RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#184 :: Wednesday, 13 November 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#184 :: Wednesday, 14 November 2019
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1. TASS: Almost 70% of Russians are concerned about growth of social injustice – poll.
2. Moscow Times: Russian Economic Growth Accelerates.
3. www.rt.com: Sanctions? Russia has the best-peforming stock market in the world.
4. Bloomberg: Russia Plans Another Move Out of Dollar, Into Euro, Yuan.
5. Oiprice.com: The Inevitable Finale Of The Nord Stream 2 Saga.
6. Wall Street Journal: Gary Saul Morson, ‘Mud and Stars’ Review: On the Road With Pushkin. A literary jaunt through the land of Pushkin and Tolstoy takes Sara Wheeler to such far corners of Russia as a restaurant in the frozen northeast where the teaspoons have holes to discourage thieves.
7. Sputnik: ‘We See Fright Over Macron’s Statement About Need for Dialogue with Russia Everywhere’ – Analyst.
8. TASS: Izvestia: New missile race likely to involve more countries after INF Treaty’s collapse.
9. Washington Post: Katrina vandal Heuvel, From the hope of 1989 to a new Cold War.
10. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrey Sushentsov, ‘Seal of Excellence’ on a Foreign Policy Strategy in an Anarchic World.
11. Russian International Affairs Council: Andrey Kortunov, What We’ve Learnt About Globalization.
12. Russian Military Reform: Dmitry Gorenburg, Russian Foreign Policy Narratives. (excerpt)
13. Foreign Policy Research Institute: Nikolas Gvosdev, Russia’s Southern Strategy.
14. Al Jazeera: Isolated Belarus looks towards Europe despite Russian overtures.
15. New York Times: A Ukrainian Billionaire Fought Russia. Now He’s Ready to Embrace It. (Ihor Kolomoisky)
16. TASS: Ukrainians want Zelensky to find common ground with Putin, says top diplomat.
17. Reuters: Russia Says Kiev Should Extend East Ukraine Special Status Law to 2020.
18. TASS: Media: Disengagement of forces in Donbass paves way for Normandy Four talks.
19. The Conversation: Stefan Wolff and Tatyana Malyarenko, In Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy must tread carefully or may end up facing another Maidan uprising.
20. Awful Avalanche: Pope Pompeo Splits Orthodox Church! – Part I
20. Awful Avalanche: Pope Pompeo Splits Orthodox Church! – Part II
20. Awful Avalanche: Pope Pompeo Splits Orthodox Church! – Part III
23. Carnegie Moscow Center: Konstantin Skorkin, Ukraine’s New Economic Policy Juggles Populism With Libertarianism. Zelensky’s economic path has turned out to be as contradictory as his political path. Various promises ranging from libertarian reforms to classic social populism are hindering the implementation of any meaningful policy.
24. Brookings: Steven Pifer, Congress, Nord Stream II, and Ukraine.
25. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, FIONA HILL FAILS THE TRUTH TEST – REVEALS HER VALUE AS A KREMLIN ASSET.
26. The Unz Review: Philip Giraldi, John Brennan’s CIA Trump Task Force. Could it become Obamagate?
27. Washington Times: NSC staffers reveal infighting over White House policy on Ukraine.
28. Washington Post: David Ignatius, People died while Trump played games with Ukraine’s military aid.
29. The Epoch Times: House Republicans Say Even Dems’ Impeachment Witnesses Supported Trump’s View of Corruption in Ukraine.
30. Consortiumnews.com: Patrick Lawrence, The Impeachment Pantomime. The political theatrics that begin Wednesday raise several questions. For starters, will Joe Biden be investigated for mounting evidence of corruption? And why is the corporate media turning the CIA “whistleblower” into a phantom in plain sight?
31. AP: Watchdog report on Russia probe nears public release.

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