LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

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FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Lukashenko Pulls Strings With Slavic Neighbors

Novichok Poisons Russia-West Relations

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Elections

United Russia Claims Landslide Victory in Regional Elections, Based on Preliminary Results (Read this article for free)

Noble: Voting Process, Results Highlight Key Features of Kremlin’s ‘Electoral Toolbox’

The Economy

Ekspert: Medvedev’s Minimum Income Pitch a Populist Measure That Would Torpedo the Economy

Kudrin: Post-COVID Recovery Will Be Slow, but Economic Outlook Is Not as Dire as Predicted

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Turkmenistan

Authorities’ Decision to Suspend Teaching in Russian at Public Schools Met With Backlash

Ukraine

Meeting of Normandy Format Political Advisers Yields No Breakthroughs on Donetsk Basin Conflict

Gushchin: Regional Elections Will Weaken Ruling Party, Strengthen Regional Political Forces

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Fenenko: As Post-WWII World Order Collapses, Chance of Large-Scale Conflict on the Rise

Moscow BRICS Security Summit Discusses Emerging Global Threats

Vladimir Solovyov: West Must Get Own House in Order Before Telling Other Countries What to Do

United States

Sysoyev: Kosovo-Serbia Agreement Boosts US Status in the Balkans, Sidelining EU, Russia, China