Letter From the Editors
With Allies Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Kiev Government Struggles to Maintain Unity
Beijing Commemorates World War II Victory
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
State and Law
How the Oleg Kashin Case Was Investigated
First Arrests Made in Case Involving Attack on Journalist Oleg Kashin
The Bastrykin List
Bastrykin: International Law Allows Russia to Charge Ukrainian Officials With War Crimes
Russian Investigative Committee Head Advised to Have Head Examined
Kiev: IC Head Bastrykin’s Remarks That Ukrainian PM Fought Alongside Chechen Rebels Deranged
Military Affairs
Russia Prepares for Victory in Nuclear War
Large-Scale Exercises Prepare for Possible Nuclear Attack on Russia
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Crimea
Sevastopol in the Line of Fire
Sevastopol Governor Menyailo: Outside Forces Planning Subversive Activities in the Crimea
Tajikistan
Rebel General or Provocateur President?
Dushanbe Hunts for Alleged Rogue General; Expert: Operation a Possible Provocation by the Regime
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
The World Cannot Wait for Dialogue Any Longer: Reflections on the Eve of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly
Former FM Ivanov: World in Dire Need of a New Global System of Order
Test of Humanity
Babitsky: Chancellor Merkel’s Stance on Syrian Migrant Crisis an Inspiration to Others
‘Ultimatums and Sanctions Don’t Work With Russia.’
Federation Council Head Matviyenko Denounces US’s Bully Tactics in International Arena
Syria
No Reason for Russia to Deploy Troops to Syria, Experts Say
Expert Opinion Split on Reports of Russian Military Presence in Syria