Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Ramstein Group Talks Tanks, Planes for Ukraine

Putin, Opposition Differ on Voting Rules

Does Afghan Instability Threaten Central Asia?

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

State and Law

Furgal’s Sentence Sets Record Among Ex-Governors
Former Khabarovsk Territory Governor Sentenced to 22 Years in Murder Case

Public Attitudes

Stalintine’s Day: A Substitute for Love
Stephenson: Today’s ‘Zombie’ Politicians are Leading Russians Back to a Past of War, Repression

Military Affairs

‘We’re in Such Deep Sh*T, I Can’t Even Tell You’ (Read this article online for FREE)
Mobilized Conscript: ‘You Can’t Imagine How Much I Hate This War’

Olympics

Does Russia Need the Olympics on Dubious Terms?
Analyst Makarov, Journalist Guberniyev Debate: Should Russian Athletes Boycott Paris 2024 Games?

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Transcaucasus

Yerevan and Ankara Try Making Peace Again
Roks: Armenian Aid to Turkey After Earthquake Rebuilds Bridges, Some Literally

Belarus

Trial of Repentant Oppositionist Begins in Belarus
Roman Protasevich, Whose 2021 Arrest Sparked Air Piracy Furor, Goes on Trial in Minsk

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Through the Looking Gas
US Bombed Nord Stream 2, Seymour Hersh Writes; Russians, German Opposition Have Many Questions

China

Balloondoggle
US Shoots Down Mysterious Objects Following Balloon Saga; Officials Give Mixed Explanations