FEATURED NEWS STORIES
World Economic Forum Convenes in Davos
Viktor Medvedchuk Weighs In on Ukraine Conflict
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The Economy
Young People Not Qualifying for Middle Class By Salary
Study: Less Than 20% of Russian Workers Under 35 Qualify as Middle Class
Military Affairs
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Golts: Gerasimov’s Appointment as SMO Commander Speaks to Archaic Structure of Russian Military
The Media
Russia’s Local Journalists Struggle to Keep News Flowing – From Home and Abroad
MT: Local Russian Media Outlets Fight to Stay Afloat Amid ‘Wartime Political Crackdown’
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Central Asia
Russia Building Gas Route to China Via Central Asia
NG: New Gas Pipeline Would Be Boon to Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Nobody Lives Forever in Astana, And Nobody Lives Forever in Almaty
Astana Toughens Residency Rules for Russian Relocatees
Ukraine
Arestovich to Work as Arestovich
Latynina: Arestovich’s Gracious Resignation After Innocent Mistake Undermines His Critics
Chief Intelligence Administration Gives Hero’s Honors to Ukrainian Negotiator Kireyev, Killed by Ukrainian Security Service
Prikhodko: Deaths of Interior Ministry Leadership, Prewar Intelligence Hero Hint at High-Level Split
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Transatlantic Partners Are Unhappy in Their Own Way
Levchenko: High NATO Morale Belies Divergent US, European Economic, Strategic Interests
‘The West Has a Lot Riding on the War Against Russia’
Lavrov Denounces US at Year-End Press Conference for ‘Global Hybrid War Against Russia’
Europe
‘Relations With the EU Will Now Have To Be Rebuilt From Scratch’
Acting Envoy to EU Logvinov: Plans to Confiscate Russian Property Are ‘Theft, Pure and Simple’