Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

No Clear Goals as War Enters Week Eight

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The Economy

Chronicles of State Capitalism: ‘Thus Triggering Degradation and Disintegration’
Karasyuk: Russian Government Begins to Acknowledge Impact of Economic Isolation

Nabiullina to Stay on, Interest Rate to Come Down, Structural Reforms to Kick Off: The Central Bank Presents Its Annual Report in the State Duma
Nabiullina Slashes Interest Rates Ahead of Report, Warns of Need for ‘Perestroika’

Political Parties/Blocs

Communists Show Kremlin Red Flag
Kalachov: RFCP May Try to Turn Socioeconomic Woes to Its Advantage

Party Leadership Charter
LDPR Stalwarts Move to Bar Party Newcomers From Leadership in Wake of Zhirinovsky’s Death

Regions

‘I Think Europeans Are Smart Enough Not To Do Anything Suicidal’
Kaliningrad Head Alikhanov: Region Prepared to Face Down NATO Aggression

Public Attitudes

Denazification and Public Opinion
NG: In Opinion Polling on Ukraine War Goals, Public Tells Authorities What They Want to Hear

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

The CIS

Meet the Neighbors: How Central Asia and South Caucasus Are Reacting to Special Operation in Ukraine (Read this article online for FREE)
Gasymov: Post-Soviet States Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place in Russia-West Standoff

Interstate Relations

A Movable Peace
Armenia’s Pashinyan Meets With Putin in Moscow,  Signs Cooperation Agreements

Fergana Valley on Brink of War
Trifonof: Tajikistan’s Rakhmon May See Clashes With Kyrgyzstan Over Vorukh Region as Opportunity

Moldova

Moldova Being Drawn Into Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Auditing Dispute Spells Trouble for Russia-Moldova Gas Supplies, Transnistrian Security

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Military Alliances

Nato Approaches From the North
Golts: Finland, Sweden Joining NATO Would Create Major Security Headache for Russia

Germany

The New German Guilt
Vachedin: Russia’s Ukraine Aggression Puts Berlin’s Pacific Policies on the Spot