FEATURED NEWS STORIES
United Russia Sweeps Regional Elections (read an article from this feature online for FREE)
Azerbaijan Strikes Inside Armenia
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Political Parties/Blocs
Special Operation Leads Yabloko to Political Crossroads
NG: Stance on Ukraine Conflict Reportedly Dividing Yabloko Party
Politics
Clash of Values: Russia’s Foreign Policy Is Past the Point of No Return
Fenenko: With Its ‘Soft Power’ Concept, Russia Officially Unveils Policy Alternative to the West
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Central Asia
SCO Summit to Be Held Amid Firefight
Clashes Flare Up Along Kyrgyz-Tajik Border on Eve of SCO Summit in Samarkand
Ukraine
‘There’s No Talk of November Anymore’: Moscow’s Plans to Hold ‘Referendums’ on Annexing Ukrainian Territories Have Been ‘Put on Hold Indefinitely.’
Meduza: Moscow Postpones Annexation Referendums Due to ‘Military Failures’
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
SCO-Orient Express
Izvestia: SCO Increasingly Attractive to Nations Seeking Multipolar World Order
China
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping Discuss Steps to Form a Multipolar World
Vedomosti: All Eyes on Putin-Xi Meeting at SCO Summit
United States
Battering Ram
Pirozhenko: US Increasingly Leaning on Asia-Pacific Allies to Contain China