Letter From the Editors
Controversy, Intrigue, Skepticism in the Former Soviet Union
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
New Controversy, Tensions in Ukraine
Iran Accepts Restrictions on Nuclear Program
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
State and Law
Forty Days: Nemtsov Case Closed, but Questions Still Open
Stanovaya: Investigative Intrigues Delaying Closure Of Nemtsov Murder Case
Military Affairs
Military Spending in Russia: Funding the Government’s Paranoia
Inozemtsev: RF Military Spending Does Not Ensure Economic Growth, Tech Advances, Security
Space
Russia’s Space Race to Nowhere
Luzin: New Vostochny Cosmodrome a Solution in Search of a Problem
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Interstate Economic Relations
Eurasian Economic Union Not Yet Ready for a Single Currency
Gushchin: EaEU Not Ready for Single Currency
Belarus
Quote of the Week
Kamyshev: Thanks to Putin, Heat Is Off Lukashenko as ‘Last Dictator in Europe’
Georgia
Ivanishvili Not of All Georgia
Former Georgian Prime Minister Ivanishvili Blasts His One-Time Protégé, President Margvelashvili
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Nation in the World: Choice of Strategy
Sulashkin: Russia’s BRICS Presidency Belies Its Dwindling Global Status
France
Does Moscow Need Le Pen’s Support?
NG: National Front’s ‘Friendship’ With Moscow Fanciful, Fleeting
Greece
Greek Brouhaha
Lukyanov: Does Greek PM’s Visit to Russia Portend Formation of Anti-EU Coalition?
Poland
Kaczynski’s Death as an Element of Polish Politics
Kuvaldin: Speculation Over Plane Crash That Killed Kaczynski Continues to Polarize Polish Politics