Letter From the Editors
Can’t We All Just Get on the Same Page Already?
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Can Minsk Agreements Be Saved?
Russian FM Pitches Syria Proposal in Doha
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
State and Law
Russian Media Speculate: Where Is Convicted Defense Official
Uncertainty Over Convicted Defense Ministry Official’s Whereabouts Creates Media Furor
Military Affairs
Abandoned Mistral Deal Still Divides Russian Officials, Analysts
Miscellany
PUTIN Putin Spokesman’s Lavish Sochi Wedding Ignites Media Firestorm
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Azerbaijan
Iran to Pave the Way for Azerbaijan in the Persian Gulf
Baku Delegation Explores Potential Areas for Cooperation With Iran During Trip to Tehran
Belarus
Lukashenko Chastises Ukraine for Giving Up the Crimea Without a Fight
President Lukashenko Gives Rare Interview to Independent Media Outlets
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Hiroshima Becomes Part of Political Game
NG: Russian Deputies Seeking International Tribunal to Punish US for Atomic Bombings of Japan
Cold War in the Arctic
Mukhin: Cold War Between Russia, West Over Arctic Growing Increasingly Frigid
Foreign Economic Relations
Dead-End “Non-Western” Integration Projects
Malashenko: Russia’s Non-Western Integration Projects Nothing to Crow About
Gazprom Didn’t Count on a War
Chursin: Erdogan’s Crackdown on Political Threats, Kurds Could Dash Russia’s Turkish Stream Dream
Europe
Who Thinks the Kremlin Is Made of Sugar?
Mineyev: Kremlin Courting Europe’s Pro-Russian Politicians, Not Fully Understanding Their Motives
Iran
Before and After Sanctions
Vedomosti: Iran Nuclear Deal Does Little to Further Russian-Iranian Economic Relations