Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Ukraine War: External Players Take Center Stage

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

Navalny Urges West to Breach ‘Putin’s Propaganda’ Via Social Media
Navalny Calls On West, Tech Companies to Launch Social Media Campaign Against Russia

Space

Out Into Space to Discover Earth
Roskosmos CEO Rogozin Discusses Effect of Sanctions on Russia’s Space Program

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Interstate Relations

Echoes of Ukraine in the Caucasus
Krivosheyev: Course of Ukrainian War Will Determine Russia’s Future Role in Nagorno-Karabakh

Message From Vostochny
Putin Hosts Lukashenko at Vostochny Cosmodrome to Discuss Collaboration in the Space Sector

Transcaucasus

Referendum to the Rescue
South Ossetia Presidential Election Heads to Second Round Amid Calls for Referendum to Join Russia

Moldova

Transnistria and Moldova: Trying Not to Perish in the Global Fire
Chisinau Ups Pressure on Transnistria as War in Ukraine Intensifies

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Foreign Economic Relations

‘We’ll Go to Court’
Finance Minister Siluanov: Frozen Reserves, Sham ‘Default’ Talk Only Discredit West

Nonresidential Administration (Read this article online for a FREE)
Duma Finalizes Plans to State-Manage Businesses Abandoned by Fleeing Foreign Companies

United Nations

‘Even a Theoretical Removal of Russia From the UN Security Council Is Impossible’
Russian Envoy Polyansky: In UN, West’s Goal Is to Punish Russia, Not to Help Ukraine War Victims

Military Alliances

Baltic Zugzwang: How Moscow Threatened Helsinki and Stockholm
Tactical Nukes on the Table as Finland, Sweden Move Toward NATO Membership

Iran

Not Just Surviving but Thriving
Ardashova: Can Countries Develop under Sanctions? Islamic Republic Shows It’s Hard but Possible