FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Lithuania Bars Transit of Banned Russian Cargo
Moldova, Ukraine Become EU Candidates
Ukraine War Heats Up on Cultural Front
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
You Die Today, But We Never Will
Stephenson: Putin Regime Preaches Necropolitics, but Russians Aren’t Eager to Die
The Presidency
Life After Putin: What Happens if the President Dies?
Stanovaya: If Putin Dies at Peak of Popularity, Hardline Successor Likely to ‘Tighten the Screws’
Cities
‘In Moscow Everything’s Fine’
Pertsev: Sobyanin Walks Ukraine Tightrope Between Kremlin War Hawks, Ambivalent Muscovites
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Interstate Relations
Ukraine Isn’t Russia, Kazakhstan Isn’t Ukraine
Tokayev Refuses to Recognize DPR/LPR at SPIEF: Heeding Separatists ‘Would Be Chaos’
Ukraine
Russia Recruits Teachers, Construction Workers and Politicians to ‘Rebuild’ Occupied Ukraine
MT: ‘Let’s Rebuild the Donetsk Basin Together!’ – Reconstruction Recruitment Drive Begins in Russia
Uzbekistan
Tashkent Learns From Moscow’s Experience
Experts: New Constitution Will Mean More Parties, Stronger Parliament, More Terms for President
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Three’s Not a Crowd
Switzerland Offers to Act as Go-Between for Russia, Ukraine After War Cuts Diplomatic Ties
Foreign Economic Relations
No Going Back
Putin Discusses ‘New Opportunities,’ Western Woes, Deregulation at SPIEF
BRICS Needs Fresh Blood
Argentina Among Top Candidates for BRICS+ as China’s Xi Hosts Annual Summit