Letter From the Editors
Putin Gets Personal; Ukraine Travels Back to the 1990s; and Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin Breaks Up Hunger Strikes
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Putin Hosts Annual Call-In Show
High-Profile Murders Shake Up Kiev
Russia Lifts Ban on S-300 Supplies to Iran
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Russia’s Embezzlement Problem Is Out of Control
Golts: Russian Officials’ Embezzlement Problem Is Out of Control
Military Affairs
Putin Advises No One to Fight with Russia
NG: Russia Voices Criticism of West at International Security Conference in Moscow
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Ukraine
Poroshenko Caught in Decommunization Trap
NG: ‘Decommunization Laws’ Create Rift With Soviet Past, Separatist East
Kiev Threatens Creditors with Default
Kiev’s Debt Deferment, Restructuring Plan Draw Ire, Skepticism
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Colonizer Instinct
Naryshkin: US Pursuing Neocolonial Agenda under Guise of ‘Global Leadership’
Seven Facts to Keep in Mind When Reading Naryshkin
Stanovaya: Naryshkin Guilty of What He Accuses US of Doing: Interfering in EU Sovereign Affairs
Iran
The Importance of Being an Informed Optimist
Does Lifting of International Sanctions on Iran Create More Problems or Opportunities for Russia?
Yemen
‘The Yemen Campaign Show International Organizations Are in Crisis.’
Patrushev: Peace Must Be Ensured in Yemen, a Nation of Vital Importance to Regional Stability