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Russia Files Suit Against Ukraine at ECHR
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THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
They’re Making Spies Out of These People
In Prison Letter, Ivan Safronov Describes Process For Charging Citizens With Espionage, Treason
Morale of the Armed Forces Has Become FSB’s Business
Nikolsky: FSB May Declare Citizens Who Share Unclassified Military Information ‘Foreign Agents’
Regions
National Goals Go Regional
PM Mishustin: Deputy PMs Will Oversee Regions to Improve Coordination of National Policies
Medicine/Public Health
Pandemic’s Dark Harvest
Experts: Russia’s Population Plummeted in 2021 Due to COVID‑19; Migration on the Rise
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Armenia
Tangled Mountain Knot
Overnight Border Clashes Reported as Baku, Yerevan Seek Leverage in Peace Negotiations
Belarus
Third Time’s the Charm: Authorities in Belarus Want to Amend the Constitution (Again)
New Constitutional Amendments to Decrease Role of President, Empower People’s Assembly
Moldova
Sandu Cancels War With Transnistria
Expert: Sandu Government’s Transnistria Policy ‘Won’t Be a Harsh One’
U.S. Gives Moldova Permission to Strengthen Ties With Russia
US Ambassador Encourages ‘Pragmatic’ Moldova-Russia Relations in Sign of Post-Geneva Warming
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Kenya’s Failed Sputnik V Deal Used Emirati Resale Scheme
Kenya Rejects Sputnik V Shipment After Learning Doses Did Not Come Directly From Russia
Foreign Economic Relations
Germany Rescues Nord Stream
US, Germany Reach Deal on Nord Stream 2 That Protects Ukraine From Lost Gas Transit Revenue
Biden and Merkel Support Putin: The Political Ramifications of the Nord Stream 2 Deal
Frolov: Nord Stream 2 Shows Ukraine Relegated to Lower Priority as US, EU Try to Contain China
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
‘Russia Has No Grounds to Return to the Ost.’
Russian Rep to Vienna Talks: Moscow Has No Reason to Return to OST