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Nicola Avery: Re: "Our occasional blog about climate science in/around Russia" ["More Than Bears: News From Climate Scientists Around Russia"]

Nicola Avery: Re: “Our occasional blog about climate science in/around Russia” [“More Than Bears: News From Climate Scientists Around Russia”]

Subject: Our occasional blog about climate science in/around Russia Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 From: Nicola Avery <[email protected]> We started a climate science blog a year or so ago, profiling scientists, mostly in Russia. We are developing the blog on a voluntary basis so only posting occasionally which is managed by Alina Bychkova at Nottingham Trent University, cc’d. We have just…

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Tom Beyer: "[SEELANGS] The John Glad interviews"

Tom Beyer: “[SEELANGS] The John Glad interviews”

Subject: [SEELANGS] The John Glad interviews Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 From: Tom Beyer <[email protected]> In the early 1980’s John Glad who was then working at the Kennan Institute in Washington D.C. recorded a series of videotaped interviews with leading Russian writers. The original video recordings were deposited with the University of Maryland. Professor Glad himself retained his own copies…

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Eliot Borenstein: "The Saker and Unz Review"

Eliot Borenstein: “The Saker and Unz Review”

Subject: The Saker and Unz Review Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 From: Eliot Borenstein <[email protected]> Dear David, As you know, I’ve been an avid reader of Johnson’s List for over two decades, and I really appreciate all that you do. But I continue to be puzzled by your editorial policy. While I understand and applaud the desire to go beyond the American orthodoxies about Russian politics, I do wonder how…

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Mark Galeotti: "Re: Subject: A comment on Galeotti" [re: UK-Russian Relations, U.S.-Russian Relations]

Mark Galeotti: “Re: Subject: A comment on Galeotti” [re: UK-Russian Relations, U.S.-Russian Relations]

Subject: Re: Subject: A comment on Galeotti Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 From: Mark Galeotti <[email protected]>

It’s always great when something you write receives a thoughtful response, but I did feel I needed make a couple of responses to Nicolai Petro’s open reply to my short commentary in The Spectator.

First of all, I was surprised to find the response predicated on how Moscow…

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Nicolai Petro: "A comment on Galeotti" [re: U.S.-Russian Relations]

Nicolai Petro: “A comment on Galeotti” [re: U.S.-Russian Relations]

Subject: A comment on Galeotti Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 From: Nicolai Petro <[email protected]>

Nicolai N. Petro Professor of Political Science University of Rhode Island

“Our beef is with Putin, his thugs, spies and oligarchs, not Russia – and we need to make sure that while we win today’s struggle, we don’t waste the chance for better relations with a post-Putin nation tomorrow.” This concluding remark…

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From: Jessica Pisano: "Correction: Re: 2019-#187-Johnson's Russia List/#20"

From: Jessica Pisano: “Correction: Re: 2019-#187-Johnson’s Russia List/#20”

Subject: Correction: Re: 2019-#187-Johnson’s Russia List/#20 Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 From: Jessica Pisano <[email protected]> To: [email protected]

Dear David,

I hope all is well with you. There is a line in your reproduction of my WaPo piece (#20) belowthat was not part of my article: “the Republicans say that Trump’s quid pro quos are normal. Here’s why they’re wrong.” I imagine it was…

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Elena Gapova: "Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Scientists Instructed to Report on Foreign Colleagues"

Elena Gapova: “Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Scientists Instructed to Report on Foreign Colleagues”

Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Scientists Instructed to Report on Foreign Colleagues Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 From: Elena Gapova <[email protected]> Reply-To: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list <[email protected]>

Ministerstvo Justicii announced that this ‘ruling” had never been submitted for expertise (and without the verdict of the Ministry, laws pertaining to…

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Andrei Liakhov: "RE: FT Article on Sheremetievo disaster (JRL May 22)"

Andrei Liakhov: “RE: FT Article on Sheremetievo disaster (JRL May 22)”

Subject: RE: FT Article on Sheremetievo disaster (JRL May 22) Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 From: Andrei Liakhov <[email protected]>

I am a certified aircraft accident investigator.

I have read all reports about the Sheremetievo crash which were published in the Russian press and a fair number of professional and not very much so commentaries.

I have also watched three videos of the landing and the…

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