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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#172 :: Friday, 25 October 2019
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1. www.rt.com: Russian gun activist Butina to touch down in Moscow Saturday after US prison release – envoy.
2. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrey Kortunov, “Ukraine-Gate” and Russia – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/-ukraine-gate-and-russia/
3. TASS: US media becoming more unhinged as election gets closer, Kremlin says.
4. Russia Beyond: How to make $1.3 billion: Tips from a Forbes-listed Russian businessman – rbth.com/business/331178-how-to-make-13-billion
5. TASS: RBC: As sanction fears fall, investors upbeat on Russia.
6. Vesti.ru: Knocking Out the Competition! Russia Moves Up 100 Ranks in 7 Years Along Business Ratings! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3203443&cid=4441
7. www.rt.com: Weakening national currencies can lead to global currency war – Rosneft chief.
8. Moscow Times: Russia Has Lost $1 Trillion in Capital Flight Since Fall of U.S.S.R., Says Putin’s Economist. Top politician blames International Monetary Fund for promoting massive capital outflow.
9. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Russian Baring Vostok executives could face years in detention
10. Meduza: Vedomosti: ‘Doing business’ isn’t everything in Russia.
11. RFE/RL: Suburban Wasteland: New Russian Homeowners Feel Trapped In Infrastructure-Poor ‘Ghettos’
12. Paul Goble: Kagarlitsky Surprised Only One Russian in Four Considers Himself a Victim of Perestroika.
13. Defense One: Russia Will Test Its Ability to Disconnect from the Internet.
14. Russia Observer: Patrick Armstrong, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 24 OCTOBER 2019 – patrickarmstrong.ca/2019/10/24/russian-federation-sitrep-24-october-2019/
15. The National Interest: Anatoly Antonov, A Moratorium: The First Step to Stabilizing the “Post-INF Treaty World.” Russia will continue to demonstrate a responsible approach and a readiness to an equal and constructive dialogue with the U.S. After the loss of the INF Treaty-a fundamental element of arms control architecture, it is vitally important to try and preserve the only Russia-U.S. agreement still in effect in this area-the New START.
16. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Russia gloats as US leaves Syria – but frets about keeping the peace. Is the Kremlin ready to play peacemaker in Syria? It has insisted for the past few years that the U.S. needed to play a role, but now sole responsibility falls to Russia.
17. www.rt.com: Extra 300 Russian military police arrive in Syria to patrol & ensure Kurdish pullout.
18. TASS: Izvestia: Damascus wants oil fields back.
19. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, THE SYRIAN TUG OF WAR IS STILL WAR AGAINST SYRIA, AND RUSSIANS TRUST THE ARMY MORE THAN PRESIDENT PUTIN TO WAGE IT – johnhelmer.net/gorilla-radio-the-syrian-tug-of-war-is-still-war-against-syria-and-russians-trust-the-army-more-than-president-putin-to-wage-it/print/
20. Washington Post: David Ignatius, Russia has earned its success in the Middle East – partly thanks to Trump.
21. City Journal (New York): Paul Starobin, Putin’s Middle East? Exploring the implications of Russia’s increasing engagement in the region-and the American drawdown.
22. www.rt.com: Russia’s ‘secret weapon’ for winning influence in Africa – and it’s not what you might think – rt.com/news/471773-russia-secret-weapon-win-africa/
23. Vesti.ru: Unprecedented Sochi Summit: Russia Back in Africa For First Time Since Break-Up of USSR! – vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3203107&cid=4441
24. Russia Beyond: 12 must-read contemporary women writers from Russia – rbth.com/arts/331180-contemporary-russian-women-writers
25. www.paulcraigroberts.org: Paul Craig Roberts, Better Relations Between the US and Russia Are Not In the Cards – paulcraigroberts.org/2019/10/23/better-relations-between-the-us-and-russia-are-not-in-the-cards/
26. www.rt.com: DOJ opens criminal probe into ‘Russiagate’ investigation after administrative review – report.
27. Washington Post (December 10, 2014): William Taylor, No appeasement toward Russia.
28. Wall Street Journal: Kimberly Strassel, Behold the Lord High Impeacher. The failure to vote on an inquiry allows Schiff to make up the rules as he goes along.
29. The Economist editorial: The spy who came in from the cold. The West should learn some lessons from Vladimir Putin’s success. The pariah is now feted.
30. Foreign Affairs: Michael McFaul, Trump’s Gift to Putin. The President’s Privatized Foreign Policy Is a Boon for Russia.

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