – rt.com/russia/470334-watch-putin-holiday-siberian-mountains/
See also: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61732
6. TASS: Putin picks mushrooms in Siberian taiga and admires the Yenisei River – tass.com/society/1081700
7. Moscow Times: Mark Galeotti, Is This Russia’s Next Leader? For the first time in his seven years as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu gave a lengthy interview to a mainstream Russian newspaper. We should pay attention.
8. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Russia’s Defence Minister gives first interview in seven years to Moscow daily.
9. Meduza: New report offers government think-tank perspective on reforming Russia’s prison system.
10. Moscow Times: Russia’s ‘Core’ Middle Class Shrinks to 10M – HSE.
11. Bear Market Brief: Socioeconomics. (re middle class)
12. Paul Goble: Russian Middle Class Now ‘More Dead than Alive,’ New Research Shows.
14. Moscow Times: Jake Cordell, Russia Displays a Two-Track Economy; The Russian economy is both growing and declining, depending on whether you look at domestic or global statistics.
15. TASS: Russian ministry names risk of possible economic stagnation in the country
16. Interfax: Russian consumer confidence continues to improve in Q3 – Rosstat.
17. www.rt.com: Cashless society: Russia outpaces Europe in cash-free transactions growth.
18. www.rt.com: Russia offers to set up ‘grain OPEC’ to ensure stability & solve problem of world hunger.
19. Washington Post: Radical warming in Siberia leaves millions on unstable ground.
20. New York Times: Pipelines From Russia Cross Political Lines. Critics say the Nord Stream 2 project would make Germany too dependent on Russian natural gas and economically punish Ukraine.
21. www.rt.com: Roles reversed: Russia becomes ‘global power broker’ as US acts like ‘SPOILER,’ former Spanish FM says.
22. TASS: Russia honors its commitments under New START Treaty – US State Department data.
23. Opendemocracy.net: Jamie Mackay, European identity and the paradox of anti-communism. The European Parliament’s conflation of Soviet Communism and Nazi-Fascism, says more about the present paranoia surrounding populism than it does about the past. This distortion of history should be of grave concern for democrats across the political spectrum.
24. Moon of Alabama: How An Ever Sanctioning Superpower Is Losing Its Status – moonofalabama.org/2019/10/how-an-ever-sanctioning-superpower-is-losing-its-status.html
25. Fort Russ: U.S. Think Tank Publishes Russian ‘Black Sea’ Containment Plan – fort-russ.com/2019/10/u-s-think-tank-publishes-russian-black-sea-containment-plan/
26. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrey Kortunov, Reducing Risks and Cutting Costs: The Art of Confrontation Management – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/reducing-risks-and-cutting-costs-the-art-of-confrontation-management/
27. Valdai Discussion Club; Piotr Dutkiewicz, Russia Facing the Challenges of Eurasian Regionalization. The geo-strategic and geo-economic gamble for Russia, as it undertakes its “turn to the East” is that economic and diplomatic gains from this shift will enable it to return in its new incarnation as a “Eurasian powerhouse” to new bargaining processes with the EU as an indispensable partner in the even Greater. – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/russia-facing-the-challenges-of-eurasian-regionali/
28. Valdai Discussion Club: Konstantin Simonov, Russia-EU-Ukraine: How Not to Be Drowned in a Gas Triangle. The Russia-EU-Ukraine gas negotiations have not yet yielded results – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/russia-eu-ukraine-how-not-to-be-drowned/
29. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Zelenskiy’s secret deals.
30. Kyiv Post: Thousands rally in Kyiv against Zelensky’s plan to end war with Russia.
31. TASS: Kommersant: Zelensky’s adversaries seek to rewrite Steinmeier formula.
32. TASS: Volker’s departure unties Zelensky’s hands to provide autonomy to Donbass, says expert.
33. Carnegie Moscow Center: Georgiy Kasianov, Ukraine Prepares to Grasp the Nettle of Its History Politics-Again.
34. Financial Times (August 28, 2016): Ukraine’s leaders campaign against ‘pro-Putin’ Trump. Fears over effect Republican’s victory would have on US policy towards Kiev. (excerpt)
35. Government.ru: Dmitry Medvedev’s interview with the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. (excerpt re impeachment) – government.ru/en/news/38034/
36. RIA Novosti: Ivan Danilov: Russian connection found in Ukrainegate. How will we be punished?
37. Russian International Affairs Council: Carter Cawood, How a Pro-Russia Lobby in the United States Could Change the Course of History – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/columns/political-life-of-usa/how-a-pro-russia-lobby-in-the-united-states-could-change-the-course-of-history/