Letter From the Editors
No Hope for Peace in the Ukrainian East? Is Russia Too Much in Rogue These Days?
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Ukraine Conflict Continues to Take Its Toll
Is Ukraine Pushing World Order to Breaking Point?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
The Crisis Is Just Beginning
Latynina: As Effects of Economic Hardship Intensify across Russia, so Does Risk of Popular Uprising
The Economy
Igor Shuvalor Surprises Economists in Davos
Izvestia: Deputy PM Blames Sanctions, Not Personal or Systemic Failures, for Poor Economic Outlook
‘Your Money or Your Life’: Peculiarities of Anticrisis Propaganda in Russia
Belousov: Kremlin Propaganda Attempting to Distract Public from Economic Woes With Security Fears
Space
Lunar Exploration May Be Delayed
Experts Express Reservations About Feasibility of Russia’s Lunar Exploration Ambitions
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Azerbaijan
Baku, Washington Approach Red Line
Mamedov: Baku Taking More Strident Tone to US Criticism of Azerbaijan’s Civil Rights Record
Belarus
An Interesting Martial Law
Khalip: Minsk Amends Law on Martial Law to Protect Lukashenko From Kremlin’s ‘Little Green Men’
Transnistria
Russia Cuts off Transnistria’s Allowance
Ivzhenko: Is Moscow Turning Its Back on Transnistria to Focus More Attention on the Crimea?
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Who Is Politicizing Auschwitz and Why?
Nikiforov: Polish FM’s Comment That Ukrainians Liberated Auschwitz an Attempt to Belittle Russia
Golts: Russia Turning Into a Rogue State
Afghanistan
Evolution for Moscow’s Afghan Policy
Nessar: Once a Symbol of Limited Cooperation with West, Afghanistan Now Represents Struggle for Influence in Central Asia
Greece
The Last Will Be First?
Lukyanov: New Leftist Leaders Clash With Europe’s Far Right; Is This a New Political Model for EU?
North Korea
Why Is Kim Jong Un Headed to Moscow?
Lankov: Moscow’s Victory Day Parade a Curious Choice for Kim Jong Un’s Diplomatic Debut