LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Putin Gives Annual Year-End Press Conference
New Facts Emerge in Navalny Poisoning
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The Presidency
Travin: Putin Regime Has Taken Four Distinct Forms in Last 20 Years (read this article for free online)
Politics
Duma Bill Steps Up Fines for Internet Companies That Fail to Comply With RF Content Restrictions
State and Law
Constitutional Court Rules Russia Not Obligated to Pay Compensation on The Hague’s Yukos Ruling
Military Affairs
General Staff Chief Gerasimov: NATO Stepping Up Activity Near Russia’s Borders
Chechnya
Kadyrov, His Close Associates, Chechen Sports Now Subject to US Sanctions
Human Rights
Pikhovkin: Creating a Human Rights Court Won’t Solve Judiciary System’s Endemic Problems
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Up in Arms Over Russian Officials’ Remarks That It Should Return Land to Russia
Polovinko: Kremlin’s Silence When Officials Parrot Imperialist Rhetoric Stirs Strife in Former USSR
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
United States
Panov: START Talks Essentially Frozen Until New US Administration Takes Office
Vedomosti: Trump Trying to Play ‘China Card’ in SolarWinds Hacking Scandal