Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Donetsk Basin Referendums Delayed

EU Moves to End Schengen Visas for Russians

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Elections

RFCP OPENS UP TO ONLINE VOTING
In Abrupt About-Face, RFCP Encourages Remote Electronic Voting

MESSAGE IN A VOTE (read this article online for FREE)
Experts: Elections Will Run Smoothly Because Voters Strongly Support Special Operation in Ukraine

State and Law

NOT ‘THE PRESIDENT’S ASS’ BUT ‘NAPOLEONIC PLANS’: WHY YURY SHEVCHUK WAS FOUND GUILTY
Yury Shevchuk’s Lawyer Vows to Fight Charges of Discrediting Russian Army

Military Affairs

ON MULTIPOLARITY AND THE EASING OF TENSIONS IN THE WORLD
NG: A Multipolar World Order Is Dictated by Necessity, Not Trust

Regions

LIFE WILL GET HARDER, BUT WE’RE NOT COMPLAINING – THAT’S JUST OUR MENTALITY’: HOW RESIDENTS OF FRONTLINE BELGOROD PROVINCE FEEL SIX MONTHS INTO WAR
Burkova: War-Weary Belgorod Province Residents Still Support Conflict in Ukraine

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Belarus

‘I DECIDED I WASN’T GOING TO CROSS THE LINE.’
Meduza: Cops Who Supported 2020 Protests Discuss Moral Dilemmas, Life in Exile

Georgia

GEORGIAN DEPUTIES ACCUSE WASHINGTON OF UNDERMINING THEIR COUNTRY’S SOVEREIGNTY
‘Complete Lack of Respect for Georgia’s Sovereignty’: Georgian Politicians Trade Barbs With US Envoy

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Afghanistan

A YEAR IN POWER HAS NOT CHANGED THE TALIBAN
Valizade: Conflicting US Motivations at Doha Clinched Victory for Unreconstructed Taliban

United States

BETWEEN TWO CAMPS
Chukalina: Weakened Parties Contest US Midterms; Nothing Certain but Continued Sanctions on Russia