Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Putin Recognizes Ukrainian Breakaways

Russia Launches Ukraine Invasion (read an article from this feature online for FREE)

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The Media

‘Many Moments Were Not Included’
Peskov Admits ‘Live’ Security Council Meeting to Decide Fate of DPR/LPR Was Prerecorded

Public Attitudes

Traumatized by the News
Levada’s Volkov: Most Russians Have Resigned Themselves to Kremlin’s Ukraine Escapade

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Interstate Relations

Speaking the Language of Friendship
Aliyev Visits Moscow to Sign Declaration on Allied Cooperation Between Russia, Azerbaijan

Belarus

Lukashenko Gets the Green Light From Russia
Experts: Lukashenko Likely to Retain Power After Constitutional Referendum

Ukraine

Kiev Not Ruling Out Return to Nuclear Status
Zelensky Says Ukraine May Withdraw From Budapest Memorandum, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

China

Not Always Together, But Never Against Each Other
Gabuyev: China Unlikely to Criticize Russia on Ukraine, but Will Abide by Western Sanctions