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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2020-#26 :: Saturday, 16 February 2020
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1. Russia Beyond: The point of return: Global Russians that choose Russia.
2. www.rt.com: ‘Change course before it’s too late’: Lavrov calls on Europe to reject false notion of ‘Russian threat’ in Munich speech.
3. Carnegie Moscow Center: Dmitri Trenin, Vodka on the Rocks. Russia’s relations with the West are not about to get any better.
4. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with the working group on drafting proposals for amendments to the Constitution.
5. TASS: Media: Putin calls for making Russian Constitution consistent with today’s challenges.
6. TASS: New economic realities makes constitutional amendments necessary, says Putin.
7. www.rt.com: Amending constitution is up to Russian people, we’ll do what they vote for – Putin.
8. BMB Russia: Constitutional Reform.
9. Meduza: Putin allocates at least 220 million dollars to stage Russia’s national vote on new constitutional amendments.
10. www.rt.com: ‘As long as I’m president we will have ‘mother’ & ‘father’: Putin backs traditional family values once again.
11. Reuters: ‘There Will Be Dad and Mum’: Putin Rules Out Russia Legalizing Gay Marriage.
12. Bloomberg: Putin’s Constitution Dream Team Has Those Who Never Read It.
.13. BBC Monitoring: Kremlin defends constitution reform group against ridicule.
14. Meduza: Putin pardons two women imprisoned for excessive self-defense against domestic violence.
15. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, US Treasury Department accuses Russian tycoon Deripaska of laundering money but offers no evidence. The US Treasury Department has accused Russian tycoon Deripaska of laundering money in a letter sent to his lawyers, but the claims are not underpinned by any real evidence.
16. www.rt.com: ‘He didn’t even trust me with a pen!’ Russian tycoon Deripaska rubbishes Putin money laundering accusation.
17. RFE/RL: Poll Finds Russians’ Trust In Putin Falls Sharply Since 2017.