RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#167 :: Friday, 18 October 2019
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#167 :: Friday, 18 October 2019
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1. Financial Times: The winter city: St Petersburg’s revival. A cultural renaissance is afoot, with hip new venues alongside the gilded palaces – and it looks even better in the snow.
2. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Fedor Lukyanov, Why Do We Need Multipolarity: What Commencement of Impeachment Procedure Against Donald Trump Means.
3. Foreign Affairs: Thomas Graham, Let Russia Be Russia. The Case for a More Pragmatic Approach to Moscow.
4. Natylie’s Place: WHAT IS THE REAL STATUS OF DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA? AN INTERVIEW WITH PROF. NICOLAI PETRO – natyliesbaldwin.com/2019/10/what-is-the-real-status-of-democracy-in-russia-an-interview-with-prof-nicolai-petro/
5. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Putin’s trust rating slips again but popularity remains high.
6. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Insults to Putin come with a fine. But is the cost to the Kremlin greater? Banning the slander of government officials to silence criticism is a common tactic, especially in authoritarian nations. But as Russia is finding, such bans can prove more trouble than they’re worth.
7. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrey Kortunov, Is Russia over its Resentment? – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/is-russia-over-its-resentment/
8. Russia Matters: Forget US-Russian Friendship: Let’s Foster ‘Predictable Competition’. (re George Beebe)
9. Meduza: Russian State Duma commission accuses foreign media, including ‘Meduza,’ of violating election laws.
10. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Russian commentary highlights youth problems in society.
11. Moscow Times: Ilya Klishin, Putin Has Achieved Everything He Wanted. But It Will Never Be Enough For Young Russians. Putin has led Russia into the bright future envisioned by his Brezhnev-era youth.
12. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Russian daily reports details about Putin’s phone calls procedure.
14. New York Times: Celestne Bohlen, Behind the Electoral Curtain of Post-Soviet Regimes.
15. Intellinews.com: Russian businesses’ lack of trust in government holding back crucial investment says finance minister Siluanov.
16. Moscow Times: Experts Raise Questions Over Strong Russian Official Economic Statistics. Analysts struggle to explain an unexpected jump in real incomes and GDP recorded by the official Russian statistics agency.
17. Russian International Affairs Council: Ivan Timofeev, Rethinking Sanctions Efficiency – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/rethinking-sanctions-efficiency/
18. www.rt.com: Russian military finds new ‘definitive’ proof to back Moscow’s Arctic shelf claim – Deputy PM.
19. Russia Beyond: 10 books that were banned in the USSR – rbth.com/arts/331150-books-banned-ussr
20. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, HOW PEACE BECAME UNTHINKABLE.
21. Foreign Policy: Michael Carpenter and Spencer Boyer, Americans and Russians Should Be Friends-Even if Their Countries Aren’t. Under Trump, the relationship between the two populations has suffered. The next president should change that.
22. Vesti.ru: Bizarre Spying! American Diplomats Visit Off-Limits Military Site, Cover Their Tracks! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3200890&cid=4441
23. The Blog Mire: Rob Slane, An Update on the Inquest Into the Death of Dawn Sturgess. (re Skripal case) – theblogmire.com/an-update-on-the-inquest-into-the-death-of-dawn-sturgess/
24. Medium.com: Caitlin Johnstone, Truth Is A Kremlin Talking Point.
25. The New Kremlin Stooge: Mark Chapman, A Tale of Two Tyrants: They’re Using Our Own Laws Against Us!! (excerpt re Russia) – thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/a-tale-of-two-tyrants-theyre-using-our-own-laws-against-us/#more-396
26. Moscow Times: History Is Not on Putin’s Side, Says Former U.S. Ambassador. Michael McFaul believes the future of Russia is “normal, boring and democratic.”
