Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Moscow’s Syria Operation Hits One-Year Mark

MH17 Crash Investigation Implicates Moscow

Putin Halts Russia-US Nuclear Waste Agreement

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

Crisis Manager
Former Prime Minister Kiriyenko Poised to Become Putin’s Right-Hand Man

State Reform
State Reform Needed to Overcome Economic Crisis, Bring Russia Into 21st Century

State and Law

No Sensations Expected
Boris Nemtsov Murder Trial Begins

The Economy

The Right Thing to Do: Why Vladimir Putin Handled the Bashneft Situation Well
Kremlin Approves Rosneft’s Purchase of Bashneft

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Azerbaijan

Anticrisis Referendum
National Referendum Seeks to Give President More Power

Belarus

Lukashenko Chooses Beijing
Lukashenko Announces Major Investment Deals With Beijing

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Military Affairs

Why Deterring ‘Unprecedentedly Terrible Nuclear Attacks’ Is Now on the Pentagon’s Agenda
Pentagon Stoking Baseless Fears of a Nuclear War With Russia

United States

Ukraine Aid Bill Passes House of Representatives: Does It Meet U.S. Interests?
Ukraine Aid Bill Could Complicate Russian-American Relations for Years to Come