Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Chinese DeepSeek Challenges US Big Tech
Chinese ‘Bomb’ Under US ‘Stargate’
Are AI Megaprojects Just for Showing Off? Well, Yes and No
AI Race Begins (FREE content)

Lukashenko Coasts to Seventh Term in Belarus Vote

The Regime’s Revenge
Belarus Makes Its Choice
‘We Saw a Frightened Government, But It’s Not Clear Whom or What They Were Afraid of’

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

State and Law

Duma Sends US Congress Inquiry Concerning Discussion of Putin Assassination Attempt
Duma Demands Answers, Peskov Urges Calm After Tucker Carlson Claims Biden ‘Tried to Kill’ Putin

Prosecutors Move to Expropriate Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo Airports
Rybakova: Moscow Airport Investigations Hint at Profitable New Scheme – Reshore, Nationalize, Sell

Military Affairs

General’s Deal
Gen. Shamarin Confesses Role in Telta Corruption Case, Turns State’s Witness Against Subordinates

Down Davos Hill on a Sled of Lies
Kozlov: Krasnaya Zvezda Exposes Fakes and Truths to Debunk Malicious Ukrainian Disinformation

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Transcaucasus

Abkhazia Awaits Emergence of Third Political Force
Poll Shows Designated Successor Leads in Post-Coup Abkhazia; Opposition Skeptical

Georgia

Georgia Finds Alternative to ‘European Path’
Seleznyov: PM Kobakhidze’s UAE Visit Shows Georgia Looking East After Falling Out With EU

Moldova

Moldovan Gas Has Trouble Reaching Transnistria
Chisinau, Tiraspol Reach Deal to Keep Gas Flowing With Aid From Both Moscow, Brussels

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

China

‘China and Russia Have a Special Mission to Maintain Peace and Security’
Ambassador Zhang: Chinese-Russian Relations Have Entered ‘New Era’ of Partnership, Interaction

Syria

Assad Management
Novaya Gazeta Europe: Syria Demands Compensation From Russia for Harm Caused Over Past Decade

United States

Imperial Ambitions
Sigfrido Reyes: US’s Newfound ‘Imperial Arrogance’ Does Not Bode Well for Latin America