Letter From the Editors (FREE content)
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Ukraine Extends Control in Kursk Province
‘The Main Task Is to Drive Out the Enemy’
Point of No Return
Shifting the War to Russia’s Territory
Gray Area (FREE Content)
Divers, Zaluzhny Accused of Nord Stream Attacks
Investigators’ Diversion of Events
Western Media Links Zelensky to Nord Stream
Questions Surfacing
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Military Affairs
‘The Geopolitical Situation Calls for Additional Measures’
Patrushev: New Maritime Board Established to Protect Russia’s Interests at Sea
Toy Soldiers
Holod: Deaths Increase Among Teenage Recruits With Scant Training Fighting in Ukraine
The Media
‘No Decent Alternative’
NG: Roskomnadzor Begins Slowing YouTube Speeds, Causing Public Outcry
From Social Contract to Government Sentence
Mitrokhin: YouTube Slowdown Shows Regime No Longer Abiding by Social Contract
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Transcausasus
The Third Coming of Sergei Shamba
Novikov: Sergei Shamba’s Appointment as Abkhaz Prime Minister Could Benefit Relations With Russia
Moldova
Ukrainian Grain Transit Hits Gagauz Farmers Worse Than Drought
Gagauz Farmers Concerned About Effects of Drought, Grain From Ukraine on Agricultural Prices
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Middle East
Who Needs Escalation in the Middle East
Scholar Pryakhin: Iran Weighs Options to Avenge Haniyeh Killing as US, Israel Wrangle Over Strategy
In Search of Support
Sadygzade: PA’s Abbas Visits Moscow, Showing Russia’s Importance as Counterweight in Peace Talks
Afghanistan
‘Raging Mullahs’ Reach Strategic Deadlock in Three Years
Serenko: Despite Rhetoric, Three-Year-Old Taliban Regime Acts as US Proxy, Sows Chaos in Region
Germany
Theater of War
Berlin Opera Art Director: Despite Broken Ties, Exiled Artists Bring Vigor to German Stages