RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents & links :: JRL 2019-#202 :: Tuesday, 17 December 2019

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2019-#202 :: Tuesday, 17 December 2019
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1. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Igor Chubais, What agenda is relevant for Russia?
2. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, In 2019, Putin Couldn’t Win Back Russia’s Love. It was a year in which the Russian leader increased his influence abroad while losing it at home.
4. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, BOOK REVIEW: YAVLINSKY ON THE PUTIN SYSTEM.
5. Carnegie Moscow Center: Konstantin Gaaze and Alexandra Prokopenko, Upcoming Elections Mean New Economic Policy in Russia.
6. The National Interest: Stratfor, Russia’s Biggest Enemy Isn’t America. It’s economic stagnation.
9. The Nation: Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Domestic Violence Is Russia’s Shame. The fight in Russia over the law on domestic violence mirrors the country’s fight over democracy.
10. Books and Ideas: The Militarisation of Russian Society. About: Galia Ackerman.
11. RFE/RL: Putin Signs Amendments Allowing Large Fines For ‘Foreign Agents’ Law Violations.
12. Meduza: Navalny shows his cards.
13. Meduza: ‘Right on the edges of the law’ How Russia’s ruling party is using dark money in the run-up to the election that will decide Putin’s political future.
14. Paul Goble: Discussions about Russia’s Future Should Be Open-Ended Lest They be Used to Frighten People into Backing Current Arrangements, Luzin Says.
15. Moscow Times: Sanctions Reduced Inequality in Russia – Study.
16. Moscow Times: Aaron Schwartzbaum, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the National Projects. Putin’s ambitious National Projects won’t turn Russia’s economy around, and they do not have to.
17. Oilprice.com: The Worrying Truth About Russia’s Oil Industry.
18. Awful Avalanche: Russian Classical Ballet Criticized As Racist – Part I.
19. TASS: Russian drama ‘Beanpole’ to face fierce competition for Oscars nomination, producer says.
20. Russia Beyond: 15 BEST Russian movies from 2010 to 2019.
21. Wall Street Journal: Andrew Stuttaford, ‘The Russian Job’ Review: Feeding the Enemy. Few remember that in the early 1920s America supplied food to a starving Soviet Union, quite possibly preventing its collapse.
22. Moscow Times: Russians’ Positive View Toward U.S. Doubles – Poll.
23. Valdai Discussion Club: William Hill, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s Visit to Washington.
24. RFE/RL: Can Russia And The U.S. Agree To Keep A Lid On Their Nuclear Arsenals?
25. Russian Internatinal Affairs Council: Aleksey Arbatov: Talks on a Future START Should Have Been Launched Yesterday.
26. The Hill: William Courtney, Return of Nuclear Doomsday.
27. www.rt.com: Mikhail Khodarenok, US & Russia won’t go to war over Syria.
28. War on the Rocks: Michael Kofman and Richard Connolly, WHY RUSSIAN MILITARY EXPENDITURE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD (AS IS CHINA’S). (excerpt)
29. www.rt.com: Russia keeps strengthening its position among international arms market leaders – Putin.
30. TASS: Izvestia: Russia, Belarus to hold integration negotiations on December 20.
31. Intellinews.com: Tempo of Belarus and Russia’s integration talks rises but matters remain delicately poised.
32. Valdai Discussion Club: Paul Saunders, Normandy: Better Than the Alternatives. The fundamental logic of successful political settlements that end armed conflict requires that the parties are simultaneously strong and weak, writes Valdai Club expert Paul Saunders. It is because this balance is so difficult to find, and to sustain during extended negotiations, that political settlements are rare in comparison with either military victories or very long wars.
33. TASS: Vedomosti: Zelensky advocates equal rights for all Ukrainian regions.
34. Intellinews.com: Russia, Ukraine strike preliminary gas transit deal.
35. www.strategic-culture.org: Finian Cunningham, Ukraine Peace Hostage to Washington’s Russophobia.
36. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, SERGEI SKRIPAL’S THREE TELEPHONE-CALLS OPEN THE QUESTION OF WHICH SIDE THE BRITISH THINK HE’S ON.
37. www.thekomisarscoop.com: Lucy Komisar, Investor Bill Browder’s allegations -Why Spiegel is sticking to Magnitsky research (excerpt)
38. Wall Street Journal editorial: The Incredibly Incurious Mr. Comey. The IG report shows investigators who didn’t investigate Steele.