Letter From the Editors
The French unite in the face of Charlie Hebdo attacks; and are things looking up for Navalny?
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Ukraine Meets New Year with Trepidation
Will Charlie Hebdo Attack Unite or Divide?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
An Hour with an Academician
Former PM Primakov Offers Solutions to Russia’s Foreign, Domestic Policy Issues
State and Law
Opposition Poster Boy Navalny Defies House Arrest – Again
Oppositionist Aleksei Navalny Defies House Arrest
This #Verdictisours
During Final Statement in His Trial, Navalny Decries Junta That Has Taken Power in Russia
Terrorism
Echo of Terrorist Attacks
Starodubrovskaya: Force Is Not the Answer to Radical Islam
The Economy
The (Debt) Possessed
Latynina: Putin and His Cronies Have Stolen $3.5 Trillion From Russia
Military Affairs
Felgengauer: Russia’s New Military Doctrine All Bark, No Bite
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Armenia
Murder in Gyumri: Why Armenians Are Outraged by Russian Neocolonialism
Slon: Russian Soldier’s Grisly Murder of Armenian Family Tests Moscow-Yerevan Relations
Ukraine
What Do Ukrainians Want to Do with the Crimea?
Kazarin: Does Kiev Have a Crimean Strategy?
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Foreign Policy
The Cost of a Big War Game for Russia
Malashenko: Russia’s Foreign Policy, Based on Myths And Bluffs, Seems Unlikely to Change in 2015
A Conflict between Virtual Opponents
Kosachov: Conflict Between West, Russia Stems From Overblown Rhetoric, Media Propaganda
Auschwitz without Putin
Stanovaya: Putin’s Absence at Auschwitz Liberation Commemoration a Polish Slight or Russian Snub?
Foreign Economic Relations
Europe’s Gas Defeat
Zhiltsov: Gas Deal With Russia Gives Turkey Chance To Become Major Player on European Gas Market
Hungary
Hungary: Is Ukraine-Style Coup Possible in EU and Nato Member-state?
Gulevich: Is Kiev-Style Coup Possible in Hungary?