Letter From the Editors
Putin Courts the European Media; Poroshenko Survives First Year in Office; and Igor Strelkov Prepares for His Close-Up
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Ukrainian Settlement Process Comes Undone
Can Russia Save Face in Ukraine Crisis?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Hearing the Donetsk Basin: Who Will Be the Deputy from Novorossia in the Next State Duma?
Kashin: Igor Strelkov Unlikely to Be the Face of Novorossia in Russia’s Next State Duma
State and Law
Parliament Prepared to Give President Power to Deploy Troops
Lawmakers Poised to Give President Power to Send Troops Abroad to Protect Russian Citizens
The Presidency
Quote of the Week
Kharatyan: Putin’s Claim That He Has No Regrets in Life Presumptuous, Preposterous
Regions
The Tsukanov Incident and the Degradation of the Kremlin’s Domestic Policymaking
Golosov: Faux Pas Re: Governor’s Non-Dismissal Shows Kremlin’s Disregard for Regional Policy
Science
Why Russia Does Not Need Science
Inozemtsev: Science in Russia Largely a Façade Since Being Co-Opted, Neglected by Government
Miscellany
Kremlin Rushing to Cover Its Tracks on MH17
Golts: Kremlin Sponsoring More Outlandish MH17 Claims in Order to Cover Its Tracks
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Declines OSCE Services
Baku Shuts Down OSCE Office
Moldova
Will Transnistria Crisis Force Russia into War?
Frolov: West Must Act to Prevent Ukrainian-Russian Squabbles Over Transnistria From Triggering War
Time of Frozen Conflicts Coming to an End
NG: Transnistrians Growing Fearful That Russia Might Not Come to Its Aid As Promised
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Military Affairs
What If?
Felgengauer: RF’s Snap Military Drills Disregard Spirit of Post-Cold War Confidence-Building Measures
Turkey
Eurasian Solution for Turkey
Lukyanov: Changes to Turkey’s Political Landscape Have Implications for Russia’s Geopolitics
Miscellany
Soccer out of Bounds
Ekspert: FIFA Scandal Demonstrates How US Wields Its Financial Club to Achieve Political Goals