RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#199 :: Tuesday, 10 December 2019
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#199 :: Tuesday, 10 December 2019
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1. Russia Beyond: What was the best thing about living in the Soviet Union? – rbth.com/lifestyle/331399-best-thing-ussr
2. New York Times: Andrew Higgins, The War That Continues to Shape Russia, 25 Years Later. Haunting images show how the first Chechen war humiliated post-Soviet Russia, exposed its weakness, strengthened hard-liners and enabled the rise of Vladimir V. Putin.
3. www.rt.com: Former mayor of Moscow Luzhkov, once one of Russia’s most powerful officials, dies aged 83 – rt.com/russia/475468-moscow-mayor-luzhkov-dies/
4. Washington Post: David Filipov, Yuri Luzhkov, transformative Moscow mayor, dies at 83.
5. Kennan Institute: Maxim Trudolyubov, Show Trials in the Information Age.
6. www.rt.com: Putin slams WADA ban as ‘politically biased collective punishment’ of Russian athletes.
7. Moscow Times: How Russian Media Reacted to 4-Year Olympics Ban.
10. Washington Post: Sally Jenkins, Banning Russia’s flag and anthem is perfect for WADA, whose only concern is optics.
11. Regnum: Russia views Arctic as next frontier for economic development.
12. The American Conservative: Daniel Larison, A Last Chance To Save New START.
13. www.strategic-culture.org: Tom Luongo, As Winter Comes Pipeline Wars Heat Up – strategic-culture.org/news/2019/12/08/as-winter-comes-pipeline-wars-heat-up/
14. Asia Times: Alexander Kruglov, Russia deepens footprint across Central Asia. Wary of Western inroads, local nationalisms. militant Islam and Afghan spillover, Moscow maintains clout in the ‘Stans.
15. Global Times (China): Wang Wen, Russia, China need strategic reassurance – globaltimes.cn/content/1172848.shtml
16. South China Morning Post: Chi Wang, Russia is no friend to China. In fact, Xi’s friendship with Putin is a betrayal of the Chinese people. Russia has little to offer China, other than a means to antagonise the US. Xi’s courtship of Moscow makes no sense because it ignores the animosity that has defined Sino-Russian relations since the Treaty of Nerchinsk in the 17th century – scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3041246/russia-no-friend-china-fact-xis-friendship-putin-betrayal-chinese
17. www.rt.com: Russia offers Ukraine cheaper gas under new transit deal, Kiev promises to drop $3bn demand.
18. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Putin and Zelenskiy make a positive start to the Donbas peace talks in Normandy Four talks, but put off the hardest problems.
19. Kremlin.ru: Press statement and answers to media questions following a Normandy format summit – en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/62277
20. www.rt.com: Putin: If Kiev gets control of rebel-held border with Russia, a Srebrenica-type massacre may follow – rt.com/news/475494-putin-ukraine-border-donbass-srebrenica/
21. Valdai Discussion Club: Alexei Chikhachev, The Normandy Four Summit: Modest Expectations – Working Results – valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-normandy-four-summit-modest-expectations/
22. Meduza: Putin and Zelensky are meeting for the first time in Paris. What could they possibly agree on?
23. The Vineyard of the Saker: The Saker, Making sense of the Paris summit: a quick analysis. (excerpt) – thesaker.is/making-sense-of-the-paris-summit-a-quick-analysis/
24. Wall Street Journal editorial: A Trail of FBI Abuse. The Horowitz report confirms that the bureau deceived FISA judges with the Steele dossier.
25. www.rt.com: Crossfire Hurricane in a teacup? IG report exposes gaping chasm between Russiagate inquiry and reality – rt.com/usa/475444-horowitz-barr-report-spying-dossier/
26. Wall Street Journal: Walter Russell Mead, ‘Ukrainegate’-Treason or Common Sense? Beneath the circus lies a real conflict of foreign-policy visions.
27. New York Times: Jesse Wegman, With Trump, All Roads Lead to Moscow. Monday’s congressional hearing and the inspector general’s report tell a similar story.
28. https://johnsolomonreports.com: John Solomon, The Comey FBI’s 17 worst failures, inaccuracies and omissions flagged in the Russia FISA report.
29. Wall Street Journal: John Solomon, Schiff Threatens Press Freedom. When the surveillance state exposes a journalist and his sources, there’s an instant chilling effect.
