Letter From the Editors
Victory Day 2015: More Than the Usual Pomp Amid Not Quite the Usual Circumstances
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Russia Marks 70th Anniversary of WWII Victory
Chinese President Xi Jinping Visits Russia, CIS
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Chechnya
Will Moscow Allow Polygamy in Chechnya?
Bovt: Getting Chechnya to Fully Comply with Russian Laws More Difficult Than Some May Think
Space
No Victories in Sight for Russia’s Space Industry
Golts: No Victories in Sight for Russia’s Troubled Space Industry
Miscellany
Elon Musk’s Zone of Influence
Latynina: World’s Future Being Shaped by Visionary Entrepreneurs Who Could Never Operate in Russia
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Lukashenko Has New Target in Sight
Lavnikevich: Belarus Using Anti-Russian Sanctions to Boost Arms Sector Partnership with Ukraine
Kyrgyzstan
Why Kyrgyzstan’s Admission to EAEU could Be Delayed
Dubnov: Unresolved Issues May Delay Kyrgyzstan’s Accession to Eurasian Economic Union
Moldova
Their Name Is Billion
Zygar: Could Antigovernment Protests Lead to Pro-Russian Leaders Assuming Power?
Ukraine
Kiev Will Not Accept Autonomy Proposals from DPR, LPR
DPR, LPR Outline Their Terms for Autonomous Status as Kiev Pushes for Peacekeepers in Donetsk Basin
Donors Conference on Ukraine: Stretching out Hand for Miserable Pittance
Minin: Ukrainian Leaders’ Efforts to Drum Up Global Financial Support Fall Flat
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
From ISIS to Donetsk Basin
Frolov: Putin’s Talks with Western Leaders a Small Step in Long Journey Toward Reconciliation
Gesture of Reconciliation
Benediktov: Kerry’s Meeting with Putin Signals That US Is Forced to Face New Rules of the Game
Military Alliances
Outside NATO
NG: NATO Unlikely to Accept More Post-Soviet Member States, but This Is Not a Win for Russia
Germany
Putin and Merkel at Odds, but There Is No Alterative to Cooperation
Grigoryev: German-Russian Relations Strained, but Cooperation in Best Interest of Both Countries