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THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
State and Law
Hundreds of Thousands of Extremists
Navalny’s Anticorruption Foundation Declared Extremist; Supporters Banned From Elections
The Economy
Talking as Equals
Putin Discusses COVID Vaccine, Relations With West in Videoconference With Reporters
Medicine/Public Health
The Hill to Die On: Russians Intent On Resisting Mandatory Vaccination
Klishin: Putin Supporters Undermining Vaccination Rates, While Liberal Russians Got Vaxxed
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Ring of Sanctions Tightens Around Minsk
European Parliament Passes Resolution Calling for ‘Substantial’ Economic Sanctions Against Belarus
Lukashenko Forms People’s Militia
Experts: Lukashenko’s Plans to Create People’s Militia an Attempt to Quash ‘Domestic Dissent’
Ukraine
Deprivation of Rights
Russia Slams Ukraine’s Law on Indigenous Peoples, Expresses Concern Over Encroaching NATO Bases
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
‘Leaders Realize That a World War Would Be Catastrophic, But Are Eager To Tempt Fate’
Arbatov: Biden-Putin Summit Will Be a Success if Leaders Commit to Resuming Strategic Arms Talks
Military Alliances
North Anti-Chinese Alliance
NATO Summit Communiqué Targets Russia’s ‘Aggressive Actions,’ China’s Assertiveness
Europe
Three Pillars of EU Relations With Moscow
EU Reaffirms Russia Policy Ahead of Upcoming Summit