RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#183 :: Tuesday, 12 November 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#183 :: Tuesday, 12 November 2019
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1. Washington Post: No evidence of Russian interference in New Zealand’s ‘Bird of the Year’ contest
2. NYU Jordan Center: Peter Rutland, Putin’s Y2024 Problem.
3. Institute of Modern Russia: Alina Polyakova (Brookings): “The idea that you can have a real democracy in Russia is an existential threat to the Putin regime”
4. Vesti.ru: Putin Shares Thoughts on Future Tech, Believes AI Might Be Last Great Invention of Mankind
5. Moscow Times: Chechnya Outperforms Kremlin’s KPIs Nationwide – Reports.
6. www.rt.com: ‘They keep stealing in hundreds of millions’: Putin outraged by ongoing fraud at Vostochny Cosmodrome construction.
7. Meduza: ‘Putin’s chef’ no longer owns catering company that was the largest business officially held in his name.
8. Paul GOble: Appointed Governors Locked in Battles with Elected Mayors in Russian Regions.
9. TASS: Accessing Internet in Russia by passport violates rights, says Kremlin
11. Intellinews.com: Moscow has the second highest road rage score in the world.
12. Intellinews.com: ESG is a must have in Russia, but adds no alpha.
13. TASS: Kommersant: Sports minister delves into WADA’s technical questions for Moscow anti-doping lab.
14. Moscow Times: Russian Oil Production Among Most Expensive in World.
15. Beyond the Kremlin: Mark Smith, Scarecrow / historian.
16. Russian Life: Dostoyevsky’s Birthday in 10 Dark Quotes.
17. Russian and Eurasian Politics: Gordon Hahn, The Image of Peter the Great in Russian Culture, Parts 1 and 2 (complete) (excerpt)
18. TASS: Lavrov dismisses claims Russia plays policeman’s role in Middle East.
19. New York Times: Dmitri Trenin, Russia’s Comeback Isn’t Stopping With Syria. Get used to it, because Russian influence is coming to a region near you.
20. Breitbart.com:’Impeachment Inquiry’ Witness: Trump Lectured Previous Ukraine President About Corruption, Too.
21. Interfax: Lavrov jokes when asked about Russia’s preparations for 2020 presidential election in U.S.
22. Washington Post: The Daily 202: New deposition transcripts deepen Russia linkages to the impeachment inquiry.
23. The Daily Beast: Brian Brown, 9 Reasons to Thank the USSR: How We Got the Cold War Wrong. Much of what many of us learned in school about the struggle between the U.S. and USSR was very, very wrong.