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SPIEF Draws Crowds and Mixed Reactions
Fallout Grows After Minsk Grounds Ryanair Flight
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Elections
Lining up for the Party Line
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Medicine/Public Health
Russia’s Pandemic Excess Deaths Climb To 475,000
Experts: Large Discrepancy Between Excess Deaths, Official COVID Death Count
The Media
Independent Russian News Site Vtimes Shuts Down Following ‘Foreign Agent’ Labeling
VTimes, Founded by Ex-Vedomosti Staff, Closes After Foreign Agent Designation
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Moldova
Us Ambassador Vows to Support Moldova’s Communists
US Ambassador to Moldova Meets With Party Leaders Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
Ukraine
Ukraine Settles for Escalation With Belarus
Kiev Renews Calls to Move Donetsk Basin Talks From Minsk Following Ryanair Incident
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Without Fear and Beyond Reproach
Security Council Secretary Patrushev Discusses Relationship With US, New Security Strategy
Turkey Crowds Russia Out of Caucasus With Drones and Gold
Turkey Expands Role in South Caucasus, Steps Up Military, Economic Activities in Azerbaijan
United States
Ankara Risks Losing Military Contracts With Moscow
Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov Promises ‘Uncomfortable Signals’ for US Ahead of Summit