RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#190 :: Thursday, 21 November 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#190 :: Thursday, 21 November 2019
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1. Bear Market Brief Russia: Politics and Regions (re Putin ratings)
3. Kennan Institute: Boris Grozovski, Russia’s Born-Again Citizens and Their Discontents.
4. TASS: Toll road connecting Russia’s two largest cities to be unveiled next week – source.
5. RFE/RL: Russian Duma Approves ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill That Threatens Journalists With Label.
6. Intellinews.com: Russia’s consumer demand is back after incomes tick up in October.
7. CNBC.com: Russia’s Putin says shale oil technologies are ‘barbaric’
8. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Russia braces for new blow to its energy exports.
9. www.rt.com: US’ attempts to undermine economic growth of Russia & China are just part of unfair competition – Putin.
10. TASS: Russian alternative to Wikipedia to be fully launched by summer of 2022, says publisher – tass.com/society/1091455
11. Valdai Discussion Club: Ivan Timofeev, Do Generations Matter? – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/generations-matter/
12. European Council on Foreign Affairs: Kadri Liik, The last of the offended: Russia’s first post-Putin diplomats. (excerpt)
13. Russia Matters: Simon Saradzhyan, Alternative History: Would Russia in NATO and EU Be Game Changer in West’s Rivalry With China? (excerpt)
14. TASS: Izvestia: Russia has no plans to meddle in Iranian-Israeli conflict.
15. Asia Times: Faisal Al Yafai, Flow of Russian arms into Middle East unstoppable.
16. Asia Times: Pepe Escobar, The road toward Greater Eurasia. Kazakhstan’s first president has road map for 21st century: global alliance of leaders for nuclear-free world.
18. Russian International Affairs Council: Ekaterina Chimiris, Russia-Ukraine Relations 2020: Equation With Many Variables. A View from Russia. – russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/russia-ukraine-relations-2020-equation-with-many-variables-a-view-from-russia/
19. https://johnsolomonreports.com: John Solomon, The Ukraine scandal timeline Democrats and their media allies don’t want America to see.
20. Washington Post: Who is Fiona Hill and why does her public testimony matter?
21. Washington Post: Fiona Hill tells impeachment inquiry about a ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukrainian interference.
22. House Select Committee on Intelligence: Fiona Hill’s Opening Statement.
23. www.rt.com: I did not hear a quid pro quo, I read it in Politico? Impeachment hearing chases its tail as Sondland denies explicit order – rt.com/usa/473928-sondland-testimony-hope-delusion-democrats/
24. www.rt.com: Danielle Ryan, Who does Putin want in the White House in 2020? ‘Experts’ suggest reading RT to find out – rt.com/news/473978-putin-favorite-democrat-candidates/
25. TASS: Meeting with investors better over tea, than on mat, says President Putin.
26. Kremlin.ru: Russia Calling! Investment Forum – en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/62073

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