Letter From the Editors
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction: Ukraine Finds Its Propaganda Trump Card, the Russian Elite Find Themselves in a Quandary
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Kiev Ups Diplomatic Ante with Prisoners, Missiles
EU and Russia: Partners or Competitors?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Divide and Rule
Guriyev: As Economy Deteriorates, Elite Must Decide Whether to Remain Loyal to Putin, Revolt or Flee
Putin’s Undesirable Enemies: Who Are They?
Stanovaya: ‘Law on Undesirable Organizations’ the Latest Attempt to Squelch Threats to Putin’s Power
Mikhail Kasyanov May Face Treason Charge
State Duma Deputy Seeks IC Investigation into Former PM Mikhail Kasyanov’s Recent US Visit
Regions
Quote of the Week
Crimean Prosecutor Warns Tatars Against Provoking Disturbances During Remembrance of Deportation
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Georgia
Tbilisi Casts (off) Glance at EAEU
Polling Data Show Growing Support for Closer Ties with EAEU
Transnistria
Ukraine Closes Military Transit to Transnistria
Ukraine Closes Its Territory to Transit of Russian Soldiers, Military Supplies to Transnistria
Ukraine
Debt Cancellation
Ukrainian Parliament Votes to Place Moratorium on Foreign Debt Payments
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Moscow Will Not Let Balance Get Tilted
Russia Says It May Have to Start Building Up Its Nuclear Arsenal
Moscow Opposes Brussels’s Mediterranean Naval Mission
Russia Balks at Proposed European Plan to Fight Illegal Migration Militarily
China
Man with the Yuan
Butrin: Russia’s Financial Salvation Could Lie in Joining China’s Bloc of Economic Satellites
Iraq
Russia, U.S. Strengthening Iraq’s Military Might
Baghdad Seeks Military Equipment from Russia
Macedonia
Why the West Is Punishing Macedonia
Markov: West Seeking to Foment ‘Color Revolution’ in Macedonia to Pursue Its Geopolitical Objective