FEATURED NEWS STORIES
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THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Regions
Putting Governance in Its Place
Krasheninnikov: Draft Law Will Enhance Efficacy of Local Self-Government
Resetting the School of Democracy to Zero
Platova: Draft Law on Local Self-Government Will Destroy Grassroots Democracy
Education
Qin Shi Huang Instead of Napolean
Russia’s New World History Program to Focus on Cultures Outside of Europe
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Armenia
Nikol Pashinyan to Appoint Armenia’s Fifth President
President Sarkisyan Resigns After Failing to Find Common Ground With PM Pashinyan
Belarus
Minsk Demands Repeal of ‘Aviation’ Sanctions
ICAO Finishes Ryanair Incident Report; Minsk Claims Partial Vindication
Lukashenko Now Threatening US.
Lukashenko Accuses US of Pushing Belarus Into Aggressive Actions
Ukraine
Supreme Rada Tells UN About Russia’s ‘Military Blackmail’
Supreme Rada Votes Overwhelmingly to Adopt Appeal to International Bodies on Situation with Russia
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Foreign Economic Relations
On the Frontlines of the Gas War
Krutikhin: Nord Stream 2 Part of Kremlin Strategy to Blackmail Europe
Iran
In Confrontation With West, Russia Decides to Lean on Iran
Golts: Raisi’s ‘Pledge of Allegiance’ to Putin Is Empty Promises; Iran Previously Left Russia in the Lurch
Italy
Putin Hails Economic Relationship With Italy in Controversial CEO Meeting
Putin’s Meeting With Top Italian CEOs Draws Ire