Letter From the Editors

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