Letter From the Editors
Oligarch vs. Oligarch – the End of the Year of Kolomoisky
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Oligarch Kolomoisky Steps Down as Governor
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Putin’s Love Affair with Europe’s Far Right
Malgin: Putin Creating a Comintern-Like Organization of Radical Groups in Europe
State and Law
At Loggerheads
Constitutional Court Chairman, Lawyer Exchange Opposing Views on Rule of Law
Miscellany
Wagner Opera Scandal Reflects Deep Divide in Russian Society
ROC Activists Blast ‘Tannhäuser’ Production for Offending Religious Feelings
Chechnya
The Kremlin’s Highlanders
Martynov: ‘Kadyrovites’ Disgrace Russia by Their Outlandish Response to Putin’s US Detractors
The Economy
The Economy on Hold
Butrin: Government Officials’ Rosy Economic Analysis Far from Objective
Military Affairs
Russia’s War Games Should Scare Nobody
Golts: Large-Scale Maneuvers Show That Russia’s Armed Forces Are Ineffective, Disorganized
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Belarus Feels Integration Pressure
Proposed Common Currency for Eurasian Economic Union Meets Resistance from Minsk
Moldova
Russia Wins Elections in the Gagauz Autonomy
Gamova: Election of Pro-Russian as Gagauz Leader Has Chisinau Worried About a Ukraine Scenario
Ukraine
Pluses and Minuses for Ukraine from Loss of the Crimea
Sambros: Ukraine Suffered Major Losses After Russia Took the Crimea, but Is There a Silver Lining?
How Gazprom Is Losing Its Biggest Foreign Client
Krutikhin: Russia’s Natural Gas Pipeline Politics Have Cost Gazprom Its Biggest Foreign Customer
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Quote of the Week
Kharatyan: Nuclear Threat by Russian Ambassador to Denmark Is Empty, Delusional
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
After the CFE Treaty
Fenenko: Number of Major International Treaties in Jeopardy as Russian-Western Relations Deteriorate
Israel
Playing Empty Bottles
Latynina: Netanyahu Reelection Campaign Strains Ties with Barack Obama Administration