RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-135 :: Tuesday, 19 July 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#135
Tuesday, 19 July 2016

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1. www.rt.com: ‘No time to ask Russia’s opinion, I had enough evidence anyway’ – WADA doping report author to RT.
2. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, The Stalinist Witch-Hunt Against Russian Athletes. The campaign to ban Russian athletes is an unethical and grossly political affair.
3. New York Times editorial: Ban Russia From the Rio Olympics.
4. Washington Post editorial: Bar Russia from the Rio Olympics.
5. Wall Street Journal editorial: Russia’s Doping Scandal. A new report finds that Olympic cheating was state policy.
6. Kremlin.ru: Statement in response to the report by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
7. TASS: Russian sports minister not suspended after WADA report – Kremlin.
8. BBC Monitoring: Russian press divided on impact of WADA doping report.
9. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, The Olympic Movement: Heading for a Split? The campaign to ban Russian athletes from participating in the Rio Olympics will over time result in parallel sporting events being created.
10. www.rt.com: Aspiring filmmaker? MSM reports on Russian ‘doping scandal’ as exercise in creative writing (CLIP)
11. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Survey: Russians are simultaneously proud of 2 Russias. After asking Russians about their pride in their country, the Levada Center pollster has discovered a growth of militant attitudes in society and a readiness among citizens to assign civil rights and freedom secondary value.
12. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russian rights activist: People are afraid to deal with a ‘foreign agent.’ Since Russia’s oldest charity organization dealing with refugee and migrant issues was labeled a “foreign agent,” it has lost the backing of all state services but has gained the support of ordinary people, says head of the Civic Assistance Committee Svetlana Gannushkina.
13. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov.
14. TASS: Russian economy minister expects positive GDP dynamics in nearest future.
15. Sputnik: Will Russia’s Economic Growth Be Restored Soon?
16. Bloomberg: Russian Consumers Still in Shock as They Cut Back on Food and Medicine.
17. The Real News Network: Why is the Capitalist West Fighting with Capitalist Russia? Alexandr Buzgalin and Paul Jay discuss the antagonism between Russia and US despite the former adopting ‘Jurassic Park capitalism’ since the demise of the USSR.
18. Valdai Discussion Club: Andrey Sushentsov, TALK TO THE СAPABLE, COMFORT THE WEAK: RUSSIAN CONDUCT AFTER NATO’S WARSAW SUMMIT.
19. Izvestia: Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Federation Council International Affairs Committee: Russia and Europe — What Divides, What Binds. Senator Konstantin Kosachev on What the West Should Do To Restore Russia’s Trust.
20. Russia Direct: Artem Kureev, The invisible Russian military presence in Syria. Although the campaign in Syria is officially over, Russian military personnel remain in the country and their number is unlikely to decrease significantly in the future.
21. The National Interest: Daniel R. DePetris, America Has No Choice But to Cooperate with Russia in Syria.
22. Russia Direct: Matt Finucane, The beginning of a Russian-Iranian alliance. There are a number of economic and geopolitical reasons why Russia could be looking for a broader alliance with Iran, the most important of which is the desire to check U.S. influence in the world.
23. Russia Insider/Komsomolskaya Pravda: Andrey Babitsky, Post-Soviet Nostalgia: Our Neighbors Are Crying. “I hate you so much that I can’t live without you”
24. www.rt.com: Russia to sell nuclear fuel to US.
25. Sputnik: Mike Flynn, Trump’s Advisor Explains Why US Presidential Candidate Admires Putin.
26. Washington Post: Josh Rogin, Trump campaign guts GOP’s anti-Russia stance on Ukraine.
27. Irrussianality: Paul Robinson, BOOK REVIEW: LYSENKO’S GHOST.
28. Paul Goble: Putin Propaganda Based on Rejection of Possibility of Rational Thought, Shekhtman Says.
29. Kennan Institute: Jill Dougherty, War Fever.
30. New York Times: Masha Gessen, Reporting Within the Lines in Putin’s Russia.
31. www.thedailybeast.com: Anna Nemtsova, Ukraine’s Ingrained Culture of Torture. Human rights groups will report soon on the abuses of Kiev’s security forces and of the rebels in Ukraine. As The Daily Beast discovered, it’s a very ugly picture.

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