Letter From the Editors
Russia in Crisis Mode: The ‘Presumption of Trust’ and the Quest for Geopolitical Standing
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Duma Ends Session With Frenzy of Prohibitive Laws
Russia Hosts BRICS, SCO Summits
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Kozlov: Russian Security Council Preparing for Protracted Standoff With the West
‘Sad Clowns’: Kremlin on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Kashin: Kremlin Taking Officials Down Path That May Test Their Faith in Putin’s Sacredness
Fifth Column in Blue Uniforms
Latynina : Contradictory Logic of Government Initiatives Shows Collapse of Internal Control
Regions
The Crimea Is Not Chechnya
Sinitsyn: Crimean Head Aksyonov Failing to Achieve Chechen Head Kadyrov’s Level of Autonomy
Nongovernmental Organizations
Dynasty and Other Undesirable Entities
Martynov: NGOs Suffer Series of Setbacks
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Tajikistan
Dushanbe Puts Eurasian Economic Union on Hold
Russian, Tajik Presidents Discuss Migration Policy as Dushanbe Weighs Benefits of Joining EaEU
Ukraine
A Wave of High-Profile Exposes Sweeps Ukraine
Ivzhenko: Ukrainian PM Lashes Out at Oligarchs, Who Issue Counteraccusations in Return
Ukraine’s Special Services Start Major Purge
New USS Head Initiates Purge of Agency Ranks, Reconciliation With PGO
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Power, Fear and National Interests: Why Putin Needs Greece
Stanovaya: Putin Backing Greece in EU Debt Spat to Spite Brussels; His Tone Opposite on Ukraine Debt
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Can North Korea’s Nuclear Problem Be Solved?
Vorontsov: Talks on North Korean Nuclear Program in Limbo as Participants Grow Wary of Each Other
China
Beijing Continues Far East Expansion
Sergeyev: Russia’s Regional Leadership Unperturbed About Leasing Agricultural Land to Chinese
Greece
European Oligarchy Wants to Make an Example out of Greece
Markov: Europe’s Oligarchic Bureaucratic Dictatorship Forcing Athens, Moscow to Accept Its Terms