While the spectre of communism may no longer be haunting Europe, ghosts of conflicts past continue to rattle chains around world.
Analyst Fyodor Lukyanov examines how 2020 US presidential election might impact US-Russian relations.
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Ghost Stories: Who’s Haunting Japan, Russia and Belarus? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Belarus Gears Up for Contentious Election THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Military Affairs Murtazin: Detainment of Russians in Belarus Raises Question of Why RF Doesn’t Regulate Mercenaries Ex-Commander of Airborne Assault Forces Discusses Role of AAF in Russian Defense OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES […]
Video-sharing social networking company TikTok on Monday [Aug. 24] filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump’s administration over Trump’s Aug. 6 executive order banning any US transactions with TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance, starting in 45 days.
FEATURED NEWS STORIES China, US Clash on Technology (read a portion of this feature for free) FM’s Europe Trip Focuses on Multilateralism Lancang-Mekong Meeting Furthers Partnership POLITICS & CULTURE Politics How Will China Shape Its Development Strategy? Hong Kong HK Embraces Greater Bay Area Opportunities Lab Geared Up for Large-Scale COVID Testing Central Gov’t Condemns […]
With the jobless rate remaining high for the past there months, Hong Kong has stepped up relief measures to help struggling businesses keep afloat and cash-strapped residents make ends meet in its latest effort to mitigate impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic.
POLITICS & CULTURE Politics Why Do Chinese People Love the CPC? Xi Stresses Reform During Anhui Inspection Government Increased Fiscal Funds to Benefit Businesses Hong Kong Hong Kong Ramps Up Economic Stimulus HKSAR Suspends Criminal Agreement With US Hong Kong to Launch Massive COVID-19 Testing Taiwan US Signals to ‘Taiwan Independence’ Forces Wrong Accidents/Disasters People-Centered […]
The open confrontation between Khabarovsk residents and the federal center that spontaneously erupted after Russian Investigative Committee staff and FSB officers detained now-former Khabarovsk Territory governor Sergei Furgal is perhaps the most riveting political event of the year.
FEATURED NEWS STORIES Minsk Alleges It Arrested Russian Mercenaries Putin Appoints Khabarovsk Acting Head (read a portion of this feature for free) Tension Remains on Armenian-Azerbaijani Border THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics PM Mishustin: COVID‑19 Will Force Government to Reset Parameters for National Goals, Projects Expert: National Projects Would Have Required Adjusting Even Without the Pandemic […]
Around 5 p.m. on June 11, Internal Affairs Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev announced that the criminal charges against Meduza correspondent Ivan Golunov have been dropped “due to lack of evidence of his involvement in the commission of a crime.”